What we now pay for a six-pack!

Huh?

 

FWIW, I just bought a sixer of Dancing Man Wheat today for $6.99. I also trade, so the cost disparity is vast, but that's true with many hobbies.

 

Even Bud Light isn't $6 a six pack.

 

Cliff notes:

He spent a lot on a bottle. Tried to figure out cost per six pack. Realize he can't afford to only drink whalez/rares. Needs to find a way to drink cheaper.

 

I had a similar epiphany several months ago. Since then I have been drinking ungodly amount of SN Pale and Torpedo. Ive cut my bomber consumption down to maybe one a week. I also almost never buy bombers of IPAs/DIPAs anymore, with the exception of Boy King when its available.

Now I am not sure about where you live, but here in SC there are effectively no $6 sixers except the AAL stuff. The best I can find is around $8 a sixer for the SN regulars. Things like Stone IPA and Two Hearted at usually $11-13. I can get Gose for $10 a sixer and drink a bunch of that this time of year.

 

I made a mix a six that had some world wide stout and rochefort 10 in it that was like $40+ bucks...yeah.

 

Forget singling out beer...I've noticed things like milk and juice drinks that I purchase going up 10%+ in one week, seemingly out of nowhere. Must be getting old, but...

From what I understand, these increases are linked somewhat to logistics and the simple cost of preparing products, but...to tie beer back in here really quick...

If someone selling a product (not just beer) thinks they can raise its price a bit more than it should be, and get away with it...they will. And in my opinion, while fully admitting that I haven't heavily researched all of the products I buy that have recently increased in price, this is what we are seeing with perishable items in general.

 

That must have been a pretty special bottle, though- what was it? I spent $15 on a 12oz. bottle once (for Captain Lawrence Rosso e Marrone, a barrel aged sour), and don't do that sort of thing very often. For an occasional treat that's one thing, but then there are a whole lot of $11 sixers averaging things out along the way.

 

OK- I was just curious. From where I stand, that doesn't seem like the average price of craft beer at all, so yeah, maybe you'd be better off heading in the other direction .

 

It sounds like you need to find a new store...

 

I had a similar epiphany when I thought a $7 bomber was cheap. Not really, if you consider the price per ounce.

…then I stopped caring and went back to my horrid spending.

 

Based upon what I'd usually pay for a sixer, say, twenty years ago, yes, these days I'm spending a lot more on beer than I used to. But lo, the beer I'm getting is also a lot better than the beer I used to get. Balance is maintained and the cosmos spins on.

 

The retail price of consumer products has nothing to do with how much they cost to make. Does a $200 pair of shoes costs 10x more to make than a $20 pair of shoes?

 

Thats why I rarely buy even a full bomber or 750ml at $15, let alone an even smaller 500ml bottle. Lots of great beer out there still available at a pretty good price, especially if your content with the quality year-rounds and seasonals that breweries are putting out these days. A $15 bottle is a treat, not an everyday occurrence.

Also, if you don't want to do the math, you can always use this: http://www.its-pub-night.com/2009/06/six-pack-equivalent-calculator.html

 

What beer was it? The only 500ml bottles I've seen around that price are Stone's Crime/Punishment/Souther Charred.

 

I have had the same realization, concluded I need to find a way to drink good beer cheap. Then I learned I like good beer, and because I like good beer, I am willing to spend extra money to indulge.
I do save my expensive beers such as Parabola, Sucaba, BA Old Rasputin, and others for special occasions.