Brewery Also Offers Beer Special for Nebraskans Visiting the Brewery Dry Dock Brewing Company (Aurora, Colorado) has added a third state to its distribution footprint. The brewery’s highly acclaimed beers are now available at retailers, restaurants and bars in Nebraska. The beers are distributed in Nebraska by Johnson Brothers, in Omaha, Nebraska. “We’ve wanted to carry Dry Dock’s beer for many years,” says Don Mc Millen, Johnson Brothers general manager. “We’ve always admired the quality of their beer, and with Colorado being a vacation destination for many Nebraskans, we’ve always felt the ..read more

Dry Dock Brewing Company has hired Rob Kent, formerly with California’s esteemed Bear Republic Brewing, to serve as Head Brewer for the Aurora, Colorado brewery. A professional brewer for over 20 years, Kent got his start at Utah’s Uinta Brewing and became head brewer there. He moved to BearRepublic in 2011 to become Brewing Manager and held that role until 2022. While he served at Uinta and Bear Republic, the two breweries earned numerous accolades including twelve Great American Beer festival medals and six World Beer Cup medals. While at Bear Republic, Kent helped the brewery increase its ..read more

Over the past two years we’ve learned two troubling things. First of all, in the state where canned craft beer began, just 16% of aluminum cans are recycled in Colorado. More surprising was this: the plastic shrink wraps and adhesive labels that we and other craft brewers use are crushing the recycling benefits of the mighty aluminum can. So we’re changing our packaging to make sure we don’t contribute to this recycling problem. What exactly is the problem? Cans with shrink wrap and plastic labels (which became vital for small breweries during the pandemic) are frequently identified as plasti ..read more

On April 15 at its North Dock location, Dry Dock Brewing is presenting its first annual Nautoberfest. The event is a spring celebration of Dry Dock’s German-style beers and its annual Can Bash, and a showcase of over 25 local small-business vendors and selected charities from the Aurora area. In honor of Oral Cancer Awareness Month, all Nautoberfest attendees can get a free oral cancer screening from the physicians at Concierge Medical Care. The German-style beer lineup will include Docktoberfest, a new lime-enhanced gose, and Dry Dock’s helles, hefeweizen and pilsner. The brewery’s other beer ..read more

Dry Dock Brewing Company (Aurora, Colorado) is releasing the third of eight new beers in the brewery’s revamped 2023 beer roster.   Citrus Wheat (5.2% ABV, 10 IBU) is a quaffable American-style wheat beer elevated to flavorful heights with sweet and bitter orange peel. This unfiltered straw-gold beer delivers aromas of freshly sliced oranges atop flavors of orange and tangerine and a faint breadiness. A flash of citrusy bite gives the beer a tingly and fruity finish.    On March 4 at its South Dock location, Dry Dock is having an all-day release party for Citrus Wheat ..read more

To celebrate “Galentine’s Day” (February 13, from the folks at TV’s Parks and Recreation) and the talented women on our brewing team, Dry Dock is releasing a special beer brewed by Dry Dock laboratory manager Lisa Bockelman and brewer Olivia Rajchel. “Poetic & Noble Land-Mermaid IPA” is a black IPA (6.7% ABV and 65 IBU) crafted with clever brewing measures and a blend of hops created in support of the Pink Boots Society, which promotes women in the brewing trade. “To get the black color without much roast flavor,” says Bockelman, “we used Carafa III Spezial, a dehusked dark malt from Germa ..read more

AURORA, CO—Dry Dock Brewing Co’s 14’er will be the brewery’s biggest bash yet! This year’s celebration is a nod to their home state of Colorado and all the amazing people that live there.    The bash will include lawn games, a climbing wall, and a bonfire complete with s’mores. Also back by popular demand will be onsite tattoo artists, who will be offering $30 flash tattoos.   There will be limited beer releases, several specialized beer style stations, as well as their home fleet beers like Apricot Blonde, Sour Apricot, and Hop Abomination IPA.   Party goers can enjoy thei ..read more

AURORA, CO—Dry Dock Brewing Company will release Hazy IPA, a new addition to their year-round lineup, on April 8th at both tasting rooms and April 15th into the market.   This beer was born out of Managing Brewer, Alan Simons, take on a juicy IPA.   After piloting several batches, the Kviek yeast strain stood out as a clear favorite.  “Hazy IPAs are all the rage these days,” says Simons.  “Some might say we’re a little late to this game, but we wanted to be sure we had a unique, drinkable, and quality product. The Kveik yeast along with some stellar fruity hops has all ..read more

AURORA, CO — Dry Dock Brewing Company will release their Colorado Freedom Memorial Blonde Ale, April 20 at both tasting rooms and May 1 into the market.   This American Blonde Ale was brewed for the Colorado Freedom Memorial located in Aurora, CO. It is a monument to honor the sacrifice of over 6,000 Colorado veterans killed in actions since 1876. Dry Dock will be donating a portion of the proceeds from every case sold to the Colorado Freedom Memorial Fund.   Rick Crandall, President and Founder of the Colorado Freedom Memorial Fund described the collaboration. “For the last decade K ..read more

Brewery Also Offers Beer Special for Nebraskans Visiting the Brewery Dry Dock Brewing Company (Aurora, Colorado) has added a third state to its distribution footprint. The brewery’s highly acclaimed beers are now available at retailers, restaurants and bars in Nebraska. The beers are distributed in Nebraska by Johnson Brothers, in Omaha, Nebraska. “We’ve wanted to carry Dry Dock’s beer for many years,” says Don Mc Millen, Johnson Brothers general manager. “We’ve always admired the quality of their beer, and with Colorado being a vacation destination for many Nebraskans, we’ve always felt the ..read more