What do yo pay for a pint

[Spittybug]

$6 to $8 here, plus the downsizing of glassware for 'bigger' beers. Fortunately we have a place that has happy hour pricing on Wednesdays. So guess what? Our crew of anywhere between 6 and 14 meets every week for happy hour and supports this brewery/taphouse. It's about being social, not necessarily the beer. We can be sociable anywhere, anytime. While I fully comprehend the overhead as well as variable costs brewers face, it was YOUR decision, not mine, to open up shop. Don't expect all of us to simply absorb all of the costs of what might have been your folly to believe you could pay the mortgage, decorate the place, pay the electric bill, pay staff and make beer competitively. Same argument for food trucks. A failure to understand one's market and what it will bear is the biggest mistake these enterprises make. I venture to say most craft beer drinkers aren't nearly as loyal or as frequent a guest as what most business plans assume.

 

[The Brew Mentor]

We are @ $6-$8 depending on the beer. 12 oz. on the big ones. Most specifically our Lemon Shark which is a wine actually @ 10%!
We call it Shark, because it'll bite you!
@Bigbre04 , I'm surprised you don't have seasonal pricing or a "Local" discount for regulars, although i guess that would be a PITA!
As @Sunfire96 said, there is so much more that goes into the cost and comparing it to homebrewed beer is really impossible.

 

[captainSpaulding]

$10. I'm a mug club (imperial pint+) member at my local Adventure Club Brewery and the $10 includes tip. Tip varies from $2 to $4 depending on the beer and whether it's tourist season.

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

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.

Using the historical processes to make a historical whiskey is definitely a strong incentive!

 

[DrMJG0619]

$7-$8 most places in Phoenix area. However, I prefer lagers and pilsners, so I do tend to imbibe my own creations

 

[Uncle Crooked Toes]

First off, $6-8 depending on ABV, etc. One caveat: I live in Colorado where a majority of local breweries distribute, and I can buy a 6er for $10-14, but I don’t get to A: support the brewery directly; and B; enjoy the camaraderie of neighbors and knowledge of brewtenders while i get my buzz on.
Having said that, have you ever run your own business? Think rent, payroll, insurance, common area maintenance fees for your building… all of that comes before you even begin to buy your $200K min. brew system, serving equipment, glasses, tables, chairs… and don’t forget we all want a souvenir coaster or sticker to take home…
If my favorite local breweries can stay open at $8/pint I’ll support them!

 

[Craigerrr]

$7-$8 most places in Phoenix area. However, I prefer lagers and pilsners, so I do tend to imbibe my own creations

Haven't noticed you on the forum before, welcome!

 

[Josh Hughes]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Ward Chillington]

I'm in the 7 to 8 bucks a pint neighborhoods covering here in Pennsyltuckey down into NOVA.
DC is absurd for the cost of anything and the people there pay it willingly so bear that in mind....and it's more than likely a 12 ounce "pint" glass!
I've watched my costs for raw ingredients climb over the last year and now with the tariffs, I'm expecting worse. Who knows... maybe the cost of a North American Industrial Lager will bring some folks to their senses!

 

[Bigbre04]

I'm in the 7 to 8 bucks a pint neighborhoods covering here in Pennsyltuckey down into NOVA.
DC is absurd for the cost of anything and the people there pay it willingly so bear that in mind....and it's more than likely a 12 ounce "pint" glass!
I've watched my costs for raw ingredients climb over the last year and now with the tariffs, I'm expecting worse. Who knows... maybe the cost of a North American Industrial Lager will bring some folks to their senses!

agreed. I will likely roll out a price hike soon. maybe .25 more per style.

 

[Sandy Feet]

The story changes every 5 seconds, so I can't keep track. Is the Canadian grain exempt now or not?
You would think leaders would try to keep trading partners in North America and Europe happy with the way most of the rest of the world is going, but I guess that would actually involve common sense. We can't have any of that LOL.
I can't take too much news right now, so I don't know.
After screaming at a certain idiot on TV for trying to erase the memories of the Pulse victims, I had to stop watching.

 

[Donoroto]

Yeah, I don’t watch tv news anymore. Or the internet. Just a newspaper. On paper. Delivered at 3:46 am every day except Sunday.

 

[Bigbre04]

Yeah, I don’t watch tv news anymore. Or the internet. Just a newspaper. On paper. Delivered at 3:46 am every day except Sunday.

and you definitely don't shout get off my lawn while shaking said newspaper in your bathrobe! No judgement lol

I generally try to read news from the bbc or DW since they have less...or at least an outside political bias. obviously there is some.

DW is my favorite though. I read somewhere that the german government supposedly mandates that they be less biased??? i could be completely wrong though.

The story changes every 5 seconds, so I can't keep track. Is the Canadian grain exempt now or not?
You would think leaders would try to keep trading partners in North America and Europe happy with the way most of the rest of the world is going, but I guess that would actually involve common sense. We can't have any of that LOL.
I can't take too much news right now, so I don't know.
After screaming at a certain idiot on TV for trying to erase the memories of the

totally agreed. shouldnt be that difficult of a concept.

but, on the ingedients, I havent seen my ingredient costs go up by a bigly margin. that being said, i dont know that i have gotten an updated price list since maybe February???

Shipping on the other hand is fucking stupid. freight costs are up by a lot. More damaged packages that are consistently running a few days late.

My go to gas station went up $.20 a gallon from tuesday when i last filled my car...so thats fun.

 

[Sandy Feet]

The gas is up and down $0.20 two or three times a week. I think we have a lot more tax on it than Georgia does too.
I'm lucky with the beer ingredients. The store deals with the shipping crap. I just pick it up.

 

[Donoroto]

and you definitely don't shout get off my lawn while shaking said newspaper in your bathrobe! No judgement lol

No, ‘cause I’m a nerd, I shout “Get off my LAN”. But if you venture to your front lawn in a bathrobe and nobody sees you, did it happen?

 

[Monty43]

Here in Australia a commercial beer pint (20 fl oz) is about $8-9 USD and a craft beer $9.5-12.5 USD. Pub can be an expensive excursion when you crush piss like a legend..

 

[Bigbre04]

We are @ $6-$8 depending on the beer. 12 oz. on the big ones. Most specifically our Lemon Shark which is a wine actually @ 10%!
We call it Shark, because it'll bite you!
@Bigbre04 , I'm surprised you don't have seasonal pricing or a "Local" discount for regulars, although i guess that would be a PITA!
As @Sunfire96 said, there is so much more that goes into the cost and comparing it to homebrewed beer is really impossible.

i didnt see this comment before.

we offer a 5% locals discount. I fought it down from 10% because the bartenders were abusing it. We do military and first responder 5% off as well. I had to get rid of the "half pour" because we dont have a glass for that so people were getting 10 oz pours for half the price of a 14 oz pour. so now for half the price you get a full flight size pour at 5 oz.

the price is setup that way to encourage people to buy a full pour and not to keep the price of four flight pours higher then just getting a flight. if that makes sense.

price wise we are on par with craft beer on tybee and savannah in general. there are far cheaper places to get hammered on the island, but that is by design as we dont want to cater to that crowd!

and ya there is no real comparison for commercial vs homebrew.

 

[Bigbre04]

Here in Australia a commercial beer pint (20 fl oz) is about $8-9 USD and a craft beer $9.5-12.5 USD. Pub can be an expensive excursion when you crush piss like a legend..

i was in Broome for a while back in 06 and was shocked at how expensive all the booze was compared to the states. That was a long time ago so i am sure its even worse now.

 

[Sandy Feet]

i didnt see this comment before.

we offer a 5% locals discount. I fought it down from 10% because the bartenders were abusing it. We do military and first responder 5% off as well. I had to get rid of the "half pour" because we dont have a glass for that so people were getting 10 oz pours for half the price of a 14 oz pour. so now for half the price you get a full flight size pour at 5 oz.

the price is setup that way to encourage people to buy a full pour and not to keep the price of four flight pours higher then just getting a flight. if that makes sense.

price wise we are on par with craft beer on tybee and savannah in general. there are far cheaper places to get hammered on the island, but that is by design as we dont want to cater to that crowd!

and ya there is no real comparison for commercial vs homebrew.

Geeks like me like the 1/2 pour because it allows us to try a couple of things without the whole flight ordeal. Some of my normal places have a few that I like, so I normally do a pint and two 1/2s.
One of them just released a low alcohol, American Lager that is actually good. When you can make a non-Pre-Pro American Lager that actually tastes good, you are doing something right.

 

[Bigbre04]

Geeks like me like the 1/2 pour because it allows us to try a couple of things without the whole flight ordeal. Some of my normal places have a few that I like, so I normally do a pint and two 1/2s.
One of them just released a low alcohol, American Lager that is actually good. When you can make a non-Pre-Pro American Lager that actually tastes good, you are doing something right.

totally agreed.

the problem that i have is that i dont have a half pour glass, i have a full(15 oz=14 oz with proper head), and a high abv (11oz = 10 oz with proper head). it looks shitty to partial fill the 11 oz glass and if you get a 10 oz pour for half the price of a 14 oz pour the math doesnt work out for me. i would totally do it if i had a properly sized glass, but i dont have room/i had to fight to get decent glassware as it is.