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On The Menu: All About BBQ

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bbq pizza specialSummer is a time for fun in the sun with family and friends. Until it’s time to eat! For the days where it’s too hot to think about standing over a grill or preparing a meal for a family of 4 (or more), you can still get your barbeque fix at Dogfish. Keep it light with a salad or saucy with Alehouse Ribs– everyone in the family can get the tangy, sweet flavor just the way they want it.

Greens with a Twist

Get your greens with a kick. The Alehouse Fried Chicken Salad takes crispy greens to a crunchy level. Crispy chicken bites are tossed in ranch dressing with fresh mixed greens, cucumbers, corn, and red onions. Top that with candied pecan pieces and drizzled with BBQ sauce to really bring out the flavors. Lastly, we add a few onions rings for an off-centered but tasty twist.

Make It Simple

When you think barbeque, you probably think grilled. We combine two wood-grilled four-ounce patties and baste them with BBQ sauce. Top it with cheddar cheese, applewood-smoked bacon, and fried onion rings. Wood grilled buns brushed with BBQ-ranch sauce take it home!
The Falls Church Burger of the Week brings together beef and pork in a Double Pork BBQ Burger. A half pound burger patty with cheddar cheese, bacon, Raison D’Etra BBQ Pulled Pork is topped with topped with house made coleslaw.
For a limited time on the Fairfax Daily Specials Menu, we have the must-try BBQ Pizza. This is a new level of pizza that will have you thinking, “why doesn’t everyone make this?!”

Pass the Napkins

Our main fares come with plenty of napkins! Whether chicken or ribs, both are flavor packed with BBQ sauce. Our Memphis Chicken Platter is perfect for the eager and hungry. Wood grilled chicken breasts are basted with a sweet BBQ sauce and topped with ale battered onion rings – but don’t forget to save room for your sides. Served with beach fries and homemade cole slaw, the only thing left to do is pair it with an Indian Brown Ale. Our Alehouse Ribs are the ultimate barbeque offering. One and a half pounds of baby back ribs slowly cooked in house with a sweet and spicy chili rub covered with BBQ Sauce. If you think that’s too much, we have a half rack option too. The finishing touch is pairing these baby backs with a Raison D’Etre.

Tossed in, drizzled, basted, or dipped. Barbeque isn’t just a flavor, it is a summer staple. We have your easy fix.

Craft Beer 101: Belgian-Style Ale

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Belgian-Style Ales

What is a Belgian-Style Beer?

Belgium has a very long history of brewing well-renowned beers. The Romans may have brought brewing to that part of Europe thousands of years ago, and many Belgian breweries can trace their roots back to the Middle Ages. So it’s no surprise that Belgian-style beers are still popular with beer lovers around the world.

It’s difficult to define a Belgian beer according to narrow characteristics because Belgium’s brewers are famous for their individuality and creativity within different styles.

But there are some common flavors and aromas you can look for in Belgian-style beers. Many Belgian beers will have a distinct spicy, herbal or fruity taste – light on hops but high in flavor.

What is a Belgian-Style Ale?

Belgian beers are primarily ales – not lagers. Ales are made with top-fermenting yeasts that ferment at warmer temperatures. Lagers are made with bottom-fermenting yeasts that ferment at cooler temperatures and require a longer time to mature.

Belgian-style ales come in many different variations, but some popular styles include:

  • Belgian white beers (witbier): Light, cloudy beers with a creamy, fruity flavor – often with strong coriander and orange notes
  • Dubbels: Different varieties of brown ales, often with caramel, spicy and malty flavors
  • Tripels: Bold, dense beers with a bit more bitterness, a golden color and hints of fruit, sweetness and spice
  • Lambics: Spontaneously fermented beers made from unmalted wheat, malted barley and aged hops, featuring a wide variety of flavors, from fruity to sour

Dogfish Head Belgian-Style Ales to Try

Raison d’Etre

This Belgian-style brown ale is complex and rich, brewed with beet sugar, raisins and Belgian-style yeast. It contains 8% alcohol by volume.

Namaste

Our Belgian-style white ale is bright, refreshing and impossible not to like. We made it as a tribute to our friends at 3 Fonteinen Brewery in Belgium, and it highlights flavors of orange, lemongrass and coriander.