Delaware Brewpubs and Microbreweries

Delaware Law was amended in 1995 to allow brewpubs to exist for the first time since Prohibition. Code was also amended to allow more logical taxation and administration of microbreweries and thus allowed them to exist for the first time since 1948 (Diamond State Brewery folded in 1948.) Here is a list of the three brewpubs and the one microbrewery that opened in mid-1995:

Delaware Brewpubs

Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats


Brewpub, Food

320 Rehoboth Ave.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971-3108
(302)226-BREW
Dogfish Head Brewery Web Page

Dogfish Head in the News!

Chicory Stout, Shelter Pale Ale, Immort Ale, others seasonally

Brandywine Brewing Company


Brewpub, Food

3801 Kennett Pike
Greenville, Delaware 19807-2321
(302)655-8000

Porter, Golden Ale, Amber Ale

Stewart's Brewing Company


Brewpub, Food

Rts. 40 & 72
Governors' Square
Bear, Delaware 19701
(302) 836-2739

Governors' Golden Ale, Big Bear Ale (dark amber ale), Highlander Stout, Stewart's Pale Ale

Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant

Brewpub, Food

147 E. Main St.
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 266-9000

John Harvard's BrewPub

opened 3/26/98

Brewpub, Food

303 Rocky Run Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19810
(302) 477-6965

Delaware Microbreweries

Rockford Brewery


Microbrewery

- out of business!

15 James Court
Rockford Industrial Area
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Sour grapes!

50 barrel brewery system, distributed in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery


Microbrewery

22 Nassau CommonsLewes, DE 19958-1607
1-888-8DOGFISH

Dogfish Head Brewery Web Page

Tri-State BrewersTri-State Brewers July 14, 1998