By JAMES DAWSON • SEP 25, 2015

Dogfish Head has been distilling spirits nearly as long as its been brewing its iconic beer, but is now looking to ramp up production with a new in-house facility in Milton.

The company is launching three new spirits in November that they’re looking to sell outside of the First State for the first time. Delaware Public Media's James Dawson visited Dogfish Head this week to learn more about their plans.

Restaurateurs and liquor store owners from across the state flocked to Milton Monday to enjoy a night of free drinks, food and tours of Delaware’s most iconic brewery.

But there is a new leg of the tour at Dogfish Head that stands out from the rest of the stainless steel vats dotting the facility that reach dozens of feet high into the rafters.

"What you are looking at here is a 500-gallon pot still, the pot being the kettle part and it is a big, copper, bulbous, round, almost onion shape," said Graham Hamblett, the company's lead Distiller and part of the brain trust behind their new line of spirits. 

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