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Dogfish Head

Dogfish Head Wasn’t Legal At One Point [VIDEO]

By Reid Ramsay · January 20, 2015 · 1 min read

As Dogfish Head crosses the 20 year mark, brewery founder Sam Calagione recalls the day he found out starting a brewery might be illegal in their home state of Delaware.

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