The plan was to make seven kegs of the experimental brew, which would be revealed at a special event in New York a few weeks later. And since it would take the brew at least that long to age, they wouldn’t know if it was any good because they wouldn’t be able to taste it prior to its revelation.
The new beer was called Dogfish Head’s Ta Henket, which in ancient Egyptian means “bread beer.” They unveiled it during the glitzy King Tut exhibit at Times Square. The reviews ranged the spectrum from wonderful to “think citrus, herbs, bubble gum.”
Ta Henket is now available commercially, and represents the hardest of the hardcore home brewing fad, a fad that began thousands of years ago.
Page 1 — Page 2
Article comments
1 - Jody
Randall,
I just looked up their website and they have more than 150 brews to choose from. I'm very interested in trying out these ancient brews since I love trying out all varities of microbreweries, especially in the oatmeal stout area. From all of my tastings, I cannot recall thinking bubble gum and herbs.
Now it's time for the local treasure hunt for these ancient brews. Thank you for the article.