Beer is getting expensive

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 08:07 PM

I just walked out of the beer store with only 5 beers and paid $30 for it. This is getting nutz!

I might have to invest in my own brewing equipment.

In case anyone is asking why, there is a hop shortage, especially in Europe but affecting everybody.

-S

Tchocky · 01-15-08, 08:36 PM

Ah but you're a connoisseur SUBMAN, money should not be an object

*reads his post*

No alcoholic implications intended :p

bookworm_020 · 01-15-08, 08:44 PM

Ouch!

That better be the best beer that youu've ever tasted, or you've wasted your money!

Happy Times · 01-15-08, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I just walked out of the beer store with only 5 beers and paid $30 for it. This is getting nutz!

I might have to invest in my own brewing equipment.

In case anyone is asking why, there is a hop shortage, especially in Europe but affecting everybody.

-S

I cant believe you have to pay more for beer in US than in here.:hmm:
What size of cans/bottles did you buy?

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 09:04 PM

Well, currently (as I type this) I am consuming the following:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/double-bastard-ale/11243/

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I just walked out of the beer store with only 5 beers and paid $30 for it. This is getting nutz!

I might have to invest in my own brewing equipment.

In case anyone is asking why, there is a hop shortage, especially in Europe but affecting everybody.

-S

I cant believe you have to pay more for beer in US than in here.:hmm:
What size of cans/bottles did you buy?

My most expensive was a 11.3 ounch bottle, but the 2x Double Bastards I bought were 22 ounce. I have 1x 16 ounce, and 1x 12 ounce. So $30 bought me, 83.3 ounces of beer. Not much I might say. A few years back, I would have paid close to $20 for the same.

-S

fatty · 01-15-08, 09:48 PM

I've got a bucket of red ale buzzing away right now. Should be ready to bottle in two weeks. 800 ounces... cost me... $20!

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

I've got a bucket of red ale buzzing away right now. Should be ready to bottle in two weeks. 800 ounces... cost me... $20!

I'm comin over! Where ya at? :p

-S

Captain Nemo · 01-16-08, 07:57 AM

Expensive for 'off licence' (as we call them in the UK) beer. Whilst on the subject I have just come back from Iceland where a pint set you back anywhere between £4 - £5.50 in the local pub. A Southern Comfort and lemonade and a pint set me back around £12 a throw.

Nemo

Thunder · 01-16-08, 08:31 AM

lol, a pint here is 'bout 1 pound.:rotfl:and thats in a pub.

Kapitan_Phillips · 01-16-08, 08:34 AM

I'm considering trying to brew my own (using one of those kits)

I'm gonna name it after Subsim

antikristuseke · 01-16-08, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

I'm considering trying to brew my own (using one of those kits)

I'm gonna name it after Subsim

Calling it the Essence of Bernard?

Respenus · 01-16-08, 09:12 AM

God no!!! Imagine the taste! Alcohol itself is enough to stop you from having good fish, with Bernard beer, your fish will stop, turn around and hit your sub! God forbid! Good laugh though.

Tchocky · 01-16-08, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Respenus

God no!!! Imagine the taste! Alcohol itself is enough to stop you from having good fish, with Bernard beer, your fish will stop, turn around and hit your sub! God forbid! Good laugh though.

Wasn't that a worry in the Arctic Ocean, that magnetic torps would go a bit crazy near the Pole, and put the boat in danger of sinking itself?

(Aside - it took me three tries to type "danger", I can't wait to finish this bloddy thesis :p)

AVGWarhawk · 01-16-08, 09:32 AM

Drink scotch. Works faster and you spend less time running back and forth to the bathroom

01-15-08, 08:07 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Beer is getting expensive I just walked out of the beer store with only 5 beers and paid $30 for it. This is getting nutz! I might have to invest in my own brewing equipment. In case anyone is asking why, there is a hop shortage, especially in Europe but affecting everybody. -S __________________

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Ah but you're a connoisseur SUBMAN, money should not be an object reads his post No alcoholic implications intended :p __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Ouch! That better be the best beer that youu've ever tasted, or you've wasted your money! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, currently (as I type this) I am consuming the following: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/double-bastard-ale/11243/ __________________

01-16-08, 07:57 AM	#9
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Expensive for 'off licence' (as we call them in the UK) beer. Whilst on the subject I have just come back from Iceland where a pint set you back anywhere between £4 - £5.50 in the local pub. A Southern Comfort and lemonade and a pint set me back around £12 a throw. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

01-15-08, 09:48 PM	#7
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I've got a bucket of red ale buzzing away right now. Should be ready to bottle in two weeks. 800 ounces... cost me... $20!

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Thunder Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: cape Town Posts: 142 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	lol, a pint here is 'bout 1 pound.:rotfl:and thats in a pub.

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Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I'm considering trying to brew my own (using one of those kits) I'm gonna name it after Subsim __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	God no!!! Imagine the taste! Alcohol itself is enough to stop you from having good fish, with Bernard beer, your fish will stop, turn around and hit your sub! God forbid! Good laugh though. __________________

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Drink scotch. Works faster and you spend less time running back and forth to the bathroom __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road