# When and why did Grain Belt Beer get so expensive?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [May 18, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-grain-belt-beer-get-so-expensive/658647 "2013-05-18T00:47:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-grain-belt-beer-get-so-expensive/658647/19 "2013-05-18T20:30:57Z")

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> [@picker](#):
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> Most of these are adequate (although I admit to a soft spot for Blatz) at best, but here’s a good [list](http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/10cheapbeers.html). I personally find Point especially repellant, but some friends drink it regularly.

Blatz in a glass bottle is celestial. In cans not so much.

[QUOTE=picker;16302030I]  
wonder why Hamm’s didn’t make that list…  
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😕 It did. Look again. Around here Hamms goes for $3.69 for a 6 pack of pints.  
Not bad at all!

> [@kayaker](#):
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> I put a case of BudLight Lime on ice, along with a six of Dales Pale Ale. I always toast other boaters with a Dales can.

[Dales](http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/oskar-blues-dales-pale-ale/11576/4000/) is currently my favorite beer EVER! It’s [BEAUTIFUL!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Ak4nW1Rg8)

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