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Sam Calagione

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first: 2025-02-03
most recent: 2025-02-03
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“It was an intricate dance guy. We had something called visiting hours where you had to essentially be a contortionist because the rules was door had to be open, the width of a shoe. You each had to have one foot on the floor. There had to be one light bulb on. So it was an awesome matrix of... Fun challenges for young people dating each other.”
2025-02-03 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione (2022) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We've been making out with each other since the mid 80s. Yeah. I might be getting our meeting story mixed up with that scene in Ghost where Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze are molding wet clay together. But I remember it being in an art class, but I know we also had work job together.”
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“Kids had to work their way through school, and so we'd be preparing the meals, people would be, you know, doing the farming, stoking the fires in the power plant. And so, you know, I think really kind of that impacted, you know, influenced our decisions to be entrepreneurs, which is probably why that school is still such a big part of our lives.”
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“Sam grew up in western Massachusetts, Mariah grew up in Delaware. The two of them met in the late nineteen eighties in high school. They both attended Northfield Mount Herman in western Massachusetts, a boarding school that encouraged all of its students to have a job.”
2025-02-03 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione (2022) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Sam and his high school girlfriend Mariah decided to co found their own craft beer company. They called it Dogfish Head, and they launched it in the small town of Rehoboth Beach, in Delaware. And it just so happened that they caught a wave that would turn American craft beer into a massive phenomenon. Dogfish had brewery would go on to become one of the most popular and acclaimed craft beer brands, and in twenty nineteen, the company sold to Boston Beer Company in a deal worth around three hundred million dollars. The story of Dogfish Head is also the story of two people, Sam and Mariah, who had a special connection and a truly lucky partnership, not just as a married couple, but as two entrepreneurs. Their business skills complemented each other so well it was almost like they hired each other first, and then decided to get married.”
2025-02-03 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione (2022) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Business idea. And for San Caligioni, it happened at a Mexican restaurant that also specialized in beer. This was the early 1990s and Sam was in his mid twenties. And up to that point, beer, at least to him, mostly meant Budweiser, Coors, and Miller. Sam was a bartender at the restaurant. It was called Nacho Mama's burritos, and they happened to serve Kraft Beers from Europe, Belgian ales, Caisons, beer infused with fruit and spices, and when Sam tried them, it was like Dorothy entering that world of technicolor. To say it changed his life sounds cliche, but that's what happened. Sam became obsessed with unusual beer. So obsessed he learned everything he could about how to make it. He brewed beer with overripe cherries and peaches, even pumpkins, and by nineteen ninety five.”
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“Last summer I had one of those black and white to color moments, you know, like in the Wizard of Oz when the black and white film switches to that vivid technicolor when Dorothy gets to Oz? Well for me it happened in a strawberry patch in northern California. It had been a long time since I picked strawberries. The first one I plucked was a small, shiny, bright red berry that I popped right into my mouth. And within what felt like light speed, I experienced that black and white color moment, because to compare a store bought strawberry to one you pick is like comparing municipal tap water to freshly melted glacier ice, just not the same. And once you eat a freshly picked strawberry, it's hard to go back to the plastic packs you buy at the store. These are the kinds of moments that sometimes inspire”
2025-02-03 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione (2022) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Welcome to How I Built This is a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. I'm Guy Ros, and on the show today how Sam and Mariah Caligioni made some of the weirdest beers in America and turned them into a beloved craft beer brand, Dogfish Head Brewery.”
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“Wait, you hijacked a baking competition of old women grannies? With your beer, which is not even a part of a baking competition, and you won, that's amazing, but that's not fair. It didn't say it wasn't for beer. That's true.”
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“Of the cool moments was while I was trying to raise the money, Mariah and I went to this regional festival called Pumpkin Chunken. Right. I took my homebrew pumpkin beer there and kind of muscled the grannies and aunts out of the way that had their cakes and pies in the competition. And our dogfish had pumpkin ale, won the food competition.”
2025-02-03 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione (2022) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And when you're ready to launch, you offer code built to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Loans issued by Celtic Bank and serviced by Stripe. All loans subject to credit approval. Hey everyone, it's Guy here. So this week we're taking a quick break so our team can bring you lots of new episodes of the show. So we're bringing you a great one from the vault, the story of dogfish head brewery, the founders, high school sweethearts, Salmon Mariah Caligioni, came on the show back in 2022 and they shared how they turned dogfish head from this weird little brew pub in Delaware into one of the biggest brands in craft beer. This year actually marks a pretty major milestone for the company. Its dogfish heads thirtieth year in business. And as you'll hear, it's been a fun and crazy ride. So enjoy the show.”
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“You know, one of my favorite parts of traveling is getting a feel for a neighborhood, the way locals do. A few summers ago, I was in Rome and stayed in an apartment I booked on Airbnb. It was tucked in a quiet neighborhood just outside the Roman forum. Every morning I'd walk to the corner cafe, grab an espresso, and just watch the world go by outside. I even managed to chat with the owner about the neighborhood he lived in for nearly forty years. And he got me thinking about my own neighborhood. There are incredible hiking trails and great restaurants and, of course, the beach. And when I'm traveling this summer, listing my own place on Airbnb could be a really smart way to let someone else experience the area the way I do, like a local. Listing your home on Airbnb while you're traveling is a great way to make some extra money. You could put the money toward your next trip. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much”
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