Ideal Format for Buying Beer

Wait a minute. It smells like the art teacher's office.

 

I like the 12oz bottle/can. I usually have 2, so bombers are my second choice. But I'm a stout lover and when it comes to those big boys, 12oz is for me.

 

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Plus bombers and 750s (and even pounders) are silly when compared to 12 oz. versions in a price per ounce fashion.

 

Of course you don't have to drink all of the last can. You can decant half of it into an 8 oz bottle.

 

San Francisco's Burgermeister Brewing Co. had an answer for that...

 

Maybe I ended this thread too soon. 32 oz. cans seem pretty ideal and three of them are even better than a six pack of 12s, PLUS you get two extra beers in there FOR FREE.

 

Totally agree, with the vast selection out there these days, 3 or even 2 seems like a better count number than 4 or 6 (or more). Sampler packs are pretty awesome. Usually 4 kinds in 12-packs, but I have seen some great 6-pack ones out here that are just six different brews.

 

From a cask in a pub that knows how to keep it.A no brainer.A pint pot is ideal .

 

I tend to drink higher ABV beers, not because I want high ABV, it just seems that BA beers tend to be high ABV. I usually drink only one beer a session, and since I am the only drinker in the house, I prefer 12 or 16 ounce doses. At high ABV, a 12 or 16 ounce beer can be the equivalent of 2-5 "normal" 4.2% ABV 12 oz beers.

There are a lot of good beers that are available only in bombers. I do still have those in a session, but stopper it and put it in the fridge for an hour or two between glasses.

 

Read that again - the Burgie's are "half quart" (16 oz.) cans. Brewers tended not to call their 16 oz. cans "pints" when they were first created in the 1950s because common industry terminology for 12 oz. bottles was still "pint" and, some thought "pint" sounded small ("pint-sized" "half pint", etc) to the general public, compared to "half quart".

As for the 32 oz./quart beer can, they were around (briefly, but resurrected in recent years) but AFAIK if packed in quantity it was typically just a two-pack.

 

Just saw that yesterday. Probably doesn't help specifically, but maybe more breweries will be doing that.

 

I definitely read that as "quart" and not "half-quart". Gah.

 

IPAs/DIPAs 16oz/4-packs are great
Pils/lagers - 12oz/6-packs preferably cans

For any other styles that I drink (stouts, porters, Belgians, Hefeweizens) I don’t have a preference

 

I prefer the four pack of 16 oz cans myself. It is probably a mental thing. Typical Friday or Saturday drinking at home, I just want two beers. Two 16 oz cans just hits the spot; I don't feel burnt out on that beer. Drinking two 12 oz cans/bottles always leaves me wanting a little more, but the third doesn't seem to wow me as much as the first two did. Plus if its a beer I found I don't care for, the "chore" of finishing three is better than finishing five.

 

Can, cans, cans! Hate cans, for so many reasons! Not even going to mention them all, again. Leave cans for AAL and other cheap, crappy beer. Nothing's better than 12 oz dark glass bottles 6-packs...or 4-packs.

 

I am with @Lorianneb:

"12oz bottle/can."

Cheers!

 

Most days I limit myself to one beer with dinner, and twelve ounces always leaves me wanting a little more, so 16 oz. cans are perfect for me.