Dry hopped with a fat stash of cascade hops. Don't float the mainstream! Dry Hopping: Loads more work, but the beer's much tastier. Mash tun. Lauter tun. Kettle. Whirlpool. 1. Brewhouse: Beer is brewed through a vessel system over the course of a few hours. Hops added to the kettle for balance, bitterness, and aroma. 2. Fermentation: Lasts up to 21 days. Yeast breaks down the natural sugars, converting them to alcohol. Fermentation tank. 3. The Extra: Next, we add loads of hops to our tank and circulate the entire batch through that fresh hop addition, and send it back into the fermentation tank. Takes us hours and hours to get it all up in your beer. Dry hopper. 4. Brite Tank: Finished beer is sent to the brite tank where it gets to rest for a few days before we send that lip smackin' liquid on to that bottle, can, or pint glass you're holding. Brite tank. sweetwaterbrew.com. Tours and tastings every Wed, Thu & Fri 5:30-7:30, Sat & Sun 2:30-4:30.