Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Then Brew. Cheers!

[lsanderson]

THE PERUVIAN WAY Sam Calagione, left, and two professors chew corn to make chicha, a beer.
By JOYCE WADLER
Published: September 8, 2009
Rehoboth Beach, Del.

The musicians of Agua Clara, an Andean band found playing in Times Square, and whose members come from Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Japan, tasted the chica and weighed in.

SAM CALAGIONE, the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, has a taste for exotic brews. There is Midas Touch, created from sediment found on drinking vessels in the tomb of King Midas in Turkey, and Chateau Jiahu, inspired by trace ingredients from a 9,000-year-old dig in China. More