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Selection in a small supermarket near me. More the craft beers macro further down the aisle.

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May have screwed up. Boughtva double IPA. Didn't realize it was 8%.

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Boundary Road Breweries Stolen Base American Double IPA 8% ABV 3.2 standard drinks.

Wasn't sure about the stolen part or American part. No F-35's bombed me nor marines invading.

Been drinking mostly pale/hazy APAs and generic lager. Bit darker than what I usually drink.

This one's had a bitter after taste. Almost a coffee taste. Lots of bitter hops flavour. Not to overwhelming on the fruity hops taste/smell.

Options were limited at this particular store. Still not bad 7.5/10 for me. Hitting like a Mac truck sheesh.
 

Sometimes the interesting sounding beer is really good, and sometimes you hope your second choice is better... and sometimes you can't finish either one.

DuClaw's #17 in the PastryArchy series is a Banana Bread Pudding Hefeweizen. The smell and start of every taste was spot on and promising... the back was like you got some undercooked banana bread where the nuts taste like they went bad. The first DuClaw I've had that wasn't at least solid, let alone undrinkable (84=Good 3.64/5 on Beer Advocate).

The Snowed In - Cherry, Bourbon Barrel Aged Oatmeal Stout with Chocolate and (Sour) Cherries by Copper Kettle in Denver didn't make it past a third sip. The sour cherry was really strong and didn't go well for me with the barrel aging at all. (Not enough votes for a rating on Beer Advocate; 13.1% ABV).

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Going for something more standard, I picked up Edmund's Oast Dunkelweizen. It's promising up front, but a bit beery (not in a Weizen way) for the finish. So not one that will make my regular list, which makes me sad because dunkelweizens are one of my favorite styles.

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Our grocery stores are pretty sad in terms of selection. We have a handful of beer specialty stores though, so I usually just hit one of those.

You should see the wine aisle at that supermarket lol.

We have bottle stores here. You need to go there for spirits and they usually have a better selection of the more artistic craft beers.

Some of the supermarkets have a decent selection but most of it is going to be various types of IPAs, pale ales and "strong" type beers (7-12%).

I got sozzled on a can of beer and wife laughed at me but it was stronger than here wime and 5.7 standard drinks in the can. Had that and another can and it was 9 standard drinks between the two of them.
 

We have bottle stores here. You need to go there for spirits and they usually have a better selection of the more artistic craft beers.

In Illinois, anyone can sell anything in terms of beer, wine, and spirits.

Down here the spirits have to be sold in their own shop. So a lot of specialty stores have two sides, one spirits and one beer/wine and you have to make the purchases separately.
 

Bananas Foster Stout by Untitled Art. 8% ABV. I haven't had bananas Foster in over a decade, so I can't make a good comparison to the desert. It has a taste that I'd believe might be like some combination of caramel and burned off rum... which seems a bit off in a beer. I'd like to get the opinion of someone who likes the dessert. Beer advocate has it 84=Good, 3.71/5. I'll finish it sipping it, but wouldn't buy it again.

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How much does a can like that cost? Here it's about $6-9. Take off 30% for a rough conversion to USD.
About the same with the conversion. I think most of the singles I get are $USD 3-6 a bottle. A few are just below that, and sometimes I'll accidentally grab one that goes up to $10-14... I have yet to find one of those expensive ones worth the money.

I can only afford it because having more than one makes me sleepy, so it's only one a night. And I usually keep a six pack of something standard around for too (entire six packs are $9-12 for the usual suspects like Warsteiner Dunkel, Maisel Weisse, or a good local porter).
 

About the same with the conversion. I think most of the singles I get are $USD 3-6 a bottle. A few are just below that, and sometimes I'll accidentally grab one that goes up to $10-14... I have yet to find one of those expensive ones worth the money.

I can only afford it because having more than one makes me sleepy, so it's only one a night. And I usually keep a six pack of something standard around for too (entire six packs are $9-12 for the usual suspects like Warsteiner Dunkel, Maisel Weisse, or a good local porter).

Cheap 6 pack here is around $7.

The 6 Gorkovskaya was $21 NZD for 440ml the 6 Parrotdogs (craft beer IPA/APA). would be $36 nzd. For a normal can.

Generic dozen of a macro lager would be $20-$24 generally.

Price doesn't guarantee quality.
 

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