Dogfish Head to release hand-bottled beer trio Aug. 31, Sept. 1

Dogfish Head will celebrate Labor Day weekend with a lineup of three beer releases at the Milton Tasting Room, 6 Cannery Village, Milton, on Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 1. The three beers – Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA, 120 Minute IPA and Grisette About It! – are truly labors of love, involving loads of time, attention and care to brew and bottle. In fact, both Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA and Grisette About It! were hand-bottled and numbered by Dogfish Head workers.

To close out the last day of August and cheer the start of a new season, Dogfish Head will begin shipping its fall release of 120 Minute IPA in late August. Guests who visit the Milton Tasting Room between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 31, can enjoy a beer and enter for a chance to win a limited-edition 120 Minute IPA poster – only 250 prints available. The 120 Minute IPA will be available in 4pk/12oz bottles.

Dogfish Head will also release 250 bottles (750ml) of Bourbon Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA in the Tasting Room at 11 a.m. Friday. Full-bodied and complex, this beer takes the fan-favorite 120 Minute IPA to the next level, aging it in bourbon barrels for seven months and then dry-hopping it with a boatload of high-alpha American hops. Clocking in at 17 percent ABV, it’s jam-packed with barrel notes, and boasts an abundantly fresh hop flavor and aroma. Priced at $30 each, bottles will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and guests are limited to two bottles per person.

Dogfish Head will release 200 bottles (750ml) of Grisette About It! at 11 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 1. Brewed with heirloom oats and raw organic einkorn – one of the earliest known varieties of cultivated wheat – Grisette About It! gets its subtle nuttiness and soft spiciness from a blend of noble Czech Saaz and fruity German Hallertau Blanc hops. Fermented with two strains of Belgian yeast and aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels for two months, this 3.5 percent ABV brew is pale and hazy with notes of toasted oak and soft vanilla.

The Wall Street Journal recently caught up with Dogfish Head founder and CEO Sam Calagione to chat about low ABV beer trends among millennial beer consumers. Calagione said, “We wanted something really malt-forward but super refreshing.”

Ranked in The Wall Street Journal’s list of 5 Beers Lower in Alcohol and Calories, Full of Flavor and Character, Grisette About It! is described as “an old French style redone in heirloom malts, wine barrels and warm-fruit hops. Like a chewy oatmeal cookie with rum-soaked raisins.”

Priced at $18 each, bottles of Grisette About It! will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and guests are limited to two bottles per person. It will also be on tap in the Tasting Room while supplies last.

For more information about Dogfish Head’s Labor Day weekend events and off-centered ales, go to www.dogfish.com.