On Saturday, December 12, Ben and Lauren came to Flying Dog Brewery for a tour and samples. They had been on a tour before and said they decided to come back for the relaxing atmosphere (and obviously for some beer). Upon their arrival and throughout their trek through the brewery, Lauren had no idea that she was in for much more than a tour and a few beers.

After consuming what she described as, “some liquid courage called Old Scratch,” Ben proposed to Lauren in our brewery parking lot.

A featured guest at their upcoming nuptials? Flying Dog beer, of course.

We’ve made some positive changes to our Friday tour schedule. See below, or check out the Tour The Doghouse page of our website.

And a reminder: due to GonzoFest a week from Saturday, we won’t be offering our regular tour.

NEW TOUR SCHEDULE

Attention Flying Dog Brewery Fans: Additional tour hours!

Beginning Saturday, September 5, 2009, we will be expanding our tour hours to accommodate our growing fan base.

We suggest you come early, we have been getting large crowds lately. The tours are free. If you would like to sample our award-winning ales, you may purchase a glass for $5 that you get to keep and you can have up to five 6oz samples. Children and young adults are welcome at the brewery and allowed on the tour, but only those 21 and over are allowed to sample the beers. Please bring a valid ID if you plan on imbibing.

Unlike some other breweries, you won’t be standing behind plexi-glass or lame yellow lines, so we ask you keep your grubby little hands to yourself. Additionally, you will be forced to wear some incredibly unflattering safety glasses as well as walk, listen, carry and/or drink a beer, all at the same time. Strollers are allowed in the tasting room, but not on the tour…there are stairs to climb and sometime hoses to step over. PLEASE DON’T WEAR SANDALS, it’s an OSHA violation.

All tours start and end in the brewery tasting room where you can kick back and sample our award-winning litter of ales and purchase merchandise from the Flying Dog Store.

Session 1: 11am-1pm

• Doors will be open from 11am-12pm only for check-in for Session 1
• Tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis and a maximum of 120 people will be let in.
• Tours will be given at 11:30am, 11:45am and 12:00noon, and each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.
• Flying Dog Brewery will be closed from 1-2pm to allow us time to clean up and prepare for the next session.

Session 2: 2pm-4pm

• Doors will be open from 2pm-3pm only for check in for Session 2
• Tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis and a maximum of 120 people will be let in.
• Tours will be given at 2:30pm, 2:45pm and 3:00pm, and each tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Forbes.com has listed our world famous brewery tour as one of the best in America.  Of course, if you ask Rippe, he’ll unabashedly take all of the credit and tell you about the time he was on the show “Beer Nutz”.  And how he’s the heir to the Flying Dog Brewery throne.

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