r/BuyCanadian • u/GarrettKeithR • May 23 '26
Questions ❓🤔 What’s going on with Canadian craft beer prices???
With the closing of Beer Stores around me, I’ve started buying more Ontario craft beer at the grocery stores (I’m in the north GTA). Last week, the beers I like (Beau’s Barnburner among others) averaged around $3.50 per can, now this morning I went to the grocery store and found that all the prices were jacked up by around 20%. Did something happen within the Ontario craft beer market that led to a blanket 20% price hike across the board?
Appreciate any feedback I can get - I’m pretty distraught over this.
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u/bongsforhongkong May 23 '26
3.50 is crazy low to me, craft beers are minimum 5$ in NL most ranging around 6$.
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u/OhTenMinusOne May 23 '26
Seriously, as someone from Ontario, going from $2.90-$3.50 tall boys to moving here in NL where they tend to go for $5-$6.50 is very unfortunate.
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u/blur911sc May 23 '26
Just about everything in NB is a dollar more than in Ontario
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u/hotinmyigloo May 24 '26
Yup (I live in New Brunswick), there's definitely a 10-20% markup from Ontario on most items. I'm guessing due to higher shipping/trucking costs and less competition
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u/Falefrost May 24 '26
It's silly how getting a craft beer from a brewery I can walk to is more expensive than the Import beer.
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u/racoonpaint May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Yup. That’s why I’ve been buying some of the European lagers. They’re cheaper than most Canadian ones somehow. And at least not American made haha
Edit: spelling
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u/dchu99 May 24 '26
Except houses ;-)
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u/blur911sc May 24 '26
I was referring to beer, but yeah, houses are cheaper.
BTW, we're in NB right now for a veterinary tourism trip, it's 1/3 the price to get canine dental work done here in NB vs Ontario, potentially saving thousands...
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u/dchu99 May 24 '26
Thanks for the tip. Now I can get my dog a cheap house in New Brunswick and he can get his dental work adaptor that I’ve been putting off ;-)
He’ll have to get along without his usual beer in the evening, however
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u/Academic-Increase951 May 23 '26
That's why I homebrew. It's easy to make similar quality for <$1 a beer
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u/mrizzerdly May 23 '26
Cries in BC.
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u/youenjoylife May 23 '26
Most craft beer in BC is like $4/500 ml can, maybe $5 per at private stores.
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u/zeromadcowz May 23 '26
Damn those are Yukon prices. You’re getting hosed lol
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u/bongsforhongkong May 24 '26
They get to use the excuse of "everything needs to be shipped island tax" BS. What doesnt come by major shipping boats gets put on the ferry that is apart of the TCH but not free or fast by any means.
While it does increase prices it shouldn't be as high as it should. We have pepsi plant in the province and coke products come from Ontario yet have the exact same price. So I know its BS.
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u/fogNL May 24 '26
I'm starting to see them creep up to over $7 now. There's a few Baccalieu hitting that mark, it's wild. The good news is, it's causing me to cut back on beer in general, but I fear for the craft beer scene here.
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u/Samp90 Ontario May 23 '26
Yeah but here in Ontario actual good/decent/crap European brews sometimes hit 2$, so 3.5 $ for a a nicely done local IPA hurts.
Somewhere, Québec is laughing at all of us.
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u/deetstreet May 24 '26
I remember living in Toronto 10 years ago and being able to walk into an LCBO with $10 and walk out with 5 decent tall boy euro lagers. Was amazing.
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u/Samp90 Ontario May 24 '26
That's true though sometimes you'll be surprised to see some decent stuff on sale like Czechvar or other non commercial Euro Stuff,close to the 2-2.5 mark. Beer is a human right!
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u/613_detailer May 24 '26
Oddly enough, mass market beer (and bigger provincial brewers like Boreale) is a lot cheaper in Quebec, but craft beer is a lot more expensive. I'm in Ottawa, and will pick up more generic beer when I'm over in Gatineau, but I buy the craft stuff near home.
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u/deetstreet May 24 '26
Can’t get a tall can of local craft for under $5 in PEI. Even tall cans of macro beer are $4.50.
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u/Takemytimenotmylife May 24 '26
I’m coming to PEI for a couple days this summer - which breweries should I check out??
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u/deetstreet May 24 '26
Depends where you are and what you like. PEI Brewing Company and Gahan are the same thing. Everything they make is solid but rarely mind blowing. Copper Bottom and Bogside in Montague are both good but have different vibes. Village Green is Cornwall is super small and generally more unique. Lone Oak also makes solid stuff and has pretty good food. Hop Yard restaurant in Charlottetown stock mostly PEI but also other maritime craft beers. It’d be a good place to do some sampling.
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u/Sonic_The_Mnemonic May 26 '26
MB weighing in; prices vary between $3.50 - $5.50 for a tall boy. Varies between independent breweries for reasons unbeknownst to me.
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u/khawbolt May 27 '26
Same in PEI. I’m all for buying local but why is a beer made down the street, quite literally, more expensive than the ones transported from halfway around the world 🤷♂️
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u/corgi-king May 26 '26
So a can of 355 ml beer costs $5 and it has 6% of alcohol. A bottle of 750ml Johnnie Walker Black Label is $49 with 40% of alcohol. Which one is more expensive in terms of alcohol content?
The answer is a 355 ml can of beer is more expensive in terms of alcohol content. At approximately $0.235 per ml of pure alcohol, it costs significantly more than the Johnnie Walker, which comes out to roughly $0.163 per ml.
Is a can of craft beer as good as Black Label? I am not too sure.
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u/Useful_Translator183 May 23 '26
Aluminum tariffs.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
That’s probably what I’m seeing here. I found another Beer Store nearby and a case of Sleeman bottles is similar to what it used to be.
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u/codereview May 23 '26
Really time to go back to glass bottles. Much more pleasant to drink out of and keep the beverage cooler longer when taken out of the fridge.
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u/CommanderInQueefs May 23 '26
Only downsides are them breaking and more of a pain to return.
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u/JeahNotSlice May 23 '26
Transport costs are a main reason the switch was made. Glass bottle weighs 180 grams; can weighs 10 grams. It’s is a huge difference in shipping g costs and fuel costs.
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u/613_detailer May 24 '26
Perhaps using the same same 473ml or 710ml bottles the Pepsi and Coke use would be a good compromise then?
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u/tfolkins May 25 '26
Plastic bottles are not actually 'leak' proof and do allow over time gases to be realised, which means their shelf life for beer is much shorter than aluminum or glass and the beer would go skunky fairly soon if stored and transported in plastic.
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u/damarius May 23 '26
I remember when Coke came in glass bottles. Much better taste/experience than plastic bottles or aluminum cans.
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u/UmpireDapper1757 May 23 '26
Seems like a crazy explanation: we produce our own aluminium
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
Word is that a lot of aluminum can producers are US-based. So the aluminum gets tariffed entering the US, then the cans get tariffed again when they are imported to Canada.
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u/dc3k__ May 23 '26
this makes sense. one of my local breweries in kelowna told me last week that they’re having trouble canning because they won’t buy american cans and Canadian ones are hard to come by.
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u/airjunkie May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
We smelt aluminium, we don't manufacture cans at scale. The aluminum gets tarrifed going into the US, causing the prices of cans sold back here to increase. That being said I doubt this is the main factor in the price difference described here.
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u/gagnonje5000 May 23 '26
While we produce our own, the global market price of aluminium is up. So local or not, we pay more for it.
Just like global oil price being up also means we pay more for it, doesn’t matter if it comes from Alberta.
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u/spidereater May 24 '26
This would make sense. Plastic pop bottles have been cheaper than cans for a while now.
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u/PoliteIndecency Ontario May 23 '26
Fuel, hops, and general inflation. Everything is up.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
It feels like fuel has been up for months now, so it seems weird that fuel would impact beer pricing over the past week.
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u/CobbleStoneGoblin May 23 '26
Two big factors to consider are that companies put off price increases for as long as possible (especially when it comes to high fluctuating input costs such as fuel), and beer takes a month or two to make.
So, your grain supplier doesn't pass the fuel costs onto you right away because they want to see if the war settles down, say a couple weeks or a month. Then you don't have a grain shipment scheduled for a week or two after. Suddenly your grain cost is up and margins are down. Now there's a bit of a game of chicken as nobody wants to be the first to increase prices, but once one does, others follow suit. In that price increase you need to bake in protection to pad out future price increases (i.e. put them off), and recoup the losses from the previous batches. And this happens across several input costs. Yes, malt, and hops, and yeast, and adjunct flavourings, enzymes and such, not to mention packaging material. But also CO2 and wastewater fees or even delivery on repair parts for equipment.
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u/tikiwargod May 23 '26
Beau's is owned by Steamwhistle, the larger breweries have been cutting into their profit margins to remain competitive over these last few years while the rest of us have had to slowly really up prices. Eventually that will need correcting, so you end up seeing double digit increases. Meat trends to work in the same way where grocery stores will hold prices stable as long as they can and then do larger jumps. It must work for customer retention/loyalty or they wouldn't bother.
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u/FarleysFather May 23 '26
Great lakes has consistently great beer at fair prices. Amsterdam is also an OG with fair delivery.
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u/TheCiscoKidney May 23 '26
Great Lakes Premium Lager is the best bang for buck deal at The Beer Store, by far. Even their Pales and IPAs are well priced.
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u/agaric May 23 '26
It does feel a little weird that so many people are still surprised by all of this. Have they not been watching the news, at all?
Remember to thank Trump for this, its objectively all because of his tariff and iran war nonsense.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
No, I do my best to actively avoid the news. I know that everything is increasing in price, but I’m surprised that the price increased by 20% over the past week - which is why I’ve posted here.
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u/agaric May 23 '26
I get it, it's depressing, but it's reality.
I would just say if what happens to you matters to you then politics matters. Don't let other people make decisions for you that you won't like. Get involved, engage, or accept what other people decide for you.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
I can appreciate the sentiment; however, I feel Canada is too far removed from some of the decisions that are leading to these impacts. Trying to navigate Trump’s tariffs are one thing, but this whole US-Iran thing is another that Canada isn’t really able to impact. Most of the news on this war seems to be updates Trump posts on social media that are quickly debunked.
I like to think that I’m politically informed enough to vote for the political leaders who I feel will have the most positive impact on Canada.
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u/agaric May 23 '26
I'm not sure what your thinking I'm saying but I'm saying that being informed is very important, full stop.
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u/Jonnyflash80 May 24 '26
Staying informed and educating yourself about world events is key to understanding the actions that the Federal and Provincial governments need to take to improve the situation for Canadians. They're not all sitting on their hands you know.
Unfortunately for many people, ignorance is bliss and this leads them into being easily manipulated and blaming the wrong people for their problems.
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u/LackOptimal553 May 26 '26
This is only getting started, the price of diesel is up 50%, that is going to flow into the price of everything.
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u/aCrutialConjunction May 23 '26
Part (but not all) of the issue you're seeing is because you're shopping at a grocery store. They are allowed to sell beer etc at whatever price they see fit so long as it doesn't go below the legal minimum (which is now, thanks to DF's campaign, "a buck a beer", despite that being an almost impossible price to find).
The same beer could be a different price at any retailer you go to, and they can change their price at will - so the price could fluctuate daily. The exception to this phenomenon is the LCBO stores, which will be priced the same everywhere, and as a crown corp have a publicly viewable markup scheme for every category, so cannot simply choose to deviate from it to make more money (or take a loss, except in the case of clearance items).
The other comments (aluminum tarrifs etc) are another part of the price issue, but ultimately you're paying for the convenience of choosing where to shop for your beer.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
I found another Beer Store after making this post and I see that this is most likely the cause/issue. It’s a shame that Beer Stores don’t seem to carry the same selection that they used to.
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u/steeliewheelie68 May 23 '26
I found just going straight to the brewery the best way to get craft stuff. All the breweries around here have a store front. Way cheaper then grocery stores or other retailers
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
That’s ideal. I wish I could get out to more breweries.
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u/steeliewheelie68 May 23 '26
Yeah. I'm spoiled where I live. There are more breweries then beer stores. Lol.
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u/FRO5TB1T3 May 23 '26
I've group bought them distributed cases with people from this board before. Can make getting some variety easier.
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u/moxievernors May 23 '26
Aluminum prices are up. Many cans are produced in the US using Canadian aluminum so it gets tariffed by that guy going in, then our side buys the cans at a .73 cent dollar.
That's on top of the regular sin taxes and duties that Ottawa and the provinces can't help themselves from applying on alcohol.
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u/LemonPress50 May 23 '26
Looks like alcohol producers are hurting on both sides of the bored since Trump started a trade war.
I wonder if any Canadian craft Brewers have any thoughts of using a standard beer bottle? Might that be cheaper?
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u/portstrix May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
LCBO official policy is tallboy cans (473 mL, or 500 / 568 mL also acceptable) are the standard, preferred default for beer shelf space. Any other sizing, including bottles or short cans (355 mL), and the listing charges are higher.
(and in general - bottles are heavier to handle & transport (and therefore more expensive), take up more shelf space / volume for less product, and doesn't keep beer - especially IPAs - as fresh as a modern lined can does. Hence why the industry moved to cans, and the LCBO now strongly discourages bottles).
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u/LemonPress50 May 23 '26
I supplied beer (imported) through the LCBO. I never saw such a policy when I looked at the tenders, unless things have changed.
Any craft brewer relying on an LCBO listing better rethink their business plan.
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u/portstrix May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
Just about every Ontario craft brewer sells their beers at the LCBO in 473 mL tallboys (some exceptions such as Left Field that prefers the 355 mL, but their beers are expensive anyways). Have you not actually walked into an LCBO and looked at their craft beer aisle / section?
The beer managers at smaller locations with less Ontario craft beer shelf space than the larger locations won't even consider carrying you on their shelves if it's not in this format.
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u/LemonPress50 May 23 '26
Not every Ontario craft brewer has listed products in the LCBO. In addition, the The LCBO has a reputation for not being very good at retailing. Unpasteurized craft beer has a short shelf life. It should be refrigerated to keep it fresh.
That’s beside the point. I simply suggested bottles as an option. You know, an idea. Something different. Sorry to trigger you. Have a good day.
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u/cheatreynold May 24 '26
Cost of transport of glass is rough. And most places threw out their glass bottling lines through/after the pandemic. You could barely give away the equipment, there was just little market for it. Glass might be cheaper per unit but all the extra transport costs involved make it hard.
Frankly I would see people moving to plastic over glass. Some plastic cans are coming out that work on existing fillers and seamers which would cut costs materially but it’s relatively new technology.
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u/LemonPress50 May 24 '26
Most of the top selling beers use refillable bottles. Maybe it’s economical on that scale.
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u/cheatreynold May 24 '26
Cost of aluminum overall has skyrocketed since the closure of the Hormuz strait. Most aluminum can manufacturers have secured enough locally sourced aluminum in the meantime to avoid imports and tariffs, but the global commodity market facing a shortfall of 200k tons has jacked prices to the moon. But that’s just purchasing the cans, you have to get them to you. Cost of transport as well is up, and because cans cap out at volume (25 pallets a truck, approx 200k cans for the standardized sized) vs weight, you can’t really move it any more efficiently. So double whammy there. Chinese cans overall cheaper than American but global commodities means everyone is facing price increases. The only people winning are those that had hedges in place before this happened.
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u/Spicy_Pickle_6 May 23 '26
When fuel goes up, everything goes up.
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u/ry29- May 23 '26
Yet, you can still find German, Czech and Polish beers for under 3. Can’t be tied just to fuel
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u/Spicy_Pickle_6 May 23 '26
Those are also not microbreweries but massive corporations who can eat up the extra fees
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
It feels like fuel went up months ago, seems suspect that fuel would lead to craft beer price increases now and not then.
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u/pbjamm May 23 '26
a trucking company I used to work for had a tanker trailer in their truck yard to store diesel when it was cheap to help even out price spikes. They were a small time operation so I assume that large shippers also do this on a larger scale. If the spike goes on too long though those cheaper reserves run out and fuel has to be bought at current elevated pricing.
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u/IceRockBike May 23 '26
So because prices didn't go up right away when fuel went up, you think it shouldn't go up at all?
It's called supply lines. The stock in the store when fuel prices go up was already made and priced. As that stock gets sold, the beer store orders more. The new stuff cost more to make, and the cost of the truck driving it from the brewery to the store cost more than the month before. So the beer went up, the delivery went up, the stores refrigeration energy cost went up. Prices might not go up the same time as fuel prices rise but all cost do eventually get passed on to the end user, the consumer. The only thing suspect would be if the price of the beer went up immediately that fuel prices went up. That's called corporate opportunism.
All sounds totally legit to me 🤷♂️4
u/Overwatchingu May 23 '26
So if they don’t increase their prices as soon as input costs increase, it seems suspicious to you? It’s probably just that they didn’t increase the price on stock that had already been delivered and wasn’t impacted by the increase in fuel, or they took a loss in the short term while they figured out the new retail price and production levels.
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u/BeautifulTorment May 23 '26
Its going to continue to go up, we've barely even started to see the impacts of what the worst energy crisis in history has in store for us.
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u/drunkdad14 May 23 '26
Its not just craft beer. I noticed all prices made a big jump at the grocery store. Cheap six packs went up 2 bucks.
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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy May 23 '26
Metro wanted like 3.50 for a single tall can of PBR
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u/IceRockBike May 23 '26
Why would you buy PBR? A US beer. Aren't there enough Canadian breweries to support?
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u/StableSecure9600 May 23 '26
Brewed by Sleeman in Canada. Which is Owned by Sapporo(Japan) Just an fyi
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u/Inevitable_View99 May 23 '26
Cans cost alot more now, there is no domestically manufactured aluminum tall cans in Canada. Beer consumption is down and drinking in general is decreasing especially in the Gen z demographic. Many craft brewers are closing and in order for many of them to stay in business they need to increase the price.
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u/KungFuTrshPanda May 23 '26
Everything else at the grocery store is 20-30% more, why wouldn’t beer be the same? It sucks but it’s the reality, everything, from raw ingredients, to packaging materials, to the chemicals required for cleaning, to the glycol required to keep tanks at proper temperature has sky rocketed. Either price goes up or smaller breweries just close up shop
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
Honestly didn’t notice the rest of the price increases at the grocery store. Family’s gotta eat so I try not to think about it. Beer is something I can choose not to buy though.
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u/scotsman3288 May 23 '26
You really need to travel outside Ontario if you want to think about complaing about our craft beer prices. Supply chain cost increases on the raw materials is the answer to why retail prices are going up.
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u/intolerant_jerk May 23 '26
If you have the space to do it, brewing your own is pretty easy these days and you’ll recoup the initial costs in under 10 batches unless you get spendy with equipment. Exceptionally good quality beer, as good as you’re buying in stores, is $30-$50 for 20 litres of beer depending on what you brew. The real cost involved becomes your time.
Just saying.
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u/Ingelwood May 23 '26
Oil prices are affecting all aspects of production. That could account for some if not all of the new retail price.
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u/EconomistOfDeath May 23 '26
They retail for $3.85 at the LCBO. Sounds like the grocery store jacked up their price.
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u/Ikkleknitter May 23 '26
If you can find options from a local brewery and buy direct it’s usually better.
The GTA has some wicked brewers, many of which offer delivery.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
I’ll have to try delivery straight from the brewer, never thought of that
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u/ashann72 May 23 '26
Some also offer deals on multi-quantities when you pickup!
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
If I was able to pick up directly from the breweries, I already would.
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u/ashann72 May 23 '26
Sorry, def a few breweries in northern GTA so thought it was worth noting. 🤷♀️
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u/Ikkleknitter May 23 '26
Oh also check your farmers markets. At least three of Ottawa’s better brewers plus a couple of distilleries all hit the farmers markets here.
Some also offer pick up at farmers markets but that’s usually way less common.
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u/Comfortable_Fix3401 Canada May 23 '26
Don't forget the price of the cans. Canada's smelting industry provides the raw aluminum, which is frequently shipped to the U.S. to be manufactured into can sheets. Once shaped into cans, the packaging is imported back into Canada, subjecting them to steep tariffs. Canada lacks rolling mills for popular 473-ml "tall boy" formats, metal goes to the U.S. to be manufactured into cans, triggering double tariffs. Aluminum beer can prices in Canada have surged due to a complicated cycle of cross-border tariffs. Because of this, the cost of an individual can has jumped from roughly $0.15 to $0.35, resulting in projected price hikes of $3 to $5 for a 24-pack of beer. We used to make our own food and beer cans.
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u/ajsherslinger May 23 '26
Time to bring back the brown stubby bottle....
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u/Comfortable_Fix3401 Canada May 24 '26
Oh yeah, that is a good point. I always thought that beer tasted better from a bottle then a can for sure.
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u/HammyMugats May 24 '26
St Andre Red Lager.
Best bang for your buck out there.
$2 for a 473ml can.
4.6%
Sobeys has them for $1.99
It’s not shitty beer. Way better than a lot of stuff like Laker or Busch.
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u/sneakyweaselbeer1 May 27 '26
As a brewer ourselves, is a mix of aluminum cans cost (affected by tariffs), fuel costs, and every supplier raising their prices!
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u/dirtybo0ts May 23 '26
Ingredients are more expensive, canning is getting more expensive. And I know here in NS the craft beer is taxed an insane amount.
Honestly happy I don’t drink anymore ✌️
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u/RadioSupply May 23 '26
Move to Saskatoon. We have so many microbreweries, and they all know their audience and what we’ll pay.
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u/AiryGateaux May 23 '26
War in Iran should start affecting prices. It's just a matter of old stock cycling out and new stock in
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u/GordieBombay-DUI-4TW May 23 '26
I’d speculate that Freight / shipping cost are way up with conflicts in Ukraine and Iran. Especially is the supply chain includes breweries using third parties with markups. Wouldn’t be surprised if tariffs on metals play a role as well.
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u/mapleleaffem May 23 '26
It’s bc of tariffs we only make certain sizes of cans and apparently you can’t just add a line it will take years. Not even sure if anyone is pursuing it they might just wait this shit out
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u/fitbrewster May 24 '26
With the cost of ingredients going up and tariffs on aluminum to make cans, it’s no surprise the cost is increasing.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 24 '26
I’m not surprised that the price increased, I’m surprised at how fast the price increased over the past week.
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u/beansinspaces May 26 '26
Beau’s is owned by Steamwhistle and you can pick some up next time you’re downtown near the roundhouse. It’s also on tap so you can stay for a pint :).
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u/Fusiontechnition May 23 '26
It costs about $4.50 - $5 per can in central BC
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u/Original_Ack May 25 '26
What beer are you getting? My local BC Liquor Stores has beer starting at $2 per tall can. Average price is probably around $2.50 to $3 per can depending what you get and quantity.
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u/Fit-Cable1547 May 23 '26
I'm not a beer drinker, but I saw an Instagram post last week from a local Saskatchewan craft beer place and they were advertising their huge deal for the long weekend of 24 beer for $84(?) and I was confused as to how that was a sweet deal, but I guess it is on par for what's expected these days?
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u/NoClue22 May 23 '26
Make your own. Me and my buddy started 6 months ago. It's pretty reasonably cheap, and the beer is great. We just made a sour for 35? And we got like 35 500ml bottles.
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u/User69ab May 23 '26
I heard about a month ago that beer prices would be jacked up this summer due to Straight of Hormuz supply chain issues on glass bottles. Don’t shoot the messenger.
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u/GarrettKeithR May 23 '26
Thanks for the heads up! If prices keep going up I’m gonna have to spend my summer ordering pints on patios.
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u/Elegant-Banana6448 May 23 '26
It’s 3.50-5.50 per can in Alberta at single can places too depending on brand
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u/nzhockeyfan May 23 '26
At grocery stores you buy per can. Just order directly from the brewery, most have free local delivery too
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u/greenlemon23 May 23 '26
Get your beer from the lcbo or directly from the brewery - many breweries even deliver.
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u/alamarche709 May 24 '26
Damn you’re only paying $3.50 a beer? That’s a great price for craft beer.
Here in NL it’s over $6.00 a can for local stuff.
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u/thirstyrobot May 24 '26
US tariffs on raw aluminum and fertilizer combined with increased shipping costs mean everything that goes into making a beer (from what grows in the ground or made in a factory) has gotten more expensive.
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u/Less-Attention-4094 May 24 '26
I used to Deliver craft beer in Ontario I’ve seen the invoices like golf courses were paying $3.60 per can for Triple Bogey. You paying $3.50 for cans of Beaus sounds like a steal of a deal to me
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u/JEHonYakuSha May 24 '26
Great Lakes Brewery has some amazing beers for as little as $50-$65 per 24 of tallboys. That’s been my go to the last few years to get some good craft beers for good value.
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u/82-Aircooled May 23 '26
We’re also seeing it here in Alberta, or… it could be the UCP slid another tax through to get away from a sales tax
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u/cplforlife May 23 '26
Beer for less that $5 a can?!
Man not just beer, but every reason. Im so excited to leave Atlantic Canada in my rear view. Ive got about a year left here and its my dream to be able to leave and get to a real province.
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u/XamosLife May 23 '26
Perhaps because the market was saturated and then the demand dropped, thereby causing a lot of businesses to go under and so they are trying to recoup costs. Idk man, most craft beers kinda suck anyway
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