Has Lagunitas jumped the shark?

Willetized for under $13 a four pack......great price

Not bought much else recently but I do like most of their beers I try. Their beers are almost never on sale so I pass them up.

I miss

Imperial red
Coffee stout


I did see sone type of reved up Maximus but did not pick it up to really look. Stereohoptic was decent and under $11. I need to revisit sumpin sumpin

Enjoy

 

So I went to TW a few days ago... Bells Incessant Hazy DIPA... ooh... 21 bucks a 6 pack... ki$$ my ass, TW... gawd, the Stone Enjoy By 420 was like 12 bucks (they discounted it because oh noes, 420 passed, even tho its still only a month old)

 

My wife loves it, she can't drink due to multiple med interactions.

 

Lagunitas still makes quality beer, but like almost everybody else, they discontinued a lot of their great classics in order to make more hazy IPAs and trendy beer styles.

 

Willetized is still an outstanding value.

Do they even make Brown Shugga any more? Not according to their website...

 

I too was disappointed to see Waldo's Special Ale move to the 4 pack format and stay at the same price despite this now being more in line with the market as @Mortal_Wombat pointed out.

I sadly didn't see any Brown Shugga last year for some reason so I wasn't aware of the price increase. I was happy to see them bring Sucks back, though I wish they'd bring it back permanently instead of making it a limited release, and Willetized is still likely the cheapest high quality barrel-aged stout available.

So I don't think they've entirely jumped the shark, and while I'm not sure we can 100% correlate these recent changes to the Heineken/Sapporo purchase, I doubt their parent company has helped these things either.

I'll continue to purchase their beers as long as the quality/price ratio continues to beat out my other available options, but it's disappointing to see their prices increase even if it is still generally cheaper than what the majority of other breweries are doing right now.

 

I only bought a single of Waldo this year, but I am not especially disappointed by the move to 4-packs. I struggle to get through a whole six pack. It’s a delicious beer, but it’s so....much.