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Boston Globe
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Sam Calagione hopes Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale will be a hit
Calagione was at Fenway for Grateful Dead night, accompanied by his latest beer release, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale. Back in the box a few minutes after his first pitch, Calagione exhaled. 'I was in the non-embarrassing zone,' he told a reporter, before hugging and high-fiving his family and friends. 'Just the right amount of liquid courage.' Get Winter Soup Club A six-week series featuring soup recipes and cozy vibes, plus side dishes and toppings, to get us all through the winter. Enter Email Sign Up Sam Calagione throws out the first pitch at Fenway for Grateful Dead night. Advertisement A Greenfield native, Calagione remembers coming to games with his grandfather, who lived in Medford. Calagione went to boarding school with Ted Williams's son, and recalls a banquet where The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived sat down at his table. Throwing out the first pitch felt like a culmination of those memories, as well as some career accomplishments. Though it hasn't been around long, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is now Dogfish Head's No. 2-selling beer, behind the iconic 60-Minute IPA. The 5.3 percent ABV beer is made with Azacca and El Dorado hops, the sustainable grain kernza, and a little bit of oat and honey-infused granola. 'We said, let's make a beer that has some hop character to it, but that'll appeal to the broadest demo of legal age, deadheads, not just hop heads,' says Calagione. 'So in other words, not just craft beer focus, but a really broad demographic.' Advertisement Calagione is in the Dead demo himself, having recently caught a show at The Sphere in Las Vegas. For his first pitch, he wore a tie-dyed Dead shirt with Bill Walton's name and number on the back as a tribute to the former Celtics great and Dead superfan. Calagione has early memories of the band as well. 'In Greenfield, right on Main Street, was an independent record store. I remember walking by as, like, a 14- or 15-year-old and seeing the cover to 'Shakedown Street,' which is probably not their most renowned album. It's probably their most dancy, almost disco-esque album. I fell in love with it.' Calagione hopes fans will love the beer, too. Gary Dzen can be reached at
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dogfish Head Celebrates 10th Year as 'Official Beer of Record Store Day' with Launch of Collaborative Grateful Dead Vinyl & List of Music Events
Grateful Dead x Dogfish Head Record Store Day Release Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale MILTON, Del., April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In celebration of its 10th consecutive year as the 'Official Beer of Record Store Day,' Dogfish Head joins forces with Grateful Dead to launch a vinyl compilation album, which will be available in participating independently owned record stores from coast-to-coast beginning on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 12. The record, titled ON A BACK PORCH VOL. 1, consists of live versions of classic Grateful Dead tunes, all thoughtfully compiled from the band's archives by Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer, Sam Calagione, and Grateful Dead Archivist & Legacy Manager, David Lemieux. 'Spanning the years 1969, 1973, 1977, 1989, and 1991, ON A BACK PORCH, VOL 1 touches upon all eras of Grateful Dead music, and features classics such as 'Eyes Of The World,' 'Here Comes Sunshine,' and rarer cuts including 'Easy Wind,' and 'Big Railroad Blues,'' said Lemieux. 'Mastered by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer, David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, ON A BACK PORCH VOL. 1 will get you in the mood for sipping your favorite Dogfish Head beer on a back porch in July, or any of the other 11 months of the year.' Designed to complement back-porch beer-sipping, ON A BACK PORCH VOL 1 best pairs with Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead's latest collaborative beer, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale. Clocking in at 5.3% ABV, this year-round offering is a refreshing, light-bodied pale ale brewed with Kernza® perennial grains from The Land Institute*, granola, and heaps of good karma. The addition of El Dorado and Azacca hops brings waves of pineapple, mango and passion fruit notes for a vibrant tapestry of alluring aromas and flavors. Available from coast-to-coast, on draft and shelves, in 6pk/12oz cans and single-serve 19.2oz cans. Track some down using Dogfish Head's Fish Finder. 'As a self-proclaimed 'beer geek with a music problem,' Record Store Day has always been one of my favorite days of the year,' said Calagione. 'And this year, I get to celebrate one of my favorite days by partnering with Grateful Dead on a beautiful beer and with David Lemieux on a wonderful album!' A highly anticipated annual holiday, Record Store Day is a celebration of the culture of independently owned record stores, and the important roles those stores play in their respective communities. Understanding Record Store Day's connection to building community through analog music, Dogfish Head's festivities wouldn't be complete without a host of music-centric events at its coastal Delaware properties. Here's what to expect! Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine (316 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth, DE 19971) To kick off Record Store Day weekend, music-lovers can stop by Chesapeake & Maine, Dogfish Head's seafood and cocktail spot, on Friday, April 11, for a special happy hour featuring interactive crafts benefitting the Developing Artist Collaboration (DAC), an artist-first non-profit focused on career development, peer connection and providing artists with physical spaces to create. The DAC will be onsite to lead guests in acrylic pour art, allowing them to customize records, magnets bottle openers and more. Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats (320 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth, DE 19971) Dogfish Head's brewpub and world-class music venue, Brewings & Eats, gets in on the Record Store Day fun with a Grateful Dead listening party on Saturday, April 12, from 12-3 p.m. Complete with a DJ spinning vinyl tunes, killer giveaways – T-shirts, records, posters and more – and Dogfish Head x Grateful Dead iron-branded burgers, the listening party will be followed by a live music performance from LoveLight, an electric, high-energy Grateful Dead tribute band. The band takes the stage from 9-11 p.m. No tickets needed! Dogfish Head's Milton Brewery (6 Cannery Village Center, Milton, DE 19968) The goodness persists at Dogfish Head's Milton Brewery, on Sunday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a special Record Store Day 'Shakedown Street' Market featuring a host of local vendors. The team from Extended Play by Gidgets Gadgets, a local independently owned record store, will be on site with some exclusive Record Store Day releases; To Dye For, a regional tie dye expert, will be helping folks customize their own Dogfish Head x Grateful Dead tie dye shirts; and from 1-3 p.m., DJ Driod and Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer, Sam Calagione, will be spinning some fan-favorite records. Not to mention, Dogfish Head's onsite kitchen will feature a variety of Shakedown Street-inspired food specials, while supplies last. Dogfish INN (105 Savannah Rd., Lewes, DE 19958) And last, but certainly not least – the Dogfish INN, the brewery's beer-themed, canal-front hotel, will act as the basecamp for beer- and music-lovers' Record Store Day adventures. Folks staying at the INN will be treated to a special Record Store Day swag package in their rooms, and they will have the opportunity to bike from the INN to a local record store on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 12) with Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer, Sam Calagione. No bike? No problem! The Dogfish INN has bikes for borrowing onsite. To book a room or be added to the wait list, please call the INN directly, at 302-644-8292. "Nothing quite says 'Happy Record Store Day' like the pairing of Grateful Dead music and a great Dogfish Head beer,' said Michael Kurtz, Co-Founder of Record Store Day. 'Sam and David's curated Grateful Dead Record Store Day album and the Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale are both exceptional. It's exciting to have all of this come together for Record Store Day, something we couldn't have dreamed of happening 10 years ago, but now it's here!" For more information about Dogfish Head, Grateful Dead and Record Store Day, visit and respectively. *The Land Institute is a Kansas-based nonprofit transforming agriculture with perennial grain crops like Kernza® that enhance farmer resilience while addressing ecological challenges. XXX ABOUT DOGFISH HEAD: With quality, creativity and non-conformity at its core, Dogfish Head has been committed to brewing unique beers with high-caliber culinary ingredients outside the Reinheitsgebot since the day it opened nearly 30 years ago. Dedicated to exploring goodness of all kinds, Dogfish Head later expanded its beverage artistry beyond just craft beer to produce award-winning portfolios of full-proof spirits – whiskeys, gins, vodkas, rums and more – and spirits-based, ready-to-drink canned cocktails. A Boston Beer Company brand and proud supporter of the Independent Craft Brewing Seal, Dogfish Head is a Delaware-based entity consisting of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, a production brewery and tasting room; Dogfish Head Distilling Co., a production distillery; Brewings & Eats, a brewpub and live music venue; Chesapeake & Maine, a seafood and cocktail spot; and the Dogfish INN, a beer-themed, canal-front hotel. For more about Dogfish Head, please visit or follow the brand on social media. ABOUT THE GRATEFUL DEAD: The Grateful Dead is a social and musical phenomenon that grew into a genuine American treasure. In 1965, an entire generation was linked together by common ideals, gathering by the hundreds and thousands. This movement created a seamless connection between the band and its fans. As the band toured, Dead Heads would follow. Not because it was a part of popular culture but because it is a true counterculture that exists to this very day-one that earnestly believes in the value of its beliefs. By 1995, the Grateful Dead had attracted the most concertgoers in the history of the music business, and today remains one of the all-time leaders in concert ticket sales. Eventually, the caravan evolved into a community with various artists, craftsmen and entrepreneurs supplying a growing demand for merchandise that connected them to the music. Today, the connection is as strong as ever, and their final tally of 2,318 total concerts remains a world record. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and received a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In 2024, the Grateful Dead celebrated their 62nd Top 40 album on the Billboard chart, a feat no other artist has achieved, and commemorated in the 47th class of the Kennedy Center Honorees. The Grateful Dead were the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year honored at the 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. ABOUT RHINO ENTERTAINMENT: Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment was founded in 1978 and is the world's leading pop culture label. Emphasizing flawless sound quality, bonus tracks, informative liner notes, award-winning creative packaging, an offbeat sense of humor, and a strong social conscience, Rhino continues to set the standard for excellence in the reissue business it pioneered in both the physical and digital worlds. Rhino is also expanding the definition of what a catalog music company is, as evidenced by the label's recent name and likeness representation deal with Frank Sinatra and its multi-faceted relationship with Grateful Dead. The vast Rhino catalog of more than 5,000 CDs, videos, and digital exclusive albums features material by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Doors, Chicago, Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, Yes, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt, The Ramones, The Monkees, Carly Simon, Curtis Mayfield, among many others. ABOUT RECORD STORE DAY: Record Store Day, the organization, is managed by the Department of Record Stores and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and promotes independent record stores year-round with events, special releases and other fun things. Record Store Day, the global celebration of the culture of the record store, takes place annually. Record Store Day 2025 is April 12. Attachments Grateful Dead x Dogfish Head Record Store Day Release Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale CONTACT: Megan Bayles Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 3024993149 in to access your portfolio
Fox News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Grateful Dead and new beer celebrate 'long strange trip' together
The Grateful Dead keeps on "truckin'" 60 years later – this time with a new year-round beer. Dogfish Head has released its new Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale nationwide to coincide with the Delaware-based brewery's 30th anniversary and the iconic American band's founding 60 years ago. Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is available in six packs of 12-ounce cans at major grocery store chains throughout the country, Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head's founder, told Fox News Digital. The new beer marks the first time Dogfish Head has collaborated with the band on a year-round brew. Several limited-edition beers were released since the partnership began more than a decade ago. Dogfish Head's first Grateful Dead-inspired beer was American Beauty, an imperial pale ale. "American Beauty" was the name of the Grateful Dead's 1970 album that included the song "Truckin,'" the highest-charting single in the band's history. Calagione said a lot of the band's fans – i.e., "Deadheads" – "were asking us to bring back a Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead collaboration." The result was the Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale. "It's a totally new recipe" that is 5.3% alcohol by volume, Calagione said. The newest Grateful Dead beer is juicier than it is bitter and contains honey and oat granola in the recipe, Calagione also said. For more Lifestyle articles, visit "We designed this recipe to be hoppy like a traditional craft pale ale but also to be juicy and approachable," he added. The Grateful Dead is one of Calagione's favorite bands. He recalled being 12 years old and passing by an independent record store in Massachusetts when he first saw the cover of "Shakedown Street." He said it had a "cool sort of gigolo-looking cartoon character swinging through the streets" and knew he wanted "a piece of that," so he used his allowance money to buy it. Calagione has befriended members of the band, he said, and had the support of Rhino, the Grateful Dead's record label, and David Lemieux, the band's longtime archivist and historian. He wanted "a piece of that" — so he used his allowance money to buy it. This is the first time that Dogfish Head has used the "Steal Your Face" skull graphic from the band's 1976 live album cover — which Calagione said "is by far and away the Grateful Dead's most recognized iconography." Bob Weir, who founded the band with the late Jerry Garcia in 1965, and Mickey Hart, who was with the band from 1967 to 1971 and again from 1974 until the final concert in 1995, currently perform under the name Dead & Company. The beer is intended to appeal to "Deadheads of all ages," Calagione said, and "already the reception and traction that it's getting is something that we have not seen for a new beer launch in decades." Calagione attributes it to a "grassroots" marketing campaign that's helping to "really get the word right out directly to the beer lovers and music lovers." Dogfish Head's Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is available at retailers such as Kroger, Publix, Wegmans and Whole Foods.
Associated Press
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Dogfish Head Keeps the Music Alive, Partners with Grateful Dead to Debut a NEW Collaborative Beer, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale
MILTON, Del., Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Together again and back for an epic encore, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Grateful Dead continue their long, strange trip together with the launch of a NEW collaborative beer, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale. Joining Dogfish Head's lineup of year-round beers, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is now making its way to draft lines and store shelves nationwide in 6pk/12oz cans. If you're not sure where to find it, you just gotta poke around Dogfish Head's Fish Finder to track some down. Clocking in at 5.3% ABV, Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is brewed with Kernza® perennial grains from The Land Institute *, granola and heaps of good karma for a refreshing, light-bodied beer that will leave drinkers with nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile. The addition of El Dorado and Azacca hops brings waves of tropical pineapple, mango, and passion fruit notes for a vibrant tapestry of alluring aromas and flavors that just keeps truckin' sip after refreshing sip. 'As a beer geek with a music problem, few things in life are as sensorially sensational as enjoying a great beer while simultaneously listening to some great music,' said Dogfish Head Founder & Brewer, Sam Calagione. 'In 2025, Dogfish Head is turning 30, and my favorite band of all time, Grateful Dead, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. I'm so proud of the broad appeal of this lovely new beer that's now making its way to Dead Heads and Hop Heads of all shapes and sizes. With its layered, nuanced flavors of tropical hops complemented by its malty body, our Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale is as compelling and joyful as the band's music itself.' A partnership built to last, Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead began their more-than-a-decade-long collaboration in 2013, with the release of American Beauty in 750ml bottles. Perpetuating a ripple effect, this imperial pale ale brewed with organic almond honey and granola was re-released in 2014 and 2015, each year with different Grateful Dead-themed artwork. Then, in 2018, American Beauty debuted in 12oz bottles, followed by the launch of American Beauty Hazy Ripple IPA in 12oz cans, in 2019. After American Beauty Hazy Ripple IPA, most fans believed Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead said fare thee well to their partnership, but don't you worry anymore – this duo's golden road continues in 2025, with Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale. 'And it's our best track yet,' adds Sam. 'The collaboration between Grateful Dead and Dogfish Head has been a natural fit for years, and we couldn't be more excited to launch this latest offering. Both Dogfish and The Dead value creativity, community, and the spirit of exploration,' said David Lemieux, Grateful Dead Archivist & Legacy Manager. 'This beer is not just a delicious addition to your craft beer selection; it is a celebration of the shared passion for innovation that defines both Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead's journeys.' Celebrate Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale with Dogfish Head & Grateful Dead – March 12 To celebrate the launch of Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale, folks are invited to join Dogfish Head and Grateful Dead at Brooklyn Bowl's New York location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, March 12, for a live performance by beloved Grateful Dead cover band, Bushwick's Dead. Tickets are required and can be purchased at It doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there! *The Land Institute is a Kansas-based nonprofit transforming agriculture with perennial grain crops like Kernza® that enhance farmer resilience while addressing ecological challenges.
