Dogfish Head is kicking off a nationwide series of Ancient Ales beer dinners that celebrate our liquid time capsules and the foods that pair best with them.

From New York to California, craft beer lovers will have a chance to try beers inspired by brewers who were unencumbered by purity laws, style rules and bottom lines. Host restaurants will pair beers like Midas Touch, Sah'tea, Chateau Jiahu and others with modern cuisine, and each ticketholder will get an Ancient Ales goblet, a stone coaster and a poster.

What's an Ancient Ale, you ask? Find out here.

Ancient Ales beer dinners will be held:

• June 4: Guilty Goose, New York, NY
• June 20: SideBar & Restaurant, West Chester, PA
• June 27: Harris Grill, Pittsburgh, PA
• July 9: CraftBar NY, New York, NY
• July 16: Restaurant 55, Dover, DE
• July 23: Ripple, Washington, DC
• Aug. 2: Washington Street Ale House, Wilmington, DE
• Aug. 7: Churchill's, San Diego, CA
• Sept. 17: Coalhouse Pizza, Stamford, CT
• Sept. 19: Uno's, Hamilton, NJ
• Sept. 21: Green Turtle Market, Melbourne, FL
• October (date TBA): Busy Bee Cafe, Raleigh, NC
• Oct. 16: Sunset Tap & Grill Allston, Boston, MA

For tickets, please contact the restaurants directly.