Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Back in 1994, when Sam Calagione was working on a business plan for a nontraditional brewery, one of the homebrew recipes he tested was a breakfast-themed stout. A few months later, Chicory Stout — brewed with organic Mexican coffee, licorice root and chicory — helped launch Dogfish on our off-centered path.

Dogfish Head today announced significant changes to its executive leadership team, including the departure of longtime vice president of sales, Adam Lambert, who will leave the company to pursue a new opportunity within craft beer. The Delaware-based craft brewery also announced it would promote current chief operating officer, Nick Benz, to the role of CEO.

Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head are investing in a growing craft spirits segment. Calagione, who described the recent influx of small-batch spirit producers as a “revolution,” believes Dogfish, the company he founded in 1995, has an opportunity to once again extend the brand outside of the beer category.

Want a sneak peek at the new Dogfish Inn? Brewbound traveled to Lewes, Del. last month to checkout the brewery’s new digs. What we discovered was a modern 16-room motel that was cozy, relaxed and elegant, all at the same time.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery may subscribe to an “off-centered” ethos, but the Milton, Del.-based company has a classic sense of fashion. Through a collaboration with Woolrich, an outdoor clothing company that pre-dates the Civil War, the brewery is set to release Pennsylvania Tuxedo, a small-batch pale ale brewed with spruce tips, named after the matching… Read more »

Milton, Delaware – This June, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery will release Rosabi, a well-hopped Imperial Pale Ale brewed with musician Julianna Barwick.

Dogfish Head today announced it will make its return to Tennessee, beginning with a soft rollout in Memphis and Chattanooga before expanding distribution statewide in the coming months. The Milton, Del.-based brewery has signed distribution agreements with Carter Distributing in Chattanooga and Budweiser of Memphis.

ELK RAPIDS, MI – Short’s Brewing Company released its first podcast entitled “Short’s Cast is on Tap!” on January 8th, 2014 on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and shortsbrewing.com.

Over the years, Dogfish Head has made a habit of pairing its beer with music. The Milton, Del.-based brewery has built a reputation of crafting collaborative brews with the likes of Pearl Jam, Deltron 3030 and the Grateful Dead. And over the past six years, Dogfish Head has worked side-by-side with artists known for creating… Read more »

Sometimes, all it takes a good pie chart to really understand just how consolidated the beer industry has become. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs broke down beer’s merger trends over the last decade. In its analysis, the investment bank found a beer industry that, in 2003, looked very different than today.

DOWNINGTOWN, PA — Victory Brewing Company and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery are pleased to announce that they will again co-host the non-traditional art exhibit celebrating the artistry of craft beer, Amber Waves, at the 2014 Craft Brewer’s Conference.

Dogfish Head finally eclipsed the 200,000 barrel mark in 2013, a milestone that only 11 other regional brewing companies had achieved the year prior. Led by its “family of IPA offerings” — 60-minute, 75-Minute, 90-minute, 120-minute, Sixty-One, Indian Brown Ale, Aprihop, Burton Baton and Rhizing Bines — Dogfish Head production numbers soared to 202,000 barrels,… Read more »

Dogfish Head has inked an agreement with Indiana Beverage for distribution throughout the state’s 24 counties. It’s the first new contract in the state for the brewery, but additional agreements with wholesalers will be finalized early in the New Year, according to a brief announcement posted on Dogfish’s blog. It adds that Dogfish beers could… Read more »

While innovation of beer styles has proven to be an effective method of differentiation (just ask Wynkoop), the intentions and business models shared at the Brewbound Session affirmed that brewery executives with large-scale ambitions recognize their roles as not just liquid vendors, but also as message diplomats and entertainment hubs.