Why are growler fills so expensive?

No it didn't pass the big beer companies are preventing it? 32oz or 128oz makes no sense!

 

Damn that sucks. I was in Tampa a couple months back. Sounded like it was gonna happen. Such a weird law...

 

I am not saying it's a better deal. I am just saying for me personally it's more often than not more enjoyable. And it's the same reason most of us order draft beers over bottled beers when we are out at a bar that offers both options.

 

For a guy like me who has no distro access for this. It was a true delight to see.

 

This might might be the dumbest response I have ever seen.

 

Can you answer the question then?

 

I like drinking my growler out of a paper bag.

 

You sir are a poor consumer.

 

because youll pay for it. stop paying for it, the price goes down. same for pretty much every consumer good. that being said, they definitely have their market and are enjoyable. just overpriced.

 

Kind of a stupid thing to say when you don't really know me. I didn't say I would pay a huge premium, but will pay more for fresh draft beer. And you guys all act like every time you fill a growler there is a fresh 6 pack of the same beer sitting on the shelves. Many small breweries don't even bottle their beer (Kane which is one of my favorite being one of them), so the option does not even exist even if you wanted bottles. When bars or any store that fills growlers get 1/2 kegs, the price is normally a lot cheaper than when they are tapping the same beer in sixtels, so there are plenty of places that do fill growlers at a reasonable price.

 

Some places are cheaper than others. Bars are more expensive for filling growlers than, say, a store like Joe Canals. You can get decent prices there, especially if you deduct bottle club and NJ craft beer membership. I agree with others on here that growlers are best suited for beers you can't get in bottles (Kane, Carton, etc.)

 

Basically what I use them for. If it's a beer that's only sold at the brewery/brewpub on draft, or a beer that I can't easily find in bottles/cans, then I get a growler. I rarely get a growler of something I can just grab a 4 pack, 6 pack, 12 pack, or case of.


Sometimes the breweries themselves have better prices. I've noticed the higher growler fill prices tend to be at bottle shops, bars, etc.

 

Daisy Cutter is canned, not bottled. If you're giving up a first born in a trade, it's because you're trying to acquire either Double Daisy Cutter, or Galactic Double Daisy Cutter.

To the OP's point... I agree. Why buy a 64 oz. growler of garden variety Daisy Cutter if you can buy 4 16 oz cans, drink them at your leisure without concerning yourself with your beer going flat, and get it more cheaply to boot.

Beer is the only thing I see in stores, where buying in "bulk" doesn't drive down the unit price. I expect the price per ounce to me more expensive when I'm buying 12, 15 or 22 oz of something, than it is when I buy 64 ounces of it without all the packaging that's involved in the other formats to boot.

Edit: Apologies. Just realized a lot of this had already been touched upon.

 

Sixtels are the bombers of kegged beer.

 

There are 2 major reasons for it at my store:

1. We are using sixtels and quarters.
2. There can be a surprising amount of loss associated with this. Samples, overflow(for those of us without counter pressure systems), the inevitable fraction fill when a keg kicks.

 

Let's look at it a different way: why are bars so expensive?

Think about what you pay for a pint of something when you go to a bar. Chances are, two pints will cost as much as, or even more than, a six pack. So why go to a bar in the first place?

Now, if you're on board with the idea of going to bars, let's look at growlers again. $12 for a growler fill? That's only $3 a pint from that keg. Bet you were going to pay at least $5 for that if you'd just bought a single pint. That growler fill is only 60% of the cost of buying that beer on tap by the pint.

Personally, I don't do growlers to begin with because four pints and I just don't get along. Yep, I'm a lightweight. But if I had a mini growler, and there was a beer on tap that I really wanted to try but wasn't sold in bottles (or only sold by the case near me), I'd certainly entertain the idea.

 

Wow those are incredible prices. Filling a double jack at firestone will cost you $25 without the price of growler. Best growler option I have seen is pliny for $14.

 

You pay for the inconvenience.

 

I like to look like a hipster

 

I have been spoiled by a local brewpub. Quigley's in Pawleys Island SC has a Wednesday special, 64 ounce growler fill for $5.00. And they have a very respectable IPA.