Kevin DeLange, the co-owner and Ideas Guy at Dry Dock Brewing Co., helped open the brewery in 2005. (credit: CBS)
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DeLange surveys some of Dry Dock's fermenting tanks in the brewery. (credit: CBS)
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Dry Dock names its fermenters in a nod to the company's whimsical atmosphere, an idea it got from the Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs. (credit: CBS)
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The company started in an 800-square foot facility at Hampden Avenue and Chambers Road in Aurora. (credit: CBS)
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Colorado is often known as the home of craft beer. According to the National Brewers Association, the state ranks fourth in the number of craft breweries. (credit: CBS)
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DeLange estimates there are more than 2,000 licensed beer manufacturing facilities in Colorado. He called the growth in the last five years "crazy," especially in Colorado. (credit: CBS)
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A bartender pours a beer at the company's South Dock location in Aurora. (credit: CBS)
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Colorado residents drank the second most beer per capita -- 11.7 gallons per drinking-age adult -- in 2013. (credit: CBS)
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In one year, Kevin DeLange, the co-owner and Ideas Guy at Dry Dock Brewing Co. says, the company's South Dock facility produces 3,000 barrels, while its North Dock plant makes 18,000 barrels. (credit: CBS)
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The menu in the tasting room shows a sampling of the brewery's offerings. (credit: CBS)
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The beers' names reflect the brewery's nautical theme. (credit: CBS)
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Dry Dock has won 20 Great American Beer Festival medals since 2008. (credit: CBS)
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The brewery won five medals at the competition in 2013, more than any other Colorado brewery. (credit: CBS)
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Colorado produced the third-most beer in the country in 2013. (credit: CBS)
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Even early on a Tuesday, Dry Dock's tasting room was busy with customers. (credit: CBS)