Old Fezziwig in Cans? They do exist...

They could get away with $17 given the very limited availability. But one would hope that if it ever does see wider distribution they'd drop the price. I won't hold my breath for either scenario to happen though.

 

$17?! Must be that DFH pricing

 

I would love to hear more about this "bottle" taste. Is it all bottles. Glass bottles? Plastic bottles? If beer is put into glass growler does acquire the "bottle" taste. We need a whole forum on bottle taste.

 

True.

 

Do people realize how small BBC's "pilot" brewery in Jamaica Plain is?

(I don't - not anymore, anyway, since I think it's been expanded quite a bit in recent years. Anybody got good info on its actual capacity these days? What sort of canning line do they have there? $17 might reflect the lack of capacity and packaging automation/efficiency.)

 

He be trollin'

 

The economics of that tiny brewhouse are irrelevant in the scope of Sam Adams, in my opinion. And there are smaller breweries throughout the area putting out beers at lower prices that likely cost more to produce. Old Fezz isn't using expensive, in demand hops. And Sam's cost for ingredients is going to be lower than pretty much anyone. It's just a markup because they can.

 

But obviously not in Jim Koch's....

 

You know..... the bottle taste. We don't question, we just agree. Lol

 

I was wondering whether there was going to be 'consequences' with the Boston Beer Company - DFH 'merger'. Unfortunately this does indeed appear to be the case?

Cheers!