How Much Would You Pay for a Mixed Six Pack?

$14.99 but there better be good stuff in there. Not necessarily whales but no urine bottles either.

 

As someone who has always wishes singles were commonly available everywhere since I got into beer, I'd gladly pay the price of a sixer of the most expensive beer in my mixed 6-pack, plus even a dollar or two on top for the convenience factor.

Somewhere around 15 and even up to 20 would be fine with me.

 

$29.99. Money should be no object.

 

Mixed packs are hit or miss. One place by me charges by the bottle and it seems way overpriced. Last time I went in there I grabbed 4 beers, 2 breakfast stouts and 2 Dark Penance. The total was like $16 and change so I just said forget it. Neither of them are more than $11 for a 4-pack so I thought the mark up was way too much.

There is a grocery store by me though where it's a flat price of $9.99 for a mixer and they didn't have anything crazy, but I did get get a Two Hearted, Hop Devil, Lil Sumpin Wild, Obsidian Stout, Centennial IPA, and a Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout, so I thought $9.99 was a great deal for those 6!

 

With beers like Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale and Ten Fidy available in 12 ounce formats, $16.99 sounds like the high end of what I'd like to pay for a hypothetical mix-six pack. Though I suspect the price could go higher if we include pricey bottles like De Molen and Prairie.

 

Just paid $12 at a Chicago suburban Binny's, for a half dozen single IPAs I can't get in my home area--none of which, however, was particularly notable. I'd pay a little more for well-known/highly-rated beers I couldn't obtain at home.

 

I can't get beers like Hopslam and Dirty Bastard where I live, so if given the chance, I suspect it would comfortably wash over the $20 mark.

 

A better question would be what % increase per bottle would you be willing to pay.

For example, if a store has Lil Sumpin for $9.99 a 6-pack, that works out to about $1.70/beer. If you grabbed 6 random beers that were all from $9.99 6-packs, what would you be willing to pay? $2 a beer? $2.25? More?

I think my problem with the store I mentioned earlier is that despite having 6-packs of Lil sumpin for $9.99 buying it as part of a mixer, he charges $2.69 for that bottle, which in my opinion is way too high of a mark up.

 

I think a big part of the decision would be how rare or hard to get are the beers being offered. Like someone said above, if I can't get some of the beers near where I live, then I would pay more to try them. It's all relative.

 

Depends on what's in it.

 

If it was beers like bomb or mephistohles usually sold as 12oz singles i would pay $40 or more.

 

It just depends on the beer. This is so vague. There's a store up here that has a decent selection of loose beers to make your own 6pk. The prices range from like $1.49-$3+ a beer depending on how good the beer is. So you could make you own for like $10 or over $18 if you pick better beers.

 

As much as it takes to buy singles of 6 beers I want.

 

It would most definitely depend on the beers.
I normally will pay anywhere from about $1.50 to upwards of $4.00 for a single of something to put in a mix sixer.
I will not pay stupid markups for singles though.

 

I agree, this is the right question, how much of a markup would people pay to buy by the bottle vs. 4 or 6 pack. This also certainly depends still somewhat on the beer, but there is no real way to put price on just a random mix six with the way beers are priced so differently. I frequently buy individual beers because I would rather spend a little more and get to try more beers then end of up with 4 or 6 of everything.

1.66 to 2.69 does seem like a high markup. I browsed a few common beers for bottle vs 6 pack prices online at the main beer store by me and while there is a markup, it is more like 10% which seems very reasonable (never did the math before)

 

You could look at it this way too. If you wanted to try 6 different beers but you really didn't want to buy the whole 6 pack of each you would gladly buy one of each and make your own 6pk. So you're out maybe $15 instead of over $60. And the price at the bar would run you at least $6-7 a pint of each as well.

 

Yeah, it's interesting doing the math on that stuff. I'm completely fine with a mark up, even 20% isn't too bad.

It's just tough spending $2.75 on a beer when you can get 6 of them for only $7.25 more ha.