Southern Tier 2XIPA @ $32/case works out to $8 a six. Here in SE PA, that's about as good a value as I find. Sly Fox, Troegs, Victory, Weyerbacher, and Stoudt's are local and are also priced very competitively.
Looks like you're not painfully far from me...where do you get 2XIPA at $32? I'll have to keep that on my radar for next summer if I still live here...
It's so funny looking at all these prices and seeing how much lower they are than in PA. Like 12 pack of Torpedo for 10.99, that's how much a 6er is around me. If I buy a case, probably something like Two Hearted or Stone IPA at around $40. I can't think of a 6er I buy that I consider a bargain.
What taxes are you talking about? If it's state beer excise tax, PA's are among the lowest. I am curious where you get your information on taxes being the cause of high beer prices in PA. I know there was one retailer (on the old forums) using this as a reason for his high prices. He even mentioned the Johnstown flood tax, which has nothing to do with beer.
SN, SA, Shell's, Summit, Lagunitas, Spaten, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Avery, NB, Victory, Tallgrass, Boulevard, Bell's, Founders (6ers and up) Old Rasputin 4 packs Lagunitas bombers Lots of well distributed variety at a pretty reasonable price point. Many of them are often overlooked by BAs and I'm not sure why. I really enjoy rotating beers, even if it's the same style from a different brewery. Mix in some beers I've never tried before and I'm a happy BA. * Note: Summit's Unchained series has represented great value as well as introducing some less brewed styles in the United States. I wish more breweries would do this in addition to their IPAs and stouts.
No bargain sixers in Philly. Whole foods will sell good beer at $9.99-10.99 a six. SN is around $32 plus tax for the basic line if you buy a full case. I would love to get SN 12 packs for $12. Smutty nose is $ 10 and even locals are $9-10 a six. Lagunitas is getting near $40 a case as well. We have access to many many great beers here but a tough time geting small amounts and we pay a good price for what we do get. Enjoy
Hoegaarden ($15.49 a 12 Pack), probably the only beer I drink that can be considered a bargain. Good to have on hand and I keep plenty in the fridge, it prevents the "I really want another beer but the only one left in there is a KBS so I might as well drink that" syndrome, which leads to regret the next morning......
Dirt Cheap - Lionshead and Michelob Amber Bock Sub $40 a case - 21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA, Troegs Perpetual IPA, Oskar Blues Old Chub, and Twin Lakes Greenville Pale Ale Cheap Bombers - Jack D'or, Lagunita Hop Stoopid, and Troegs Flying Mouflan
Regularly get $12.00 SN twelvers around here. Also, pretty common for a local grocery store to run $7.99 sixers of Founders, Bells, or Great Lakes. The varieties are limited but Red's Rye PA, Commodore Perry, and Eddy Fitz are favorites. Oh, and any case from FFF when I decide to make the 20 minute drive.
New Glarus Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale @ 8.99/6 pack. Gets me every time. One of the best examples of the "style" that I have found.
St Arnold Elissa IPA - $7-8 a 6-pack at the grocery store Rahr & Sons Ugly Pugg - same as above Lagunitas bombers - especially Lucky 13.alt when its available
Mission street beers at trader joes are priced great and are pretty tasty too. I'd say stockyard oatmeal stout (although it was slightly tastier when goose island made it) and lagunitas are awesome too.
Columbus IPA for about $8.99, but I usually drink Racer 5 for the extra buck - my favorite reasonably priced bottled beer.
That map never makes sense to me. Georgia has some of the lowest beer prices in the nation, yet the 3rd highest beer taxes?
This is old times, but a 16 oz. of this was $.99 at the deli in Brooklyn I used to live above. Then they lost their liquor license. (Bummer face.)
SN Pale Ale and Torpedo. $5.99/6 pack at my local Total Wine if I have a $1.00 off email coupon ($6.99 otherwise).
SNPA 6.99/ 6-pack vicotry prima pils 7.99/ 6-pack And a recent bargain at Costco... Duvel 750ml. 3 of them for $21
If I drive to WA, then its either Deschutes Mirror Pond, Obsidian or Red Chair Pale Ale. $6 for 6. Up here in BC, its either St Ambroise Pale Ale, Lighthouse Switchback IPA or Red Racer IPA. $12-$13 for 6.
Cases, 12 Packs, 6 Packs: SN Four Packs: Founders BS and IS, Rasputin Bombers: Lagunitas, SN NH/SH/PA
$6.99 for sixers of Boulevard and (sometimes) Schlafly can't be beat for quality and value. $5.99 for a sixer of Dundee Oktoberfest isn't half bad either!
When I lived in Hawai'i most recently Deschutes was my go to. Now in CT NEBCO and Sam Adams and SN are all good less expensive options. One thing I love about CT is that I can buy beer anywhere. I lived in PA for almost 8 years and the whole beer distributor have to buy a case thing is ridiculous and 6 pack shops were often very limited.
