Breweries that sell beer in 4-packs

alcohol content does not equate to value, and people buy good beer when it is offered

 

Sweet, another thread about beer pricing! How about...they do it because they can, and because people keep buying it. If people stop buying it, they'd either lower the price or add the 2 bottles back.

 

Alcohol content often equates to a beer that is more expensive for a brewery to produce. More ingredient costs and longer fermentation/conditioning times.

Anyway, 4 packs aren't nearly as big of offenders as bombers, which we complain about here fairly regularly.

 

Brewers have to squeeze profit any which way seeing that margins are closing fast with the over supply of craft beer continuing to come to the market.

 

I did read that sentence. But this was the one that I was referencing:

Ingredient cost is negligible in the grand scheme, and there are some quite inexpensive beers available that are lagered for months.

 

I hate overpriced four packs, and have stopped buying those which are not DIPA's. The only reason for them is to have a larger profit margin, as are the majority of high priced bombers. Would rather suffer through a German shelf turd lager that needs to be dusted off.

 

Ahh yes, the avatar fits so well....as it was mentioned earlier, this subject has been beaten to death via bomber discussion. It all comes down to $/oz. If you don't feel comfortable paying a higher %, don't buy it.

 

This website has been around for a while. Every thread will be "another thread about..." from that perspective. If you don't think people should discuss it or if you don't care to discuss it then don't post on the thread. It's that simple.

I'm happy to pay $10 for certain 4 packs. Black Chocolate Stout and Tank 7 come to mind. They're both amazing beers IMO and have enough kick within a few beers to get a good buzz going.

 

Or you can do both Either pay for it if you think it's worth it, or don't if you don't. It's not that hard.

 

So you're mad at Green Flash?? It's the nature of the beast. Shelf space is prime real estate and the more beers you can offer on your limited shelf space the better. And since people will pay for it then why not do it? The real question you should ask yourself is if it is the brewery doing the price gouging or if it is the store that is too lazy to adjust the prices on the shelf and in their system because the SKU is probably the same.

 

Good idea. Do that next time instead of telling people they shouldn't talk about it anymore.

Not trying to be a dick, we're all friends here. I just don't see the point of getting on a thread and making OP feel like he can't post a reasonable topic for discussion. So what if it's been done before? If nobody wanted to talk about it then nobody would post and it would sink down into oblivion. But that's not for any single person to decide.

 

Just a few days ago there was a thread about "price gouging" Hopslam, which was mercifully locked down. There's a 339 response thread about "price gouging" that just had more replies yesterday. Do you think there is really a need for yet another thread about this subject, when there is an active thread going where this can be addressed?

 

The fact that more and more breweries (who presumably have more insight into the economics of brewing and selling beer than I do) are doing this indicates to me that it's not such a crazy strategy.

And as always with price, if you are bothered by it, don't buy the beer. If it really is a bad strategy, then others will do the same and the breweries who employ said strategy will either stop or go out of business.

 

four packs are still a deal compared to bombers
eg sublimely self righteous 6.99 bomber or 9.99 4 pak?
you choose

 

They will be out of business soon. All this beer snobbism makes me want to drink Rum

 

I will always pay high dollar for Great and i mean GREAT Belgian beer.American beer is NOT WORTH Tappist prices. Unless your name is Ommegang.

 

Are you referring to 4 Hands?