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Dogfish Head Serves Up Science Along With Beer
Drinking like our ancestors tastes pretty good, it turns out. On Thursday night at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery founder Sam Calagione led a beer tasting that doubled as a tour through the history and science of fermented beverages in Cheers To Science, a program of the 2014 World Science Festival. Calagione and McGovern’s business partnership is a marriage of art and science; McGovern brings his biomolecular and chemical expertise to bear, while Calagione provides the brewing and flavor selection skills. Together, the two have attempted to recreate some of the most ancient ales known to mankind.
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