In a moment that seemed like Christmas morning to many craft beer fans, Dogfish Head first hinted and then confirmed on their social media feeds this morning that after 20 months the coveted 120 Minute IPA will be available again.
Today Mariah Calagione posted the announcement to the Dogfish Head blog.
"This morning we started up the bottling line for the first batch of 120 Minute IPA in 20 months.
As many of you saw on 'Brewmasters' last year, we determined that our last batch of 120 Minute didn't meet our Quality specs and we dumped the beer. It was a hard beer to lose - both because of the enormous cost of the ingredients in that one and the fact that it is an Occasional Release for us and lots of you were anticipating it.
So we took our time tweaking the recipe, lots of time. We brewed multiple test batches at our R&D brewery inside our Rehoboth Beach brewpub. We put at least two of those batches on tap. We took a lot more time than many of you wanted us to take. We've answered thousands of emails, Facebook posts and Tweets about the 120 Minute IPA over the last year and half. Months ago, we stopped guessing when we'd re-release the beer and just started replying with 'we don't know, but we're working hard on it.'
We have been working hard on it. Pretty much every team in the brewery is excited to have the beer coming off the line today. There was a collective sigh of relief and a lot of excitement as Chad handed off the first bottle to come though the line. Thanks to all my co-workers at Dogfish Head who played their part in this re-release - you all rock!"
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This release will be limited however and Pennsylvania will be one of those fortunate for a share in this rarity. Will we see it in Pittsburgh? Mrs. Calagione added “In terms of distribution, we do not know which retailers will get these cases. We have no control over how our wholesalers share their allotments or how retailers price this beer. We hope they are fair and we hope that there isn't crazy price gouging.”
Other states where you will be able to find the release are Delaware - Massachusetts – Maine – Connecticut - New York - Washington (state) – Oregon – Arizona – Nevada – Florida - New Jersey – Virginia – Maryland – Kentucky – Michigan – Illinois – Colorado - Washington DC.
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