northernlad
Well-Known Member
Man, A significant portion of you are getting straight up HOSED for beer. $20 for a 4 pack of Rasputin? Must be an Atlantic North East thing.
I haven't seen the six to four pack for beer change here either. But I have seen other consumer goods make changes. Usually, companies try to keep unit prices the same while reducing the quantity per unit. That's difficult with beer since the six pack of 12 oz bottles is well known by consumers. Other products are more susceptible to manipulation.
True enough. I've spent too much money on $14 bottles of Deschutes Black Butte XX (which I down as soon as I get home) and Abyss (which are aging in the fermentation freezer, never tried one yet). I really need to try brewing that XX. At the moment I am thinking it's the best beer I ever had. Of course that opinion changes all the time.
On the other hand I'm done paying $16 a bottle for Rogue beers. They just aren't that good.
But I definitely am not done spending $10-$20 a bottle for beer but I only do it 2x a month on paydays.
I see higher alc beers and non-session seasonal beers in four packs. However, I don't buy them normally. I'll buy a mix-6 pack of 6 different beers. It allows me to get a wide variety of (usually) the same style from all over the country (or other countries).
The one GREAT time I picked up a 4 pack was when I bought a 2008 Ommegang Three Philosophers for ~10 dollars. Amazing deal for a 3 year aged quadrupel.
It's not so difficult to change the bottles. I haven't bought Grolsch in quite a while, but I noticed that their bottles are now 15.2 oz. instead of 16 oz. It's only 5% less, but locally the price has increased also.
simtel20 said:I don't know if anyone's mentioned it in this thread, but I haven't seen it:
Six point has started distributing 4-pack cans of their brews for about the $10 point. That's 4x16 oz beers, so that's still less than you pay for them on tap at a bar.
You sir, are missing out on some fantastic beer by boycotting the 'expensive' bombers.
True enough. I've spent too much money on $14 bottles of Deschutes Black Butte XX (which I down as soon as I get home) and Abyss (which are aging in the fermentation freezer, never tried one yet). I really need to try brewing that XX. At the moment I am thinking it's the best beer I ever had. Of course that opinion changes all the time.
On the other hand I'm done paying $16 a bottle for Rogue beers. They just aren't that good.
But I definitely am not done spending $10-$20 a bottle for beer but I only do it 2x a month on paydays.
I hear ya. Last year Widmer had their pitch black IPA at the same price as their other 6 packs. This year, it is in 4 packs and the same price as their 6 packs. No thanks Widmer, I'll just buy Deschutes Hop in the Dark, it's way better anyhow (even though it's only available in bombers)
Man, A significant portion of you are getting straight up HOSED for beer. $20 for a 4 pack of Rasputin? Must be an Atlantic North East thing.
yep, I feel ya here, I love Green Flash WC IPA when it was ~9-10 / 6pack, now it is the same for a 4 pack. WTF
So basically I don't buy it anymore. How is this suppose to get them more revenue if you raise the price and you get less sales?
yep, I feel ya here, I love Green Flash WC IPA when it was ~9-10 / 6pack, now it is the same for a 4 pack. WTF
So basically I don't buy it anymore. How is this suppose to get them more revenue if you raise the price and you get less sales?
Are you sure they're getting less sales? I'm sure their accounting and marketing departments are watching those numbers.
You get the same amount of $ by selling less product therefore you save money.
Are you sure they're getting less sales? I'm sure their accounting and marketing departments are watching those numbers.
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