tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post5098373682564352421..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: The Incredible, Shrinking GlasswareJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-87735582051334770162016-06-29T09:07:26.483-07:002016-06-29T09:07:26.483-07:00Threadjack! I just stumbled across your doppelbock...Threadjack! I just stumbled across your doppelbock article focusing on Ayinger Celebrator. I've been drinking it since the 1980s and always have the "wow" experience at the first swallow. I had no idea they stopped decoction mashing. I can't say I ever detected any difference in the taste. A couple of years back I read an interview with Metropolitan Brewing's Doug Hurst on Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-90536848127294368422016-06-27T20:02:02.769-07:002016-06-27T20:02:02.769-07:00There are two things here: what the pub sells the ...There are two things here: what the pub sells the pint for, and what the brewery sells the keg for. <i>Your</i> cost is built into the $120. In your upper comment, you said the nickel difference is negligible in a $6 pint, but you're only making about a buck a pint yourself. It doesn't matter if the retailer charges $3 or $9 for that keg--you sold it to him for $120. When you talk about Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-72426177377773609652016-06-27T19:31:48.382-07:002016-06-27T19:31:48.382-07:00And if we take your "100% more to make" ...And if we take your "100% more to make" which is 100% wrong, it still shakes out like this: <br /><br />http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-09-11-CraftBeerInfographic.jpgChris, Notch Brewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609006769895863282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-88675565107901064162016-06-27T19:19:04.266-07:002016-06-27T19:19:04.266-07:00Jeff, how? If my keg of 4.5 sells to my wholesaler...Jeff, how? If my keg of 4.5 sells to my wholesaler at 110, and then my 7.5 sells to my wholesaler at 120, how does that make a significant difference at the bar. It doesn't, the difference goes into the pocket of the bar owner.<br /><br />And if that doesn't work, how about the fact my session IPA has the same #/bbls of hops as a 7.5% IPA (not about bitterness anymore but aromatics and Chris, Notch Brewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609006769895863282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-80394217649485056612016-06-27T18:43:48.204-07:002016-06-27T18:43:48.204-07:00Rubbish! It's 20 oz., it's 3.7% and you dr...Rubbish! It's 20 oz., it's 3.7% and you drink 8 of them. Should cost around $5.50. Goes well with Cumberland Sausage and Mushy Peas.Brewers Union Local 180https://www.blogger.com/profile/05786517873195170945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-80839285984788140082016-06-27T18:04:09.466-07:002016-06-27T18:04:09.466-07:00Yes, ingredient costs are low, but you're conf...Yes, ingredient costs are low, but you're conflating two things--cost to produce a beer and retail price. And the difference between a beer that costs a brewery twenty cents in ingredient costs per pint and forty cents is still 100%. When you start telescoping that out to the final price of the beer, it matters.<br /><br />Let's compare apples and apples, please.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-44647983822640433612016-06-27T17:43:19.849-07:002016-06-27T17:43:19.849-07:00Ingredient cost is a fraction of the price of a pi...Ingredient cost is a fraction of the price of a pint. The difference in COGS is minimal, the price of labor, utilities, rent, taxes, packaging, wholesaler and retailer markups are all the same. For a $6 pint, the brewer is getting less than $1. Of that $1, ingredient cost is about $0.25. The difference between that 4.5% and 7.5% by the time it hits the consumer? about a nickel. Chris, Notch Brewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609006769895863282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-60106739814115639942016-06-27T17:27:05.948-07:002016-06-27T17:27:05.948-07:00This is what I don't get about session IPAs. I...This is what I don't get about session IPAs. It's the same price per ounce and you know the grain bill was 2/3 the standard IPA.Joe Nagyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839377242143667777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-57371201686996783802016-06-27T17:26:53.336-07:002016-06-27T17:26:53.336-07:00This is what I don't get about session IPAs. I...This is what I don't get about session IPAs. It's the same price per ounce and you know the grain bill was 2/3 the standard IPA.Joe Nagyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839377242143667777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-76805279760980893552016-06-27T10:40:00.281-07:002016-06-27T10:40:00.281-07:00If I were a publican, I might try honest pints for...If I were a publican, I might try honest pints for beers under 6 percent ABV, 12-oz. glasses for beers 6-7.9 percent ABV, and 8-oz. glasses for anything over 8 percent ABV. That would have the effect of leveling out the prices, too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835817250421080488noreply@blogger.com