Last weekend I went on a very informative hour+ long tour of Dogfish Brewery before they opened. My gf set the whole thing up as part of my Xmas gift. We've been there before but never had this in depth of a tour so it was well worth the 3 hour drive. We went the night before and made sure to check out the Dogfish restaurant. Couldn't miss out on the exclusive beers that weren't on tap at the brewery.
Aside from the great beer, here are some of the standout moments.
1. Dogfish R&D area. They had a new IPA that's yet to be named or released. I'm a big fan of 75 Minute. This IPA was even better. I tried my luck at getting a growler fill but they turned it down since it's not even on tap in their tasting rooms.
2. In the same vicinity as the R&D area, there was a wall of barrels. These barrels were not in the same area as the rest of their bulk barrel aged beers. Every barrel had variations of the following written on them: UT-###. These were given to Dogfish from Sam Adams. They were barrels from their Utopias brews. Based on the additional barrels markings most were filled with Dogfish World Wide Stout, Palo Santo and a few "honey Trippel" dated 12/4/19.
3. Spotted a large quantity of empty cans for one of their new collab beers. Name: Vibrant P'Ocean. The label read "A cross -collaboration that melds the old-world charm of a 2-year foeder sour with the funky irreverence of an elderberry, elderflower and fleur de se, kettle sour."
4. Massive 10,000 gallon palo santo tank. This wood is ridiculously dense and has some weight to it. They had a spare piece to get a feel for how dense it really is.
I have a ton of pics on my phone. I'll have to upload some later.