Dickerson Distributing Company

Specialties

Dickerson Distributing Co. is a family-​owned wholesale distributor of high quality domestic, imported, and craft beers. Our service area includes Butler, Warren, and Preble counties in southwestern Ohio.

We have all your party supplies! Stop by our office and purchase a keg for your next party. Most ½ and ¼ barrels are readily available. Please call ahead if you are interested in a ¹⁄₆ barrel and we would be more than happy to tell you what we have in stock. Should you need a pump, you can rent one with a $ 50 deposit.

All kegs come cold, just remember to keep the beer on ice. We accept cash or check, no credit cards. Our list of our kegs is provided in the «photos» section on Yelp, Facebook, or on our company website.

Please call the office if you have any further questions and we would be happy to assist you.

History

Established in 1934.

In 1934, shortly after the Repeal of Prohibition, Eugene Dickerson and business partner George Reckman joined forces to form one of the area’s first wholesale beer and wine distributors: The Reckman and Dickerson Distributing Co., Inc. Headquartered in Middletown, Ohio, Dickerson and Reckman began distributing wine and malt beverages in most of Butler, Warren, and Preble counties in Southwest Ohio.

The most popular beers they sold were brewed locally in Cincinnati, one of the most prolific brewing centers at the time. Two years later, another brew was introduced to them from a sales representative passing through the Middletown area. The brewery the salesman represented was Anheuser-​Busch and the product he touted was Budweiser. Little known to the Middletown area at the time, Dickerson and Reckman decided to begin selling the lager beer from Missouri which turned out to be the beginning of a long and rewarding relationship with the «King of Beers.»