$20 for a bomber of CT brew...

[Arrheinous]

Went back east to CT for the holiday and hit up a pretty good burger joint with the lady. I made the mistake of ordering a bomber of 5% kolcsh from some CT brewery. When the bill came up the flipping thing was $20 damn bucks!

I know the bartender doesn't set the prices but no man should stand around a let a dude drop a 20 on a bomber of something like what I got. I couldnt do it - thatd be fair grounds for a slap or like an honor killing or somethjng..

Kicking myself over not asking first. Still tipped 18% because I'm a chump and haven't tipped under that in years... I would have paid maybe 10 or 12 for something like that anywhere else.

Bollocks, as they say.

Anythinh without a pricetag on it should be free. I went out to the grocery store this week and had a couple loaves of bread - no tag on them - and they were asking like $3 or $4 a piece. Hate having prices dropped on me like that.

 

[jmendez29]

Maybe complain to the manager? I can't say that I have ever had that happen to me, but I'd like to think that I would say something to the manager but with the expectation that I would pay for the full price. My GF is the restaurant manager at a brewpub and she tells me all kinds of stories about what people complain about. It seems to me that she gets to stonewall the ones who run up to her with a finger pointed in her face, but also gets to make nearly any concession for the ones who are willing to discuss the situation rationally. Keep it friendly and I'm sure they would probably help you out a little bit.

 

[broadbill]

What kind of burger joint doesn't list the prices?

 

[progmac]

$20 for a bomber of kolsch! seriously. WTF. is it made with saffron or something

 

[SHBSJon]

People here are (willingly, proudly, unabashedly) paying $10 per can for Heady Topper and are puffing their chest out in pride when they do. But the place at least lets them know the price.

 

[unionrdr]

The last time I paid 5-10 bucks for a beer was at Lorain County speedway in the 70's. When Bedub's started charging between 3-4 bucks a beer & then they outlawed smoking in public places,I quit going.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Yea thats sadly the "in" thing to do for resturants and bars who grab "select" cases not usually offered to them.

I have a pub in town that has amazing food and an insane rotating taplist although they always have 1 "special" bottle

This weeks was Maine Lunch IPA, 16$ for a 16oz IPA....insane.
a month ago it was 2011 Bourbon county Bramble rye 35$ for a 22oz....

Now for a beer thats no longer produced AND barrel aged, i didnt have a problem paying the 35 for something i might never try again but to charge 1$ per oz for a beer i can get right down the block for HALF the price is insane.

Im sure if you grabbed that bomber in the local distro it would only be 10-12$

 

[aiptasia]

Sucks. It's the same kind of markup you see on bottles of wine in restaurants. Good bottles of wine.

For example, when Far Niente in California releases it's much loved Carbernet Sauvignon, I can buy bottles for about $80 directly from the winery and have them shipped for a nominal fee. That same bottle will retail for around $120 in an average ABC wine shop around here. In a restaurant, that same bottle sells for $240, which is double the wine shop price.

Pay it or balk and don't buy it. There's plenty of acceptable beer out there for less money. BTW, on Hunahpu day at Cigar City in Tampa, they sell for $20 a piece. Wait until the crowd thins out into the evening and you can walk away with as many cases as you can buy. I've seen empty bottles of hunahpu sell for triple that on Ebay, much less a full bottle.

The market determines what people will pay. As long as embarrassed, non-complaining wusses and self important jackasses pay that price, they'll continue to sell it at just that price.

Oh, and if you eat at bars/restaurants that DON'T list the prices on their menus, you're about to get the high hard one anyway. Live and learn, my friend.

 

[stevo4361]

And this my friends is why we brew our own. I'll pay $10 for a 750 of Chimay Grand Reserve but that's about it.

 

[nukebrewer]

Went back east to CT for the holiday and hit up a pretty good burger joint with the lady. I made the mistake of ordering a bomber of 5% kolcsh from some CT brewery. When the bill came up the flipping thing was $20 damn bucks!

I'd like to know which brewery this kolsch came from. If I had to guess I'd say Cambridge House 'cause they're the only brewery I know of in CT that brews a kolsch. Anyway, on such a small scale as pretty much any brewery in CT produces, $20 isn't completely unreasonable. That's ~$5 a pint which is about the same as if you were to buy them one by one at the bar. Is $20 the fill price or the fill plus growler price?

 

[Gitmoe]

This weeks was Maine Lunch IPA 16$ for a 16oz IPA....insane.

Maine Brewing Co is just expensive beer. Lunch is pretty hard to find and I can't say I'd be against paying $16 for a bottle. All of their beers here in PA are averaging $8-9 per 16oz bottle at most shops.

To the OP, $20 doesn't seem that bad for a bomber of some local beer at a restaurant. Bottle prices are always inflated at restaurants and I can easily see paying $15ish for the same bottle at a bottle shop. I don't like to pay over $12 for a bomber but I certainly do from time to time. I grabbed a 750ml bottle of The Bruery Brett Saison last night that cost me $20. You gotta pay to play and the craft beer industry isn't gonna lower prices anytime soon...

 

[Evan_L]

I'd like to know which brewery this kolsch came from. If I had to guess I'd say Cambridge House 'cause they're the only brewery I know of in CT that brews a kolsch. Anyway, on such a small scale as pretty much any brewery in CT produces, $20 isn't completely unreasonable. That's ~$5 a pint which is about the same as if you were to buy them one by one at the bar. Is $20 the fill price or the fill plus growler price?

You're thinking growler, I think OP meant 22oz bomber...which is ridiculous at that price. I love many of our CT beers, but none enough to justify that price.

 

[nukebrewer]

You're thinking growler, I think OP meant 22oz bomber...which is ridiculous at that price. I love many of our CT beers, but none enough to justify that price.

You are indeed correct. Somehow my drunk mind saw the word 'growler' instead of 'bomber' last night. Yes, $20 for a bomber of anything CT puts out is insane.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Maine Brewing Co is just expensive beer. Lunch is pretty hard to find and I can't say I'd be against paying $16 for a bottle. All of their beers here in PA are averaging $8-9 per 16oz bottle at most shops. QUOTE]

You must have not read what I wrote, in my area you can find it all over the place, offering something as a "bottle special" and charging double retail for something that's right down the block is a little insane in my book, specially for the insane amount of variety they have on tap at this place.

 

[Remmy]

Welcome to Connecticut.