Dogfish Head will keep things light and heavy over the Labor Day weekend with three limited edition offerings.
On tap at its tasting room in Milton during that weekend will be Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA, 120 Minute IPA and Grisette About It!.
The brews are hand-bottled and numbered.
Dogfish Head will begin shipping its Fall release of120 Minute IPA in late August. Guests who visit the Milton Tasting Room between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Aug.31 can stop by for a beer and enter for a chance to win a limited-edition 120 Minute IPA poster. The 120 Minute IPA will be available in four-pack/12 ounce bottles.
Dogfish Head will also release 250 (750ml) bottles of Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA in the Tasting Room. The beer is 120 Minute IPA aged in bourbon barrels for seven months. The brew comes with 17 percent alcohol. The $30 bottles will be sold on a first come, first served basis, and guests are limited to two bottles per person.
On Saturday, Sept. 1, Dogfish Head will release 200 (750ml) bottles of Grisette About It! Brewed with heirloom oats and raw organic einkorn – one of the earliest known varieties of cultivated wheat – Grisette About It! Is brewd with Czech and German Hops. Fermented with two strains of Belgian yeast and aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels for two months, the light beer has 3.5 percent alcohol. Cost is $18 with a limit of two bottles. The beer will also be on tap at the tasting room.
Grisette was featured in a recent story on lighter beer in the Wall Street Journal(paywall) that featured quotes from Dogfish Head founder and CEO Sam Calagione.
Dogfish Head has been making a splash with its SeaQuench Ale, a best seller which appeals millennials who want lighter beer.
