Craft beer - Crowlers vs Cans

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or maybe this brewery doesn’t know how to do pricing

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And if people keep buying it, more breweries will jump on the no-math train too

Duece you ever bought crowlers over cans in a situation such as this?

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crowlers are almost always beer that isn't distributed

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This is the only way Crowlers or Growlers make economic sense.
If you buy a Crowler or Growler of something that is canned or bottled for distribution, you are doing it wrong.

My last two jobs have been in breweries.

At the Austin brewery, there was no canning line, so the only way to get our beers to go was in a growler or a crowler. We had the best-selling IPA in Austin so we had no complaints from guests, they were happy to get their hands on 32 oz to drink at home.

At my more recent brewery here in Boston, we did offer 4 packs of regular-sized cans, but there was a limited selection. If a guest wanted something on the board that wasn't available, they had the option to get it in a crowler.

So, yes, it's this:

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if you’re buying something not available in cans

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Craft beer is expensive, but the pricing is usually pretty standard across the board. I think crowlers probably seem pricey because you're paying for 32 oz, but they're generally priced according to how much each style is per oz when its served on-site.

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may have been sitting in the fridge for a few weeks

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God forbid. No one should ever drink an IPA older than 30 days.

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thats retarded I've never seen this FWIW crowlers are almost always beer that isn't distributed

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Yea that’s what I thought. I like this brewery and they’re new so I’m not gonna put them on blast and call it out, but it seems to be a poor economic practice. It just shows how much the other crowlers are marked up too, even though some are exclusively in crowlers right now

But someone said Parish is doing this too so yea I’m sure idiots in Broussard are lining up to pay that price

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The only thing I can see is if you’re buying something not available in cans,

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Only reason I can think to buy a crowler.

A decent canning line will produce a product that has less exposure to oxygen than a crowler, fwiw. As such, cans should hold up better over time. This assumes a decent canning line and a smooth canning run, which is of course a huge assumption.

Friend,

Let's not turn this into a parish bashing thread. There is room for all under the craft beer tent.

Respectfully yours,

TR