re: The price of a pint

The idea that its cost plus a % is BS imo. There's plenty of breweries I can go to and buy a 6 pack for $9-12 then they are selling beers on tap for $5+. That math simply does not add up. There's just no way you can pay for the packaging, pay for the bottles, and pay for the delivery plus the store makes money and you are still selling beers for almost triple that 20 feet from where it is brewed for almost no cost to keg? Come on.

My neighbor owns a brewery in the Destin area and his prices are absurd imo, but they are busy and he's making money so I can't blame him. He gives me deals if he is around, but I wouldn't pay $6-8 for a pint unless he was my neighbor that is ludicrous.

They also like to make you think certain beers are more expensive when they aren't. Take a porter or stout, they often times are no more expensive than a standard run of the mill pale ale and the prices are rarely the same. Yeah hops are pricey so your very hoppy beers are more, but they are maybe and I mean MAYBE 25 cents a beer more not double the price.

Beer prices are absurd right now, I don't know if it will change honestly but they are absurd. I've brewed beer so I know how much it costs, and its pretty cheap unless you are making very small batches.

I haven't homebrewed in a couple of years, but the price to brew a very hoppy IPA was less than double that of the cheapest beer I could do which was like 40 cents so it was around 70-75 cents for a hoppy beer. I would guess a microbrewery can cut that down to closer to 50 cents a beer to brew plus whatever their equipment and labor costs are so maybe closer to $1.