re: Ghost in the Machine.....

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think the high price is strictly do to supply and demand.in a competitive market I think the beer would probably be priced at 8-9 bucks a bottle in Parish still make money. what needs to happen is that Great Raft and Tin Roof and Abita need to get their asses indir and make a worthy competitor. when this happens, the price will come down.

I think this because I see in other places where the competition for your business is high, the price of beers is not nearly so high. Even the small breweries can come in with the competitive price.

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Bingo! But if it was so easy to make such a great hoppy beer, wouldn't the rest of the local breweries be making them too? Sure you can get a 4-pack of Meh-cahopzilla for the price of a GITM bomber, but the beers don't compare at all. If more of our local breweries made a really kick arse DIPA, the prices would be more moderate.