Going to Firefly in Dover... best beer spots?

33 west in Dover on lockerman street has great food and excellent beer selection can't go wrong.Also, Fordham/ Old dominion brewery is in Dover they have a few decent beers.

 

What is the best beer store in Dover?

 

liquor depot on route 8 address is 1010 Forrest Ave, Dover, DE 19904
cheers.
if you have some down time
Fordham & Dominion Brewing Co.
1284 McD Drive
Dover, DE 19901

Phone: 302-678-4810
Fax: 302-678-4812
no food but they have some great beers

 

If you are flying into PHL, Tired Hands is about 25 minutes off of the route from PHL to Dover. Worth the trip.

 

Extra day after, hit Rehoboth, enjoy the beach and the Dogfish Brewpub, stop at Missipillion River on the way up north.

 

Restaurant 55 has more than burgers...just saying. Mispilliion is a good idea as DFH can be mobbed. Go to DFH Brewery it's closer than the pub. Cantwell Tavern up in Odessa. Blue Earl in Smyrna....

 

This!

But also hit the Dogfish Head brewery, not too far (20 min.). Also Atlantic Liquors & Outlet Liquors both on Route 1 (either going or coming to from the brewery to the brewpub), as they have a decent selcetion of bottles.

 

FYI there is also a firefly craft beer group on facebook. i went to firefly the past couple years and used this to meet up and share beers etc. also highly suggest tired hands on the way down. grab some growlers beforehand as well...they say no glass but it's very much not enforced.

 

Mispillion River is available in cans. As for who distributes in DE that's available in cans:

Oskar Blues
Neshaminy Creek
Six Point
Bells
Troegs
Victory
21st Amendment
Burley Oak
Firestone Walker
Goose Island
New Belgium
Otter Creek
Sierra Nevada
Sly Fox

 

Sly Fox packages some of their beers in cans that act more like a "glass" to get more aroma.

 

I'm not sure which direction you are coming into Delaware, but one of the best bottle shops in the country is about an hour North of Dover. State Line Liquors on Elkton, MD.

 

I am told the Firefly Ale by DFH is their Shelter Pale Ale.....

 

Those cans actually aren't available in DE (or NJ for that matter) - they're illegal due to the size of the "pull-tab" on the can. It's an old litter law that's still on the books

 

Interesting, that's the first I've heard that. Well they are definitely sold in PA.

Actually they don't list DE at all on there distribution list. Only PA, NJ, NY, MD, VA and DC
http://www.slyfoxbeer.com/beers#distributors

 

Wait, huh?

Unless you're taking the ferry from Cape May, east is the only direction you CAN'T come from to get into Delaware. From Detroit, you're either going to be coming from the North (Route 1 from the I-95 corridor) or West (Route 50 bridge at Annapolis).