Surly Beerhall Price increases

What am I missing with Indeed and 612? I haven't ranked a single beer of theirs above a 3. Every time I think about buying one of their beers I grab something I enjoy quite a bit more out of the cooler. I don't buy Surly as often as I would like due to the price, and 6 beers lasts me a lot longer than a 4 pack.

 

Maybe to pay for continued expansion? http://surlybrewing.com/news/getsurly-north-dakota-south-dakota-nebraska-comin/

 

Can't they just send the month or older stuff to them and give us fresh here? They wouldn't need to brew as much if they did that.

 

If you make a big deal out of a 50 cent price increase, it may be time for a new hobby.

 

^ I second that!

 

I remember 15 years ago in Winona a bar had all you could drink from 9-midnight. Mic Golden lite/bud light/coors light for $5 and $3 if you already had the glass. Those were the days

 

https://www.bellsbeer.com/ftp/tapshot.big.jpg?r=319049

Just wanted to compare prices at Surly to Bell's.

Hopsoulution 16oz for $4.50
Axeman 10oz for $5
Furious 16oz for $5.50

Hmmm...

 

Bell's is in the top 7 or higher largest craft breweries and Surly isn't even in the top 50...
https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-lists-top-50-breweries-2015/

Bell's is up to like 600k barrels a year IIRC but I couldn't find the proof

 

Factoring in cost of living makes those prices a lot closer!

 

Cost of production at Bell's can't be that much cheaper than at Surly. Or are you saying Surly needs to make more money at their tap room than Bell's does?

 

I think he's saying is Minneapolis is more expensive to live in than Kalamazoo.

 

Yea, and you could get a 30-pack of shitty beer for $10 any day of the week. Fuck that nostalgia.

 

I seriously doubt the Surly price increases had anything whatsoever to do with cost.

 

Oh, I'm not saying it does. I just commenting that seems to be the posters point.
My guess is it's to make more money.

 

Do you think Surly perfectly estimated what it costs to run a taproom?
Do you think all input prices (including labor) have remained stagnant over the past year and a half?
If you answered yes to these questions we have nothing further to discuss

 

Get out of here with your logic and reason, it has no place on these forums!

 

Doesn't explain why bells prices have remained the same over the last 3-4 years inspire of tap room expansion and expanding distribution

 

I don't understand why we are talking about expansion of distribution. Are we suggesting that expanding distribution should increase Bell's taproom prices? "Let's raise tap room prices to enter into this new market because we can't afford it otherwise"?

I don't have any historical data on bells tap room prices so I can't comment on the length of time since their last price increase.

 

Wait, Bell's has a taproom in Mpls?

 

This is a silly argument. Let's just allow that Bell's is major awesome and Surly blows donkey, and move on to something that makes sense.