Tip amount when buying bottles?

As echoed by many others: I tip a buck a drink for on-site drinking and growlers. Bottles out of the fridge? Nope.

 

ill usually tip 5-10% for reusable growler fills if the server is pleasant and takes all the precautionary sanitization measures.

the one place that i go for disposable growlers doesnt ask for tips on their billing.

 

So because Trillium has a tip amount when you buy bottles there, EVERY Brewery has a tip amount? Great logic.
And there's plenty of other reads that do not have to do with a brewery requiring a tip when purchasing bottles, such as tipping any kind of server being the proper thing to do when dining or drinking out. Just a little tradition that's been going on for many many years. And in case you weren't aware, and I realize this is undergoing some changes, servers are for the most part not paid minimum wage.

 

No. Restaurant server's minimum wage is lower. It is adjusted because of tipping.

 

Same thing, usually around $2-3 bucks per 1-2 growlers. Specifically in the taproom at founders but never on bottles.

 

I feel like the bartender's job is giving samples, managing the bar and its patrons, and being knowledgeable about the product. Filling (and sometimes even cleaning) my growler, to me, goes above that. You may disagree, however. So typically I'll get a flight or a pour, fill up my growler, and tip ~5 bucks. If I buy cans/bottles on the same transaction, I don't factor in that extra amount to my tip.

 

I don't really give a shit what the person had to do for me. If there is a tipping option, they'll get one. If you have enough money to spend it on a luxury item like craft beer, you also have enough money for a small tip. Service industry isn't paying well, so it's just the right thing to do to do your part.

 

I agree with you. I tip bartenders very well. My statement was made based on bottle purchases.
I was served a beer at a brewery once and there was a tip glass on the table. So I tipped the guy. It turned out later that the guy owned the brewery. I was furious. And I have noticed that in most taprooms the people working there are employees of the brewery and not called in "for service". They aren't always people on a tipped pay grade. But for pours, and especially free samples, I always tip. I am not anti-tipping.

 

I usually tip $1-2 per pint/per transaction. Using the bar as an example if tipping 20% why should I pay more on a $18 pour than a $4 pour? They both require the same amount of time and effort. So for me regardless of what you order, it's $1-2 per item per transaction including bottles, growlers, whatever. The only caveat is if I'm eating a well then I'm tipping 20% of the entire bill just to keep it simple

 

I don't but I know some do

 

I tip based solely on the quality of service I'm getting. The final amount of the bill holds no weight with me. I've never understood the rationale there. Just because I'm in a restaurant where the food is more expensive, does it take any more courtesy or effort to bring it out and be a great waiter/waitress than at a place where everything is $5 a plate? I think not. It's all about attitude and service with me... If I spend time in a bar and the wait staff is lousy, inattentive, etc... sorry... I won't reward you for that... The better you treat me, the better I treat you in a situation like that.... And yes, I spent a large amount of time waiting tables in college so.... I know what it's like....

 

Never tipped while buying bottles.

 

I was once buying six or so 6pks of dc brau solar abyss/otwoa for a trade. Kind of long line. They started pouring pints and saying you could pay when you got to the register, which was nice. Bought like $100 of cans to go, t shirt to send as an extra, and my pint... ended up hitting "20%" on the iPad. $25 tip on essentially 1 pint since I still had to stand in line and then schlep the beers to my truck.

Felt like such an idiot when the cashier was like, "oh, thanks maaaan!" Oh well.

 

Unrelated but this reminds me of the Seinfeld episode, "The Calzone", where George wants credit for putting a whole bill in the tip jar when the cashier isn't looking so he reaches in so he can do it when the guy is looking and gets caught.

 

As someone who has worked in a craft beer shop I would not expect you to tip on bottles. If you get a pint and shop tip me on the pint I poured you, not the bottles you picked out on your own.

 

Never would I do such a thing.

Waitstaff (bartenders, waiters, waitresses) usually make something around $4.25 per hour plus tips. These workers NEED to be tipped, and I always do. This is commonplace everywhere in the United States that I am aware of.

Hourly employees (liquor store clerk, craft beer store clerk) make, at a minimum, the minimum wage for the state they are working in. These employees do NOT need to be tipped.... and to do so would be ridiculous. Now, if said employee saved an entire case of rare limited release stuff just for you (turning other customers away), then maybe tip the guy. But if that were the situation, you probably already discussed what his payment would be when you asked him to hoard the store's allotted haul of a certain product for you.

Tipping people who already make minimum wage or more just doesn't make sense. Do we now need to tip the clerk at the gas station, the guy stocking canned soup at the grocery store... Or maybe walk into the kitchen at a breakfast restaurant and hand the cook $5 bucks? What about whoever is managing the restaurant, do we tip them too?

Save your money and get another bottle, fool.

 

There is a pretty simple rule to solve all of these issues: If the person is working on tips, tip them. If they are not, then don't.

 

I don't tip for bottles regularly. It's not something I usually do at a store I just happen to walk into. However, I talk to the guys at my beer store quite a bit, plus they point out limited releases to me, so I give them a few bucks on occasion.