Tip amount when buying bottles?

Bottles not usually, but I do when I get a few growlers filled.

 

I'll tip $5.00 or 20 - 25% of bill, whichever is higher. Being said, I am generally a good tipper. With regard to your conundrum, are you at a bottle shop that sells pints or at a bar that sells bottles for off site consumption? If you are at a bottle shop, tip on the draft and not bottles. If at the bar, well, probably same thing. If you are at the bar and consume the bottles there, than I'd almost feel like 20% is still going to be the call, but that's just me. Reason being, even though the bartender served you the bottle instead of draft (which may take 1 minute less time), they are still checking in on you to see if you need anything else, plus you are taking up a seat that another potential tipper could be sitting at. But again, I am usually a generous tipper.

 

I take it this is talking about right on-location at a brewery, right?

If the bottles are being filled for you like a swing-top 750 or something, then yes I would probably tip as of it were a growler fill.

If they're just standard bottles coming out of a fridge, I suppose it depends. A couple bottles probably not, but if it were like 10+ or something and they had to box them up or get a couple from the back etc etc then yes, I'd probably account for that, but I don't think it would be like 20% or anything, maybe a couple $$ at most.

 

I think it's absurd that breweries are seeking tips for bottles purchased for offsite consumption. Same with growlers really. I've reluctantly provided such a tip, but think that needs to stop. If the server poured me several samples before I made those purchases, then I think it is justified. Where I just walked up and ordered bottles or even growlers with no sampling, the tip makes no sense.

 

Do you tip at the liquor store?

If I'm getting a pint, ill tip on the pint, but not the bottles. If I bought $100 worth of bottles at 20% tip, which is what I usually do, I be tipping $20 + $1 for the pint.

 

I feel your pain, as one of my top 37 fears in life is being viewed as a lousy tipper. This scenario would certainly be cause for deliberation to me as well. All things being said, and if I were in the same situation (I have bought beer to go, but not anywhere north of say, $30) I'd probably go $5 on the draft service (as my "minimum tip" is usually $5 if I go to a bar and have one, maybe two pints) and an extra 2 or 3 dollars for the trouble of gathering the bottles.

 

I never tip on bottles I buy to go. Sorry, you're not getting a tip for handing me a bottle from behind the counter, or me grabbing one off the shelf. And as a former beer-bar bartender, I would never expect a tip for that anyway.

 

What tip do you pay per bottle when buying milk in a store ? Why should beer be different?

 

As a former bartender (7 years bartending - not just pouring beers), I feel obligated to tip for service. That being said, if I'm buying bottles to go, I would personally have a hard time leaving a tip for said bottles. On the other hand, if I'm consuming bottles or draft beer onsite, I typically tip 20%.

Realistically, if a bartender in a busy establishment were getting $1 tip / drink poured, they'd have a great night. Unfortunately, about half of the customers I dealt with left little to nothing for a tip. I personally believe that tipping on service should be a requirement (unless the service is just dogshit bad) - but again, for bottles ordered to go...I'm not so sure.

 

I do not tip on bottles. I do tip on pours. Since most of my drinking is at Whole Foods and they don't allow you to put a tip on a credit card, I have to do it in cash, which I seldom carry anymore. So if I find myself strapped, I tell them I will catch them next time, and I do. But I never tip them on food, which they don't deal with, nor on bottle purchases when I am in their bar, only on growler fills and draft.

 

I will never tip for bottles to go. For everything else I tip based on the quality of the sevice.

 

Bartenders make their living off tips. Therefore they are the only producers at a brewery/bar that deserve to be tipped

 

You don't tip your cashier at the grocery store?

Kidding.

 

Bar , Growler yes. Buying a bottle. No.

 

There is a bottle shop near me that does pints & growler fills. I tip if I'm getting pours, not bottles to go. That said, they will sometimes save me a special release/limited bottle, and I have definitely thrown something extra into my tip the next time I'm in for pours. On it's face I'm still tipping for the pours, but I know I've increased the amount because of the previously purchased to go bottles, and I assume they know as well. Good service deserves to be appreciated.

 

When buying bottles, there's no need to tip. Do you tip your cashier, when shopping for groceries? No!

 

I work my tasting room only 2 days a week. I don't ever expect a tip if people just want bottles. Hell I dont ever really expect a tip at all. Just working my tasting room and being able to talk beer with my customers is enough incentive for me.