Gives Program

Craft beer is a wonderful catalyst for bringing people and communities together to do good. So since our start in 2005, we’ve given back to the communities where we live and distribute our beer. We frequently host and participate in charitable events and provide beer, promotional help and financial support to good causes that share our values.

In 2019 we launched our “Dry Dock Gives” program as a way to increase our charitable efforts. With this initiative we find local organizations — through community outreach and an application process — whose missions we want to help. For our annual Gives partner, we donate 25 cents from every sale of our Booty Box, a variety pack that mixes our year-round brews with rotating seasonal selections. We also provide beer and promotional support to our annual Gives Partner.

We also select organizations to receive funding and promotional help (for three-month periods) through our charity efforts in our tasting rooms. For their respective quarter, charities receive all funds from monthly Keg for a Cause events, which take place on the first Tuesday of each month at the South Dock location. The charities also get significant funds from customer donations when patrons close out their tabs at our North Dock and South Dock locations.

Last year the monthly tallies of that checkout program averaged around $1,000 and helped Dry Dock raise over $20,000 through our Dry Dock Gives program. So far, our Dry Dock Gives tasting room beneficiaries for 2023 are The Honor Bell Foundation (also our Booty Box ally for the first quarter of ‘23), We Don’t Waste (which feeds local residents and reduces global warming by diverting food from the waste stream, Q2) and Swallow Hill Music Association (which improve lives through concerts, music lessons and music education and therapy, Q3).