RARITIES

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Bottle and glass of Knotty Bits beer

KnottyBits

A wild ale aged on sweet and sour cherries, and rhubarb.
ABV 8.2%

Bottle Releases

America the Brettiful

America the Brettiful

Softly sour with bright berry notes and a mild brett funk.
6 IBU ABV 8%

A bottle of Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA.

Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA

Jam-packed with barrel notes and boasts an abundantly fresh hop flavor and aroma.
ABV 17%

Bottle and Glass of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Fruit-Full Fort

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Fruit-Full Fort

A rich, full-bodied and berry-forward ale that’s sweet with warm notes of tawny port, vanilla, coconut and toasted oak.
ABV 17%

A bottle of Bourbon Barrel-Aged Vanilla World Wide Stout

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Vanilla World Wide Stout

Smooth with velvety notes of toasted vanilla and roasted malt.
ABV 18.4%

Bottle of Grisette About It! Beer

Grisette About It!

Crisp and tart with notes of grapes, oak and white wine.
10 IBU ABV 3.5%

Bottle of IN YOUR MACE! beer

IN YOUR MACE!

This smoky, moderately sweet stout gives off spicy nutmeg, anise and espresso aromas with a palate-warming chili-spiced finish.
35 IBU ABV 5%

Bottles of It's The End of the Wort As We Know It beer

It’s The End of the Wort As We Know It

Slightly tart and subtly sweet with jammy blueberry, cranberry and cherry flavors.
30 IBU ABV 9%

Collaborations

Beer Thousand Dogfish Head

Beer Thousand

Imperial lager, chosen to echo the copious amounts of lager that fueled GBV’s garage recordings. Brewed with 10 grains and 10 hop varieties. Draft only.

31 IBU 10.0% ABV

Draft Exclusives

Pouring Alternate Takes #1 Beer into a glass

Alternate Takes #1

A quenching, citrusy Double IPA.
70 IBU ABV 7.8%

Almost empty cup of Alternate Takes #2 on top of a barrel.

Alternate Takes #2

Our classic Raison D’Etre aged with Syrah grape must & brett.
25 IBU ABV 10%

Glass of Alternate Takes #3 Beer

Alternate Takes #3

An Imperial IPA brewed with a massive amount of juicy hops.
70 IBU ABV 9%

Alternate Takes #4 beer being poured into a glass.

Alternate Takes #4

Our barrel-aged apricot Farmhouse Ale.
25 IBU ABV 8.1%

Glass of Alternate Takes #5 beer

Alternate Takes #5

Barrel-aged Raspberry & Blueberry Sour.
6 IBU ABV 8%

Image of beer being poured into a cup and some text, "Draft Exclusive"

Chocolate Lobster

A rich dark ale with notes of bittersweet chocolate and roast, with a slight herbal nuance and a subdued taste of the ocean in the finish.
40 IBU ABV 5.6%

Rarities

Shelter Pale Ale

Shelter Pale Ale

Our original Pale ale brewed with Northwest hops and a solid malt backbone

30 IBU 5% ABV

Glass of Sick Cider

Sick Cider

An unfiltered, rustic cider made with five types of Delware-grown apples.
ABV 6.5%

Bottle of Sixty-One beer

Sixty-One

Sixty-One marries two Dogfish Head innovations: beer/wine hybrids and continually-hopped IPAs.
22 IBU 5.2% ABV

Squall IPA beer bottle with a cloud and lightning on top of the cap.

Squall IPA

Our bottle-conditioned, continually hopped Double IPA.
75 IBU ABV 9%

Tahenket Beer label art

Ta Henket

Brewed with an ancient form of wheat and loaves of hearth-baked bread, flavored with chamomile, doum-palm fruit and Middle Eastern herbs.
7 IBU 4.5% ABV

Beer and glass of Theobroma beer

Theobroma

This Ancient Ale is based on chemical analysis of pottery fragments found in Honduras.
8 IBU 10.0% ABV

Bottle of Tweason'ale beer

Tweason’ale – Between Seasons

Between the seasons, we have a special release – a gluten-free beer.

6.0% ABV

Bottles of Urkontinent beer

Urkontinent

The careful combination of ingredients gives this Belgian dubbel complex coffee and chocolate-­covered cherry notes.
ABV 8-10%

Bottles of World Wide Stout beer

World Wide Stout

Dark, rich, roasty & complex malt tones with a smooth alcohol presence.

20 IBU 18.0%+/- ABV