Beers moving to six packs

wow we can only hope that finally have compete on price. still i think allot is markup at the beer store. tell me why Brooklyn bcs is 8 a 4 pack and is 10% abv and darn good, & founders bs is 11 a 4 pack??? sure its good but is it 3 dollars more good, i voted today and passed on the bs for the Brooklyn bcs

 

This would be great, but I don't see many breweries jumping on this sadly

 

All I know is that last week I could buy 12-packs of Sierra Nevada for $11.99 and that's hard to beat. I may like lots of other beers better, but SN is good enough (damned good) at that price. If other brewers can manage that type of pricing on flagship brands, I honestly feel that their business would increase and flourish throughout the brand- specifically to the more profitable smaller production items. Win Win.

 

Six packs throughout the industry would be righteous!! More bottle caps to save!

 

I think in general craft is trending towards the 4 pack. I think it's wishful thinking on the OPs part.

 

I think if they are able to produce a consistent product at a higher volume while being able to maintain fixed costs(economies of scale) then yes they should start to switch. It would make business sense and would make all of us consumers a lot happier.

 

Lakefront is moving more towards 4 packs. IBA and Bridge Burner from bombers to 4 packs and Holiday Spice from 6 packs to four packs (& a dollar more! WTF?). Also seeing a lot of Evil Twin four packs instead of single bottles. Victory is another one, changing their old DIPA 6 packs to 4s and Storm King from 6 to 4.

 

Jack's Abby moving Hoponius Union to 6-packs resulted in a slight price cut - all good.

 

I'd rather have 4packs if the price increase has to be built in somehow.

 

And Flying Dog Horn Dog was in 6ers this year from 4 packs last year.

 

I've seen the opposite. More 6pks moving to 4pks. Some with the same price even... They don't understand the more they charge per ounce, the less likely I am to buy their beer when there are new breweries popping up all the time. Greed & profit margin. Not like these breweries are struggling to stay open.

 

Seeing more breweries go to six packs would be OK with me!!! I had been buying beer in six packs for so long, when I got into craft and found 4 packs I kinda felt ripped off. I've found some really good deals lately at my local beer store, but I considered buying some Ten Fidy the other day, since I've never had it, and it was like $14 a four pack!
Thats a little steep for me.

 

This is the marketing rationale. We don't see any Lagunitas 4-packs yet.

 

If you're going home with one variety case of beer, paying the same price per ounce, would you rather have 4 sixpacks or 6 fourpacks? Lot of places don't do single bottles.

 

But where do the 32 oz bottles fit in? Same rationale.

 

Kegerator must be the answer. I just know that breweries go to 4-packs when they up the price to wholesalers. I've always avoided buying 12 oz. singles because lots of times they are the old ones. I buy many different beers and rarely do I have to suffer through a whole 4 or 6 pack. Cheers.

 

I think it's a trick.

 

The same trick. Charging you near twice as much as they were by cutting back on the total ounces. They added a novelty bottle into the mix hoping it would hide the bullshit smell.

 

Everything Founders comes into our store more expensive than Brooklyn Stuff. The case difference in price is $14 dollars. BCS is $36 a case, BS is $50. I've seen some stores gouge on pricing but that's usually obvious. I saw a place with BS for $15 bucks a 4 pack before. Plus there's one distributor in MA that seems to be slightly higher than others so their beers are slightly higher.