{"id":17437,"date":"2017-06-29T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=17437"},"modified":"2017-06-23T09:48:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T16:48:05","slug":"beer-of-the-week-longship-ragnabock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2017\/06\/29\/beer-of-the-week-longship-ragnabock\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Longship Ragnabock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ragnabock Doppelbock from Longship Brewery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the Beer Writer: <\/strong>Mira Mesa\u2019s Longship Brewery<\/strong><\/a> is all about offering a unique experience. Not only is its tasting room decorated in an over-the-top Viking thematic, the tap-list regularly features exotic beer-styles. Case in point, this week\u2019s featured beer, Longship Ragnabock<\/strong>, a doppelbock that relies on semisweet malt character and lager yeast for the bulk of its taste profile. Even though it\u2019s 8.1% alcohol-by-volume, it drinks like a five- or six-percenter and could easily be confused for a session red ale. It\u2019s a smooth and enjoyable offering for those not looking for a hop-forward drinking experience\u2014or simply a change of pace. When Longship opened, owner Dan Jachimowicz<\/strong> was only able to find five other doppelbocks being produced in San Diego\u2019s saturated suds industry. He\u2019s since crafted other lesser-brewed styles in small-batch format. A handful of them\u2014a Belgian-style tripel, rosehip-infused saison, chocolate-orange stout, and brown ale with chocolate, cranberries, almond and oats\u2014will be available at Longship\u2019s one-year anniversary this Saturday, July 1<\/strong>, where those specialties can be glugged from a stylish Norse drinking horn.<\/p>\n

From the Brewer:\u00a0<\/strong>“I guess the biggest question with this beer is: ‘Why make a dopplebock?’ In a town where people crave hoppy IPAs, why go through the long trouble of making the anti-IPA? Why go through the ten-week process of fermenting and lagering a low-hop, malt-forward, strong, dark lager? Simple. Dopplebocks are delicious. The roasted-malt and dark-fruit flavors shine in this flavorful and unique beer, and Ragnabock stands as a refreshing reminder to non-hopheads that there are other styles of beer in the world. We wanted to make something unique and under-represented. Although I am still surprised by how many experienced craft-beer fans ask us what a dopplebock is, we will continue to offer the Ragnabock and many other unusual styles.”\u2014Dan Jachimowicz, Owner & Brewmaster, Longship Brewery<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Beer Writer: Mira Mesa\u2019s Longship Brewery is all about offering a unique experience. Not only is its tasting room decorated in an over-the-top Viking thematic, the tap-list regularly features exotic beer-styles. Case in point, this week\u2019s featured beer, Longship Ragnabock, a doppelbock that relies on semisweet malt character and lager yeast for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1353,855,376,1461,2904,1436,47,4004,442,2804,390,2725,2313,2483,2314,2723,2724,61,880,4005,46,1439,50,1877,1637],"class_list":{"0":"post-17437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","8":"tag-sdbeer","9":"tag-anniversary","10":"tag-beer","11":"tag-beer-of-the-week","12":"tag-beera-mesa","13":"tag-beeramar","14":"tag-belgian","15":"tag-botw","16":"tag-brandon-hernandez","17":"tag-brown-ale","18":"tag-craft-beer","19":"tag-dan-jachimowicz","20":"tag-doppelbock","21":"tag-indiebeer","22":"tag-lager","23":"tag-longship-brewery","24":"tag-longship-brewing","25":"tag-mira-mesa","26":"tag-miramar","27":"tag-ragnabock","28":"tag-saison","29":"tag-san-diego","30":"tag-stout","31":"tag-tripel","32":"tag-west-coaster","33":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/botw_ldd-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C810&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-4xf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}