Buying Beer

[Jean in Newcastle]

I bought beer today for the first time since I was a teen.  And I had a bit of a conundrum.  I only wanted to buy one beer.  Do they not sell only one beer?  They had six-packs and cases and 20 oz. cans.  I ended up with a 20 oz. but it was way too much for what I wanted (a recipe) and was not the kind of beer I wanted (Cuervo, which only came in six-packs).  So do some stores sell only one beer?  Where do you look?  Or am I out of luck?  

 

P.S. - for addiction reasons I don't want to buy a six-pack and drink the rest.  The recipe cooks out the alcohol so that isn't an issue for me.

[Miss Peregrine]

Look in the refrigerated single serving drink section

[chiguirre]

As long as the beer you bought is the same general type (lager, ale, bitter, bock, etc.) it should work just fine in the recipe.

[Arcadia]

Either the refrigerated drinks section of the grocers or go to 7Eleven or small liquor stores or the stores that are part of gas stations.

 

ETA;

Trader Joes sells Sappora beer in single bottle or cans.  FIL drinks anchor beer and guiness stout. I used to cook with wine and beer more often.

[bettyandbob]

for a recipe I would have bought a six pack of the brand I wanted. The remaining bottles I would have passed to my neighbor, my brother, anyone stopping by who I know drinks beer would have been offered it. Then, on Memorial Day I would have taken any bottles I had left (probably all) to the neighborhood block party and added them to the adult drinks cooler. 

[Miss Tick]

One of my local groceries sometimes sells "you-pick" 6 packs, so I'm sure you could buy just one, although it would throw everyone for a tizzy and you would surely have to get help from a manager.

 

Secondly, back in the dark, pre-internet days, my parents were doing a DIY remodel and throwing away very heavy garbage bags of plaster. In order to convince the garbage men to do their jobs with a sunny disposition, they would perch a six-pack on the top of the pile. It was popular! You might be able to do something similar with a "5-pack". :-)

[PuddleJumper1]

We can't get individuals in the grocery stores but just about every gas station has single bottles of many brands/types for sale.

[Ali in OR]

Trader Joe's! I also only buy for recipes. They have good brands too.

[Jean in Newcastle]

thank you.

[MrsMommy]

World Market has a large selection of individual beers.

[Erin]

Around here, it seems like most quick stops and liquor stores have singles on their top shelf in the beer cooler...

[Amy in NH]

You can purchase a single beer in the convenience stores.