Tired Hands (January 2018)

Every place I've been to in Maryland charges .50

 

back in 2016, somebody posted about crowler prices...

I can confirm that if you are buying a pallet of cans, your lids, and labels through Oskar Blues like plenty of places then with shipping you are spending at least a $1 per can.

I'm in Omaha so I'm assuming our shipping is relatively cheap and we figure it cost us $1.04 a can (all-in).

 

Well the original person posting that price was the Blueberry DIPA, which has a bunch of fruit in it, which was what I was getting at. But yeah, sometimes I consider getting an Oblivex fill and am like ehhhhhh $17 for the small growler?

 

Now that sucks, because, although its splitting hairs, the small growlers are slightly more liquid than 32 oz, so not only are you losing a little bit of product, you are paying a higher price. That is definitely a bummer. Prob wouldn't deter me from getting a crowler of something if I am there and really wanted to bring something back, but I also rarely get/got growlers filled.

 

lol that person was me. And I wasn't comparing a fruited DIPA to a non-fruited one, I was just noting that it was pretty high, regardless.

 

That's not really the point. Various spots I've been to - Tonewood, Hulmeville Inn, Roger Wilco, either charge a minimal fee, or nothing at all. Hulmeville Inn used to charge 1-2 bucks when it started. Maybe Tonewood bakes the cost into their crowler fill price ($8-10), who knows. $2.50 is pretty nuts when I'm used to other places not charging that much.

 

Sorry, I was just having fun when you mentioned a penny price. If you read my other post above, we can assume that blank can prices might have come down a little bit (since 2016) for pallet price discounts. However, a lot of places cannot afford a full pallet of blanks and/or have the room for them so they have to pay more.

I personally don't expect a business to charge less than the actual cost they pay for the crowler can, lid, and label. You have a point at $2.50, less of a point at a penny imo.

 

I don't know if people are aware, but both the Brew Cafe and Fermentaria have chairs and tables, and stools and bars where you can, I dunno, order a glass of beer and then sit there and drink it, or something?

Wild concept, I know!

 

It could be oxidation. I've had several examples of canned beers that have oxidized on me, and they were a lot like what you're describing. The color of the beer darkens, the aromas and flavors become flattened and muted, and there's a note like wet cardboard in the beer.

 

you know what be wild? if a business posted what things cost on their website or when you are there.. i know that isn't tired hands way though... easier to get somebody to buy it and realize after they paid that they paid more than they figured they should have

 

You know what would really be wild? If there existed a device, into which you could punch a number. The number would be specific to a person or business. When you punch in the number, it alerts the people working at the business, who also have the device. They can then activate the device and actually talk to you, and answer any questions you might have about the stuff they're selling, before you travel to their business to buy things.

Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware no such device exists.

 

I would agree with you here if you wanted to verify a question for which they haven't published info on.

But if Tired Hands does publish information, shouldn't customers be allowed to assume that it is accurate?

Based on this discussion above, it doesn't appear that the below webpage is accurate, yet it's the link you are directed to from the Cafe's online Tap List:
https://tiredhands.squarespace.com/cafe/growlerpolicy

 

They do post their prices on the menus at the physical locations. And if you don’t know you could always ask before buying a growler....

 

Technically, a crowler is not a growler

I could see the potential for confusion there, but again - the confusion is very easily cleared up by the extremely simple step of asking a question.

 

Yes, I could have asked, but I saw something shiny and went for it.

 

I did respond to that post here (and did just what you suggested, albeit on a small scale).

 

Way too small a sample size (only one of each) to draw any conclusions from your comparison test. Also, smaller neck size in the growler is actually better as it allow the growler to be easily capped on foam.

 

It seems odd that a flip-top growler could lose all it's carbonation unless the gasket was shot, or the beer was under-carbed to begin with.

Some homebrewers use flip tops (like Golsch bottles) for bottling without any issues - they definitely hold a good seal. A couple of times I've used 1 liter growlers to bottle condition "extra" homebrew if my batch volume ended up larger than my 5 gallon corny keg.

 

When I read shit like this (as well as shit about the lines) it reminds me why I haven't made the ~40 minute journey westward to Tired Hands. I'll just stick to buying the already expensive (IMO) $15-20 4-packs from Trillium every month when I visit home. That's cool though; that's just more beer for you neckbeards & chair-mongers! Cheers

 

Do you have to wait in a line to buy those beers?

Cheers!