Beer shocker!

[RobertN]

We went to the Folsom Pro Rodeo last night to watch some great rodeo action and see fireworks. It was really a good show; Folsom has had this 3-day 4th of July rodeo for over 50 years. Folsom is about 20 minutes outside of Sacramento, Ca.

Well, we're watching some great bull riding, and the mutton bustin. They had some great riders. We were thirsty from all the action, so I went to get a couple of beers and waters. This is a PRCA rodeo, sponsored by Coors...

Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I! The Folsom Police were in attendance; I was about to have them arrest the beer folks for grand larceny robbery!

And then, get this... the lady asks if I want regular or light? Now, I have drank beer for over 20 years, and 18 of that brewed some mighty fine stuff of my own. I honestly can not tell the difference between Coors and Coors Light, nor Bud or Bud Light.

I can't figure what makes a Coors worth $5. It's corn beer, so it should be cheap. Instead of only using the finest barley, Coors uses a lot of corn sugar in thier beer. Bud does the same, except they are a rice beer. Corn and Rice are a lot cheaper than using straight barley grains for the beer.

Now I know, there are lots of folks who like Coors and Bud, but because of the use of corn and rice, it should cost half what it does.

Now, don't get me wrong. I like beer, and do not mind paying for a good beer(Coors and Bud are actually good consitent examples of thier style of beer...). But, for $5 I expect a nice pale ale, or marzen, or a nice kolsch.

It was still a good night though. The mutton buster riders beat out the bull rider by a big margin!

 

[MarkV]

Don't go to a Braves baseball game in Atlanta. Beer is $7 per 16oz.

MarkV

 

[Bird]

Robert, you weren't paying $5 for the beer, you were paying it for them hauling it out there and setting everything up; i.e., labor. And they probably had to pay some percentage to Folsom for the privilege of selling there. Nearly any sporting or recreation event has those kinds of things.

 

[MikePA]

Beer at a Pittsburgh Pirates game is $6.00 (bottles) - $7.50 (tap). Not the place you go to save money. Although, if you try the kielbasa, you get free gas.

 

[RoyJackson]

Robert, you weren't paying $5 for the beer, you were paying it for them hauling it out there and setting everything up; i.e., labor. And they probably had to pay some percentage to Folsom for the privilege of selling there. Nearly any sporting or recreation event has those kinds of things.

You're also paying for the licensing to sell the beer at that rodeo. That's normally a gouging at any public facility or sports event.

I bet you cannot carry your own beer inside.

 

[slowrev]

Strange, when I was a youngster I used to smuggle booze into the concerts and such. Now I just try to smuggle in MT. DEW and such to avoid paying $5 per drink

 

[ByronBob]

Don't go to a hockey game either. $5 is a bargain.

 

[turnkey4099]

While there are licensing, set up, etc type fees, most of the outrageous prices charged are nothing but outright gouging as they have a captive group wanting it and enforcement to ensure that they are the only suppliers. Same deal with the gouging at the refreshment stand in movie theaters.

Harry K

 

[MicroPilot]

We went to the Folsom Pro Rodeo last night ...
Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I!

Don't get out much, huh?

 

[meledward23]

Don't get out much, huh?

hehe,that was my thought. I thought he was bragging about how good a deal he got. I pay 7 bucks!

 

[jinman]

Robert, you weren't paying $5 for the beer, you were paying it for them hauling it out there and setting everything up; i.e., labor. And they probably had to pay some percentage to Folsom for the privilege of selling there. Nearly any sporting or recreation event has those kinds of things.

I always thought the high cost of beer was to discourage overdrinking, but still be able to make enough to justify setting up shop.

 

[livincountry]

I brew my own and I'll never go back to mass market stuff. I stopped drinking Bud, etc. after trying Guinness. At sporting events though..."any port in the storm"

Funny though....they could serve some decent beer for the same price really. I agree the beer price is the least of their "costs". Water at Cedar point is $2.50 when in line for a roller coast....that's for the 20 oz! Sad to say but I did buy one but filled up at the water fountain the rest of the day

Tony

 

[rox]

Strange, when I was a youngster I used to smuggle booze into the concerts and such. Now I just try to smuggle in MT. DEW and such to avoid paying $5 per drink

Totally agree, but I have found that it is best if I bring in soda with a screw cap at the movies rather than a pop top

I hope the people paying $5 and $7 for a beer are at least getting 16oz beers.

 

[RobertN]

Oh, you know, get out here and there. Aint paid that much for a Coors though.

We have minor league baseball in Sacramento(Pacific Coast League River Cats), as well as Basketball(Kings). And, we are within distance to see the Giants, A's, 49'ers, and Raiders. At least they some some premium beers for which they charge big dollars.

 

[_RaT_]

Oh Robert, you have to get out more, many places charge more then $5 for a beer, really, where have you been?

 

[scott_vt]

Oh, you know, get out here and there. Aint paid that much for a Coors though.

We have minor league baseball in Sacramento(Pacific Coast League River Cats), as well as Basketball(Kings). And, we are within distance to see the Giants, A's, 49'ers, and Raiders. At least they some some premium beers for which they charge big dollars.

Hey Robert,
Try $10 at Yankee Stadium a few weeks back

You only live once

 

[dmccarty]

Robert,

If I'm going to spend $10 on a beer this is what I buy....

http://www.chimay.be/en/chimay_blue_220.php

Its 9% alcohol in 25 ounces. So its really about four US beers. Very good. But its expensive.....

So I get this ...

http://www.averybrewing.com/BigBeers/docs/reverend

Which is 10% alcohol and 22 oz for about $6. Still about four US beers. Very good.

But they are four beers so I don't drink them often.

Later,
Dan

 

[HomeBrew2]

Robert,

If I'm going to spend $10 on a beer this is what I buy....

http://www.chimay.be/en/chimay_blue_220.php

Its 9% alcohol in 25 ounces. So its really about four US beers. Very good. But its expensive.....

So I get this ...

http://www.averybrewing.com/BigBeers/docs/reverend

Which is 10% alcohol and 22 oz for about $6. Still about four US beers. Very good.

But they are four beers so I don't drink them often.

Later,
Dan

Well, interesting post, I guess.

Robert was talking about buying beer at a large(ish) public event. He was remembering the days of buying a BUCKET of (factory beer) for just a few bucks. Just guessing from clouded recollection, a bucket ~= 1/2 gallon.

As you have read, a number of us are homebrewers, and, as such, have no prob finding (read:making) beer capable of stopping traffic. Even with a particularly pricy recipe, a good Trappist, Belgum, barley wine "style" may cost us $2 per 12oz bottle. Buying way-overpriced beer/ale/barleywine is certainly a fun, educational adventure though but, not really the subject of this thread.

In my neck of the woods, for a few years now, the microbrews are building some very high gravity (8-12%) beers/ales ... this is primarily in reaction to the, well known, fact that (legal) youngsters are shifting, rapidly to mixed drinks that are leveraged towards high alcohol content. Ie, to sell their brew, they have to kick the patron's butt quickly. Kids ...

Personally, I like "session" beers that you can drink all eve and enjoy the flavor and mouth-feel. Obviously, such beers are lower in alc content, but usually significantly higher in the "experience". (Though the monks have the "whole package" TOGETHER! ... but at $10/per, I'm not interested!)

Back to the theme of this thread: I do not like buying factory beer for $5-8 per, but what really torques me is to be caged up in a cattle pen just to have the privilage of paying too much!!!! I declined on attending the World Ag Expo this year just for that reason and will stay home for all events that will presume to put me in a cage just to drink beer (more seat time) ... eventhough that's where I might belong

Cheers!

 

[Egon]

Stadium beer as such may not qualify for the " Drinkable Beer " category. It has an alchol content and volume but surely lacks in other areas.

Rox lives in an area where one can procure proper beer brewed to the standards set forth back in 15?? or so.

Now add some fresh olive oil of the first pressing and a good loaf of fresh baked bread, throw in a chunck or two of proper cheese and it may just be next to heaven!