[Closed] I nearly fainted in the pub yesterday...how expensive??

Wait till you fill your car with petrol.

bar in glasgow couple of weeks ago I got charged 6.75 for a large white wine and 4.20 for a pint of amstel!!!

10.95!!! we had one drink and swiftly left

Wine is expensive in pubs, maybe you should drink beer too, like your companion? 😉

I refused (At the till) to pay £2.69 for a family packet of Minstrals the other day.

Daylight robbery I tells ya!

Stop going there. The industry is based on supply and demand, the reason pubs charge this is because people will pay it.

I got stung a similar amount of money last week for a pint and a small glass of wine, I'm not going back there again.

My local (independent) ale pub charges £3 a pint for guest beers, I won't be straying far from there.

A large wine measure though is often 250ml - or a third of a bottle.

Lots of drinking barns now offer "buy two glasses, get the rest of the bottle for free".

maybe you should drink beer

FACT :[i]"Pint for the fella... Glass of white wine/fruit-based drink for the lady"[/i]

Karinofnine - Member
Wine is expensive in pubs, maybe you should drink beer too, like your companion?

or maybe she could buy her own beer!

I ordered a double Rum in a bar. £7.50. Went and sat down to get my air back. Barmaid comes across 'sorry I made a mistake' (phew) 'it should be £8.50'

My local (independent) ale pub charges £3 a pint for guest beers,

yer bein' robbed!

£2.50-£2.70 in my local.

Beats the £4.20 a pint for St Austell in London.

PJM1974 - Member
Stop going there

as i said the local is undergoing a refurb, been shut for a week now and the next nearest is a good 45 mins walk including two ploughed fields so this was more convenient for a Sunday afternoon drink

"as i said the local is undergoing a refurb, been shut for a week now and the next nearest is a good 45 mins walk including two ploughed fields so this was more convenient for a Sunday afternoon drink "

🙁

Homebrew?

My local (independent) ale pub charges £3 a pint for guest beers, I won't be straying far from there.

£3 a pint?? Bloody hell.

Yep, £2.50 to £2.75 here in Lancashire.

£3.10 - £3.30 in my local for ale

Rocketdog, are you from the South? 😯

rOcKeTdOg - Member
as i said the local is undergoing a refurb

Be prepared for a price rise when it re-opens then to help pay for the refurb 🙂

cask n barrel guet beers range from £2.90 > £3ish

pretty good seeing as they serve bloody good ale.
Although the Youngs Kew on Friday was utterly without merit.

£2.40 in my local for a pint of ale, there's a pub a couple of miles away that does a lovely pint of Shropshire Gold for £2.30 and once let us have 2 pints for £3 cos that's all we had left (had drunk a couple of pints before this though).

I can get a pint for £1.70 in my local
Although a decent pint is nearer £2.40

I was visiting family last week and visited a bar in a old railway station which is now a historical museum. Seven real ales always on, priced according to strength with the 5% ales at £2.50 each. Kept in superb nick also 🙂 The place won CAMRA National Club of the Year last year. Members + guests only too so keeps the riff-raff out 😉

£1.43 a pint just around the corner from me.

you wanna think yourself lucky you don't smoke too!

A lager shandy and a J20......£7.20 last week!

No wonder I prefer to stay in and have a good bottle of red!

Our local microbrewery, [url=www.banktopbrewery.com]Bank Top[/url] recently opened their own pub, The Bank Top Tap just round the corner from us. Not only do they serve the finest northern ales but they charge the princely sum of £2.00 for a pint of it.

Seven real ales always on, priced according to strength with the 5% ales at £2.50 each. Kept in superb nick also The place won CAMRA National Club of the Year last year.

Mleh. Boathouse Inn, Wylam. 14 handpulls (12 for ale, 2 for cider), winner of CAMRA North East Pub Of The Year multiple times. 🙂

I am sure under the Sale of Liquor Act pubs are supposed to advertise their prices at the sale point, almost none comply.

I got into a heated discussion with a pub once (OK it was within a few miles of St Andrews but still) after they charged £7 for a glass of wine, then refused to take it back. Sadly I had paid for it amongst a round, thought that was expensive, then sat down at the table to look at the receipt.

£7 !!! It wasn't even a very good wine, if I had thought ahead I would have complained it was corked or something.

Went on a pub crawl round Sheffield on Sat, organiser had set a points challenge with extras for obscure beers. Ended up at the Sheffield Tap on the station waiting for our train back to hicksville. One of the girls ordered 2 small bottles of some Mongolian concoction and when they told her that was £8, she argued so much that they ended up pouring it down the sink.

My local, "The Garage", is about 40p a pint. I brew my own. 😛

this is the chain to avoid, http://www.barntgreeninn.co.uk/sister_pubs/ very pretentious, they were piping Edith Piaff through the sound system and they call seafood "crustacea"

£2.50 for local cider. About £3.10 for ale. Privately owned freehold you see.

And they wonder why pubs are closing down...

that quality of totty doesnt come cheap RD.

I am sure under the Sale of Liquor Act pubs are supposed to advertise their prices at the sale point, almost none comply.

Yeah they do. It's just usually in typewriter print on a framed A4 sheet at the hardest to reach end of the bar. 🙂

Or in my local, writ large on a big chalkboard along with the ABV.

£3 a pint here for most ales, best value in Bath though I say so myself 😆

that quality of totty doesnt come cheap RD.

98% were wearing those awful UGG boots, like some sort of uniform, no amount if expensive ale could make those acceptable

£1.99 a pint in my loacl for all ales and they have between 10 and 16 on usually, oh and it's in London ;0)

Not in the good beer guide, but that says more about the local beer police than it says about the pub!

oh and it's in London ;0)

Never mind, you can't have everything eh? 😉

WCA and I stopped for a quick pint at Brew Wharf, by Borough Market, a while ago. £11 for two pints of Röthaus. 😯 Lovely beer, mind.

TBh I would rather pay a premium in a London boozer, with a lively fun atmosphere, good healthy mix of people, and lots of pretty things to look at, than sit in some sullen, miserable pub in some Godforsaken provincial town or village, with surly territorial narrow-minded locals, hardly any women and warm beer. There's a reason why beer is cheap in places like that you know...

Never mind, you can't have everything eh?

No actually you can. It's London. The World comes to you. 🙂

Paid £2.40 for a Doom at my local but never paid more than £2.80

I'd rather eat my own arm than do anything in London if how elfin comes across is an example of "fun atmosphere" he bleats on about, and how would you see the bar past the huge chip he seems to carry around with him?

"Never mind, you can't have everything eh?"

No actually you can. It's London. The World comes to you.

The mountain to Mohammed?

how you spellin' that?

I'd rather eat my own arm than do anything in London if how elfin comes across is an example of "fun atmosphere" he bleats on about, and how would you see the bar past the huge chip he seems to carry around with him?

Fine. We could do with less miserable sods like you coming here anyway. 😉

And what 'chip' are you on about? This, from a man who judges others based on their particular choice of footwear... 🙄

The mountain to Mohammed?

Well of course. 🙂

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Because I'm worth it.

Slow day Elfin? 😆
I dunno how people can still afford to go for a pint or 3 in the eve. I want every tune in the world on the jukebox, gold plated pool cues and beautiful women just itching to chat to me for todays prices!

I'll never forget the time i was charged £2.50 for a pint of coke. It was more expensive than the beer!

I quite like the Lyttleton RD

Slow day Elfin?

You know me, Kev. 😉

I was out in That London's famous West End last night. There are some stunning boozers round there, round Theatreland. Yeah, much of it's for the tourists and the theatregoers, but by 'eck there's a bewildering choice. Prices are a little steep in some, granted, but tbh, no more than in yer nicer pubs in rural places and that.

A good pub's not just about the booze. I don't mind paying a bit extra to sit in a nice well-kept happy environment where I can sup a nice pint and relax. if I want cheap booze, I've got a good selection of 'The Jockey out of Shameless' style dives near me. Surprisingly, the booze ain't all that cheaper really. Or I can stay at home with me bottle of White Lightning....

£5.50 a pint for Leffe in a chop house in manc. First and last visit...

If its the chophouse Im thinking of- 3 pints of ALE £11.

£1.85 each, for a bloody Fruit Shoot for the kids last week, at a birthday party at a Wacky Warehouse type place. Its pop FFS. Totally out of order.

Never ever venture to Ibiza is all i can advise then! 11€ Bottle of San mig, 18€ Red bull and vodka!

At that price I just hope there is no queue ... 😯

Elf: "I was out in That London's famous West End last night."

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Can't afford more than one beer in a London pub.

I Once accidentally paid 18 Euro for a shot of single malt in Annecy 😯

Thank god for company expenses 😆

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buzz-lightyear - Member

Elf: "I was out in That London's famous West End last night."

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Making up story are we? LOL! Caught!

😆

Jeeze, you some kind of stalker, buzz? 😯

16 hours ago? Where you getting that from? Have another look.

Wanna see my Oyster card printout? It'll show you my journeys and times. Or my debit card history. I dare say there will be CCTV footage of me in that area, if you need further proof. And the waitresses in the restaurant I was in will remember me. 😉

Y'know, if you're that interested, like. 🙄

Making up story are we? LOL! Caught!

Er, nope.

I want every tune in the world on the jukebox, gold plated pool cues and beautiful women just itching to chat to me for todays prices!

My local offers nice ale, gold-plated bullshit and women that make you itchy... will that do?

If anyone wants to know the nuts and bolts of the price of beer feel free-as the name implies, I am actually a publican...

cheaper up north for a reason
more expensive in london for a reason
(should be) cheaper in free house
more expensive in a tenanted pub

Accidentally order a can of coke for 7 euros once.

I happily pay £3.50 for a pint, it generally means im drinking someone free from chavs and people with beards.

Hmm, seems that Buzz looked at 'Most Recent' instead of 'User Replied' in my post history, in his pathetic attempt to discredit me. How sad. More sad is the fact someone would go to such lengths in the first place. Get a life, eh? 🙄

A simple apology for calling me a liar will suffice, Buzz. In a new thread entitled 'An apology to Elfinsafety'. 🙂

And I promise not to crow on too much. 😉

3 emocions in one post! He means business buzz!! 😀

GrahamS - yeah, go on then, you've twisted my arm 😉

TBh I would rather pay a premium in a London boozer, with a lively fun atmosphere, good healthy mix of people, and lots of pretty things to look at, than sit in some sullen, miserable pub in some Godforsaken provincial town or village, with surly territorial narrow-minded locals, hardly any women and warm beer. There's a reason why beer is cheap in places like that you know...

Welcome to Norfolk. Did you not enjoy your visit?

Actually there's both types of bar here. San Miguel or Carlsberg Export £2.30, snooker 50p, pool 20p, darts, cards etc. It's okay once you've conditioned yourself to it.
The other bar is on a ship in the harbour. Bottle of Grolsch £2.50 a bottle. They have some good ales apparently (I tried some on saturday night. Ale is not for me). Surly locals don't go on there. There's a brawling pub a few hundreds yard across the quayside.

"Jeeze, you some kind of stalker, buzz?"

Ooops! You got me.

He means business buzz!!

Too bloody right. Bin called a liar, basically. Don't quite know why, either. I notice Buzz hasn't responded, but I do expect a full public apology. 🙂

Welcome to Norfolk. Did you not enjoy your visit?

I've never been to Norfolk!!

I don't know if I shall ever visit. So many places; so little time. 🙁

There's a brawling pub a few hundreds yard across the quayside.

😀 I may have to rethink my travel plans.

this is why i usually only post on the bike forum, Elfin usually turns every thread into a Me Me me, look at me thread, but i'm safe on the bike forum i think, because he can't actually ride can he?, he's always here writing about himself

Houns - Member
I quite like the Lyttleton RD

yea, i used to like parking my battered little Yaris between the ferraris, lambos and bentleys you get there

£3 a pint here for most ales, best value in Bath though I say so myself

Aw, feeling a little ignored, RD? 😉

because he can't actually ride can he?,

I'll ride you into the ground mate. Then, right, I'll lap you and do it all over again. Mountain Mayhem. Be there. And you can buy me a beer when I beat you. 😉

I used to occasion the Lyttleton in my battered Yaris as well, the wychbury was just on my road but as I used to be kept awake by scalleys fighting in the carpark almost every night I hardly ever drank in there. Although it was always a good spot to watch the rugby on a saturday. whats your local RD? the french hen?

TBC - thanks for the reminder that I need to venture back to the Cask and Barrel - great pub that with a rather good selection of beers.

Well, it costs us IRO 40p a pint to make beer.
That includes malt, hops, gas , electricity , water , chemicals and closures.
We sell beer to freehouse for between 80p and 90p a pint . ex vat.

Our mark up has to cover wages , rent ,rates ,delivery costs and profit to cover investment.

Unfortunatly alot of landlords have to buy from a fixed price suppliers list. This is provided by their pub owning company. These prices are grossly inflated to make the pubco a nice tidy profit ( until no-one goes to the pub coz its too expensive)

I doubted your sincerity. I apologise.

I'll ride you into the ground mate. Then, right, I'll lap you and do it all over again. Mountain Mayhem. Be there. And you can buy me a beer when I beat you

😆

. whats your local RD? the french hen?

i used to go out with a girl who rented a house opposite it, what was it called before the Hen?

I doubted your sincerity. I apologise

Ok then. Apology accepted.

RD; I'm serious. You can't just diss someone's ability and get away with it. Gauntlet's been thrown. You best start training. I'm enjoying that pint already.... 8)

Singletrackmind will tell you that I, like him, am a Top Ten Finisher in International Mountain Bike Racing.

And the beer he makes (he's a TV Celebrity Brewer you know) is fantastic, and I'd happily pay good money for a pint.

A pint of standard muck will cost you about £3 in yer average pub these days. In't a decent pint in a nice pub worth the extra?

Paid £10 for a shot of sambuca In London just before Christmas. Gutted as the round was for 11 people...

It's London. The World comes to you

There's no surfing or mountain biking in London, which are both far more fun than sitting in a boozer.

It really seems to me that the World, or at least most of England, comes here between May and August, which somewhat explains the bullsh]t prices the local pubs & restaurants charge around here. I'd rather stay at home and spend my money on wax and lube.

Elfin, MM is north of Watford, how are you going to cope away from London for 24hrs? I don't think you've thought this through