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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                              PRODUCTION AGREEMENT

Agreement dated this ___12th__ day of ___July___________, 2002 between Frederick
Brewing Company, a Maryland brewer ("Brewer"), and Penn Brewery, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania ("Customer").

     1.   TERM

          The term of this Agreement shall continue for two years unless
          terminated by either party upon sixty days prior written notice.

     2.   PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING

          Brewer shall produce and package for Customer the malt beverage
          products set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto ("the Products"), as
          Customer, in its discretion, may order from time to time. Unless
          otherwise specified on Exhibit A, the Products shall be produced in
          accordance with Customer's standard formula for malt beverage products
          as provided in writing to Brewer prior to execution of this Agreement.
          Brewer requires a minimum order of 200 bbl per month and Brewer and
          Customer anticipate an annual production of approximately 4800 barrels
          for Year One.

     3.   ORDERING AND DELIVERY

          Customer shall order the Products not less than seven weeks in advance
          of the desired date of delivery of lagers, and not less than five
          weeks for ales. Customer shall order Products in case equivalents not
          less than 650 (approximately 50 barrels per style). Customer shall
          take delivery of the Products FOB Frederick, Maryland brewery on the
          date specified for delivery. Products not picked up by Customer within
          15 business days of the date of production shall be assessed a
          warehousing charge of $4.00 per pallet per month.

     4.   PACKAGING MATERIALS

          Customer shall be responsible for the cost of all labels and packaging
          materials except as defined further in Exhibit A. All packaging
          materials must be compatible with Brewer's packaging machinery. The
          cost of any required change parts shall be negotiated between the
          parties. Brewer agrees that liquid loss will not exceed 5% and
          packaging loss shall not exceed 5% per barrel. In the event actual
          loss should exceed percentages set forth above, appropriate credits
          will be provided by Brewer to Customer. The amount of such credits
          will be based on how much the actual percentage of loss exceeds the
          target percentages set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.
          The Brewer represents that all Customer products will be of
          merchantable quality.

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     5.   PRICING

          Customer will pay Brewer the prices set forth on Exhibit A for each
          case of the Products ordered by Customer and produced by Brewer under
          this Agreement pursuant to Customer's order. Invoices shall be due and
          payable net 3 days from production. Prices may be changed by Brewer
          upon thirty days prior written notice to Customer for any increase or
          decrease in the cost of raw materials and packaging materials
          purchased by Brewer, which are non-controllable by the Brewer. The
          respective co-packing fees include the cost of loading Products and
          shrink wrapping pallets.

     6.   SALES AND MARKETING

          Customer is exclusively responsible for all sales and marketing for
          the Products.

     7.   WARRANTIES

          Brewer warrants that the Products shall be free from adulterations as
          defined in the US Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act. Customer warrants that
          the trademarks and artwork applied to the Products shall not infringe
          upon the trademark rights of any other person. In no event does Brewer
          have any ownership rights in, or any right to the use of Customer's
          trademarks or copyrights related to the Products provided. Brewer
          acknowledges that the Products are confidential information of the
          Customer and include, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights and
          trade secrets that have been developed by Customer at great expense.
          All confidential information of Customer disclosed under this
          Agreement will remain the exclusive property of Customer. Brewer
          agrees to take all reasonable measures necessary to safeguard the
          confidential nature of Customer's confidential information disclosed
          to Brewer, including notifying its employees, agents, contractors,
          distributors and customers or anyone else with whom the Brewer works
          to complete the purposes of this Agreement of the confidential nature
          of Customer's confidential information.

     8.   ALTERNATING PROPRIETORSHIP

          If applicable, upon the request of Customer, Brewer agrees to
          cooperate in arranging for alternation of proprietorship of the
          brewery. Customer shall pay Brewer a fee of 4 (cents) per case for
          administration of the alternating proprietorship. Appropriate
          production and brewing information needed for proper completion of all
          federal and state reporting to be timely provided by Brewer.

     9.   INDEMNIFICATION

          Brewer and Customer shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless
          from all liability arising out of breach of their respective
          warranties.

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     10.  DISPUTE RESOLUTION

          All disputes arising under the Agreement shall be resolved by
          arbitration. The parties shall attempt to resolve any dispute before
          demanding arbitration.

     11.  PRODUCTION DEPOSIT

          Simultaneously upon execution of this Agreement, Customer will deposit
          with Brewer $6,000 (US), which is refundable 9 months from signing of
          this production agreement.

     12.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT

          This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties
          with respect to the subject matter stated therein and there are no
          other understandings or agreements. The Agreement may not be modified
          except in writing signed by both parties.

     13.  NOTICE

          Notice under this Agreement shall be deemed delivered if deposited in
          first class US mail to addressee as follows:

                  Brewer:           John Niziolek
                                    Frederick Brewing Company
                                    4607 Wedgewood Blvd.
                                    Frederick, MD  21703

                  Customer:         Pennsylvania Brewing Company
                                    800 Vinal Street
                                    Pittsburgh, PA 15212

     14.  DELIVERY

          Customer shall pay a refundable deposit on all related pallets used in
          shipment of Products (current deposit is $8 for case and keg pallets).
          Brewer shall use reasonable commercial efforts to meet Customer's
          requested shipping dates. Brewer, at Customer's request, may ship to
          Customer by common carrier. Brewer, at its discretion, may load
          appropriate POS materials onto specific destinations.

     15.  TEST BREWS

          Customer will reimburse Brewer for reasonable liquid cost and expenses
          incurred by Brewer for such test brewing of the Products.

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     16.  INSURANCE

          Brewer will maintain all respective insurance and standard coverage
          limits standard for the industry. Brewer will, if requested, add
          Customer as an additional insured party for all policies whereby it is
          deemed appropriate by both Customer and Brewer.

     17.  QUALITY ASSURANCE AND REPORTING

          Brewer will conduct at least four quality checks, which consist of
          air, fill, CO2 and package appearance per each run. Brewer is also
          responsible for providing Daily Production Reports.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
on the date first above written.

SNYDER INTERNATIONAL                          PENNSYLVANIA BREWING CO
BREWING GROUP

By       /s/ John Niziolek                    By     /s/ Thomas V. Pastorius
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         John Niziolek                               Thomas V. Pastorius
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Print Name                                    Print Name

         Plant Manager                               President
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                      AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

      THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this
"Amendment") is entered into as of the 10th day of June, 2002, by and among (a)
Dominion Homes, Inc. (the `"Company"), (b) the institutions from time to time
party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) as lenders (individually, a
"Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders"), and (c) The Huntington National Bank
("Huntington") as issuing bank and as a Lender, and Huntington in its separate
capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders and the issuing bank (with its
successors in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").

                                    RECITALS:

      A. As of December 31, 2001, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative
      Agent, and Huntington, in its capacity as issuing bank, executed a certain
      Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), setting
      forth the terms of certain extensions of credit to the Company; and

      B. As of December 31, 2001, the Company executed and delivered to the
      Administrative Agent, inter alia, revolving credit notes in favor of the
      Lenders, in the original aggregate principal sum of One Hundred Seventy
      Five Million Dollars ($175,000,000) and a swing note in favor of
      Huntington in the principal sum of $10,000,000, (hereinafter collectively,
      the "Notes"); and

      C. In connection with the Credit Agreement and the Notes, the Company and
      certain of its Subsidiaries executed and delivered to the Administrative
      Agent a standby letter of credit reimbursement agreement, guaranty
      agreements, certain other loan documents, consents, agreements, and
      instruments in connection with the indebtedness referred to in the Credit
      Agreement (all of the foregoing, together with the Notes and the Credit
      Agreement, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Loan
      Documents"); and

      D. The Company intends to issue up to 1,712,500 common shares of the
      Company's stock, without par value (the "New Issuance"); and

      E. The Company has recently established three Subsidiaries, Dominion Homes
      Realty, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company, Alliance Title Agency
      of Kentucky, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company and Resolution
      Property Company, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (collectively,
      the "New Subsidiaries"), which the Company desires to designate as
      Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement.

      F. The Company has requested that the Required Lenders and the
      Administrative Agent amend and modify certain terms and covenants in the
      Credit Agreement to permit the Company to complete the New Issuance, and
      to designate the New Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, and the
      Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent are willing to do so upon
      the terms and conditions contained herein.

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      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and
      promises contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
      acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto for
      themselves and their successors and assigns do hereby agree, represent and
      warrant as follows:

      1. Definitions. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
      have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

      2. Section 7.4, "Corporate Information," of the Credit Agreement is hereby
      amended to recite in its entirely as follows:

            7.4 Corporate Information.

      Schedule 7.4 attached to a certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated
      Credit Agreement dated as of June 10, 2002 (the "First Amendment"),
      accurately represents as of March 31, 2002, the following: (a) the classes
      of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable, of the Company and
      each Subsidiary and par value of each such class, as applicable, all as
      authorized by the Company's or such Subsidiary's Articles of Incorporation
      or other Constituent Documents, (b) the number of shares of each such
      class of stock or equity interests, as applicable, issued or outstanding,
      and (c) the Company's and each Subsidiary's employer tax identification
      number. All shares of all classes of capital stock or other equity
      interests issued and outstanding are fully paid and nonassessable. As of
      the date of the First Amendment, except for options granted pursuant to
      the Company's Incentive Stock Plan and common shares to be issued in
      connection with the Company's new issuance of up to 1,712,500 common
      shares of stock without par value, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
      has outstanding any securities, or any other instrument convertible to a
      security of the Company or such Subsidiary, or any commitment,
      understanding, agreement or arrangement to issue, sell or have outstanding
      any of the foregoing.

      3. Notwithstanding Section 8.6, "Contingent Liabilities," of the Credit
      Agreement, the Required Lenders hereby consent to the incurrence of
      customary indemnification obligations to underwriters, investment bankers
      or financial advisors in connection with the New Issuance.

      4. The definitions of "Borror Group" and "Change in Control," in Section
      14.3 "Defined Terms," of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended, and new
      definitions of "Control" and "Constituent Document" are hereby added to
      the Credit Agreement in appropriate alphabetical order to recite as
      follows:

      "Borror Group" means (a) any corporation, partnership, entity or trust in
      respect of which Donald A. Borror and/or his lineal descendants directly
      or indirectly (i) exercise voting control and (ii) have a majority of the
      beneficial interests thereof, (b) any individual shareholder of BRC
      Properties Inc. formerly known as Borror

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      Realty Company ("BRC") as of the date of this Agreement, (c) any lineal
      descendant of Donald A. Borror, or (d) any combination thereof.

      "Change in Control" shall mean (a) the replacement of a majority of the
      Board of Directors of the Company or BRC from the directors who
      constituted the Board of Directors on the date of this Agreement for any
      reason other than death or disability, and such replacement shall not have
      been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or of BRC, as the
      case may be, as constituted on the date of this Agreement (or as changed
      over time with the approval of the Board of Directors of such entity); or
      (b) a company, person, entity or group of companies, persons or entities
      (other than any of the Borror Group) acting in concert, shall, as a result
      of a tender or exchange offer, open market purchases, privately negotiated
      purchases, exercise of the stock pledge or otherwise, have become the
      beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of equity securities of the Company or
      BRC representing more than 29% of the combined voting power of the
      outstanding securities of the Company or BRC, as applicable, ordinarily
      having the right to vote in the election of directors from the beneficial
      owners as of the date hereof; or (c) the failure of the Borror Group at
      any time to (i) have (on a fully diluted basis) beneficial ownership and
      voting control of (A) 30% of the outstanding equity securities of the
      Company or (B) the majority of the outstanding equity securities of BRC,
      as the case may be, or (ii) Control the Company.

      "Control" means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to cause
      the direction of the management and policies of a Person whether through
      the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. A Person
      shall be deemed to have "control" of another Person if it is a "beneficial
      owner" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) or a member of a "group" that
      is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the
      voting equity securities in such Person.

      "Constituent Document" means with respect to any entity, (i) the articles
      or certificate of incorporation (or equivalent organizational documents)
      of such entity, (ii) the by-laws (or equivalent governing documents) of
      such entity and (iii) any document setting forth the designation, amount
      or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any class or series of
      capital stock, warrants, options or other equity interests.

      The remainder of Section 14.3 shall remain as originally written.

      5. The Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby consent nunc
      pro tunc to the establishment of the New Subsidiaries, the Company's
      Investments therein, and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries incurred to
      the Parent in connection with Section 8.5(f) of the Credit Agreement.

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      6. Conditions of Effectiveness. All provisions of this Amendment, other
than paragraph 4 above, shall become effective as of June 10, 2002, upon
satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:

            (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received nine duly executed
      copies of this Amendment, a replacement Schedule 7.4, "Corporate
      Information," the loan documents or other requirements referenced on
      Exhibit 6(a) attached hereto, and such other certificates, instruments,
      documents, agreements, and opinions of counsel as may be required by the
      Administrative Agent, each of which shall be in form and substance
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; and

      (b) The representations contained in paragraph 7 below shall be true and
      accurate in all respects.

      Paragraph 4 of this Amendment shall become effective upon satisfaction of
      all of the following conditions precedent: (c) the Company's consummation
      of an underwritten public offering with one or more investment advisors
      satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (d) the representations
      contained in paragraph 7 below shall be true and accurate in all respects.

      7. Representations. The Company represents and warrants that after giving
effect to this Amendment (a) each and every one of the representations and
warranties made by or on behalf of the Company in the Credit Agreement or the
Loan Documents is true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof,
except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties related, by
the expressed terms thereof, solely to a date prior hereto; (b) the Company has
duly and properly performed, complied with and observed each of its covenants,
agreements and obligations contained in the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents;
and (c) no event has occurred or is continuing, and no condition exists which
would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Default.

      8. Amendment to Credit Agreement. (a) Upon the effectiveness of this
Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to "Credit Agreement,"
"Agreement," the prefix "herein," "hereof," or words of similar import, and each
reference in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. (b) Except as modified
herein, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions
of the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and all other agreements executed in
connection therewith shall remain as written originally and in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms, and nothing herein shall
affect, modify, limit or impair any of the rights and powers which the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent may have thereunder. The amendment set forth herein
shall be limited precisely as provided for herein, and shall not be deemed to be
a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any of the rights of
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or of any other term or provisions
of the Credit Agreement, any Loan Document, or other agreement executed in
connection therewith, or of any term or provision of any other instrument
referred to therein or herein or of any transaction or future action on the part
of the Company which would require the consent of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, waivers of Events of
Default which may exist after giving effect hereto. The Company ratifies and
confirms each term, provision, condition and covenant set forth in the Credit
Agreement and the Loan Documents and

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acknowledges that the agreements set forth therein continue to be legal, valid
and binding agreements, and enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms.

      9. Authority. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the Company has legal power and
authority to execute and deliver the within Amendment; (b) the officer executing
the within Amendment on behalf of the Company has been duly authorized to
execute and deliver the same and bind the Company with respect to the provisions
provided for herein; (c) the execution and delivery hereof by the Company and
the performance and observance by the Company of the provisions hereof do not
violate or conflict with the articles of incorporation or code of regulations of
the Company or any law applicable to the Company or result in the breach of any
provision of or constitute a default under any agreement, instrument or document
binding upon or enforceable against the Company; and (d) this Amendment
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation upon the Company in every
respect.

      10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.
Separate counterparts may be executed with the same effect as if all parties had
executed the same counterparts.

      11. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay on demand in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement all reasonable costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution
and delivery of this Amendment and all other loan documents entered into in
connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
the Administrative Agent's counsel with respect thereto.

      12. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of Ohio.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
have hereunto set their hands as of the date first set forth above.

                                   COMPANY:

                                   DOMINION HOMES, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Peter J. O'Hanlon
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                                   Its: Senior Vice President Finance / CFO
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                                   ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

                                   THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK

                                   By: /s/ William R. Remias
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   LENDERS:

                                   THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
                                   as Lender and Issuing Bank

                                   By: /s/ William R. Remias
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                   By: /s/ David A. DeVictor
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                   By: /s/ Robert L. Zelina
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   NATIONAL CITY BANK

                                   By: /s/ Steven A. Smith
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                                   Its: Senior Vice President
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                                   COMERICA BANK

                                   By: /s/ Charles L. Weddell
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.

                                   By: /s/ Marilyn K. Miller
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                                   Its: Vice President
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                                   THE PROVIDENT BANK

                                   By: /s/ Stephen S. Brooks
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                                   Its: Senior Vice President
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                                   FIFTH THIRD BANK (CENTRAL OHIO)

                                   By: /s/ John K. Beardslee
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                                   Its: Vice President
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