Evil Twin Pricing?

You guys are all missing the point!!!

When Evil Twin was based in Denmark and/or brewing around the world, I could understand the high prices.

But now that the guy lives in Brooklyn and most of his beers are made either in Connecticut or South Carolina, how can you justify the prices?

For American-made brews, Evil Twin is out of whack with the pricing. But sure, I understand, I should just shut up and buy something else because the free market and blah-blah. Got it.

 

What an ass.... but he has a point about Evil Twin. The other day I got a 4 pack of 16 oz of that Citra Session IPA. It was good but way over priced at $11. Jokes on me I guess.

However, I'm so sick of people Complaining about Ballast Point. 6 PACKS OF VICTORY AT SEA ARE THE BEST VALUE IN ALL OF CRAFT BEER. I'm so mad that I needed to capitalize all of that. A 6 pack of world class beer that's 10% ABV for $14 is UNBEATABLE!!!!!

 

Fair enough, and yeah, it's a little childish to air the email on social media.

Still, I reject the way it seemed to be getting framed initially--that this poor guy didn't ask to have his letter publicly posted on FB. I'm not defending the guys at Evil Twin so much as I am refusing to have sympathy for the letter being outed. Act like that and you're going to run the risk of coming up against someone else who similarly has no scruples.

 

Agreed that not buying Evil Twin products and encouraging others to do so as well is the best way to achieve a lower price (though I doubt a price decrease will ever happen).

I was more addressing the "shut up and stop your whining crowd."

My point was that I tried several Evil Twin beers and paid the price to do so. At this point, I am fairly convinced that they are not a good value and I won't likely buy another offering from this brewery. In addition, I have every right to broadcast this opinion and encourage others to NOT buy Evil Twin as well. I am baffled by the idea peddled by some that I should simply not buy Evil Twin but also stop saying anything about it publicly.

 

Well to be brutally honest with Double Simcoe, I would rather drink Molotov Lite than Weyerbachers IIPA every day of the week. I say let them fail for overpricing beers like Berliner weiss or whatever but they do make some good stuff.

Edit: you guys trying to boycott this ET stuff are trolls. You should go back under that bridge...

 

Evil Twin isn't high end craft. They just make good overpriced beer. Do you really think all the people complaining drink nothing but Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada or some such? Other breweries make better beer at better prices and are decidedly not "value" craft brands.

 

Not trolls at all. I'd take Double Simcoe over Molotov, Molotov Lite or Yang if they were all priced the same. Just different tastes, I suppose.

Give me two relatively cheap Pennsy DIPAs -- Double Simcoe and Dirt Wolf over almost anything in the DIPA catagory and I'm a happy guy.

 

IMO, Molotov Lite is one of the best DIPAs at that pricepoint. I think it's up there with DirtWolf in that regard.

Also, in the big scheme of things, Evil Twin isn't even that expensive. Just today I wanted to buy Allagash Mattina Rossa for my mom, but the LBS wants $18.99 for a 12oz bottle. GTFO!!

Admittedly, I'm a huge Evil Twin fan. Ryan and the Gosling is the only beer I haven't loved from them, and I did feel a tad after violated paying $12 for a 22oz bottle.

 

Lil' B, Imperial Biscotti Break (and the variants), Imperial Doughnut Break, Even More Jesus (and the variants), Bozo Beer, I Love You With My Stout are all amazing and worth the price. The lower ABV, lighter offerings are not so much.

 

I have all of those in my cellar right now and buy Biscotti and all the jesus I can whenever I see it. Xmas Eve in a NY city hotel room is great too.

 

I've actually been dumbfounded recently by what seems to be american craft brew snobbery in the way of people scoffing at Evil Twin and Mikkeller breweries. I think it's hilarious and definitely see the irony in it.

 

Christ, another pricing thread. Just like anything if you can't or don't want to afford it then don't buy it. Or get a second job or a better job. No one wants to hear the crying anymore.

 

Too bad Bozo Beer was only brewed once. Hopefully it'll be done again. @BierKonig, will you please make another batch of Bozo Beer....preferably in 4-pack format. 22 oz bottle isn't quite enough.


I'm sure it'll be easier to hit Jeppe up on Twitter. He's not frequent on here.

 

"Let me remind you all that you have chosen this path; nobody forced you to brew without a permanent location."

Let me remind you, Colorado Douche Bag, that you have chosen to buy, or not buy, this beer. Nobody is forcing you to buy it.

This was the stupidest thing I've ever read and I now feel dumber for reading it. This guy makes me sick and this is one faction of craft beer people that I can't stand. This guy has no idea what it takes to run a business and is basically a weirdo that chases girls away.

 

How is $11 for a very good session IPA overpriced? You got 4 16 oz cans. How much did you want to spend? 10-12 is pretty much the going rate for a 4pk of pounders at any brewery. Even if you got them for $9 are you really that hurt over $2?

 

Ok, let me start complaining about The Bruery, then... haha

 

It was really only a dollar more than I felt it "should" have been. However, Session IPA'S almost always let me down. Like I said, jokes on me.

 

If ya don't like the price, don't buy it. Simple as that.

It's not like there aren't plenty of good beers out there that don't break the bank.

 

There are time and places that session IPA come in handy. I thought the ET Citra was pretty damn good. Now sure you can go ahead and buy 4 pounders of a 8% IPA for roughly the same price but that's not the point. Just like if you're at a ball game and they have Bud Light or Bud Ice for the same price. Yes you'll take the Bud Ice each time....