If every beer were the same price

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    This is completely hypothetical of course, but rules are simple:
    Every beer you can currently buy from your local retail stores and/or from your local brewers are all sold for $4 per 16oz / pint serving size (can, fancy wax top bottle etc). What beers (styles, brewery, a specific beer etc.) would you drink less and what beers would you drink alot more of? Would you drink more beer or less beer? Just make sure they are beers you actually can acquire fairly easily for this discussion.
     
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  2. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    I wouldn’t drink more, but would probably enjoy the two odd beers I drink every day on average.

    Of course it’s hypothetical because I if I could purchase Westvleteren XII (I can actually find it but…) for 4€, this would be my beer of choice.

    Another one to name two would be anything from 3F (Drei Fountainen) which are excellent but nowhere in this range of price.
     
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  3. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    :frowning2: Bad deal
     
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  4. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    The big limitation is “currently buy from your local retail stores.” So my answer is I’d drink the same as my tastes don’t generally run expensive. I trade with Advocates for the unavailable beers. Including the unavailable would radically change the hypothetical and my answer.
     
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  5. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    If any of my local breweries made even a half decent Tripel, I'd be all over that. Alas, the flood of Murkbombs continues unabated.
     
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  6. SILVER

    SILVER Zealot (668) Jan 3, 2007 Florida

    It doesn't quite work that way. As most of us know, higher abv. beers require more materials in the wort. Would you suggest that the price of a low abv beer be adjusted to the cost of a high abv one. What about the cost of barrel aging.
    I re read your post and I think I missed your point.
     
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  7. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    I'd drink a lot, maybe an alarming amount, of Perennial's Sump. Coffee stout that is heavy, filling, and full of coffee flavors. It'd become my new go-to when on shelves.

    Another notable would be Prairie Artisan Ale's stouts or Firestone Walker reserve beers. Those would be a heck of a deal for $4 per 16oz can considering 12oz bottles go for $11+.
     
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  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    P.S. My apologies in that I couldn't find a GIF with "he's" in it. :flushed:
     
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  9. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    Easy,most of the beers i love are already around that price so nothing really changes
     
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  10. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I wouldn't drink more because I buy just enough beers to drink on a 'schedule' of one per day. However, for $4 per bottle I'd probably replace some of my purchases with seasonal/specialty beers from Short's which are typically very attractive to me, but the price is $16 per 6-pack. Occasionally I'll spring for one sixer, but mostly I'll hold back because of that price.
     
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  11. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    It would change nothing for me.
     
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  12. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    I would buy alot less AAL's for sure and just stick with craft and Euro lagers instead when I want a light lager. Would buy alot more saisons, wild ales, lambics, Double Dry Hopped 8%+ NEIPAs BA stouts, Barleywines (basically more of all the big dark sweet beers), even fruit smoothies more. All of these styles I usually only buy on rare occassions due to the price, but would be in much more heavy rotation.
     
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  13. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    ...like most others, I doubt if I would change anything...I can't think of any 'high priced' beer that I really crave at the moment, and those that do cost a pretty penny, well, they're likely extreme beers as far as taste and ABV, and while liking those kinds of beer every so often, I wouldn't jump to buy / consume more than I already do. My go-to beers already go for around the $4 per serving price range...
     
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  14. dennisthreeninefiveone

    dennisthreeninefiveone Pundit (980) Aug 11, 2020 New Jersey
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    I would still drink SNPA
     
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  15. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Probably 99% of the beers I drink cost $6 to $15 ea, so $4 would be a deal. Still, I wouldn't change my drinking habits at all. My purchasing and drinking are limited by health concerns, not money.
     
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  16. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Fremont b bomb all day. All fricking day.
     
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  17. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    I'd like to add that if all of those $4 beers were available, I'd buy a lot of KBBS, Utopias, and similar high-end rare BA stouts. I'd buy them at their usual price if they didn't have artificially limited quantity and distribution.
     
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  18. jvgoor3786

    jvgoor3786 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,222) May 28, 2015 Arkansas
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    I'm not paying $4/can for Two Hearted. Looks like it's bourbon time for me.
     
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  19. Giantspace

    Giantspace Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Dec 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    The $16 4x6 is not a better price than your $16 6x12 pack. You will spend more, much more over a year.

    Enjoy
     
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  20. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Same here. For the most part, cost isn't a factor in what I decide to drink. Maybe if my favorite beer was Utopias or Westy, this might change some of my purchasing habits, but they aren't.
     
    #20 John_M, Sep 5, 2022
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