Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Milton, Delaware, USA · Est. 1995
Tally's Take
Why this matters
The pioneers of extreme, culinary-ingredient brewing, now merged into the massive Boston Beer Co. portfolio.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2019Merged with Boston Beer
Announced 9 May 2019 and closed on 3 July for about $300 million. Framed by both sides as a merger of American-owned craft rather than a sale to big beer — Sam Calagione joined the Boston Beer board — but it ended Dogfish Head's independence all the same.
The People
Behind the beer
Opened Delaware's first brewpub, 1995.
The Beer Library
Beers
60 Minute IPA
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
Hops added continuously across a full sixty-minute boil rather than in three or four additions. Sam Calagione rigged the first version using a vibrating football game to feed pellets in slowly.
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Year-RoundImperial IPA
Ninety minutes of continuous hopping, then dry-hopped again. It arrived when double IPA barely existed as a category and helped establish that one could still be drinkable.
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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1995Founded
- 2019Merged with Boston Beer
Announced 9 May 2019 and closed on 3 July for about $300 million. Framed by both sides as a merger of American-owned craft rather than a sale to big beer — Sam Calagione joined the Boston Beer board — but it ended Dogfish Head's independence all the same.
Today the chain tops out at Boston Beer Company.
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Sources
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is controlled by Founder / family.
Molson Coors — SEC DEF 14A Proxy Statement · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · 2026-04
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Who owns Dogfish Head Craft Brewery?
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is owned by Boston Beer Company. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is based in Milton, Delaware, USA.
- Is Dogfish Head Craft Brewery still independent?
- No. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is owned by Boston Beer Company and is no longer independent.
- When was Dogfish Head Craft Brewery acquired?
- 2019. Announced 9 May 2019 and closed on 3 July for about $300 million. Framed by both sides as a merger of American-owned craft rather than a sale to big beer — Sam Calagione joined the Boston Beer board — but it ended Dogfish Head's independence all the same.
- When was Dogfish Head Craft Brewery founded?
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery was founded in 1995 in Milton, Delaware, USA.
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