For a laid again seashore getaway simply steps from the Delaware Bay, the Dogfish Inn within the coronary heart of charming and historic Lewes, Delaware, is the right vacation spot.
This boutique resort presents every thing you could possibly need for a calming coastal escape:
☑ Proximity to the Beach: A brief stroll brings you to the sandy shores.
☑ Local Dining and Shopping: Many eating places and cute outlets are simply across the nook.
☑ Scenic Views: Enjoy the sights of the Delaware Rehoboth Canal.
☑ Comfortable Accommodations: Modern, minimalist visitor rooms boast luxurious and considerate particulars.
☑ Biking Adventures: Explore coastal trails with the inn’s complimentary bicycles.
☑ Fireside Relaxation: Enhance your evenings with cozy hearth chats and s’mores.
☑ Warm Hospitality: A employees that goes above and past to make you’re feeling welcomed.
Dogfish Inn in Lewes, Delaware | Photo: Better Living
Sounds fairly nice, proper? Well, the truth is even higher.
Established in 2014 because the official “basecamp” for the famend Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in close by Milton, the Dogfish Inn was created to host brewery friends. Dogfish Head, based by Sam and Mariah Calagione in 1995, started as Delaware’s first brewpub and was thought of the smallest business brewery in America at the time.
Known for his or her non-conformist method to brewing, Dogfish Head prides itself on experimenting with unique mixtures and sudden elements, using a culinary method to develop distinctive flavors. This unconventional, “off-centered” philosophy has earned them a cult-like following and propelled them to change into one of many largest craft breweries and distilleries within the nation.
The Welcome to Lewes Lighthouse | Photo: Better Living
Conveniently positioned in Lewes, the Dogfish Inn serves as the right halfway level between the manufacturing brewery in Milton and the brewpub, distillery, and eating places in Rehoboth Beach.
But you don’t should be a craft beer lover to take pleasure in a keep at the Dogfish Inn.
If you’re merely searching for a enjoyable seashore escape in a unbelievable location, surrounded by scrumptious meals and pleasant, distinctive folks – I can confidently say, after a latest wonderful keep, that that is the place you need to be.
The newly up to date foyer at Dogfish Inn | Photo: Better Living
On the way in which to checking in, stepping previous a fleet of E-bikes into a trendy foyer with quirky crimson and inexperienced lit copper diving helmets over a lit fire, it immediately grew to become apparent the Dogfish Inn isn’t your common beachy pad. But embracing all issues “off-centered” is the core of Dogfish Head manner.
A boutique property tucked alongside the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal in downtown Lewes, the Dogfish Inn has a contemporary 16-room boutique inn effortlessly blends a vibe of subtle consolation with quirky pops of Dogfish Head’s signature aesthetic. Here you possibly can embrace a slower tempo whereas exploring Delaware’s native coast and seashores.
Outside the higher guestrooms at Dogfish Inn. | Photo: Better Living
Set in a former motel the posh upgrades and trendy renovation have made it all of the extra snug.
And the placement is unbelievable. Smack in downtown Lewes right here you possibly can simply eat, store, dine and discover historic downtown Lewes on foot. Or seize a motorcycle and wander across the community of coastal trails.
Our Stay at Dogfish Inn
The deluxe king room at Dogfish Inn | Photo: Better Living
They’ve Thought of Everything: Cozy Modern Accommodations and Thoughtful Amenities
Checking into the Deluxe King Room, outfitted with a king mattress and pull-out couch, we discovered it good for beachside adventures. An Apolis tote bag and retro striped seashore chairs from Lawn Chair USA are yours to make use of throughout your keep.
Our room on the highest stage of the inn was clear and trendy, with distinctive touches like a deep farmhouse-style sink and pop artwork music posters. The mattress was a comfortable dream with Mascioni linens and cloud-like down pillows. The sitting space with a pull-out couch and the luxurious walk-in waterfall bathe stocked with Malin + Goetz tub merchandise made me take into account extending my keep indefinitely.
A particular contact is the complimentary handcrafted Dogfish Head Beer Soap in each room, made with Dogfish Head’s well-known 60 Minute IPA, floor hops, barley, and important oils of lavender, rosemary, and fir. Guests are invited to carry it residence as a reminder of their journey.
Convenient guestroom facilities at Dogfish Inn. | Photo: Better Living
Free WIFI, cable TV, a mini-fridge, air-conditioning, and mini-bar snacks make your keep much more snug. Don’t neglect to take residence your complimentary beer growler, and have it crammed at the Milton brewery or the Dogfish Head Brewpub earlier than you allow.
Morning Routine: Fresh Coffee and Breakfast in Downtown Lewes
Grab a espresso and loosen up by the hearth within the foyer at Dogfish Inn | Photo: Better Living
We began our days savoring the inn’s complimentary vivid medium Basecamp Blend roast from native Rise Up espresso roasters. Free espresso is obtainable within the foyer all day.
For one thing stronger, have the inn’s gifted barista Shane make you a tremendous oat milk cappuccino. One sip and you’ll be a bright-eyed adventurer able to seize the day.
Need one thing to learn whereas having fun with your brew? Browse the library part within the foyer with a set of nice American novels curated by City Lights, the famend San Francisco bookstore. Books can be found to borrow or buy.
While breakfast isn’t served at the inn, you’re simply steps from nice eating places and cafes inside a block of the Dogfish Inn. Then get able to discover the world or chill on the seashore.
Things To Do In Lewes, Delaware
Enjoy the views at 1812 Memorial Park in Lewes, Delaware | Photo: Better Living
There’s A Lot to Explore in Lewes. And the Dogfish Inn Has All the Supplies You Need to Enjoy the Nearby Beaches Local Trails.
Need wheels to go cruising the miles of close by bike trails or oceanside boardwalks? Borrow one of many inn’s customized mountain bikes free of charge. For extra energy with out all that pesky pedaling, hire one among their e-bikes as an alternative.
In their lending closet by the primary foyer, the Dogfish Inn has a lot of different provides you should utilize to profit from your time open air together with blankets, coolers, mountaineering sticks, yard video games, binoculars for recognizing native wildlife and extra. If you want a motorcycle tour knowledgeable, paddleboard or kayak reserved offsite, the employees right here will make it occur.
Need insider tips about one of the best eats and comfortable hour spots round? The superior innkeepers right here have you ever coated.
Stroll Through Historic Downtown Lewes
The quaint city of Lewes, Delaware | Photo: Better Living
Step off the Dogfish Inn property and you’re within the coronary heart of a historic outpost that radiates quintessential seaside city vibes. Here you possibly can stroll by pastel-hued Victorians, colonial coastal cottages and centuries previous church buildings, museums and landmarks.
Stunning views at 1812 Memorial Park in Lewes, Delaware | Photo: Better Living
Wander round 2nd and Front streets, into one of many many outlets and boutiques. Or seize a chew at one of many many eating places. Then work your manner one block over to Front Street in the direction of the 1812 Memorial Park full with cannons created to honor the town’s protection in opposition to a British assault by fleet in April 1813. Rest for a bit on a shady park bench with an ice-cream cone or a espresso and benefit from the water views.
If you’re fortunate sufficient to go to in spring, blooming crimson tulips and cherry timber will make the expertise much more magical
Sail into History at the Lightship Overfalls
Lightship Overfalls in Lewes, Delaware | Photo: Better Living
Less than ⅓ of a mile from the Dogfish Inn is the Lightship Overfalls often known as LV-118. Built in 1938 with a 57-foot beacon and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011 by the National Park Service, it’s one among solely 15 floating lighthouses preserved at present. It served as a lifeline to sailors navigating treacherous shoals all through the North East. It was additionally the final lightship constructed for the U.S. Lighthouse Service (USLHS) and one among solely two lightships constructed within the twentieth century. Now a dwelling maritime museum you possibly can e-book a guided tour for less than $5.
Fun reality: Every visitor room at the Dogfish Head Inn has a novel murals that includes the Lightship Overfalls by artist Steve Rogers.
Relax at one of many Nearby Beaches For Sun and Sea
Pristine Savannah Beach in Lewes, Delaware. | Photo: Better Living
Closest to the Dogfish Inn is Savannah Beach. Just a 14 minute stroll or 2 minute drive from the inn. This household pleasant golden stretch of shoreline with gentle sand and calm glass like waters on the Delaware Bay. It’s good for strolling, lounging or swimming.
On the identical stretch of sand east of Savannah Beach’s dune is the smaller Johnnie Walker Beach named after a outstanding native African American Lewes businessman born in 1917. Restroom services can be found at each seashores.
Explore Famous Cape Henlopen State Park
You might even see Great Blue Herons and extra at Cape Henlopen State Park | Photo: Better Living
An simple 15 minute bike experience or fast 1 mile drive from Dogfish Inn, Cape Henlopen State Park is a must-visit 7000 acre park. With 6 miles of shoreline the place the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, that is one among Delaware’s undisputed pure gems.
Here you’ll discover swimmable seashores, a fishing pier, and a number of trails by means of various ecosystems good for mountaineering, biking, beachcombing and chook watching. Dolphins have been identified to swim off the park’s shores.
It’s additionally residence to the Fort Miles Museum that includes WWII historical past and there’s a preserved WWII statement tower with 360 diploma views you possibly can climb. Check out their Seaside Nature Center the place they’ve aquariums, and contact tanks for encounters with native marine life.
Where to Eat? Dine with Dogfish!
The Steampunk Treehouse at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Tasting Room in Milton, DE | Photo: Better Living
Foodies and Craft Beer Fans Should Make a Point to Visit the Dogfish Head Restaurants in Milton and in Rehoboth.
Dogfish Head Brewery
The Inn is the best midpoint location between all of the Dogfish hotspots. So foodies and craft beer and spirit followers are in for an actual deal with. To get a full appreciation for all that Dogfish Head is about, craft beer aficionados will need to begin at the supply and head 20 minutes west to the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton.
To get a full understanding of how Dogfish Head developed into the greatness it’s at present, make some extent to tour their wonderful facility. On the tour you’ll find out how Dogfish began, some insider tales, get a tour of their Steampunk Treehouse, and get a really feel for the way their modern beers are created.
Taking a tour at Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, DE | Photo: Better Living
During the tour you’ll be rewarded with samples of a few of their scrumptious Dogfish concoctions. It turned a craft beer beginner like me into a complete Dogfish fan. And the beers are critically wonderful.
After the tour head to their bar for a free flight the place you possibly can style a few of their tried and true favorites, or pattern new analysis and growth flavors not accessible wherever else.
This is the place we first bought a style of Dogfish Head’s unbelievable Palo Santo Marron brown ale, with caramel and vanilla notes. This American fashion brown ale will get its taste from tanks with Paraguayan Palo Santo (“holy tree”) wooden. Palo Santo is a troublesome wooden to supply so there’s no telling how lengthy will probably be accessible. Definitely do this one whilst you can!
Enjoying charcuterie and tasting after our tour at Dogfish Head in Milton, DE | Photo: Better Living
When you get hungry, there’s no want to go away. They’ve bought a tasty and informal menu filled with wood-fired eats and completely paired beer-friendly snacks. We polished off a gentle pretzel, a sausage and broccoli rabe pizza with chewy, ethereal and delicate crust, and a satisfying gourmand cheese and meat charcuterie. Everything was tremendous contemporary and extremely scrumptious.
Sitting out on their patio with nice meals and nice beer on a sunny breezy day made for the right afternoon.
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats
Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats in Rehoboth, DE . | Photo: Better Living
For Creative Bites and Exclusive Brews Head in a Fun and Casual Environment, Head to the unique residence Dogfish Head at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in Rehoboth Beach.
Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats in Rehoboth, DE is Dogfish Head’s authentic residence base in Rehoboth.
Opened again in 1995, the energetic, trendy wooden and industrial house served as founder Sam Calagione’s very first enterprise into bringing off-centered ales to the thirsty lots and was thought of the smallest business brewery within the United States.
Birria Tacos and a beer flight at Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats | Photo: Better Living
While the unique house Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats is now Dogfish’s different restaurant subsequent door known as Chesapeake and Maine, in case your major aim is to absorb that signature DFH vibe, this spot is to not be missed. Here there’s loads of nice Dogfish Head spirits and beers to select from together with brewpub solely exclusives.
Serving lunch and dinner, right here you’ll discover artistic twists on conventional pub fare with tasty burgers, wings, tacos, pretzel bites, and wood-grilled pizzas .
Our pleasant server arrived with a flight of contemporary tasting pours – together with the Buck Mildin, She Means Business. And if there’s a Palo Santo in the home, we’re getting it.
Pierogis at Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats | Photo: Better Living
Carbs and cheese are my love languages, so the pierogies full of caramelized onions, and the Cheddar Brie Grilled Cheese have been must-orders that didn’t disappoint. The shareable and completely spiced and meaty birria tacos with the fall-apart tender beef and vibrant toppings, have been a match made in heaven for Dogfish Head’s uncommon Palo Santo.
You’ll discover by the musical impressed artwork on the partitions of all Dogfish Head areas, that music is a basic a part of the Dogfish Head lifestyle. So anticipate dwell music on the weekends. With nice meals, nice drinks and nice music, it’s a beautiful place to spend a number of hours.
Porthole cubicles at Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats | Photo: Better Living
Tip: If you’ve gotten the prospect, ask for one of many porthole cubicles for a novel spot to eat.
Chesapeake & Maine
Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine in Rehoboth, DE | Photo: Better Living
Want a pleasant dinner? A James Beard Award semi-finalist nominee for ‘Best Bar Program,’ Dogfish Head’s Chesapeake & Maine Is the Perfect Spot for Elevated Seafood and Cocktails
In Rehoboth positioned subsequent door to the informal Dogfish Brewery and Eats is Dogfish Head’s James Beard Award Nominated seafood-centric eatery known as Chesapeake & Maine.
Serving dinner, right here you’ll discover a devoted customized uncooked bar that serves up sustainably seafood together with oysters, clams and contemporary seafood sourced completely from the Chesapeake Bay and Maine areas, ingenious culinary ahead cocktails, wine and after all craft beer.
A tasty beer flight at Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine | Photo: Better Living
Walking by means of the doorways you’re instantly transported to a world of recent coastal stylish with unmistakable Dogfish aptitude with added whimsical nautical accents like suited sea creatures behind portholes and artwork that includes rock icons. The ambiance is informal however, you wouldn’t be misplaced when you dressed up a contact.
The restaurant’s idea is impressed by Dogfish Head’s founder Sam Calagione’s love for the summers he spent in Maine. It additionally honors his spouse Mariah’s Delaware roots and Dogfish Head’s authentic residence within the Delaware and Chesapeake area.
Because that is Dogfish we’re speaking about, we began with a beer flight that includes a few of their most profitable sips. Their in style SeaQuench Ale with its trace of salt and zesty citrus offered thirst-quenching refreshment. Piney and citrusy Covered in Nuggs was our favourite IPA, with passionfruit and orange aromas. If you’re keen on peaches, strive the Festina Peche, which is a near-perfect steadiness of peach cobbler sweetness and tart citrus.
Seared Scallops at Chesapeake & Maine | Photo: Better Living
For dinner we began issues off on an absolute excessive notice with a dish of seared, buttery-soft Seared Scallops drizzled in vibrant beurre monté and laced with yuzu and chilies. Each wealthy, velvety chew was vivid and decadent. It was nearly too fairly to eat.
In conserving with the theme of the restaurant, my associate and I made a decision on a dish from Chesapeake and a dish from Maine. I went with the Chesapeake Bay lump crab desserts – a beneficiant portion of actual sustainably sourced Chesapeake Bay jumbo lump crab performed alongside tangy slaw, salty hand-cut fries, and a grilled lemon for vivid acidity. Decadent and spiced gently in order to not overpower the crab meat. Incredible.
The Maine Lobster Roll at Chesapeake & Maine | Photo: Better Living
And no dish is extra emblematic of Maine than the famed lobster roll. At Seared Scallops at Chesapeake & Maine it’s accomplished proper with chunks of contemporary lobster tumbled inside a griddled buttery bun, dressed up with simply sufficient butter to let that pure sweetness shine.
Key Lime Cheesecake at Chesapeake & Maine | Photo: Better Living
For dessert, the Key Lime Cheesecake from native cheesecake queen Mommom, was the right creamy and tangy end. This memorable feast checked each field.
Tip: If you’re a uncooked bar fan strive their unique ‘Smoke within the Water’ oysters. Specially developed in a collaboration with Hoopers Island Oyster Aquaculture Company, these uncooked oysters are cultivated in Chesapeake Bay waters infused with culinary wood-smoked infused salt. The result’s smokey, briny and not like any oyster you’ve ever tried.
Fireside Fun
The firepit at Dogfish Inn in Lewes, DE | Photo: Better Living
At Night the Dogfish Inn’s Courtyard is the Best Place to Unwind
After dinner, head again to the inn and settle into their courtyard house. Here you possibly can collect and chat with different friends round a roaring “Cowboy Cauldron” fashion fireplace pit. For a tasty hearth deal with, s’mores can be found within the foyer.
And it wouldn’t damage to have some craft beers and spirits to share. BYO since alcohol isn’t offered on the inn’s property. But inside downtown Lewes, many of the eating places serve Dogfish Head beers and spirits.
Word has it that Dogfish founder Sam typically pops in for one among his well-known ‘Fireside Chats.’ But both manner you’ll be comfortable you went.
Final Takeaway
A peaceable night at Dogfish Inn – Lewes, DE | Photo: Better Living
Whether you need downtime at the seashore, an outside journey, or a basecamp to discover the brews, spirits, and meals of the Dogfish Head world, undoubtedly e-book a keep at The Dogfish Inn.
Located in historic downtown Lewes, The Dogfish Inn is steps to seashores, bike trails, eating places, museums and quaint outlets. It’s good for experiencing all that Delaware’s coastal area has to supply. Plus, craft beer lovers will respect the inn’s ideally suited location, nestled between Dogfish Head’s manufacturing brewery in Milton and their brewpub, distillery, and eating places in Rehoboth Beach.
But greater than an awesome place to remain, what struck me most was how the Dogfish crew has bottled the right steadiness of easy laid-back luxurious and heat real hospitality. The optimistic vitality is a real reflection of the infectious Dogfish Head spirit in all its off-centered, scrumptious glory.
➡ Book a room at the Dogfish Inn and you’ll discover it’s the right spot for a calming beachside escape. You’ll go away asking your self one query: “When can I come again?”