SeaQuench Ale

Our session sour quencher brewed with lime peel, black limes & sea salt

ABV: 4.9 

IBU: 10 

RELEASE: Year Round 

ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2016

STYLE: Sour 

SeaQuench Ale is a session sour mash-up of a crisp Kolsch, a salty Gose, and a tart Berliner Weiss brewed in sequence with black limes, sour lime juice and sea salt to make this the most thirst-quenching beer Dogfish Head has ever brewed.

“…may be the world’s most thirst-slaying beer.”
- Men’s Health

When we opened our geographically-enamored seafood restaurant Chesapeake & Maine in 2016, we wanted to honor its coastal roots by developing this sessionable, seafood-pairing beer that takes you to a place of briny seawater on sunny beach days. Our experimentation focused on three thirst-quenching styles with German roots, but no single style quite hit the mark and mood we were going for … so we blended them and the result was the tart and refreshing beer we were looking for!

Partnering with the National Aquarium, we replicated sea salt sourced from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and added sea salt from the coast of Maine to honor the Atlantic coast we love so much.

See what folks are saying...

• - “…is angling itself toward drinkers with an active lifestyle” - Sports Illustrated 

• - “…includes specifically chosen potassium-rich barley strains, sea salt from Maine and the Chesapeake Bay, formulated with the help of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, black limes…and lime juice” - USA Today

• - "This sour is brewed with black limes and sea salt, and it’s the perfect accompaniment to trout’s delicate flavors and flaky texture...” - Food & Wine

• - 'A beer designed specifically to go with seafood' - Boston Globe

ENJOY

GLASSWARE Pint glass 

CHEESE PAIRING Goat cheese 

FOOD PAIRING Seafood, steamed mussels, raw oysters, grilled chicken 

EXPERIENCE

AROMA Spiced citrus aromas of lime 

FLAVOR Amazingly tart, refreshing crisp flavors of lime and the deeper slight bitter of black lime, a touch of salt on the tongue, a bit of malt sweetness in the finish 

MOUTHFEEL Sweet, clean and quenching