Dogfish Head Brewing Brings Beer-Music-Mashup to Ogden April 9

Tim Wenger | April 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

by Tim Wenger

Beer and music go together like peas and carrots, especially in Colorado where the craft beer scene and music scene are among the strongest in the country. So strong, in fact, that Delaware’s Dogfish Head Brewing is coming to town to host a Beer-Music-Mashup event at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday, April 9. The event will feature select Dogfish Head and other American craft brews on tap and live music from My Body Sings Electric, Deerpeople, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Tickets for the event are $20 in advance, $25 DOS and can be picked up at http://www.ogdentheatre.com/events/detail/248216. CMB got the scoop from Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione.

CMB: Give us the background on Dogfish Head Brewery and how you guys came to be.

SC: Dogfish founder Sam Calagione is as big of a music geek as he is a beer geek. The brewery was founded with the mission of making off-centered ales for off-centered people in 1995. Our holy trinity is original beer, original food and original music. We only book original music at our pub—just last week we had Jonathan Richmond and in June we have Bob Mould playing. And dogfish is the first craft brewery to do a Music Series of beers. Including our Collabs with Miles Davis Estate, Bonnie Prince Billy, Robert Johnson, Deltron 3030 and the Grateful Dead.

CMB: We love the lineup for this show- did you handpick the bands, or how/why were they selected?

SC: We worked closely with the Ogden on talent recommendations – we gave them a feel for who we are as a brewery and as music lovers and generated the lineup collaboratively. ( We) love clap your hand,s its awesome music to drink beer too. Especially their first and third albums.

CMB: What beers will be on tap at the event?

SC: DFH beers will be on 5 taps downstairs (specially priced at $5 a pint) and 8 taps on the second level for VIP guests! We will have 60M, Namaste, Sixty One, 90M, Midas Touch, Aprihop, Burton Baton, Indian Brown and our Music Collaboration Series beers that include Positive Contact (Deltron 3030), American Beauty (Grateful Dead) and Bitches Brew (Miles Davis).

CMB: Is this event going to become an ongoing thing? What gave you the idea to come to CO?

SC: The Beer-Music-Mashup event is hosted to celebrate the Craft Brewers Conference which happens each year in a different city. Dogfish has held CBC concerts in past years with the Feelies and Dan the Automator. And will continue a big event celebrating indie music and beer at every CBC.

That said, Dogfish Head is available in CO year round so there is always an event of some kind going on!

CMB: Where can we learn more about you guys and the event?

SC: www.dogfish.com