# What's the least expensive beer where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646 "2001-07-16T05:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/1 "2001-07-16T05:10:29Z")
This is a survey. I’ve noticed that beer has gone up quite a bit lately. So I want to know is: where do you live, and what is the cheapest beer you’ve seen lately. By “lately” I mean in the last 30 days. I’d prefer prices per case (24 packs) but if you’ve seen really cheap 12 packs, list them. It doesn’t matter if you like the beer or not, or if you even bought it. I’ll start: I live in Milwaukee, and the cheapest beer I’ve seen lately is at the Pick & Save grocery store. It’s called “Wild Cat Ice”, and they have it for $6.88 a case (24 cans). Now you…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/2 "2001-07-16T05:36:09Z")
I haven’t shopped for cheap beer lately, I’ll look next time I’m at the beer store - but back around 1993 or so I remember seeing a brand called Eidelweiss advertised for $2.99 a case…the store that had it never seemed to have it in when we went shopping so I never got to try it - we’d get Olympia Dry, which was $5.49 a case or so. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/3 "2001-07-16T05:39:26Z")
Chalk it up to the high cost of living, but the cheapest where I live is Schaefer, which goes for around 7 dollars a case. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/4 "2001-07-16T06:18:17Z")
Last year I bought a case of Natural Light for $5.98. (Which is why you never hit the package store drunk with $10) It seemed like a good idea at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Odysseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Odysseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odysseus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/5 "2001-07-16T06:18:18Z")
$7 a case? How do I get a green card. Try $30+ for 24 cans. The absolute cheapest I can get is around $2 (english) pint at my golf club, but can only have one as I then need to drive home ☹ Then again, I drink more wine than beer so i shouldn’t complain ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/6 "2001-07-16T06:32:18Z")
Prepare for an Aussie invasion. A case 24 cans or stubbies (375ml/13oz) is around the $AUD28 mark here. Even taking the exchange rate, that makes it about $US14. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/7 "2001-07-16T06:50:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odysseus \* > **$7 a case? How do I get a green card.** Believe me, this stuff isn’t worth even that much. It’s absolute piss. You’re probably getting better value for money. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/8 "2001-07-16T07:23:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JBirdman12 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Odysseus \* > > **$7 a case? How do I get a green card.** > > Believe me, this stuff isn’t worth even that much. It’s absolute piss. You’re probably getting better value for money. \*\* Olympia Dry is decent, in my opinion at least. I preferred it to many of the big-name beers that run in the $15/case range. Keystone is pretty good too and is usually under $10 a case too. ---
**Author:** ![SteveinSpain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@SteveinSpain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveinSpain)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-expensive-beer-where-you-live/72646/9 "2001-07-16T08:00:41Z")
Good beer at the supermarkets in Spain sells for $9.00/case. They sell store brand beer from Holland(gross)for $4.50/case.