Answers.Body: <p>I think there are three main reasons.</p>
  
  <p>1) <strong>Direct production costs</strong>. Dogfish declares adding hops for two hours, and this has a cost you need to pay (more hops, more time)</p>
  
  <p>2) <strong>Alcohol content</strong>. Taxes <em>may</em> depend on ABV (for minimum rate of excise duty on beer in the EU, see <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31992L0084&amp;from=IT" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>). The higher is the ABV, the higher is the tax. </p>
  
  <p>3) <strong>Marketing</strong>. The beer is a very special one, and it is easier for Dogfish to find consumers willing to pay more for such a special beer.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Agree with all of this, and a fourth reason would be the time it takes to brew (several months IIRC) tying up people and equipment.
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Answers.Text: You are right, I was going to edit my answer in order to expand point 1) to production costs (raw material + production time), but you arrived first.
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Answers.Text: By all means, still feel free to edit it into the answer!
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Answers.Text: #2 is wrong up to a point. In some states beer is beer and taxed the same no matter what and others when it goes above a certain ABV it kicks into another class of taxes.
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Answers.Text: #2 seems to depend on jurisdiction, unless you mean that Dogfish has to pay higher taxes where they produce it.  As for additions, please do [edit] to expand; we want the information to be in the post, not buried in comments.  Thanks.
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Answers.Text: It also has a higher rate of failure to brew (increasing cost). I watched a documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brew_Masters) featuring the owner of Dogfish Head and sadly watched them dump a  whole fermenting tank because something when wrong and recall them discussing the high rate of failure and that is why they have a hard time making enough to keep it as a regularly stocked beer (I can't recall the last time I saw it even in specialty stores).
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Answers.Text: My guess is that 3) Marketing is the dominant reason. Make a special product, don't make much of it and price it high.
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Body: <p>I enjoy a good Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA, it is the only beer I can casually drink at home and it actually gives me a buzz, but I am curious as to why does it have such a high price point?</p>
  
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Title: Why is the Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA so expensive?
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ThreadText: # Why is the Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA so expensive?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-09)
  
  I enjoy a good Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA, it is the only beer I can casually drink at home and it actually gives me a buzz, but I am curious as to why does it have such a high price point?
  
  **Tags:** ipa, price
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-09. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  I think there are three main reasons.
  
  1) **Direct production costs**. Dogfish declares adding hops for two hours, and this has a cost you need to pay (more hops, more time)
  
  2) **Alcohol content**. Taxes *may* depend on ABV (for minimum rate of excise duty on beer in the EU, see [here](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31992L0084&from=IT)). The higher is the ABV, the higher is the tax.
  
  3) **Marketing**. The beer is a very special one, and it is easier for Dogfish to find consumers willing to pay more for such a special beer.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Agree with all of this, and a fourth reason would be the time it takes to brew (several months IIRC) tying up people and equipment.  
  > **username_1**: You are right, I was going to edit my answer in order to expand point 1) to production costs (raw material + production time), but you arrived first.  
  > **username_2**: By all means, still feel free to edit it into the answer!  
  > **username_3**: #2 is wrong up to a point. In some states beer is beer and taxed the same no matter what and others when it goes above a certain ABV it kicks into another class of taxes.  
  > **username_4**: #2 seems to depend on jurisdiction, unless you mean that Dogfish has to pay higher taxes where they produce it.  As for additions, please do [edit] to expand; we want the information to be in the post, not buried in comments.  Thanks.  
  > **username_5**: It also has a higher rate of failure to brew (increasing cost). I watched a documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brew_Masters) featuring the owner of Dogfish Head and sadly watched them dump a  whole fermenting tank because something when wrong and recall them discussing the high rate of failure and that is why they have a hard time making enough to keep it as a regularly stocked beer (I can't recall the last time I saw it even in specialty stores).  
  > **username_6**: My guess is that 3) Marketing is the dominant reason. Make a special product, don't make much of it and price it high.  
  
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