Drink more (BMC=cheaper) or drink less (craft=$$$)?

Almost every post you make at minimum hints at a drinking problem.

 

I am sorry you cannot home brew. I was getting to where my limit of about 100 a month, meant I had to drink allot less beer.
Still for a long time there. the six packs prices for SN, SA and Brooklyn etc, were about 6 to 7. Its since shoot up to about 7 to 8, and with some as high as 9 to 11. So yea, Total wine sees me about every month. I buy my regulars I love and when I run out, I run out. I love good beer, but I can go days without it. I always loved good beer, but the USNAVY taught me I can live without news, beers, etc for months on end.

You best bet find a home brew and make friends I guess. I give lots of beer away to visitors.

If buzz is your object switch to cheap wine or liquor. I dig the buzz, but I do not set out to do it every time I drink beer.

 

If this is a problem for you, then beer in general is a problem for you. Sorry.

 

Looks like the options are:

1) Drink less
2) Drink BMC
3) Supplement your income*

*sadly, many of the quick ways to do this are illegal

 

Nothing wrong with Genesee Cream Ale (or esp. Bock)!

 

That's a ridiculous statement. If you think having 3 beers a day, and 4 on a weekend is a problem, you have a fundamental misconception about beer.

 

Buy cheep beer by the case. A case of Genny Cream Ale is $15 by me.

 

If you are drinking to get drunk as your primary motivation, why would you even consider spending more for craft beer?

 

Three 12-oz beers equal approximately one liter. Even German medical professionals have said that such an amount is not only OK, but can actually have health benefits. Of course U.S. doctors have gone lower, probably at the behest of anti-drunk driving groups (wisely, as this is a much bigger problem in the U.S. than in Germany).

 

I didn't mean to imply that having that many beers automatically makes you an alcoholic - the suggestion was that if the idea of having less than that is a severe issue for you, your priorities are all wrong. If you love craft beer, but switch to macros just so you can crush a case every week, maybe you don't really love craft beer, maybe you just love getting alcohol into your bloodstream.

Edit: Granted, the way I worded it could easily come off as an accusation of alcoholism - my bad, O.P. - but my honest recommendation is to do what I do and to drink good beer, but way less of it.

 

Have you thought about switching to Bourbon???

 

Um, I hit up my local bottle shop once a month drop $100, but cheap beer is available locally at breweries here in town. I can get fresh craft for $4-$5 a pour. Some places around town run specials, I've seen $3.00 craft beer pours and one establishment has $1.00 craft pours on Tuesdays. Of course, you do have to drive home after.

 

And this statement is just flat-out wrong--it's definitely not the case for all BAs. For me, that buzz isn't all that important. The taste, aroma, and just all-out pleasure from drinking a delicious, well-made brew is most important.

 

If that were the case he'd be able to quit buying pricey craft entirely. He likes craft and he likes some macro stuff and he admittedly likes the buzz. One really can have all of these affinities without contradiction.

 

I'm as active on here as anybody, and I DEFINITELY don't drink to get a buzz. On average, I open up ONE beer every few weeknights, and when I do, I share it with my fiancee. That means I drink about 6oz of beer when I drink a beer.

I drink beer because I like the flavor, I like the way it compliments my food, and I like the experience of trying all that the craft beer world has to offer.

 

If I was killing a 6er of good beer a night, I'd be homeless. And I have a pretty decent job. That's a lot to drink and a lot to spend per month. That's almost a car payment.

 

Probably not because the alcohol does play a part in the overall experience. But that alcohol buzz is definitely not the most important part for me.

 

I think the OP just likes to drink beer, and he would rather have 6 mediocre ones than 3 high quality. The amoutn of alcohol would probably be very similiar, since your average econo-beer is going to come in sub 5%.

Recently I've been having many pints per night, usually 6. But, I also have been drinking beers in the 3-4% ABV range.