What do yo pay for a pint

[Brew Cat]

Well I don't buy beer much but when I do go out it's hard to get a craft for less than $8 I've paid as much as $10. Which sickens me. Even at breweries it seems like $8. Shouldn't breweries be cheaper. I don't know but I can brew at $1-1.50 a beer. There is one place here restaurant/bar that has a about 20 taps and most craft beers between $6 and $7. They are always packed. Many breweries are closing and not just new ones. What gives ?

 

[Donoroto]

If you add up the hidden costs, a pint is a lot more expensive to make than just the ingredients.

I expect $7-8 for most pours.

 

[Hawkbox]

Around $8 a pint here

 

[jschein]

$4-5 at the local breweries for an IPA during happy hour. $3 at the amvets for DF 60 minute or Fiddlehead.
The BMCs, which I don’t drink are really cheap from $2-4 at the amvets 1.50

 

[Simonpyman]

I usually find pints at my local breweries in the range of 7-8$ for most pours.. sometimes they have happy hour and its 5-6$.

 

[Sunfire96]

Cost of goods sold at breweries is more than just ingredients and resources, though those prices are continuing to rise.

Do you like having friendly, knowledgeable staff who are willing to clean up messes and and stick around long enough to learn the regulars' names? Do you enjoy a nice climate controlled environment to enjoy your beer in a building that was designed to be a warehouse in the industrial district and has thin walls and insulation? Do you think it's important to have eye grabbing can/bottle/logo design that makes the product pop on store shelves or makes for good merchandise? Have you noticed the demographic of craft beer drinkers has remained steady in boomers, Gen X, and millennials, yet the younger generation that is turning 21 doesn't seem interested in drinking alcohol?

That, and many more reasons, is why your beer is $8

 

[Sandy Feet]

7-8 usually. I get happy hour prices sometimes

 

[Dave Y]

If I paid attention to the per pint cost, it would probably offend me more. But, I choose to spend my money mostly at my local brewery or on my own brews. Sometimes they have a better expression than I do for a particular style, and that makes me want to do better. Other times I am confident mine is better or equal, but I still enjoy it because I didn’t have to sweat over a hot kettle to make it

I do know my most expensive shots of whiskey.
$80 for a “shot” of George Washington’s Rye, aged 2 years. GW never aged his rye, but the mash bill aged 2 years is respectably good. I confess that I split the shot at the Mt. Vernon Inn with a few others for $20 per. At that price it was worth it. Even at Down One in Louisville, I’ve not eclipsed the $80 / shot of whiskey even for Pappy, Willett Family Estate bourbon, or other rare expressions.

Back in NoVA, I saw 3 or 4 brewpubs come and go before we got some long term breweries; Port City, & Fair Winds were the 2 closest back then. Fortunately they’re still going strong.

I _think_ I’m spending about $7 / pint at the local brewery, excepting the big beers or barrel aged stuff. Definitely more than the Flying Saucer Happy hour prices, but that’s a solid 40 minute ride each way.

 

[Craigerrr]

Cans of craft at the store are $3 to $5 (except for big specialty beers). Oddly some of the imported beer from across the ocean are usually cheaper than local product.
To be served at a brew pub $7 to $8 on average

 

[Brew Cat]

Some beers may be worth $8 some not, some can afford it some can't.

 

[Zambi]

I generally just drink the local lager when I go out. Cost is about 12 U$ for a case of 24 x 375 ml bottle.
When going to a pub, I will drink the same beer as mostly that's the only choice (except for the other comercial lagers).
I will pay anything from 1 U$ to 3 U$ for that same beer. It doesn't bother me much, but when they start charging more than that, I know they are pulling the p#_$

Craft beers are available, but not easily.
I've tried both "rebel" and "wild dog" and I wasn't that impressed, so I'm not prepared to spend my money on it

 

[Sandy Feet]

Zambi, you need to brew a "wild elephant"

 

[dmtaylor]

Beers are anywhere from about $5 to $7 here, and up to $8 or $9 if I leave the county. I don't like paying more than about $6 and I don't do it very often, maybe 3 or 4 times per year. So much cheaper to drink at home or with buddies at non-pub social gatherings.

 

[Brew Cat]

Id say $6 is a good price pt for an average craft beer. That's what some places get but it's getting rare. The one thing that's getting cheap around here is weed. Almost cheaper than craft beer. A pre roll at the dispensary is a about $6 so I guess it is cheaper. Coors light still about 2 or 3
A few places were selling Modelo from Mexico for that but that is getting rare. Labbat is was popular upstate cheap but seeing less and less.

 

[Bryozoans]

$8CAD for 20oz seems to be the going rate where I am. some places will have smaller glasses at a discount or events or "hoppy" hour when prices can be as low as $5.

 

[Bigbre04]

i charge between $7.50 and $8.00 for a pour(14oz w/ 1oz of head). the price varies based on if it has fruit in it. Fruit is not cheap. Sours are also more expensive since they have added costs and time involved. Anything over 7.7% goes into a 10oz snifter and costs $8.25. Big beers are more expensive and time consuming to produce.

the smaller size is to protect the consumer from himself, as is the cost. a bachelorette party snogging down 4 8.8% DIPAs each is obnoxious already, but if you served them full pours of such a strong beer they would be unable to function. let alone get down the 2 flights of stairs.

At the end of the day, no one has complained about the price. so maybe i need to increase my prices a little lol.

I can get more into the economics of my spot if you want me to.

 

[Brew Cat]

I can understand a floating scale

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

$80 for a “shot” of George Washington’s Rye, aged 2 years.

I love rye whisky but could never afford $80/shot! But, now that you've tried it, I have to ask: Do you think it's worth $80/shot?

 

[Dave Y]

I love rye whisky but could never afford $80/shot! But, now that you've tried it, I have to ask: Do you think it's worth $80/shot?

That’s a loaded question. As a former resident on the former 5 farms, it depends on what you hold valuable. Back in the 2000’s, the site for the old distillery was excavated next to GW’s gristmill. They rebuilt it to what they believe is a close representation of what it was like back before Bushrod let it slide into oblivion. They recreated the mash bill and sell both unaged rye - How the General made his cash, the same mash bill aged 2 years in an oak barrel, peach brandy and apple brandy. The aged rye is an expression of what could have been.

This is the only wood fired distillery in the USA. The volunteers make their own tools, split the wood for the fire, coop their own barrels and generally make very, very few concessions to modernity. They are seriously old school. So, being that I appreciate the work those folks put into the whiskey and but for these people the distillery wouldn’t exist... I’d say yes, the premium was worth it. Last I checked, a 375ml bottle was $180 for the aged whiskey and almost $90 for the unaged rye. The latter tastes like fresh cut grass with a sharp alcohol bite. I still have some unaged rye from the distillery.

Sure, you can get Rittenhouse bonded for $30 or Balcones Bonded for $50 both for 750 ml. But, they’re not the same thing. You can argue they’re better expressions, sure. But the profits go to a very good cause; The MV ladies association.