Dogfish Head introduces Asteroid Metropolis Lager

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The beer celebrates Wes Anderson’s quirky new movie.

If a film and a beer sound like the right mixture for you this summer season, this craft brewery has you lined.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery lately introduced the introduction of Asteroid Metropolis Lager, a drink created in honor of Wes Anderson’s new movie, “Asteroid Metropolis.” In accordance with a press launch, the beverage presents “a stratified, Earthy twist on a traditional lager’s mild and refreshing taste profile.” Founder and brewer Sam Calagione mentioned that he has admired Anderson’s quirky method to directing for a very long time and that his films have been “touchstones” for the model.

“Our method to brewing [has] a way of creativity and whimsy. We take what we make actually severely, however we don’t take ourselves too severely,” Calagione mentioned. “Our rallying cry has at all times been ‘off-centered ale for off-centered folks.’” Anderson’s movies, like “Bottle Rocket” and “Rushmore,” synchronize with the brewery’s vitality, he added.

Asteroid Metropolis Lager is brewed with regeneratively grown pilsner malt, Tuxpeño corn malt, and Zuper Saazer hops. It options notes of savory corn, in addition to hints of untamed blossoms and herbs. The beer is completed with a mid-Twentieth century Pennsylvania lager yeast, a nod to the period when “Asteroid Metropolis” takes place. The label for the drink was created in collaboration with Anderson himself.

“[The artwork] was a meta psychological train,” Calagione mentioned. “[It’s] basically a billboard of a billboard. One of many central design parts within the movie is a billboard saying, ‘Welcome to Asteroid Metropolis.’ So we type of made a billboard for the beer out of [the one] from the film.”

The film takes place in a fictional desert city round 1955.

Within the movie, a Junior Stargazer/House Cadet conference, meant to convey college students and fogeys collectively for “fellowship and scholarly competitors,” will get disrupted by “world-changing occasions.” The movie boasts a star-studded forged, with actors akin to Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, and extra.

“Asteroid Metropolis” hits restricted theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 16 and expands nationwide on June 23. Asteroid Metropolis Lager will likely be obtainable on the movie’s screenings at choose Alamo Drafthouse places nationwide. The drink can be bought at Dogfish Head’s coastal Delaware places, in addition to at retailers like Eataly in New York’s Flatiron District.