I’d love to see DFH sell mixed 4 packs of their big beers for the usual $40 price tag (1 WWS, 1 120 min and 2 other big ABV beers). Just from as sales standpoint I think more product would move in stores with variety at $40 vs a normal 4 pack. Also I think what Stone is doing with their special limited release of their classics is something that would go over well with DFH classics that are no longer distributed. Not sure if it hits the profit margins the shareholders are looking for but seems to be creating a positive marketing image again for Stone that really took a nosedive maybe 5-7 years ago and has been slow to recover.
my partner and I drove on a whim to Delaware one summer just to hang a few nights and drink a lot of DFH.
I picture it more like Shel Silverstein's, The Smoke Off with every version ever recorded live of YEM, Hood, Reba, Divided Sky, and Fluffhead playing while I'm doing the driving.
"deal with it" directed to those saying negative things such as: "who?" , "they still exist?" or "bring this back and i may buy them again" Deal with it.
I have to watch carbs and Slightly Mighty is the best. And I like seeing 90 minute in the 19oz cans for the occasional treat
Most places near me sell 120 and the various WWS as singles or four packs so in theory, people could make mix four packs.
Yeah, I deal with it by not buying nearly as much DFH as I used to when a lot more of their beers made it to me. Kind of the point of most people on this thread. I still dig Sam and will be visiting the brewpub in Rehoboth this summer.
If you have a chance and haven't been, the tour at the brewery in Milton is pretty sweet. Very informative and the tasting room/taproom usually has some interesting selections. As I recall, it's not all that far from the brewpub.
I’ll second this, also some great and very well priced food. Personal pizzas, salads, bratwurst, pretzel with beer cheese and they also had a few dessert specials. I’m looking forward to our next trip when we return to Lewes later this year.
True pioneers in the craft world. Boundry breakers, bar setters and experimenters. All of this can easily be forgotten in the fast paced, ever evolving or devolving world of craft beer. Cheers to the roads you've paved and the boundaries you've pushed!!
DFH is wholly-owned by Boston Beer Co., which sold 7.7 million barrels of beer and other alcoholic beverages last year, down from 8.2 million in 2022. They've got national distribution (in some cases, BBC switched distributors for DFH and moved the brand to BBC's distributor - that didn't help the now defunct Hunterdon in NJ since DFH was one of their largest brands). At this point, BBC is the 3rd* largest US-based brewery after only Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors. (Constellation and Mark Anthony sell more, but the former doesn't brew in the US and Mark Anthony is 100% FMB)
Thanks guys. While we’ve vacationed in Rehoboth almost every summer for the last 13 years, we’ve only done the Milton tour once, about 10 years ago. It was impressive.
Well, BBC's 2023 Annual Report says "Approximately 85% of the Company’s 2023 volume is in the Beyond Beer category" so that works out to 1.15 million barrels of actual, what-we-know-as "beer". Yuengling's '22 barrelage was 2.4 million, haven't seen their '23 stats but can't imagine it's moved much in either direction. Even the Kirin/Little World US brands, New Belgium/Bell's, barrelage is larger than BBC's beer.
Yeah there are few I see selling singles of 120 and WWS at the register in some stores but that is all I ever see is those 2 to be honest. Would love to see a rotation of their big beer series in a 4 pack sampler and was thinking a once or 2x a year four pack mixer would really entice people to try for first time or revisit.
It's been a while. Stopped at my local store today, and they had 60 Minute. Date said Aug 2024, which I'm guessing is the best by. Boy it really brought me back! It really was good. Usually it's well past it's prime 'round these parts. May have to start buying this again!
