Sam Calagione founded Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Inc. in June 1995 in Rehoboth Beach, Del., as a brew pub called Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats. More than a decade later, the pub remains open, but the company has added a distillery that produces gin, rum and vodka, and a 100,000-square-foot brewery in nearby Milton, Del., that provides 27 states with Dogfish Head beer.
The company is privately held and does not release its revenues. However, according to general counsel Shauna Barnes, the company has grown by 20 percent in recent years in terms of sales. Dogfish has more than 250 employees and, according to Barnes, is “always hiring.”
