DBC founder and brewmaster Pete Hilgeman described the beer as a “hoppy German kolsch” that pays homage to both family-owned companies’ German roots while adding “a little modern day twist with a light dry hopping to lend notes of pine, berry, and fruitiness.”
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“We wanted to do something outside of the box with this collaboration,” Hilgeman said. “Requarth helped to build our brewery and has been a family run business for over a century. We share similar company cultures even though we are in quite different areas of business.”
Requarth was founded in 1860 and sold lumber to the Wright Brothers. The beer’s name comes from Orville Wright’s journal, in an entry on Jan. 19, 1904, in which Orville wrote, “Bought lumber for making ribs and uprights from Requarth Co.”
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