The Dogfish Head craft brewery out of Delaware is something of a craft beer pioneer, having been in the beer making business since 1995. They established a distillery in more recent times and, much like fellow pioneer Rogue Ales did out of Oregon, have now gotten around to debuting their first in-house whiskey.
Dogfish Head Alternate Takes: Volume 1, according to those behind it, is distilled from a rather unique beer wash. More specifically, it is a “complex beer consisting of mostly specialty malts, including Applewood smoked, coffee kiln and crystal malts” that’s fermented with Dogfish Head’s Doggie Ale yeast. After distillation it is aged new charred American oak barrels, before being finished in ex-rum casks which previously held the brewery/distillery’s Barrel Honey Rum (a rum made with sugar cane molasses, honey and aged in American oak).
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“We approach each creative moment at Dogfish with a thirst to push new and out-of-the-ordinary ideas to the furthest limit,” said Sam Calagione, Founder & CEO of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery & Dogfish Head Distilling Co., in a prepared statement
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