Making Beer From Scrapple: Craftwerk Dogfish Head

Sam Calagione is one the forefathers of the craft beer revolution. His brewery Dogfish Head, founded in 1995, now produces over 175,000 barrels of beer annually, growing nearly 400 percent between 2003 and 2006. We traveled down to their massive headquarters in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware, to have Sam show us their very impressive operation. We also visited their brewpub to whip up a scrapple-based beer Sam has been thinking up for quite some time. Enjoy this inside look into one of the world's biggest craft breweries. For more about beer, check out our friends at BeerAdvocate.
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[@Manjunn]

Love this guy, a real creative kind of person, constantly thinking outside of the box and improving everyday. What a great job he has!

[@luzo0o0]

After a long day of work nothing beats taking my boots off and cracking open a 90 minute IPA, love all their beers, awesome people!

[@invinciblejets4690]

Sam is such a real nigga.

[@thedriza297]

invinciblejets yeah ok wigger

[@Al3xTrucho20]

Yes more craft beer episodes! Dogfish Head 90min ipa was my first craft beer. And holy shit was it delicious.

[@josephstalin7436]

I love their 90 it's the best out of the 60 and 120

[@hdofu]

+Joseph Stalin 75 is kind of fun, wish they had it in single size

[@WARRIORofHARDCORE]

Mine was Midas Touch

[@xTheOxx]

I agree with Wayne, it's hard to beat a good barley wine.

[@vegadiaz4992]

this guy talks like a dude like a real dude if you understand what I'm saying

[@zanmartincic866]

+Vega Diaz Exactly

[@IWMFZ]

True lol

[@dominickd16]

Yeah bro I understand what your getting at dude. Murica fuck yeah.

[@anthonydelara319]

Sounds like he's been surfing for his whole life lmfao

[@dangerzone4149]

yeah seems like he'd be surfing and puffing down doobs.

[@DietotenRiesen]

A Trip to this brewery is a huge dream for me!

[@ipwndrums]

i feel like this guy is the same guy from the surfer dude interview on the news a while back...except maybe 20 years older now lol. could totally hear him saying "you drop in, just smack the lip WHAAPBBA drop down ZIBAHHH, then you just get pitted, so pitted"

[@iceydaywalker9198]

hahahahahahah fantastic comment

[@shinobistealth77]

Great video! Dogfish Head make rad beer and it was fun to get a look at their brewery.

[@joeamanatidis8558]

Fucking love this guy.... "gotta keep pinchin pennies man"

[@unionrdr]

Finishing up my 1st batch of Hellfire IIPA with 12ozs of hops from US, UK & NZ, with ghosts, fatalii's & scorpions. It's dry hopping & dry peppering now! Got most of the ingredients for my rendition of the old German mumme' that'll go down soon as well! Like to try the scrapple beer...sounds like liquid breakfast!

[@bickellbic]

it just makes your life better the more that people can see that the more everyone will enjoy

[@AdamMKeys]

I've never been a huge fan of DFH but have always respected the drive to create something new and different. I too would one day like to open a brewery and have it be 100% project/experimental brews.

[@ThomasLeo]

This is the best brewery I've ever been too. Well worth the drive from Boston.

[@87Mazallah]

Gotta love Sam. He is craftbeer america.

[@Imasofat]

You had me at Scrapple. I want some! Thank you Dogfish Head for revolutionizing american beer! Imported beer used to be a thing in America. Now, all I want is American Craftbeer!

[@thejman36]

Seems like a chill dude to work for.

[@bickellbic]

exactly you guys are steping up to the new level i buy your beers all the time when i i have a fucked up day im ready the next day

[@wyattalexander4041]

I still remember that scrapple beer best cost per beer 6 pack for a stout I bought in a long time wish I could still get it was awesome!

[@dropmatty]

Ate there last time i was in rehoboth. Grilled salmon sandwich, was awesome, paired with a 60 minute, it just hit the spot so well. Great guys

[@mivader378]

The "Fuck you/High five" @7:40 part sums up my life's philosophy and I think it's a very nice way of putting it.

[@cdrum5994]

Great beer. Great brewery to visit.

[@alifadaei2217]

This place just went on my bucket list

[@hasslehoffs]

always loved these guys...cant get my hands on it in canada though

[@kickstart831]

As a fellow brewer, I wish I could give this video 5000 thumbs up!

[@ludangbaye9468]

FINALLY SOMETHING FROM MY STATE DELAWARE

[@bobunitone]

Sam is my hero, raddest dude there ever was! His series on Discovery was cool, too bad they pulled it because Bud threatened to pull their advertisements from the channel.. How it goes... Watch his TED talks, pretty awesome.

[@JamesP69]

Enjoyed this episode. And yes I agree with the poster below where is Matty and where is Huang????

[@aaron2414]

I drink too much of your beer to be that motivated

[@tngchinghwa]

this guy is living the life, i can see myself doing this for the rest of my life

[@lmen1990]

Sam is the fucking man

[@jonathanpepper9743]

This dude is fucking inspirational.

[@lilmannorcross54]

I fucking love this guy.

[@CutTheFat]

Yay!! GO DELAWARE! Scrapple? FUCK YEAH.

[@FatherDyer1990]

Yeeah..

[@CutTheFat]

+Alex Daughdrill Yeeeeah...

[@thedriza297]

CutTheFat such a filthy mouth for such a large woman. Brute much?

[@davestout8471]

Beer for breakfast stout. Had one a few days ago, pretty good.

[@juandope1506]

Check out free state brewery in Lawrence Kansas really good beer!

[@derrickharmon7980]

This bruh gets it

[@scumXskates]

I like his "Get in the Van" reference. He does kinda remind me of the Henry Rollins of the craft beer world.

[@factsbluboi1503]

I recommend beer to drink music to.awesomeness

[@Kopa_Malphas]

I love dogfish head, Chikoree stout is the freaken best.

[@DannyGruesome]

So no dogfish head? Smashes phone Stomps skateboard

[@dxzxax8772]

haha! the hoopty neon signs out front, just screaming it out for the public to see

[@RBrown-cz7cx]

so if the beer made with scrapple is ready I wanna try it. would also cook with it. where can it be found?

[@USFighter]

I dont think dogfish head gets the respect they deserve in the beer community. I have not disliked any beer they created. Their campfire amplifier is the most creative beer I have ever had. I love it. The Hazy O is my new favorite beer. The slightly mighty is a wonderful light ipa. 60 90 and 120 ipa are legendary. Sea quench is the only beer I drink on the beach.

[@DavidPacJr]

I know nothing about Delaware but I'm pretty sure Dogfish Head is the best thing that happened to that state

[@psiklops71]

get in the van true punker this beer rocks

[@MorbidOrangeCat]

Dogfish 120 Minute is the fucking bomb!

[@maleficus8504]

I fucking love beer

[@KingDennisJensen]

Nooo, the beerstore/LCBO doesn't carry Dogfish here in this part of Southern Ontario :(

[@VivecAlmsivi]

that dude with the long hair looks like chuck norris

[@doginasweater.3861]

LWStupidus well you know Chuck Norris would drink barley wine.

[@joey778alucard]

Best IPAs in my opinion plus dragons and yum yums and midas touch are good

[@flabergastedfred]

Joseph Forgey Yess the Lupu Luao is my favorite ipa. Haven’t tried dragons and yum gums though. I can’t find it anywhere

[@copsarebastards]

@@flabergastedfred i can ship some to you, where do you live? Maybe we can beer trade.

[@flabergastedfred]

Cole Heideman that would be great! I live in New York. I can send you a can of Sixpoint Dabble I have in the fridge. Limited release

[@flabergastedfred]

I have 2 left actually

[@dooterino]

Tröegs next?

[@whymilky8086]

This is the most DE shit I’ve ever seen, I love it

[@MrYouarethecancer]

Maryland bruh here. Fuck yeah Scrapple.

[@DvDPlaya]

4:36 interesting.

[@TheDarwiniser]

Hes the grown up version of the long haired surfer dude from Big Hero 6. HEATHCLIFFE ! MY MAN !

[@lambchop777]

Dude u gotta send more dogfish 120s up to the Poconos, the only way to get them up here is to be friends with a distributor

[@AdamMKeys]

+Lamb chop This years 120 is a little too hot IMO. But still a must have when it hits the shelves.

[@KingRamos710]

nice beer belly

[@WARRIORofHARDCORE]

The god brewer

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

It makes me so sad that the only beer to make it over to the UK is old IPA. Would love to try this guy's beers fresh.

[@hdofu]

+The Craft Beer Channel some of his beer benefits from a bit of aging... btw which one of the ipas made it over? 60 minute?

[@derekcox543]

+The Craft Beer Channel Then why dont you contact him you do have a following of 31k. You test the booze giving him spotlight you drink the booze free of charge everyone wins.

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

+Derek Cox we should definitely drop him a line!

[@TheCraftBeerChannel]

+David Brailsford yeah the 60 minute - still a great beer!

[@hdofu]

+The Craft Beer Channel yeah its definitely the most approachable of their beers to people coming from other breweries (at least since they stopped bottling shelter pale ale)

[@Nylorac]

Has anyone has the scrapple stout they made??

[@nephildevil]

1:34 they have chuck norris working there uh-oh super manly beers then

[@josepena5300]

I've been trying to taste the "Midas Touch"

[@MrEvanfriend]

Fuck yeah, I also have a college degree and no high school diploma. And I also enjoy brewing, though I can't say that I can do it to Sam Calagione's level.

[@josepena5300]

"A very nice hi, fuck you." lol

[@JulianJohnston919]

Was this guy a actor or something? He looks familiar.

[@factsbluboi1503]

great comercials, marketing and beers

[@GarriFree]

bro Broooo Brah bruh nice

[@benmols]

Man that's a lot of pipework - you guys need pigging!

[@bargh70]

The Reinheitsgebot is a milestone in world history and made beer what it is today for a lot of reasons but it just not translating in today's times. Because of it the beer makers in Germany has reduced their competition to price and image. There is very little difference in taste and variety, the only deciding point is the lower price and if that particular brand speaks to people from a certain region. What this has done is drive beer quality to a stable but also taste and variety. Basically it's all the same crap that has good enough quality and recipe for a mass product but nothing else going on for it. People aren't willing to pay more for beer, everybody is just looking at the price point. This means there is very little space for small breweries. No place for experiments, no chance of a bigger, more complex experiment and development of different things. Ironically Americans, the people with the shittiest beer of all times have now taken the lead.

[@copsarebastards]

Do you have any sources for this or is this just your impression? My gf is german and i am a homebrewer, I have a bit of a dream of moving there and brewing American style craft beer professionally, because the craft market is smaller there with more room to grow, but competing with german domestics is a whole different ballgame vs american domestics. Also the reinheitsgebot killed local styles and old gruits and stuff which isn't necessarily great.

[@tobydammit6599]

@@copsarebastards just ask stone berlin lmao

[@ayelmao1224]

Their Namaste White is basically Blue Moon but better

[@Outlawgavi]

I want to Brew Beer

[@Goodwithwood69]

Meat in stout! A a English Guinness lover I must say I'm disappointed that you have mess with a craft that is brewing by putting pork in it! ................ And making it a plane ride away! I want to try it NOW!

[@bingevintage8124]

He looks like Freddie prince jr

[@catscats50]

The reinheitsgebot law only applies to bottom fermented beer. However pork in beer. Really? American C Hops popular with homebrewers but rarely found in pub beer here in England.

[@jeanrepal]

i don't know where you got that, but it's false. The Reinheitsgebot originated in a time where they didn't know what yeast was or did. That's why it's not mentioned in the Reinheitsgebot und also why applied to both bottom and top fermentation. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to get a traditional Kölsch brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot.

[@dampaul13]

@@jeanrepal Why do people insist on making stuff up they have no idea about?

[@jeanrepal]

@@dampaul13 not sure, ask the guy

[@bingevintage8124]

Didn’t know the Rock worked for Sam

[@jakeman552]

Dogfish Dude

[@thedriza297]

How does one get a college degree without putting a period on high school? The first thing I had to do was produce my high school transcript...

[@Mugen0445]

If all that came from someone else I would have considered it some hipster bullshit. Somehow there's something about this laid back dude that makes him likable. I just can't really put my finger on it though.

[@AdamMKeys]

+Mugen0445 "Hipsters" are outsiders in the brewing scene. They just drink the beer and pretend that they know all about it.

[@jonny5415]

The Reinheitsgebot is not an actual law, you can brew whatever you want. But you wouldn't be allowed to call it beer

[@charlesmcglinchy1169]

Scrapple is a Philly thing. Thank you DFH for your beer.

[@FernandoGarcia-pv5ct]

DWAYNE JOHNSON WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@BoyAditya]

Beer Pub guy more a Chuck Norris than a Dwayne Johnson, there ...

[@Dudububu57]

I prefer water.

[@TheRantinghick]

Im not sure how i feel about having ''scrapple'' in beer.

[@Spikyzzzz]

Didn't know Chuck Norris worked for a bar..

[@Gmoney2dope]

didnt know dwayne "the white rock" johnson worked at dogfish

[@BoyAditya]

Dwayne "Chuck Norris" Johnson

[@mitchamus]

Plastic cups??? fuck that.

[@vbronzov]

baltika looks like nothing according to this

[@-los-7291]

West Coast runs the craft beer culture!

[@wirehyperspace]

scrapple is American made

[@Transcedant]

Reminds me of a young Henry Rollins.

[@kootrathegambler8343]

thinking outside the box in brewing is asking for botulism

[@charlessimmons135]

botulism tends to stray away from liquids that are boiled for an hour homie...

[@savvadev]

Henry Rollins is that you?

[@mitchellmaytorena1137]

+savvadev Yes.

[@TqAntiqueno]

he totally sounds like Tommy Chong

[@LouisianaAstroRambler]

Scrapple is a bit like hog head cheese isn't it? Wtf lol..

[@KvltKommando]

he looks like a skinny version of Henry Rollins

[@generaldom]

Tried scrapple twice willingly. Never again.

[@Ggffzzzhgfdduuujhg]

+Dom's Sketch Cast Why are you under every video I watch? Are you a bot or what? ;)

[@generaldom]

Yeah. Beep beep boop. See you on the next one buddy.

[@KvltKommando]

+Dom's Sketch Cast I've always wondered what it tastes like, since it looks so fucking disgusting and people willing eat it. Then again, people eat... tripe, and pigs feat, and fish heads, and fermented everything... eww,

[@MrEvanfriend]

Scrapple tastes like breakfast sausage mixed with Fritos. It's disgusting, in a delicious way.

[@lozerboozer]

Scrapple is food of the Gods. It's a mid Atlantic thing.

[@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqw]

Pork mush beer? :(

[@mwrkhan]

First.