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The New Hampshire
In-house brewery, 7th Settlement, will soon open doors in downtown Dover By STEPHANIE FIELD contributing writer
Dover will soon be home to an in-house brewery that offers farm-to-table food crafted from fresh, local ingredients along with signature craft beer. 7th Settlement plans on opening its doors in midNovember.
be featured on tap. The beers will feature brews from 7th Settlement and One Love Brewery. One Love Brewery is a sister brewery located in 7th Settlement. Consumers can expect variety when it comes to the beers on tap. “We have two different backgrounds, two different influences,” Michael Snyder of One Love
The dream of owning a brewery started eight years ago for Henry and Boynton when Henry’s wife gave him an at-home brew kit. Henry and Boynton brewed a clone of Caribou Slober, which is a brown ale from Montana. 7th Settlement is located in the Cocheco Mill building in the heart of downtown Dover at 47 Washington St. Business partners Josh Henry and Dave Boynton are excited to be opening their doors to the public soon. The four brewers in charge of the front of house are Josh Henry, Dave Boynton, Michael Snyder and Nate Sephton. The two chefs are Brent Hazelbaker and Taylor Miller, former chefs of the nowclosed Green Monkey in Portsmouth. Six in-house brewed beers will
Brewery said, “so even though we may be making similar styles of beers, it’s probably coming from totally different angles, which is nice.” “We won’t be having competing beers,” Synder said, “there won’t be two stouts unless they are very different.” Beer prices are expected to be low. According to Henry, they do not put the beer in kegs but rather have lines running from the holding and serving tanks and eliminating additional costs. Henry said a pint of beer is expected cost $5. The food featured on the menu
will be farm-to-table and prices are expected to be low as well. Boynton explained that the menu will be seasonal but will have staple items. Meals will be crafted and prepared by chef Hazelbaker and sous-chef Miller. 7th Settlement is community-supported and received funding from crowd funding, founders clubs, presales, local investors and local banks and received a municipal loan from the town of Dover. The municipal loan was received because 7th Settlement is creating jobs for Dover. “We funded it completely with the community,” Henry said. The history of Dover has an influence when it comes to naming the beers. Henry explained how an imperial beer is a stronger beer. “Our imperial beers will be named after stronger dates in Dover’s history,” Henry said. According to Henry and Boynton, 7th Settlement sets itself apart from other restaurants in Dover because of its home-brewed craft beer, farm-to-table food, and top-notch service. “It was a great, great time doing it during the several days of brewing,” Henry said. They bottled the beer and actually labeled it “7th Settlement first batch brown.” From there, the idea took over and 7th Settlement will soon be opening its doors.
Friday, November 1, 2013
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Beast Feast
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All three dining halls held their Annual Beast Feast in celebration of Halloween on Wednesday night. Regular foods were given ghoulish names for the evening and staff dressed up in their favorite Halloween costumes. For more pictures, go online to http://www.tnhonline.com.