off centered ales for off centered people industry alcoholic beverage founded june 1995 ; 21 years ago 1995 06 founder sam calagione headquarters milton delaware u.s. products beer spirits production output 175 000 us beer barrels 20 500 000 l ; 5 400 000 us gal ; 4 500 000 imp gal website http www.dogfish.com external video behind the scenes at dogfish head chemical heritage foundation dogfish head brewery is a brewing company based in milton delaware founded by sam calagione . 1 it opened in 1995 2 3 and produces 175 000 barrels of beer annually . 4 dogfish head has been a rapidly growing brewery it grew nearly 400 % between 2003 and 2006 . 5 the brewery was featured prominently in the documentary beer wars and was the subject of the discovery channel series brew masters which premiered sunday november 21 2010 . 6 the brewery takes its name from dogfish head maine where calagione spent summers as a child . 7 select brews including many of the brewery s seasonal and one off selections can be found in 31 8 u.s. states plus washington d.c. dogfish head also licenses dogfish head alehouse with three locations in gaithersburg maryland falls church virginia and fairfax virginia . beer paired food and vintage bottles of dogfish head s seasonal beers are available at their alehouses as well as kegged offerings of their staple beers . contents 1 collaboration 2 products 2.1 ipas 2.2 ancient ales 2.3 midas touch 2.4 noble rot 2.5 sah tea 3 microdistillery 4 list of beers brewed 5 brew masters 6 birreria at eataly 7 extreme beer fest 8 references 9 external links collaboration edit dogfish head often collaborates with other businesses outside of the beer industry . dogfish head has worked with the grateful dead to create a strong pale ale called american beauty a pickle company in brooklyn ny called brooklyn brine to create a pickle with beer ingredients and an old glass company in europe to design a unique ipa glass . in addition dogfish head has worked with many other businesses outside of the beer industry . calagione believes the collaboration with businesses like these distinguishes the dogfish head brand . citation needed products edit dogfish head tends to produce experimental or extreme beers such as the tongue in cheek liquor de malt a bottle conditioned malt liquor which typically comes in a dogfish head brown paper bag . dogfish head products often use non standard ingredients such as green raisins in the raison d tre . some beers including the worldwide stout 120 minute india pale ale and the raspberry flavored strong ale fort are highly alcoholic reaching 18 % to 20 % alcohol by volume typical beers have around 3 % to 7 % alcohol by volume . one of dogfish head s more notable odd beers was a green beer called verdi verdi good produced in 2005 and sold only on draft . the beer was not colored green artificially ; rather the green color was derived from brewing a dortmunder style beer that contained spirulina or blue green algae . pangaea first released in 2003 is a belgian style strong pale ale made with ingredients from every continent on earth including crystallized ginger from australia water from antarctica basmati rice from asia muscavado sugar from africa quinoa from south america european yeast and north american maize . 9 the name pangaea refers to the eponymous super continent which existed about 250 million years ago . the new york times in 2010 profiled the brewery s efforts to make chicha beer a traditional latin american beverage made from maize which requires chewing the corn and spitting it in a communal pot . 1 ipas edit bottle of 120 minute ipa dogfish head s best selling product is its line of india pale ales ipas which are offered in seven varieties 60 minute 90 minute and 120 minute ipa denoting the length of the boil with which hops are continually added sixty one a beer wine hybrid brewed with syrah grape must aprihop a spring seasonal ipa brewed with apricots burton baton an imperial oak aged ipa as well as the cask or bottle conditioned 75 minute ipa . the longer hops are boiled the more hop isomerization takes place and the more bitterness is imparted to the beer . the 60 minute is described by the company as a session ipa brewed with warrior amarillo and simcoe and rated at 60 ibus . dogfish head introduced a device in 2003 jokingly called randall the enamel animal an organoleptic hop transducer module which randallizes a given beer by passing the beer through a large plastic tube filled with a flavor enhancer often raw hops though adaptations such as fruits and coffee beans amongst others have also been used . the alcohol in the beer lifts oils off the raw hops and imparts even more hop flavor and aroma to beers that were already hoppy to begin with . a fourth ipa variety the 75 minute ipa was developed in 2008 and is currently produced in very limited quantities and typically distributed to vendors in firkins . the beer nicknamed johnny cask and featuring a mascot resembling a young johnny cash tapping a firkin with a mallet is made from a mixture of the 60 and 90 minutes ipas and undergoes a separate cask conditioning which includes the addition of maple syrup . 10 as a variation on the 75 minute ipa the alehouse 75 is also available . it is a mixture of the 60 and 90 minute offerings yet is served in a standard sankey style keg rather than a firkin . ancient ales edit in the late 90s dogfish head started an ancient ales series in which beer recipes were created based upon the chemical analysis of residue found on pottery and drinking vessels from various archaeological sites . these beers have been produced in collaboration with molecular archaeologist dr. pat mcgovern of the university of pennsylvania . as of 2010 four such brews have been crafted and only one midas touch is produced year round . the others are produced on a limited basis . midas touch golden elixir first released in 1999 . a strong ale based on residue found on drinking vessels from the tomb of king midas dating back to the 8th century bc . defining ingredients include muscat grapes honey and saffron . see section below for more information . chateau jiahu first released in 2006 . a spiced strong ale based on residue from pottery found in the neolithic village of jiahu in central china dating to the 7th millennium bc . some defining ingredients include rice flakes wildflower honey hawthorn fruit and chrysanthemum flowers . as of 2009 this is the oldest known beer recipe to be brewed in the modern age . 11 theobroma first released in 2008 . a chocolate beer based on residue found on pottery discovered in honduras dating to approximately 1200 bc . some defining ingredients include aztec cocoa powder honey and annatto . ta henket first released in 2010 bottles released in late 2011 . this beer was created to incorporate ancient ingredients and techniques described in egyptian hieroglyphics . it was brewed with emmer loaves of hearth baked bread dom palm fruit chamomile and zatar . fermentation was carried out by a native egyptian saccharomyces wild yeast strain captured from the air in egypt . midas touch edit midas touch golden elixir marketed as midas touch was first marketed in june 2001 . the recipe for this beverage is based on the chemical analysis of residues found in clay vessels believed to date back to the 8th century bc . originally discovered in gordium turkey during a 1957 dig by archaeologist rodney young the content of these vessels was left unknown for 40 years . in 1997 molecular archeologist dr. patrick mcgovern received a phone call from a former student of his informing him of a residue on clay jars from the tomb of king midas . dr. mcgovern quickly did chemical analysis finding all aspects of the drink except for the spicing agent but made an assumption of saffron due to regional availability . 12 in march 2000 calagione attended a special dinner for beer writer michael jackson . at this time mcgovern and calagione met and discussed recreating the brew . in early 2001 the new beverage was served at a dinner recreating the funeral feast of king midas . at 150 a plate the meal was a benefit to support the chemical archaeology program at university of pennsylvania . 12 dogfish head brewery dispenses approximately 1 700 1 800 cases per month to distributors . at the time of discovery midas touch golden elixir was the oldest fermented beverage recipe discovered . dogfish head brewery still today holds the record with a 9 000 yr old recipe used for chateau jiahu which was released in july 2007 . 13 the ingredients for the original 7.5 % abv recipe in 2001 included yellow muscat grapes lightly toasted 2 row barley malt thyme honey and saffron . 14 the ingredients for the 9 % abv recipe include barley white muscat grapes honey and saffron . 15 noble rot edit noble rot made with wine grapes provided by washington wine producer alexandria nicole cellars in 2010 calagione collaborated with washington winemaker jarrod boyle of alexandria nicole cellars to produce a hybrid beer wine beverage labeled noble rot . a saison style beer the brewery uses botrytis infected viognier and pinot gris grapes from alexandria nicole s destiny ridge vineyard in the horse heaven hills ava in the brew . this results in a beer with 49.5 % of the fermentable sugars coming from grapes that finishes with a 9 % alcohol level . alexandria nicole presses the grapes leaving the skins with the must and dogfish co ferments the viognier and grains while adding the pinot gris later in the process . in 2012 the beer went nationwide in the united states in more than 27 states from coast to coast and was received with critical acclaim . 16 17 18 sah tea edit in 2009 the dogfish head team began experimenting to produce their own version of the traditional finnish style beer called sahti . traditional sahti is brewed with a variety of grains malted and unmalted including barley rye wheat and oats ; then flavored with juniper berries in addition to or instead of hops . the old school style of brewing sahti also includes the step of heating hot rocks over a fire and using them to boil the wort . 19 they departed from the traditional recipe however with the creative inclusion of maya tea company s original chai tea in their brew resulting in a rich malty and lightly spiced brew . microdistillery edit dogfish head also operates a microdistillery at the rehoboth beach brewpub . 20 spirits are hand distilled in a small pot still and often like their beers tend toward unique and non traditional formulations . the distillery is very small ; dogfish head spirits are distributed only in delaware and a handful of other states . list of beers brewed edit name original release date availability description abv % ibu 60 minute ipa 00 feb 2003 year round a continuously hopped ipa brewed with a slew of pacific northwest hops . a powerful but balanced east coast ipa with a lot of citrusy hop character 6.0 60 90 minute ipa 00 apr 2001 year round a continuously hopped imperial ipa with a malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate . 9.0 90 120 minute ipa 00 apr 2003 limited the world s strongest ipa clocking in at 15 20 % abv . in 2014 it was released in the months of february june and october 18.0 120 75 minute ipa 00