Have beer prices gone up by you lately? If so how significant? In my state (NJ) I haven't seen a huge jump in prices. Maybe just slightly? You?
Seems like locally crafted beers have seen price increases of mere cents in the storefront. Some of the higher end distribution is up as much as a dollar. As far as prices at the breweries themselves, I would say it’s near the same. Supposedly though a worldwide grain shortage is going to be putting a damper on things in the near future. I know, I know. Just what we need; another “crisis”. Cheers.
KBS recently dropped from 24ish dollars to 16 Dollars everywhere i have seen it. Never was a big fan of it. Espresso KBS is goodm KBS tastes like cheap chocolate syrup ( Hersheys,Kirkland etc)
About $1.50 for 12-packs of midrange (price), local Craft brands, and about $1.00 for big national and international brands — typically mass consumption, light lagers. I’m hoping that these prices hold through 2022, but with energy costs and delivery fees increasing, you never can tell!
Genny specialty 12 packs (Grapefruit Kolsch, Oktoberfest, Bock, Dry-Hopped Cream Ale, etc.) have gone up in the past three years from $8.99 to $10.99 or $11.99 depending on the retailer. Still a bargain though. The biggest jump I noticed the other day was Saranac seasonal 12 packs. I feel like it was just a few years ago they were $12.99. Picked one up a couple days ago and it was $17.99. Granted their quality has certainly improved but that used to be my budget beer. Still beats $20 for a 4 pack of hop slurry.
Much like you in NJ, I haven't notice any huge changes. Just slight 1-2$ increases at some breweries. The bigger craft breweries (below) have pretty much stayed the same, from what I have seen. Prima still runs 9-10 a six pack, yards still going for 20$ a 12 pack along with Cape May.
I think the max I've seen is $2.50 on speciality beers like local BA stouts and a very slight increase on local hazies and the like around DFW. Haven't noticed it at all on craft/import lagers which is what I mainly buy.
To be honest I don't really know, so many beers in circulation. But why wouldn't they go up? That would be special these times...
Things have been steadily going up out here for a while. I haven't noticed a steeper trajectory for beer prices this year, but they're going up just like they have every year since 2017'ish. I'm numb to it unless something is particularly egregious.
Founders Porter has gone up a dollar, KBS has dropped from $22.99/$24.99 to $16.99, Alesmith BB Speedway is available at $7.99/12 oz, that's a huge drop from $35/25oz, Penn's best NA is at $2.99 a sixer. So I say, overall it has dropped a tad and more beers are now accessible than ever before.
I prefer the 2020 11oz BB Speedway at $14 over the 2020. In my opinion the quality dropped in comparison but at least the 2020 Version is still available at Alesmith.
Yes, it's gone up slightly higher. However, I feel like much less compared to many of consumer goods. Sure the price has gone up, but sometimes feels like a nice discount after getting gas and groceries.
Gooseweiser BCBS is coming down slightly. Still waiting for it to show up in the shelf turd cart for $4.99, though.
I’ve noticed a slight increase ($1-$2) at my local brewery on 4 packs. I haven’t noticed much of an increase at my local distributor.
Just found this article. https://qz.com/2144270/americans-favorite-microbrews-may-get-more-expensive/
I haven't notice a substantial change in New Hampshire. I think it depends on the brewery. But I would not be surprised to see 12 ounce bottles/cans go the European route of 11.3 ounces at some point.
Wow. Just read that beer over here has risen just 1.3% in a year, which of course makes it a big winner, and good for the hobby. Compare that to coffee and fresh fish, which approach an upping of 50%. Also checked the overall inflation, it's 7%, could be worse.
Perfect understatement. What I can say is that today I'm going to buy several cases of various Sierra Nevada at $14.99 a 12 pack. Smarter shopping is more necessary than ever.
Outrageous here - I suspect that they are price gouging. Basically a 50% price increase since last week.
I haven't really noticed any shifts from the local breweries I frequent. Their 4-packs still range from $16 (lagers) to $24 (TIPA). What I did notice is a local restaurant that has built its name on offering craft beer and accompanying quality / fancy burgers is charging ~$12 for 12oz cans of some limited local beer options (admittedly, they're both limited offerings, but they retail for something like $15 per 4pck of 12oz cans). It's the first instance I've encountered of inflated beer pricing, at least, inflated enough for me to both take note and share my experience with internet strangers.
Exactly what I've noticed around as well. With the heat and inflation iv switched to drinking more craft/import lagers.
I just had a weird experience at Save On Beer Pgh, Pa. I dropped a package off at fed ex and stopped in the beer distributor across the street. Grabbed a 12 pack of Fat Heads Head Hunter $28.50 + tax. I said “I’m sorry I cannot pay that price. Why are you charging that price?” He said “beer prices went up across the board. Good luck finding it anywhere cheaper and by the time you do, you will spend more in gas money then you would paying the increase.” Wtf? No thanks. I’ will go to the local gas station and pay $21.50. This place is overrun with old beer sitting on the shelf nobody will buy. It used to be a good beer distributor at one time, but that was like 20 years ago.
I think generally +10 to +20%. And that’s mostly local breweries. I would be very concerned if anybody didn’t raise their prices….brewing beer is a tough business even in the best of times, and their input costs have absolutely gone up.
Just wait for the Black Friday release of BCBS. Count on that being more painful than usual. You think I'd learn to just buy one of each variant released here, but probably not.
