Meet the brewmaster
Derik DeBoard
Founder & Brewmaster · USN Combat Corpsman · Master Brewer
From the dirt in Helmand to the kettle in Sandy. Same man. Different mission.
Derik ran medicine for Marines in combat, then spent twelve-plus years learning every station of Utah craft beer — packaging floors to master brewer — before he and Eric opened Wolfdog. The path is his. The beer is the proof.
- Corpsman USN / USMC platoon
- Uinta → Squatters → Strap Tank
- Wolfdog Brewmaster
“Take anything and turn it into something fun.”
— Derik DeBoard, SLUG Magazine, April 2026
“I’m trying to produce beers with great hops that no one really knows about.”
— Derik DeBoard, SLUG Magazine, April 2026
Full path & press (sourced)
SLUG — Dillon Ely, Apr 2026: third deployment as Navy Corpsman with a Marine Scout Sniper platoon; Kyrgyzstan & Czech pilsner; Shiner Bock & Sierra Nevada; Uinta packaging → Squatters full process → Strap Tank Master Brewer (~800→2,000 bbl/year); reconnected with Eric, the sniper he deployed with. Photos: Victoria Hills.
Utah Beer Guide: first beer recipe on a late-night watch in Helmand.
City Weekly — The Beer Issue, Aug 2025: Sandy’s first craft brewery.
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