Rogue has a tendency to be a bit pricey around here. The store I usually go to has more 22 oz bombers than 6 packs in Rogue. I think American Amber Ale is the only one under about $7.
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$7/22 oz bomber is equivalent to about $22.91/6 pack of 12 oz bottles. Most of the bomber prices are now pushing that price. My squeaky wallet says that's too much except for a special occasion. There is still plenty of good beer out there at less than $12/6 pack.
I talked with my friend that is the bar manager here, and it was Rogue that she told they were not welcome anymore because of pricing and delivery issues. Almost all of the bars around here do not sell the 22oz bombers, because they can make more from $3.75 to $4.00 pints for the beers brewed in the area, and of the people willing to pay $2.50 for PBR and Hams. The grocery stores, c/stores, and the smoke shop near me sell the 22oz, and the smoke shop actually has Olde English 40's in the cooler. (the smoke shop, sells some of the cheaper/malt liquor brews)
An interesting note on Rogue, the have a brewery in Newport Oregon that you can tour, and they have a restaurant at the brewery as well, and at the restaurant if you order one of their brews it's $5.00 a pint for beer that is brewed in the same building. This may be a result of the tax laws in Oregon, which are almost as screwy as Oklahoma, and if I happen to be close to California for some reason, I will go into CA to buy liquor or beer as it is almost half the price here, even with having to pay sales tax. As an example, I like Segrams VO. A 750ml of VO is $18.95 in OR, in CA it is $12.95. (makes me miss Arizona, where at Total Wine, a 750ml was $8.99, and if you like Crown Royal, here it is around $28.00 for a 750ml, and if you want a 1.75ml it's around $52.00) The other thing here is, it does not matter which liquor store you go to, the prices are the same, and same as well when you go to the grocery store, the price of beer and wine is the same, regardless of the store you go into, and if you buy bottled beer, you pay $.05 per bottle or can as a deposit. It's included in the price. So if you buy a sixer for $8.99, while there is no sales tax (yeah right) you pay $.30 as a deposit on bottles and cans, and if you buy bottled water and soda in plastic bottles, you pay $.05 on each one. Which is supposed to entice you to return the bottles and cans to a store to get your $.05 back. This also explains why most of the bars here have a large number of beers on tap because they don't want to deal with the deposit on beer bottles, and having to return them to get the money back. It may not sound like much, but it adds up.
As for the new venture at Delks, hope they do well. I'm still hoping to get back some time to see the changes in downtown.
