Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to host Harvest Festival Oct. 8
It’s time to trade those swimsuits for sweatshirts. To kick off the fall season, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery will host its second annual Harvest Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at its Milton Tasting Room & Kitchen.
This free event will unite local Delaware businesses and organizations for a day of food, music, art, entertainment and off-centered ales, including a brand-new fall beer brewed in collaboration with Dewey Beer Co. and Fifer Orchards.
"I am always pumped for this time of year and for our annual Harvest Festival, but Deep Delish, our new collaboration beer with Dewey Beer Co. and Fifer Orchards, is going to bring a whole new level of excitement to the event,” said Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head founder and brewer. “I think our drinkers are going to have a lot of fun tasting it, especially knowing that it was ideated and brewed in partnership with two other Delaware native brands.”
Deep Delish, the first limited-edition 12oz can to be released from Dogfish Head’s Milton Tasting Room & Kitchen, was brewed in partnership with Dewey Beer Co. and Fifer Orchards. With maple syrup, brown sugar and apple juice concentrate from Fifer Orchards, this beer radiates notes of maple and apple crisp for a fresh-from-the-oven flavor. Deep Delish (9.7% ABV) will be available on draft and in 6pk/12oz cans to-go for $14 each, while supplies last.
Upon arrival at Harvest Festival, guests can take a stroll around the grassy knoll to check out the food trucks and booths run by local Delaware vendors and artisans including members of the Developing Artist Collaboration, a local arts-centric nonprofit, who will be performing live acrylic paint pour-overs. Throughout the day, the Tasting Room & Kitchen will offer food and cocktail specials, along with tours of the brewery and Steampunk Treehouse. DJ 45 will be spinning vinyl tunes indoors while Hot Sauce and Homestead Blue Grass Band serenade guests on the outdoor stage.
A portion of proceeds from this year’s Harvest Festival will benefit Brandywine Valley SPCA, an organization that advocates for the well-being and welfare of animals. From 1 to 3 p.m., guests can also show their support by bringing their pup to the on-site dog photo booth.
For those who can’t make it to Harvest Festival but still want to drink in the fall spirit, Dogfish Head has the beers to make it happen.
Brewed with all German Munich malt, noble hops and lager yeast, Amazön Lederhösen (5.2% ABV) is a traditional märzen beer that's filled with luscious layers of maltiness. Its aromas and flavors will have drinkers thinking they're right there at the largest beer-drinking event in the world, Oktoberfest in Germany. Amazön Lederhösen is available on draft at Dogfish Head’s Rehoboth brewpub, Brewings & Eats, and in cans to go at Dogfish Head’s Off-Centered Empourium.
A full-bodied brown ale with smooth hints of pumpkin and brown sugar, Punkin Ale (7% ABV) is brewed with pumpkin meat, brown sugar and spices. Punkin Ale is available on draft and in 6pk/12oz bottles at Dogfish Head's Milton Tasting Room & Kitchen, and at the Rehoboth brewpub and empourium.
To learn more, go to dogfish.com/events/harvest-festival-dogfish-head-craft-brewery.
