Sam Calagione makes great beer. Now he makes great TV. Watch “Brew Masters” on Discovery Channel and get a very cool and very informative behind the scenes look at the making of Dogfish Head ales and more importantly, watch Sam take amazing vacations that he can write off as business expenses. I’ve been down to the Dogfish plant a couple times for their annual Dogfish Dash and everyone who works there is super nice and proud and fun. I could not be happier for a local business.

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We have beer on the brain lately, and why the hell not, it’s delicious and nutritious. I just poured over a very interesting article in the latest New Yorker on “Extreme Brewing” (we touched on the topic in our latest podcast) and it features Delaware’s own beer nut Sam Calagione at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. [...]