re: Parish Brewery releasing DDH GITM

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Everyone falls all over themselves to buy $11 bottles of BCBS or $20 4-packs of KBS or $22 bottles of CBS, but Parish is the ones out of line here?

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I agree with this point, it is comparing apples to apples. That point is why I haven't bought BCBS or CBS this year, and only bought a single BCBS last year. I bought some KBS for a couple of releases but it's more than I want to pay so I didn't buy it either. When I saw CBS was literally $1/oz I laughed.

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But you're missing my point. Nobody bats an eye paying $7.70 plus tip ($7 beer, 70 cents tax) on a pint of Envie at Chimes East, of which the brewery gets about 50 cents. But we draw the line at $4.50 for a bottle of much more rare beer that the brewery gets to keep all the revenue?

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You're still comparing two different situations, but yes. I will pay $6 or $7 for an envie with dinner at a restaurant for the same reasons I'd pay $13 for a bomber of Crowd Control at the dome.. it's just a different situation. Yes, Envie at a restaurant is $6 or $7 but that DDH Ghost, if it were distributed, would be MUCH more expensive still.


In any case, it's a personal preference for me. If they want to sell it at $18/4pack and people are still rushing to buy it.. more power to them. My largest concern is that beer prices keep on creeping up as hype and demand increase.. eventually I'm just going to be drinking nothing but Envie at home or otherwise

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You're still comparing two different situations

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You're right. I am. I get that it's personal preference, but it baffles me that someone would balk at the price of DDH Ghost, but be OK with paying more than that per ounce in a restaurant setting.

And for the record, I don't have a problem doing either one. I paid $12 for a 13oz pour of Founders CBS at Chimes yesterday with brunch. Tack on tax and tip, and that was a $15 beer. A $4.50 12oz DDH Ghost is a relative bargain in comparison.

I see your point too. There is a craft beer store here in Florida that has beer in a fridge. If you pop it there, it is $2 more dollars than if you take it home. Still marinating on that one.

All you broke dicks complaining about it being to expensive, just don't buy it then.

Its very inline with similar ABV beers of that quality.

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but it baffles me that someone would balk at the price of DDH Ghost, but be OK with paying more than that per ounce in a restaurant setting.

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Well by all means, we should just start paying bar prices for 4 packs and 6 packs at our local grocery stores!

I'll buy the DDH GITM and still pay $5 at a bar for Envie. I'm at the bar for the atmosphere and convenience while I'm buying from the brewery to enjoy at home. There's nothing wrong with either it's just that some people value the atmosphere/convenience more than the beer.

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But i would say the same costs for maple shade and CBS are the same

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I would associate CBS with being a known world class beer that everyone realizes is top of the line, while Maple Shade hasn't generated that type of critical acclaim yet...

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Every once in a while someone will say that the brewery market is flooded in LA

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I think it is in NOLA. Other parts of the state, no way.

And I agree 100%. Parish is justified in charging high prices for their beers because people still will line up in droves for the beer. I'm not intentionally hating on Parish for charging that much; it's just part of a market. That said, Urban South is emptying my wallet by producing a ton of great beer, not necessarily charging an arm and a leg for it. Ghost is a world class beer, though, so it shouldn't be too big a surprise that it's priced highly.

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If we have anything to complain about it's the price of Maple Shade. Charging the same as CBS seems excessive. I feel an $18 price point would be more fair, but I'll still be there to pick up two bottles at $25

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14% ABV and it's a 750mL. I'd pay $25 for a good bottle of wine which would be similar ABV and the same size.