Bombers size bottles.

Unfortunately, because most breweries release their cool stuff in bombers, I have to pretty much acquiesce.

Generally the stuff being released in 12 oz bottles aren't that interesting to me. (The only thing I can think of that's an exception to this is Modern Times' City of the Sun 16oz cans. Those I can get behind!)

 

What really gets my goat about bombers is that countless beers are solely available in them. It would be one thing if consumers had the option of purchasing a great beer in 4-6pk 12oz format or bombers, a la some of the bigger companies like Stone or BP, but it's quite another when the bomber is your only recourse when you want to try a particular beer.
It's utter bullshit that I can get a particular gose in a 16oz can but when the brewery decides to dry hop that shit with Citra, I can only buy it in a 750 for $17 a pop.

 

Interesting thread and opinions

I see both sides. A 12oz is nice if you just want a taste.

But drinking a 22 is incredibly easy for me. It's just a little over a pint

 

Almost never but bombers anymore.
Only if it looks very interesting and is
reasonably priced.

 

And now,... from the world's smallest violin. :-)

 

Bombers are more expensive but if a good beer only comes in that format I'll buy it. Of course I'd rather have a reasonably priced 4 pack. I try not to spend more than $10 on a bottle unless it is barrel aged or really good. When I drink a bomber it is usually the only beer I have, unless I shared it with someone, in which case I may have another 12oz.

 

Buy them all the time, love em, have no problem drinking or sharing them either.

 

A few suggestions: First chill the bottle in the fridge for several days so the liquid reabsorbs as much CO2 as possible. Meanwhile, kill some time by using a sharp knife to do a pencil sharpening routine on something like a cork from a wine bottle or a cork and cage bottle. Pick two nights in a row when you would be fine with drinking half the bottle. (Or you can just spend more money and invest in a simple wine stopper that just closes of the bottle but does not create any vacuum.)

When ready gently open the beer and slowly, very slowly pour half the bottle into your glass, either from several inches about the glass to build up some head or by pouring first into something like a measuring cup. Re cork your bottle with the pointy cork and return to the chilled fridge. If you poured into a measuring cup now pour vigorously into your glass to build up some foam, etc. Then enjoy.

The next night pour the second half of the bottle and also enjoy.

So far with this technique I've found that not a lot of carbonation gets lost between the two nights and no there are no effects I can tell from the temporary exposure to whatever oxygen got into the bottle the first night.

Don't delay the second pour by more than two nights as the effects of having opened the bottle will become more obvious.

 

750ml = 25.36 oz beers.
Geez. I don't know too many people, that call themselves beer drinkers, can't hang with 2 regular bottles of high ABV beers.
People polish off 12-14% ABV bottles of wine all the time and I'm sure they aren't complaining on their forums. What next? The war on growlers?

 

They have their advantages . . . don't have to get up as often.

 

Once you understand the concept of cost per ounce, you'll be drinking Busch.

 

Pricing advantage example: Ommegang Rare VOS comes in a case of 12, 750 ml bottles or a case of 24, 12 oz bottles for the same price.
12 x 750 ml = 304.326 oz.
24 x 12 oz = 288 oz.
Guess which one I ordered.

 

And once you drink that first can of Busch, staring at the other 29 unopened cans, your attitude will change to:
"Damn the Math - Price is no object!"

 

After five or six you'll wonder why you didn't buy another 30 with the savings.

 

I would love to see more high ABV beers in 16 oz bottles. The perfect amount for an imperial stout or barleywine.

 

I really prefer not to buy a 22oz or 25oz bottle if I don't have to. But, sometimes it's the only option.

 

Do the math. A "regular" 4.2% ABV 12oz beer has a "score" of 50.4, multiplying ounces by ABV. Then if you take that 25oz high ABV (let's say 12%) beer, this gives you a "score" of 300. Divide 300 by 50.4, and that bomber is the equivalent of about 6 "normal" beers. I am 6'4" and 265lbs, and I'm damn sure that would push me way over the legal limit to drive. Polishing off that bomber in a sitting is no big deal, but hopefully you're not driving anywhere. I've got family who sometimes have car trouble or need help with something requiring me to drive, so I don't generally like to render myself unable to drive.

 

As pointed out above by more than one beer drinker (a few with more beers under their belt than many folks have even seen, let alone consumed), the issue isn't "can't" do it. The issue is don't want to do it or have some good reasons to not do it.

Actually lots of wine drinkers routinely complain about having to recork and save a bottle of wine if they are the only one having any from that bottle. It is a problem to such an extent that there are even companies that have developed special purpose stoppers that have been developed just to sell to them (so that means there are enough of them to justify a special piece of equipment just for saving part of a large bottle). No only do some of those stoppers reseal the bottle they can also create an internal vacuum to remove the oxygen so the drinker doesn't have to finish the entire bottle in one sitting and can expect to find it tastes pretty much the same a few days later. Some folks actually may have a couple of partial bottles of wine in the fridge at one time.

http://www.amazon.com/Vacu-Vin-Stop...6824&sr=8-2&keywords=vacu+vin+wine+saver+pump

 

Just let it go man. Don't buy them if you don't like them. I'm sure there's a long math equation out there that can prove anyone's point. But quoting percentages and copy and pasting links to Amazon wine bottle pumps? I am aware of such inventions but if you want to go off the deep end, go ahead but give me a break. Just don't buy them. What's the difference between 2, 12 oz beers or 1, 25.36 oz? Yeah. That +1.36 oz is a killer. And don't blame the size packaging for your own irresponsibility. If you want to consume such high ABV, you shouldn't do so if you're planning on driving the family around, no matter what size it comes in.

 

I do want to drink a whole bomber of some styles all by myself and they might include the saison, the blonde, the pils, most bocks . . . anyway I don't want to pay IPA and stout bomber prices for the beers I want to drink that much of.