What Do You Buy By The Case?

Torpedo
DFH 60
SNPA
Yeungling cans

 

Probably 50-75% of my beer is purchased by the case. Within recent memory...

Firestone Walker IPA
Sly Fox Pikeland Pils
Worthington White Shield
Victory Prima Pils
Victory HopDevil
Pilsner Urquell
Jever
SA Noble Pils
Flower Power

and seasonals like
Celebration Ale
Nugget Nectar
Bigfoot

Any beer worth drinking is worth buying by the case.

 

Very little, because if I want it by the case it's either very limited and thus typically unavailable by the case, or, it's readily available and there is little point to buying a case when I can just buy a fresh 6/12-pack at a time.

 

No cases for me all at once, although I do keep a steady supply of Anchor Steam in the house.

 

Zombie Dust

 

Founders Breakfast Stout, Great Lakes Nosferatu, plus I try to get a case of KBS. Sometimes I do sometimes I don't.

 

GI Sofie

 

One I loved that is now gone: Troeg's Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale (Please bring this back!!), And one I tried but can't find in my area Lagunitas Little Sumpin'. I would keed this in my fridge at all times.

 

Do retailers put out cases of beer for sale in your part of the world? Around here you really don't see that.

 

I bought a case of BCBS just because it was there and so was I. If I'm at 3Fs I'll buy a case a Zombie Dust because I know friends who'll want a 6pack or two.

 

Hopslam
Schlafly pumpkin
Zombie dust
FBS
BCBS

 

Surly Furious.

 

Celebration, and that's it really.

 

SNPA
Torpedo
Celebration
All Sam Adams mixers
Boston Lager
SA Octoberfest
Firestone IPA
Lagunitas IPA

 

Hopslam
NN
KBS
FBS
White Rajah
Head Hunter

 

Founders Breakfast Stout
Pumking
and anything from Terrapin

 

It's usually on a store-by-store basis - the larger stores do and most any other store will gladly sell by the case or order you one. I buy a lot of beer at a NJ chain called Joe Canal's - which features a huge walk-in cooler that is accessible to customers - so the case beer is kept cold (and, because it's in a sealed case- never exposed to light) and date codes are usually much easier to find and read on cases. And many retailers will offer a case discount, too - f'r'instance, I pay $38.99 for a case of Flower Power, whereas a 6 pack costs $10.99 in the same store.

And, ever the Contrarian, I drive west over the Deleware into Pennsylvania to buy beers not available here by the case - while most of the PA BA's do the opposite beer commute to buy singles and sixes on the Jersey side.

 

The closest I've come to buying a case was a 12-pack of Celebration a few years ago.

 

Last case I bought was Punkin. Most of my "large" beer purchases are from Sixtels.

 

Heady Topper...best $72 you can spend on 24 cans in New England if you enjoy DIPA