How Do You Save Money on Beer?
Posted on May 27, 2006 by Him and tagged groceries
It is a fantastic Memorial Day weekend here in Chicago, so that naturally means bustin' out the grill and chilling out with some tasty cold beverages.
As Her has posted before, we save a lot of money on groceries by shopping for sale items and using coupons on those items. That is, until I head over to the liquor aisle, pick up a few bottles of my favorite alcoholic beverage, and put it in the grocery cart. What would have been 40% savings overall gets thoroughly decimated by some tasty alcoholic treats. Beer almost never goes on sale, and there are never coupons for beer. Woe is me!
The economist in me thinks that I should just get a huge trash can, fill it with ice, and dump a keg of beer in it. I'll be able to imbibe for weeks! That's SAVING, right?
How do you save money on beer?
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How to save money on beer: don't buy beer
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You can always have a party and ask all your friends to bring beer.
Hmm, well I save money using one of two ways.
Drink other people's beer when your at their house or party.
Use the Citibank mtvU card for 5% back at bars. Its supposed to be for restaurants but they classify alot of places that serve food or drinks as "restaurants"
Emily | May 31, 2006
We (my fiance, really, but I support the habit) actually make beer. It's a little more affordable, a lot of fun, fairly simple to do and you can produce tasty "microbrews" for just slightly more than a case of bud. He's put it on his resume and it sparks a lot of good conversation as well...
at least you are drinking beer and not some more expensive alcoholic beverage. my wine habit can become quite expensive at times so i make it an occasional treat rather than a normal everyday thing.
Another homebrewer here. I find I can brew about 2 cases for ~$20, and the initial outlay for equipment is quickly recouped. You can also reuse the bottles. For someone like me, who refuses to drink mass-produced American "beer-water", it's a hobby that pays for itself very quickly.
I don't know if they have them where you live, but at Long's Drugs in California, they sometimes do discount the alcohol, and not just the cheap stuff.
About a week ago, I got a twelver of Newcastle bottles for around nine bucks, which I thought was a pretty good price.
Unfortunately, my roommate keeps drinking them, so perhaps he had a better idea of how to save money on beer than I did. :-)
Sabrina | May 27, 2006
Here's some ideas:
1. Accept an invite to someone else's house and drink their beer.
2. Drive to Indiana or Wisconsin to avoid the Illinois tax on alcohol.
3. Start an alcohol co-op.
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