Who owns Dogfish Head?
Dogfish Head is owned by Boston Beer (the United States, NYSE: SAM), which has owned the brand since 3 July 2019.[1]
Evidence: The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Boston Beer Company, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Boston, Massachusetts
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Milton, Delaware
- Founded
- 1995
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Ale
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SAM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dogfish Head
Dogfish Head was founded in Delaware in 1995 and built a following on unusual beers, including one brewed continuously with hops added minute by minute for an hour. Boston Beer merged with it in 2019 in a deal valued at about $300 million.
What Boston Beer's annual report says about Dogfish Head
Sentences about Dogfish Head from Boston Beer's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Dogfish Head brand began in 1995 and is recognized as one of the most innovative and respected craft beer and spirits brand with a particular focus on India Pale Ales ("IPAs").
Samuel Adams and Dogfish Head Beers The Company's Samuel Adams and Dogfish Head brands generally compete within the craft beer and domestic specialty beer category.
The Company offers over twenty-five styles of beer in the Dogfish Head brand family.
How often Boston Beer names Dogfish Head in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Dogfish Head
- 2019 – present Boston Beer [1] verified
Where Dogfish Head sits in Boston Beer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Boston Beer
Boston Beer controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Angry Orchard (2011)
- Samuel Adams (1984)
- Truly (2016)
- Twisted Tea (2001)
Other brands in ale, and who owns them
The 62 brands in ale on Brandtree belong to 32 owners. The largest is Duvel Moortgat, with 7; Boston Beer has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Birrificio del Ducato | Duvel Moortgat | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Bishops Finger | Shepherd Neame | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Farsons Blue Label | Farsons | 🇲🇹 Malta |
| Lagunitas | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Franziskaner | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Avery Brewing Company | Mahou San Miguel | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Fuller's London Pride | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Belikin Stout | Bowen & Bowen | 🇧🇿 Belize |
About the owner: Boston Beer
Boston Beer is a publicly listed company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1984. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SAM.
Boston Beer was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, who brewed a recipe from his great-great-grandfather in his kitchen and sold it bar to bar. It became the largest American-owned brewer, and since 2016 the majority of its volume has come from hard seltzer and flavoured malt drinks rather than beer.
🇺🇸 Dogfish Head and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dogfish Head is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dogfish Head?
The parent company of Dogfish Head is Boston Beer, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dogfish Head American?
Yes. Dogfish Head originated in the United States in 1995 and its owner, Boston Beer, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Boston Beer owned Dogfish Head?
Boston Beer has owned Dogfish Head since 3 July 2019.
Is Dogfish Head still owned by Boston Beer?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Dogfish Head is still owned by Boston Beer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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