4-Pack Furious

Exactly! If they make those any smaller they're going to be a quart!

 

I heart this thread!

BAs are so weird, myself included!

 

Well... Good luck with your struggle.

 

It's really not a struggle, lol. It's more of a commentary. It's Beer O'Clock now!!!

 

Worst thread of 2015.

 

Or....the best thread of 2015. (...though its no Celebration vs Celebration)

 

From my perspective what is put out in 4-paks is generally considered by the brewery to be one of their special brews. Many times that is true and sometimes maybe not so much. Or, maybe they just do it to confuse us old farts. If the price point scares you away then do not buy it. I remember when candy bars were $.05 and gas $.25. Doesn't mean I no longer buy them though.

Enjoy your beer whatever it may be.

 

I could understand why initially the 4-pack became a thing - so that the very top-end beers could still be marketable and similar pricing to the standard 6-packs instead of at least 50% more. But now? It just seems like every boofhead brings out a 4-pack of ordinary beer just to appear premium and charge more per unit.

The problem is that the majority of them aren't, and that negatively affects the top-end beers, who would actually benefit from providing 4-packs. That's the problem - wherever it is conceived a buck can be made, the big corp's will try it on. Oh well.

 

$30 6-packs are a thing in Australia. Mind you we have enormous taxes on booze so the politicians can spend all the money on themselves (recent back-bencher 50% pay rise to $182,000 p.a. - hooray!). So in Australia, the 4-pack makes sense - but only for the more expensive craft beer per my last post

 

Most entertaining thread of 2015 thus far.

 

If you're talking about Bigfoot, I think the switch is fair because they weren't making money on it in 6-packs. Bigfoot went from Best Bargain to fairly priced. Founders Red's Rye made that switch, and then my impression was that nobody bought it because it was overpriced. Can't think of any others that made that switch.

Overall, I find it more palatable to pay $10 for a 4-pack of premium stuff than $15 for a 6-pack. But then, I'm the kind of sucker who's happy to buy 11.2 oz bottles of imported Belgian and English beers and not feel cheated that they don't use the same stupid measurement system the US uses.

 

If it's a specialty release with a fairly high abv, I can understand why it's a 4 pack and not a 6 pack. That doesn't necessarily mean I agree with the practice, just that I can somewhat understand.
Oh and then there's this:

 

another epic example of why I love the BA Nation

the flow of discourse and debate and diatribe....

those who do and don't take themselves too seriously....all over the spectrum...from pretentious to sarcastic/self-deprecating...from clueless to hilarious (intentional or not)

but...the common thread...the love of the elixir...that drives us all...

bless us all.....(as Led Zep cries/plays out..."Dazed and Confused"...indeed, most apropos)

Beers Up!!!

 

Don't think this had anything to do with surly or furious, plus furious sucks and is THEE MOST OVERRATED IPA I know of....SUCK IT SURLY. see I can be passionate too!

 

That was hilarious! I knew the misunderstandings were going on from the get go. I think that there are so many beer names now that we're bound to have these misunderstandings from time to time.

 

Overated is underated, furious is delicious, and both are fairly priced in my experience...even if they do come in a 4pk.

 

Funniest guy on BA since Bitzy IMO. LMAO