Beer price increase to $11 for moist, so $1 (+20%tip) surcharge over the Classic package (pic)

[fstuff1]

I'm currently on the silhouette.

How tacky. Nickle and diming line NCL.

[markeb]

Ancient news…

[Jim_Iain]

With due respect you are showing the Beer Menu for the upscale beer selections.   There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.  Most be what most would order at their home bar.

[jwlane]

Ya just gotta decide if you want your beer moist or not.

[deliver42]

I would have no problem having a beer at those prices. I can  get Sam Adams Lager as well as quite a few others. Most of the ones that are premium, i wouldn't necessarily order at home.

[mahasamatman]

1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:

There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.

 

I would not consider any of those to be beer.

 

Based on the menu shown, Newcastle on tap is the clear winner.

[markeb]

1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:

With due respect you are showing the Beer Menu for the upscale beer selections.   There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.  Most be what most would order at their home bar.

 

Sorry, Jim. Those aren't upscale beers. Most of them are pretty pedestrian. Yeah, you can get a college dorm suitcase beer in the classic package, but even cheap 12-pack beers are $11. And then there's insanity like Salvator for the same price as Blue Moon! I haven't bought a Coors since I graduated from college. And that was decades ago...

[jennmaybe]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

With due respect you are showing the Beer Menu for the upscale beer selections.   There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.  Most be what most would order at their home bar.

My hubby wouldn’t drink these if they were the last options on Earth. 😜

 

I’ll keep saying it…as long as people pay these prices, they’ll keep pushing prices up and up.  Hubby doesn’t waste our money on a drink package, ( I don’t drink, so no package for us), but he won’t pay these prices either. 

[bikerunner]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

With due respect you are showing the Beer Menu for the upscale beer selections.   There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.  Most be what most would order at their home bar.

Exactly beers available on each level.  Have choices

[hcat]

3 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

With due respect you are showing the Beer Menu for the upscale beer selections.   There are still quit a number of beers available at the Classic Beverage Package  Bud, Bud Light, Dos Equis  Coors, Anstel Light, Heineken and Miller Light.  Most be what most would order at their home bar.

i was nervous until I read the list.  We have the Classic bev  package and my husb  drinks Coors lite at home..nothing fancy.  He is also OK with the Scotch that is included although not his favorite.

Everyone has Choices

 

Edited January 26 by hcat

[fstuff1]

14 hours ago, jwlane said:

Ya just gotta decide if you want your beer moist or not.

doh.. fat finger!
altho +$1 more for moist beer would be a great revenue generating hook for Celebrity 😛 

[Guest Cruisenewbie20181]

There is a way to reply to a post without sounding snobbish or elitist. But then again this is Celebrity. If you’re not Elite level in a suite with a butler then you are looked down upon. I will be on Beyond in May . I’m an average “joe” booked an inside cabin and will be drinking Heineken, Coors, etc and enjoying them. Oh don’t worry I won’t be wearing shorts to the MDR’S. 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

2 minutes ago, Cruisenewbie20181 said:

I’m an average “joe” booked an inside cabin and will be drinking Heineken, Coors, etc and enjoying them.

yes, my hubs drinks Heineken as well and we are booked in an inside cabin, but we are not paying $9+grats for it. Forget it. I thought even $7+grats was a lot for a bottle of Heineken....

We can wait till we get home to pay $14-18 for 6 bottles, with only 7% tax added to it.

Edited January 26 by Itchy&Scratchy

[fstuff1]

23 hours ago, mahasamatman said:

I would not consider any of those to be beer.

 

Based on the menu shown, Newcastle on tap is the clear winner.

Based on your post, I tried to get a new castle draft.

Nope.

Their menu is old.

New castle draft is now $11, making Heineken the only draft beer in the classic package range :mad:

[hubofhockey]

Nice to see low carb beers available.  

[insidecabin]

Crazy that Strongbow is premium($11) price.

 

it is one of the  cheapest cider available along side Magners (if you don't count the really cheap stuff that comes in 2ltr bottles)

 

 

 

[Mark_K]

On 1/25/2024 at 9:09 PM, jennmaybe said:

My hubby wouldn’t drink these if they were the last options on Earth. 😜

 

I’ll keep saying it…as long as people pay these prices, they’ll keep pushing prices up and up.  Hubby doesn’t waste our money on a drink package, ( I don’t drink, so no package for us), but he won’t pay these prices either. 

I’ll bet he would if they actually were the last options on Earth.

[Random Cruizer]

That drove me crazy last summer on the Beyond--half of the drinks I wanted were $1 over the classic drink package limit and I was constantly signing for stuff. Not relaxing at all.

[Jim_Iain]

On 1/25/2024 at 5:21 PM, markeb said:

 

Sorry, Jim. Those aren't upscale beers. Most of them are pretty pedestrian. Yeah, you can get a college dorm suitcase beer in the classic package, but even cheap 12-pack beers are $11. And then there's insanity like Salvator for the same price as Blue Moon! I haven't bought a Coors since I graduated from college. And that was decades ago...

 

Not arguing -  especially since I am unable to drink Alcohol and haven't had  a beer since in College where we would pay a premium for Coors --  LOL -  I was on the East Coast. 
 

I just posted the list as to what beers are normally available on Celebrity fleet.     The Craft Social only on  S-Class ships that offer the array of beers on the menu you posted.    If you are disappointed with the pedestrian beers you may be disappointed with the offering on the other class ships.   I could be totally wrong as a non-drinker I really haven't researched the beer offering.

 

[markeb]

2 hours ago, Mark_K said:

I’ll bet he would if they actually were the last options on Earth.

 

I just drink water in those cases. Pretty much the same.

[markeb]

7 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

Not arguing -  especially since I am unable to drink Alcohol and haven't had  a beer since in College where we would pay a premium for Coors --  LOL -  I was on the East Coast. 
 

I just posted the list as to what beers are normally available on Celebrity fleet.     The Craft Social only on  S-Class ships that offer the array of beers on the menu you posted.    If you are disappointed with the pedestrian beers you may be disappointed with the offering on the other class ships.   I could be totally wrong as a non-drinker I really haven't researched the beer offering.

 

 

Wasn't me posting the list!

 

The $11 beers generally aren't anything special, and hardly worth an upcharge. The $15 beers are generally pretty good and as you say there are better offerings in Craft Social when it's available. Beer has never been a strong suite of RCG. We sailed Royal a couple of times from England and even though they had a bar with a pub style counter, the only English beers I remember were Newcastle and maybe Old Speckled Hen. In cans.

 

We've been on the premium package so I've usually had a couple of the better IPAs. And I usually do water and soda at the pool anyway.

[doghog]

As I'm reading this thread I'm drinking and enjoying a Budweiser. 🍺

[daydreamer16]

Not arguing -  especially since I am unable to drink Alcohol and haven't had  a beer since in College where we would pay a premium for Coors --  LOL -  I was on the East Coast. 

 

In the mid 70's we lived in Manhattan & would drive to New Jersey to buy Coors! At the time it was not sold in NYC & in New Jersey it was only sold refrigerated because it was so special. It was treated better than French champagne! 🤣

[markeb]

5 minutes ago, daydreamer16 said:

In the mid 70's we lived in Manhattan & would drive to New Jersey to buy Coors! At the time it was not sold in NYC & in New Jersey it was only sold refrigerated because it was so special. It was treated better than French champagne! 🤣

 

The entire actual plot of Smokey and the Bandit...

[daydreamer16]

Just now, markeb said:

 

The entire actual plot of Smokey and the Bandit...

Really? Never saw that, may have to now!