4-Pack Furious

I have noticed the same trend. The "4 pack converters" haven't sold any product to this beer drinker.

 

Umm....just so you know. Surly 4-packs are 16 oz cans, so...yea...close to a 6-pack

And it's still $10-$12, not $15. If you're paying $15 blame your stores, not Surly.

 

Shoot, I thought this might be a Surly appreciation thread...Furious rocks!

 

You are a very passionate lad, arent you

 

No one would spend $30 for a 6 pack. In their right mind even? Lol.

 

It's called inflation and cost of living is always on the rise. No offense meant, but the biggest shocker to me is why people don't understand that nothing will stay the same price and everything will go up in time. A house in the 1920s averaged $8,000 and tuition at Harvard was $200 a year. Don't buy the beer if you don't want to but this happens in all walks of life.

 

I'm confused... are you talking about Surly Furious (Surly has always canned in 16 oz 4 packs), or is "furious" describing how you fell about those selling 12 oz 4-packs @ the former 6 pack price?

 

Welcome to right sizing. I remember when the can of coffee was a pound, 16 ounces, then it became 14 ounces, now it's 12 or even 10. The quart of pasta sauce was a quart, 32 ounces, then it became 28 ounces, then 26 and now it's 24 or even 23.5. Paper products, paper towels and toilet tissue used to be larger then today's mega rolls, boxes of Kleenex and similar products are a shadow of their former selves (the box is the same size, they just hold less product). People in the industry say it's either downsize the package or raise the price. Sometimes they say they are responding to consumer demand in making the product the size that consumers want. Apparently there is a large contingent of consumers who are demanding less product for their money. I've even seen that right here on BA, yup, I have seen people say they only want one of any beer because they have 4,000 or so others to try.

Personally, I don't like downsizing, if it always came in a 4 pack, ok, but going from 6 to 4 is not cool, just like the 11.2 ounce bottle is not cool, for every 12 bottles you buy you are only getting the equivalent of 11 twelve ounce bottles. Some people are OK with that, I am not, lol! Would you just shrug it off it you were purchasing a 12 pack and the cashier reached in there and removed a bottle? I don't think so! Well I don't want the brewer to do it either!

 

Great question. I am confused.

 

Damn....I wasn't confused when I entered the thread, but now I am thanks to you!

Mind blown!

 

Yeah, I'm guessing it is the latter with Sierra Nevada Bigfoot being the root of the complaint. I have always thought of it as being, too big of a bargain from the first time I bought it. It is still a bargain at the diminished quantity, me thinks.

 

I think he is furious over 4pk conversions from 6 pk not about Furious the brew

 

This thread is hilarious....you guys had me laughing so hard I think some beer came out of my nose. I am pretty sure this thread doesn't have anything to do with Surly just someone who is surly.

 

Which US Brewers are using 11.2 oz bottles? (Non US breweries don't count since 11.2 (330 ml) is the European standard size.)

 

Supply and demand

 

Exactly. And I think he worded the title that way to be funny and confuse people.

 

If it irritates me it counts. Not all European imports use the 11.2 ounce bottle. Some have found the US market to be large enough to use the 12 ouncer for us.