Rehoboth Beach Main Street and Dogfish Head Launch First Downtown Cocktail Week

Rehoboth Beach Main Street and Dogfish Head will host the first-ever Downtown Rehoboth Beach Cocktail Week Sept. 20-26. (Photo courtesy of Rehoboth Beach Main Street.)

Rehoboth Beach Main Street and Dogfish Head are teaming up this fall for the first-ever Downtown Rehoboth Beach Cocktail Week, a weeklong celebration featuring local restaurants, creative cocktails and a competition to crown the city’s top drink.

The event will take place Sunday, Sept. 20, through Saturday, Sept. 26, with participating bars and restaurants offering specialty cocktails inspired by the Culinary Coast™ and made with spirits from Dogfish Head Distilling Co.

As part of Dogfish Head’s Beer & Benevolence philanthropy program, $1 from each featured cocktail sold at participating locations will be matched and donated to Rehoboth Beach Main Street.

Participating locations include:

Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats*
Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine*
Above the Dunes
Downtown Blues
Drift Seafood & Raw Bar
Kiwi Kove
Shorebreak Lodge
Sirocco Food & Drink
Somewhere
The Pines Coastal Tavern
Victoria’s Restaurant
Purple Parrot Grill

*Not a competitor in the Rehoboth Cocktail Week Competition

The week will begin with a Spirited Dinner at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats on Sunday, Sept. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. The dinner will feature career mixologist and recurring “Bar Rescue” expert Mia Mastroianni, who worked with Dogfish Head’s culinary team to create a four-course menu paired with Dogfish Head Distilling Co. spirits.

Tickets are $95 and include gratuity. Reservations and event details are available at https://www.dogfish.com/events.

The highlight of the week will be the inaugural Rehoboth Beach Cocktail Week Competition, hosted by Dogfish Head Chesapeake & Maine. Ten local restaurants will compete to create Rehoboth’s top cocktail using Dogfish Head Distilling Co. spirits.

The competition will feature two awards: a “People’s Choice” award, selected by attendees, and a “Judge’s Choice” award chosen by a panel that includes Mastroianni, Rehoboth Beach Main Street Vice President Rachel Macha, Dogfish Head Mixologist Jake Safarik, and Dogfish Head Head Distiller Darren Bobby.

Tickets for the competition are $45 and include cocktail samples from the 10 competing restaurants, light bites from Dogfish Head’s Chesapeake & Maine, the opportunity to vote for the “People’s Choice” award, and access to a silent auction benefiting Rehoboth Beach Main Street.

For more information about Dogfish Head events, visit www.dogfish.com.