There was a movie out a couple years ago about how the big breweries try to squeze out the microbrews in terms of market share, shelf space, .... Everytime I go to Safeway or Giant it makes me wonder. When you look at the price of 6 packs their ALL $9-10. For a 6 pack! I'm not talking about the niche craft beers, even stuff like Samual Adams is this high.

I remember a few years ago they were less. Whats going on? Who controls the prices of these beers? Wonder if its the distributors since there's only a couple of them, and they also distribute the beer from the big boys.

Supply and demand. JBass is drinking everything in sight, so there's less to go around for the rest of us.

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PBR.



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wasnt there a massive shortage of hops this year?

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Big D loves him some Pabst blue ribbon.

White boys drink PBRs because the mexicans and niggers won't drinks that shit. Have a bull or corona like a man.

"corona"

fuck that piss

Best sub $10 beer in my opinion: Saranac, I can regularly find it for about $8.

Wrong, Yuengling is hands down the best Sub $10 beer, @$6 for a sixer it costs the same as a Bud Heavy or miller.

I don't even know what the OP is talking about, beer pries seem to be stagnant over the past 10 years. All the Craft and Micros have always been $9-10 for a six pack at at least since 2000

The beer is too damn high.

The major issue with increases over the past few years have been lower hop yields and higher demand for said hops. Further compounding the issue is a wave of "copyrighted," for lack of a better word, hops. Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra and other hops that have become staples of huge brands for huge breweries are literally produced by one grower versus something like Cascade which grows everywhere and is typically readily available.

Supply vs. Demand. Also so long as sales continue to grow there is no reason to lower prices even when hop yields are strong(ie. last year).

Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> Wrong, Yuengling is hands down the best Sub $10
> beer, @$6 for a sixer it costs the same as a Bud
> Heavy or miller.
>
> I don't even know what the OP is talking about,
> beer pries seem to be stagnant over the past 10
> years. All the Craft and Micros have always been
> $9-10 for a six pack at at least since 2000

+346 for Yeungling. All of the big breweries have been giving these guys the full court press to sell/merge with them and up to this point they resisted. It's a great tasting, affordable beer which is neither a big brewery nor a craft beer.

Hop Wrote:
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> The major issue with increases over the past few
> years have been lower hop yields and higher demand
> for said hops. Further compounding the issue is a
> wave of "copyrighted," for lack of a better word,
> hops. Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra and other hops that
> have become staples of huge brands for huge
> breweries are literally produced by one grower
> versus something like Cascade which grows
> everywhere and is typically readily available.
>
> Supply vs. Demand. Also so long as sales continue
> to grow there is no reason to lower prices even
> when hop yields are strong(ie. last year).


There was a hop shortage a few years ago but no more. Hop prices have returned to normal prices. If you don't believe me check out prices here at this homebrew site: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-ingredients/hops

The thing that got me wondering and starting this thread is it just seems too conveniant that the beer prices for microbrews are all within $1 of each other for most of the microbrews.

Good point about the sales growing. Meaning if the microbrew market continues to see increases then why bother lowering prices.

I just wonder if the (few) big distributors are messing with the market to keep micro prices high.

Philly Jihadist Wrote:
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> Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> > Wrong, Yuengling is hands down the best Sub $10
> > beer, @$6 for a sixer it costs the same as a
> Bud
> > Heavy or miller.
> >
> > I don't even know what the OP is talking about,
> > beer pries seem to be stagnant over the past 10
> > years. All the Craft and Micros have always
> been
> > $9-10 for a six pack at at least since 2000
>
> +346 for Yeungling. All of the big breweries have
> been giving these guys the full court press to
> sell/merge with them and up to this point they
> resisted. It's a great tasting, affordable beer
> which is neither a big brewery nor a craft beer.


Yeah you have to hand it to Yeungling for staying independant. It just seems like such a bland beer to me. Maybe worth another try.

Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> Wrong, Yuengling is hands down the best Sub $10
> beer, @$6 for a sixer it costs the same as a Bud
> Heavy or miller.
>
> I don't even know what the OP is talking about,
> beer pries seem to be stagnant over the past 10
> years. All the Craft and Micros have always been
> $9-10 for a six pack at at least since 2000


No way.... a few years ago you could often find micros including Sam Adams in the $6-8 range. It seems the hop and gas prices caused things to go up but when bother decrease prices.....seem to stay high.