DFH & Boston brewery merge

[RobW]

Not the most terrible news, but it’s news worthy for the industry.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/bost...gfish-head-agree-to-merge-in-300-million-deal

 

[ekuhn]

Crazy dollar figures. Hope it continues to raise the bar in craft brewing.

 

[Jmann]

Sam Adams is swill. Mostly I’m just angry because that’s all my dad buys and I end up drinking it when I visit. Dog fish always has respect for making decent beer back in the dark days.

 

[Roadie]

I stopped considering Sam Adams a craft brew a long time ago. For me Dogfish has been on a similar path for a while now. I don’t buy either of their products any more. Sometimes will settle for drinking them if there is nothing else available. To me they are both large scale operations marketed as a small production, craft or artisan beer brewers.

 

[JDurk]

Can't remember the last time I drank something from Sam Adams, and DFH kinda lost it's craft brew status for me when I saw it on the shelf of Walgreens, on Duval St in Key West a few years ago. Though I do have some 120 Minute aging in my basement. Reminds me of the merger of Victory and Southern Tier, haven't drank either since, don't know why. Probably because I've been on a Tonewood and Cape May streak. Helps that Tonewood is a bike ride from my house and they provide our race team beverages.

 

[Mr. E Man]

My work distributes Sam Adams... This is yuuuuuuuge.

 

[RobW]

I haven’t touched DFH in a while and sams In a few years, although a Boston lager would be choice over any shitty inbev beer...I was mainly a 60minute guy until the local stuff blew up. I also am a proud supporter of small craft breweries... I am always passing up the whole shelf of 120’s at my spot. Maybe one day I’ll just take a few and age them for my boys 21st bday! Haha

 

[JimN]

Two companies that pretend they are craft breweries merge into one larger company that is still going to pretend they are a craft brewery.

I'll drink Dogfish 60 if I'm at the bar and they don't have anything better. My wife likes their Festina Peche and another one that I can't remember the name of, so we pick those up sometimes. I don't drink them though.

It's funny how good we have it now that we think Dogfish sucks.

 

[RobW]

Two companies that pretend they are craft breweries merge into one larger company that is still going to pretend they are a craft brewery.

I'll drink Dogfish 60 if I'm at the bar and they don't have anything better. My wife likes their Festina Peche and another one that I can't remember the name of, so we pick those up sometimes. I don't drink them though.

It's funny how good we have it now that we think Dogfish sucks.

right?! carton was fast on that slope for me! lol

 

[Mr. E Man]

Two companies that pretend they are craft breweries merge into one larger company that is still going to pretend they are a craft brewery.

I'll drink Dogfish 60 if I'm at the bar and they don't have anything better. My wife likes their Festina Peche and another one that I can't remember the name of, so we pick those up sometimes. I don't drink them though.

It's funny how good we have it now that we think Dogfish sucks.

I agree and disagree ... for a business stand point, it makes sense.

 

[xc62701]

Good for them. I was a big DFH fan a few years ago. I have many vintages of 120 aging at home but now I'm a Singlecut fan. It helps to have my inlaws in Queens.

 

[Ian F]

I don't mind Sam Adams beers. Generally not my first choice, but they're generally acceptable compared to the really big beer brands. I've never been a big fan of anything Dog Fish Head makes, but they seem to focus on IPAs and other "hop-forward" styles and I prefer stouts and other dark beers.

In a way, this is a good merger. Jim Koch has mentioned he's not a big fan of IPAs and other styles of beer that seem to be a DFH specialty and only reluctantly started offering IPA styles a few years ago. So when you think about it, the two companies don't really compete with one another, which is often a good basis for a merger.