Bent Hop is a golden India pale ale brewed in Duluth’s friendly West End by Bent Paddle Brewing, a 30-barrel production brewery and taproom that uses water from Lake Superior. Bent Hop has a big citrus bitterness with a medium malt support. The alcohol by volume is 6.2 percent. Compare that to the domestics with an average ABV of 4.2%, and you have yourself a craft beer that’ll bend you over during hoppy hour.
For the purposes of this price check, we compared prices of Bent Hop on tap rather than in a can.
Here lies the sixth feature for the Price Check series where we compare prices of products — from bars and restaurants in this case — in Duluth and Superior. The prices below reflect the rate the establishment charges with tax included. For the most part, bars factor the tax into a flat, rounded off price. Many restaurants, however, don’t mind picking up pocket change. Duluth establishments charge 13.125 percent tax on alcoholic beverages; Superior establishments charge 5.5 percent tax. Since the taxes are extra complicated on this Price Check, we break them down at the end of the list.
$6.79
Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill | 1722 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth | 218-722-9231
($5.65 during happy hours, 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday)
$6.33
Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill | 3405 Tower Ave., Superior | 715-392-5210
($5.25 during happy hours, 3 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday)
$5.66
Pizza Luce | 11 E. Superior St., Duluth | 218-727-7400
($3.40 during regular happy hours, 3 to 6 p.m. daily, 9 p.m. to close on Mondays, all day Tuesdays)
($2.83 on Thursdays from 9 to close)
$5.50
Beaner’s Central | 324 N. Central Ave., Duluth | 218-624-5957
($4.50 during happy hours, 4 to 6 p.m. daily)
$5.00
Sir Benedict’s Tavern | 805 E. Superior St., Duluth | 218-728-1192
($4 during happy hours, 4 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily)
$5.00
The Break Room | 501 E. Fourth St., Duluth | 218-464-0820
($4 during happy hours, 4 to 7 p.m. daily)
$4.50
Pudge’s | 2223 E. Fifth St., Superior | 715-398-5408
$4.25
Flame Nightclub | 1612 Tower Ave., Superior | 715-395-0101
($3.75 during happy hours, 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday)
$4.00
Ace’s on 29th | 2827 Oakes Ave., Superior | 715-392-2546
($3 during happy hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily)
$4.00
The Bent Tap | 1912 W. Michigan St., Duluth | 218-279-2722
$3.75
Capri Bar | 1224 Tower Ave., Superior | 715-395-1908
($3.25 during happy hours, 2 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday)
$3.25
Charlie Brown’s Bar | 1828 Iowa Ave., Superior | 715-394-5295
How the taxes break down:
Wisconsin sales tax: 5 percent
Douglas County sales tax: 0.5 percent
Minnesota sales tax: 6.875 percent
Minnesota alcohol tax: 2.5 percent
Duluth food and beverage tax: 2.25 percent
Duluth sales tax: 1 percent
Duluth sales tax on hotel visits and food and drinks: 0.5 percent
