Penn Brewing will bottle 22oz

I noticed in an ad that Penn Brewing will begin to bottle their beers in 22oz bottles. Is this a trend? I like to purchase Yuengling beer in

22oz bottles because it seems to be a more efficient way of selling the beer. Also two people can share beer like they share wine. I remember when I visited Quebec City it seemed as if all the beer was sold in something like 220z bottles.

Tom

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tombates
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From what I understand, the 22oz bottles are for specialty beers only. The four standard beers (Pilsener, Gold, Weizen, and Dark) will continue to be sold in

12oz bottles. I heard of plans to bottle the maibock, to be called Penndemonium, and a dunkelweizen. They brewed a few kegs of a weizenbock and I had a couple pints at D's, but when I was at the brewery a couple of days ago, the bartender told me they ran out quickly. If you look through Post-Gazette archives you might find an article about bock beers from a month ago by Bob Batz where a Penn rep talks about what will be going into the 22oz bottles.

Another thing I learned is the new owners now have 90% of the business and Tom Pastorius isn't going to be involved in day-to-day operations. So the new beers and 22oz bottles come from the new ownership.

Tom W

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Tom Wolper

Yeah, I'd say so.

"Efficient"? How so? It's less packaging, I suppose- but if that's efficient, why not go back to the quart bottle? More beer (4- 8 oz. glasses of beer), even less packaging per ounce.

I can pick up a six pack, 12 pack or even a case of beer with one hand and carry it to the register easier than I can 3 loose 22 oz. "bombers"- so where's the "efficiency" in that?

"Use a shopping cart?" You know, when I'm forced to buy single bottles (12 oz, 16 oz, 500 ml., 750 ml or 22-24 oz.) I find myself ALWAYS buying less total beer than if I just bought a six pack and those "loose" bottles just tip over and roll around, knocking against each other in the bottom of "not designed for glass bottles" chromed-metal shopping carts.

I like choice and would like to see a variety of packaging, rather than "either/or" (altho' the fact that shelf space is limited does mean that some beers are going to be deleted). The "bomber" seems to appeal to the "quantity (of beer styles/brands I've tasted)" beer "rater" versus the "quality (I just want to drink good beer)" beer drinker. The ever-increasing number of higher alcohol beers in bigger bottles just makes no sense at all to me. The 6-7 oz. bottles of Courage Russian Imperial Stout, Anchor Old Foghorn and others sure made more sense than

1 and 1/2 liter bottles of HotD "Fred" or bomber/champagne bottles of 10-15% beers.

Is it really that much more work to pop the cap off of *2* bottles? Or is that somehow not "romantic" or "wine-like/cultured" enough?

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jesskidden

I can pick up a six pack, 12 pack or even a case of beer with one hand and carry it to the register easier than I can 3 loose 22 oz. "bombers"- so where's the "efficiency" in that?

"Use a shopping cart?" You know, when I'm forced to buy single bottles (12 oz, 16 oz, 500 ml., 750 ml or 22-24 oz.) I find myself ALWAYS buying less total beer than if I just bought a six pack and those "loose" bottles just tip over and roll around, knocking against each other in the bottom of "not designed for glass bottles" chromed-metal shopping carts.

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i don't know where you're buying your beer, but here in Western PA where the Penn Brewery is, you can't buy single bottles, or as you say, 3 loose 22 oz. bombers to put into a shopping cart to tip over and roll around. So, as long as it's a packaged case, why do you care how many ounces are in the bottle, the can, or in the aluminum bottle??? Augustiner is available in a 18 aluminum bottles of 16 ounces per. And the aluminum bottle is a work of art!!!

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tomkanpa

Well, the "Pennsylvania exception" is unique in the US, but, as a neighbor (NJ) who's bought beer in PA for 30+ years, I'm aware of the case law but I'm also aware of a number of retailers in PA where I can buy singles and sixpacks (aka "bottle shops"- this is one I visit often on "my side" of your state

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) and I'm always surprised when PA people say the "can't" buy less-than-case quantities. Now, if you're talking about *cost*, well, that's another thing...

Since I'm not buying the majority of my beer in PA., I don't REALLY care but just was playing devil's advocate to "tombats" pro-22 oz. bottle post (say, what's with 3 "toms" in this thread...) but, in general, I do find the "bomber" bottle to be more expensive per. oz., and more annoying for the reasons I listed...and, in my "old age", I'm getting annoyed at some segments of the young whippersnapper beer geek culture (like the fascination with "bomber" bottle). Heck, I'm nostalgic for the steinie deposit bottle...

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jesskidden

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