contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message dry dock brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded 2005 founder kevin delange & michelle reding headquarters aurora colorado usa number of locations 2 products beer production output 16 200 us beer barrels 1 900 000 l ; 500 000 us gal ; 420 000 imp gal owner kevin and michelle reding website http www.drydockbrewing.com dry dock brewing company is a brewery located in southeast aurora colorado . 1 since opening dry dock has won awards from both the world beer cup and the great american beer festival winning small brewing company of the year in 2009 at the great american beer festival . contents 1 history 2 beers 2.1 home fleet 3 bottled beers 4 firkin friday 5 awards 6 references history edit dry dock brewing co. was aurora colorado s first when owners kevin delange and michelle reding opened with a 7 bbl brewhouse in a 900 square foot space next their original business the brew hut a homebrew supply shop in 2005 . they named the brewery as a nod to kevin s love of nautical history . dry dock expanded in 2009 and again in 2011 . now the brewery runs a 7 bbl brewhouse including a tasting room with 180 seats and 16 taps at its original location at 15120 e. hampden avenue which is called south dock . in 2013 dry dock nearly quadrupled its production numbers jumping from 3 200 barrels in 2012 to 12 000 barrels in one year . this increase came with the purchase of a 30 000 square foot production facility north dock at 2801 tower road . at north dock dry dock has the capacity to expand to brew more than 30 000 barrels a year and cans its flagship line of beers including the amber ale hop abomination hefeweizen and apricot blonde . in september of 2014 dry dock opened the canoe room a four tap tasting room inside of its north dock facility . the tasting room which in addition to draft beer serves dry dock s canned offerings . the room was once the storage area for the boy scouts of america aurora chapter s canoes and the area gained the nickname canoe room which stuck . visit www.drydockbrewing.com north dock for hours of operation . dry dock established itself early on by word of mouth and put itself on the map when it won a gold 2006 world beer cup only 6 months after the tiny brewery opened for its hms victory esb now dry dock s amber ale . dry dock has since been the recipient of 20 gabf medals the prestigious brewers association s small brewery of the year award and five world beer cup awards . 2 beers edit home fleet edit name style abv % ibu dry dock amber ale esb 5.8 49 uss enterprise ipa 6.4 69 dry dock apricot blonde fruit beer 5.1 17 dry dock vanilla porter spiced beer 5.4 33 h.m.s. bounty old ale old ale 6.5 35 breakwater pale ale pale ale 5.8 40 dry dock hefeweizen hefeweizen 4.3 12 double ipa imperial ipa 9.0 90 hop abomination ipa ipa 6.5 100 3 bottled beers edit farmhouse ale saison dry dock has bottled three different beers to date immolator doppelbock farmhouse ale saison and seven seas double ipa . immolator doppelbock was bottled in december 2009 with limited release . farmhouse ale saison was bottled in the spring of 2010 also limited in its release . after purchasing a 6 head bottler dry dock began bottling their seven seas double ipa for release in the greater denver area . future bottled beers include u boat hefeweizen and urca vanilla porter . pumpkin ale firkin firkin friday edit each and every friday dry dock taps a special one off firkin a cask conditioned version of one of their available beers . occasionally the beers are conditioned with odd items such as wasabi and rice . 4 in 2010 dry dock served their k lsch from a watermelon and their half moon pumpkin ale through a locally grown 208 lb pumpkin . awards edit dry dock s notoriety began in 2006 after one year in operation won gold at the world beer cup for the h.m.s. victory esb . 5 6 in 2008 dry dock won a bronze for the hms bounty old ale at the world beer cup 7 following up with a silver medal for the s.s. minnow mild ale at the great american beer festival . 8 for 2009 at the great american beer festival dry dock won a gold medal for their bismarck alt and silver medals for their reines m rzen and u boat hefeweizen landing them small brewing company and small brewing company brewer of the year for 2009 . 9 10 at the 2010 world beer cup dry dock walked away with a silver medal for their 3 heavy wee heavy scottish ale 11 along with 4 silver medals at the 2010 great american beer festival for their docktoberfest m rzen u boat hefeweizen bismarck alt and whale tail wit . 12 references edit siegler kirk 3 february 2010 . colorado brewery booming during bust . national public radio . retrieved 24 december 2010 . http drydockbrewing.com about us http drydockbrewing.com south dock on tap http drydockbrewing.com events tabid 614 default.aspx association brewer s december 24 2010 . 2006 winners pdf . worldbeercup.org . fillion roger 4 july 2007 . dry dock weighs anchor . rocky mountain news . retrieved 24 december 2010 . association brewer s april 19 2008 . 2008 winners pdf . worldbeercup.org . association brewer s october 11 2008 . gabf 2008 winners list pdf . greatamericanbeerfestival.com . http blogs.westword.com cafesociety 2009 09 colorado cleans up at the grea.php association brewer s september 26 2009 . gabf 2009 winners list pdf . greatamericanbeerfestival.com . association brewer s april 10 2010 . 2010 winners pdf . worldbeercup.org . association brewer s september 18 2010 . gabf 2010 winners list pdf . greatamericanbeerfestival.com . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dry dock brewing company & oldid 741999512 categories beer brewing companies based in coloradocompanies based in aurora 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