This e-mail came from Dogfish Head yesterday regarding the recent shortages of their beer as of late. Seems there’s a valid reason after all. Go figure! We just thought they were drinking it all.

Hello DFH retailer.

Let me begin by sayings thanks for propelling Dogfish Head to our best 1st two month start ever. We have lots of exciting stuff in the pipeline: the launch of Palo Santo Marron, the new book, He said Beer, She said Wine, the cover of the June Food & Wine Magazine and lots of additional national media coverage for our off-centered ales. As many of you know we are in the middle of a multi-million dollar expansion that should allow us to see a record year of growth. We have 9 new 200 bbl tanks coming on line late May to release beer in June.

As we initiated this cellars expansion we learned that the foundation under one section of our cellars had been washed away and a four week project has morphed into an eight week project. The bad news is we will be a bit tighter on beer than originally budgeted for April and May but the good news is we will have more beer available than originally budget from June through December. So we are asking you to BEER with us for two months while we ramp this puppy up. Thanks for working so hard and so well with us to make Dogfish Head one of the fastest growing breweries in America. The best is yet to come.

Sam Calagione
President, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery