Beer Wars Movie

Sam Calagione

Sam Calagione is the founder and President of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware. These days Dogfish Head is the fastest growing small brewery in the country and the only brewery in America to be named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies. Sam got the brewing bug while working at a New York City bar that featured microbrewed beer. After experimenting with a number of homebrew batches, Sam put his English degree to the test while writing the brewpub business plan. Sam is the quintessential modern day renaissance man. He is the author of Brewing Up A Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Extreme Brewing and co-author of He Said Beer, She Said Wine with Marnie Old. Sam is married to his high school sweetheart, Mariah, and they have 2 kids, Sam and Grier.

Rhonda Kallman

Rhonda Kallman, founder and CEO of New Century Brewing Co. is a beer-industry veteran with over 20 years of sales, marketing and distribution expertise. Together with Jim Koch, she co-founded The Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams, in 1984. Over her 15-year tenure as founding partner and executive vice president of sales and brand development, she built the most admired sales force in the highly competitive beer industry. In 1990, the Institute for Brewing Studies honored her with its Recognition Award for being the ‘Pioneering Woman in the Beer Industry.’ INC. magazine selected Rhonda as one of ‘25 Entrepreneurs We Love (and what makes them great)’ along with business luminaries like Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Betsey Johnson, Russell Simmons and 20 others. She is married to Matt Shanley, and they live in Cohasset, MA with their three children, Callie, Alexander and Courtney.