Where to drink what Delaware makes

A taproom on the Philadelphia Pike at the top of the state, and one of the few here that says outright that your dog can come.

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The most precisely worded dog policy of any brewery in the state: inside and out during ordinary hours, not at the bar, and not during the big events.

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Tuesday & Wednesday 3pm – 9pm→

Old Capitol Trail, and dog-friendly by its own description. Not the old Brandywine site — that address is Brew Works North now.

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Monday – Thursday 5pm – 10pm→

Wilmington Brew Works' second taproom. Dogs on Sundays only, noon to six — the narrowest dog window of any brewery here, and worth knowing before you drive.

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Monday – Tuesday 5pm – 10pm→

In the Yorklyn mill valley, near Auburn Valley State Park. Dogs outside only.

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Wednesday – Thursday 4pm – 9pm→

Middletown, and a straight yes: well-behaved leashed dogs inside and out.

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Monday 4pm – 9pm→

Newark, and the official site says kid and dog friendly in those words.

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Monday 5pm – 11pm→

Dogs on the patios and in the beer garden, and not inside. That distinction is the whole point of asking.

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Monday – Tuesday 5pm – 9pm→

A brewery inside a pizza restaurant on the Kirkwood Highway.

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Sunday – Monday 11am – 9pm→

A brewpub with a backyard, the Middletown one of two Delaware sites.

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Brewery and kitchen on Patriot Drive.

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Monday Closed→

The brewery at Delaware Park. It replaced 1937 Brewing, which is the name most listings still carry.

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Wednesday – Thursday 12pm – 8pm→

Mead and cider in Wilmington, and the only place in the north of the state making either.

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Wednesday 4pm – 9pm→

One of the oldest brewpubs in the state, at Bear.

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Monday Closed→

Main Street Middletown, with a large backyard beer garden.

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Monday – Tuesday Closed→

A winery on the Maryland line at Marydel, open seven days with a tasting room and outdoor space. The only one of these that publishes what it does about dogs, and it's a yes.

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• Tastings
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Sunday – Thursday 12pm – 5pm→

A Milford taproom open seven days and late on weekends — midnight-ish on a Friday, which almost nothing else in Kent County manages.

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Sunday 12pm – 8pm→

The Milford brewery, with a seasonal outdoor bar over the Southern Delaware Golf Club.

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Brewpub on the Dupont Boulevard, brewing on site.

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Monday – Thursday 11am – 9pm→

A newer brewery with a beer garden, south of Dover.

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Monday – Saturday 12pm – 10pm→

Cider, on the same Marydel site as Harvest Ridge.

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A vineyard and winery at Felton, and one of the state's five.

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Mead in Milford, three days a week.

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Thursday – Friday 5pm – 9pm→

A brewery with a fifteen-barrel brewhouse, wood-fired food and a large beer garden, minutes from the Rehoboth beach. Open every day, late.

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Every day 11:30am – 10pm→

Delaware's first winery, in the fields behind Lewes. Tastings, tours, and a farmers' market on the site. It publishes almost nothing else about visiting, including its hours.

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Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm→

A working vineyard inland from Bethany. Dogs on the property and the patios, not in the tasting room.

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Sunday – Thursday 12pm – 6pm→

Delaware's fifth winery, back open after a land-use interruption, and dog-friendly in its own words.

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Mead, on the Lewes–Georgetown highway. Its own menu page says well-behaved children and pets are always welcome.

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Monday – Wednesday 3pm – 9pm→

The second Brimming Horn, inland at Seaford. Same business, same published pet policy.

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Thursday 5pm – 10pm→

The production brewery and tasting room at Milton. One of very few tasting rooms in the state where a leashed dog can come inside.

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Sunday – Thursday 11am – 8pm→

Inland from Bethany, open late seven days.

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Monday – Saturday 12pm – 10pm→

The Lewes brewpub, the older of Big Oyster's two.

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The Long Neck brewpub, near Millsboro.

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Monday – Thursday 11am – 9pm→

The original Crooked Hammock, with the backyard it's known for.

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On the highway through Dewey, a few minutes from the one beach town that never shuts dogs out.

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Sunday – Thursday 12pm – 10pm→

The production brewery and tasting room inland at Harbeson.

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Every day 12pm – 9pm→

The original Dogfish brewpub on Rehoboth Avenue.

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Sunday – Tuesday 11am – 10pm→

First State's newer coastal site.

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On Savannah Road into Lewes, open daily.

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Every day 11am – 9pm→

Brewpub on the Atlantic Avenue road in to Bethany.

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Every day 11:30am – 10pm→

The Georgetown brewery, inland.

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Monday Closed→

Revelation's Rehoboth site.

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Monday – Thursday 11am – 10pm→

Opened June 2026 in the space Iron Hill left when the chain collapsed.

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Monday – Saturday 11am – 10pm→

A brewery inside Gary's on the Dewey highway, open very late in season.

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Monday 5pm – midnight→