tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post1624306370182329344..comments2023-06-16T11:59:53.479-04:00Comments on Hoosier Beer Geek: A Beer Blog for Indiana, from Indianapolis: Roundtable #31 - Brown is Boring - Wychwood HobgoblinJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412784462353586629noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-19274474264295577812007-10-20T20:33:00.000-04:002007-10-20T20:33:00.000-04:00update: just got back from buying grain. 50-55 p...update: just got back from buying grain. 50-55 pound bags seem to have jumped about 25 percent for us lowly homebrewers. that frankly surprised me. this could have a noticable affect on commercially available beer, but still i think volume buying of grain by microbrewers will cushoin some of that upcharge. i could see a dollar a sixer upcharge, but that;s just wild speculation, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-52413438113430586162007-10-15T18:17:00.000-04:002007-10-15T18:17:00.000-04:00Anonymous is funny.Anonymous is funny.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962101636917040661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-21482289104240832152007-10-15T08:51:00.000-04:002007-10-15T08:51:00.000-04:00I think the anonymous poster was the Commissioner ...I think the anonymous poster was the Commissioner of the More Taste League. No carbs, no calories, no taste. Bingo.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390860551767424713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-77017486320217227562007-10-14T11:15:00.000-04:002007-10-14T11:15:00.000-04:00Stocking up on beers is ok if it is the big "layin...Stocking up on beers is ok if it is the big "laying down" beers. Time is the enemy of most beers. Beer is best consumed fresh, don't stockpile too much or you will end up with stale beer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-8684655337693725402007-10-13T11:05:00.000-04:002007-10-13T11:05:00.000-04:00I think it will just really depend on what goes in...I think it will just really depend on what goes into the beer. Certain types of hops will be scarce while others won't be from what I've read. Barley is also going to be at a premium, and up as much as 50%.<BR/><BR/>http://www.blueandgraybrewingco.com/PriceIncrease.cfm <BR/><BR/>That's a pretty good little synopsis of what is going to happen not only in the states, but world wide as well. <BR/><BR/>The only silver lining I see in all this is how creative the brewers are going to have to be. I love big beers like IPA's and big stouts, but I am going to have to learn to relove the mild easy drinking beers. I would think you will see more and more places doing that to keep costs down and will still be making some good beer. The same thing happened all over Europe during WWI and WWII and they got creative and some of the beers we drink today from Europe still use the same formulation from those times.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913054347911490028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-42744721739516258852007-10-13T10:09:00.000-04:002007-10-13T10:09:00.000-04:00i've been hearing that hops and barley are going t...i've been hearing that hops and barley are going to go up in price as well. hops becaose of a bad grwoing season and barley because farmers are getting incentives to grow more soy and corn for alternative fuels. anyway, as a homebrewer i'd say the raw ingredients for me to brew a middle of the road beer (25 ibu's, 5 percent alcohol) is maybe $1.75 a sixer and that's from maybe a 20 gallon batch. so how much can that price really go up? 25 percent on the high end? when you're churning out thousands of barrels i can't see how anyone can justify too much of a price hike. that is, if this is just a raw ingredient issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32412760.post-90622642682858894692007-10-12T23:38:00.000-04:002007-10-12T23:38:00.000-04:00Regarding the increase in the price of beer in Jan...Regarding the increase in the price of beer in January, what might we be looking at? $1-2 per 6-pack? Higher?<BR/><BR/>Just to get a rough idea, I'm thinking that for a $10 per 6-pack beer, it's probably about 50/50 between brewer/distributor/retailer profit and the actual cost of production. So $5 to make, package and advertise the beer. Maybe $2 of that is the actual ingredients? If the ingedients become twice as expensive, that makes the $10 6-pack now a $12 6-pack. That's not good, but I think I can deal with it.<BR/><BR/>Those dollar amounts are just speculation. Feel free to correct me if I'm way off.CorrNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371462855078578516noreply@blogger.com