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£14 for a Newcastle Brown in Norway. Its imported see.
Where from, Mars ?
8 grand for a pint bottle of Köstritzer schwarzbier in my local supermarket. Luckily that's in pesos so £1.72. So apparently it's 20 times more expensive to import a beer from Newcastle to Norway than from Germany to Colombia.
£3.50 for proper beer (I'm not saying ale, I hate that word) last night which, for the heart of the Cotswolds, is pretty good.
Globalti - I love beers and ales when back in blighty but on the beach or in the sun, paler, lighter tasting, colder and fizzier is perfect. It's much nicer than Euro-piss (or American-piss like Coors, Bud etc)
Actually I have to confess to hypocrisy here because when in Africa I drink lagers, and they have some very good ones at that. Perfect in a hot climate.
allthepies - Member£14 for a Newcastle Brown in Norway. Its imported see.
Where from, Mars ?
Thats pretty much what I said. I think they saw it as some artisan local brew from a small community on the english /scottish border . I told them it was p'ss , called 'dog' and that no one drinks it anymore. I think thats true?
Prices are getting a bit mad in Brizzle too. Any decent pub, it's getting towards £4 for a pint of decent ale, and anything in a large bottle can be well over that. Almost worth it for a bottle of pretty much anything from Arbor Ale - comes in a 568ml bottle too! 🙂
As much as some of the old farts may scorn at such things as craft lager, the whole microbrewery boom recently has presented us with some fantastic beers, and that can only be a good thing eh?.
Don't come south for your beer, it's really rather rubbish 😆
The Flower Pots, Cheriton, Hampshire. It's won so many awards for its own Brewed ales I'd fill this page up with them.
£3.00 - £3.50 a pint. Worth double IMO.
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Almost £4 in my local, and I'm up north 😕
As much as some of the old farts may scorn at such things as craft lager, the whole microbrewery boom recently has presented us with some fantastic beers, and that can only be a good thing eh?.
Not arguing with that fella. But 'Craft' and 'Artisan' when placed before something is a stupid hipster affectation. Usually used as some achingly transparent method of hiking the price of something. Beer, lager, ale, whatever... is made by a pretty simple process. Whether that is carried out in a microbrewery, or on an industrial scale, its pretty much the same. It is not, never has been, and never will be 'Craft' or 'Artisan'. And anyone who claims that is should be taken outside and given a proper shoeing.
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[url= http://www.irwellworksbrewery.co.uk/ ]This place[/url] is the microbrwery down the road from me. They brew cracking beer, at under £3 a pint. Sarah would no more use the word 'Craft' or 'Artisan' to describe what she makes, than she would serve pints of fosters
I can't remember the last time I went to the pub.
Binners, that place sums up the Midlands.
I'd rather be homeless in Lisbon than live near that dump. Is it Corby by any chance?
oldnpastit - MemberI had to go to Shanghai for work last week. £7/pint for Stella in the hotel
Have you tried the Shanghai Brewery? Not cheap but a good choice of beers.
I inadvertently paid 28€ for a beer once in Venice.
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Very glad I never tend to order "the same again"!
I'm in Saltburn this weekend and whilst I thought you'd get a pint for £1.50 and a shag for a bag of chips, I'm clearly wrong and it's £3.50 for Black Sheep and the shag it's seems is a thing that happened only in 70's/80's gritty Northern dramas...
It's £3.50 for Black Sheep in the pub I work in, which is in one of the most affluent villages in Cambridgeshire. 😯
I tend to only drink at wetherspoons or at home these days. Beer is far to expensive around my office in brum, and we don't go go out in the evenings since the kids came along.
I did manage to pay £12 odd for two small bottles of Belgian beer in a little hipster place last Christmas, won't make that mistake again.
£2.90 a pint in my local.
http://www.risingsunsheffield.co.uk/
And since the new landlord took over people actually want to go in!
Thomas Leaper in Derby thursday night. Shortly before watching Peter Hook & the Light.
Better than the overpriced £5 a pint shite they sell in the Bell around the corner.
It was a really nice locally brewed pint.
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Whether that is carried out in a microbrewery, or on an industrial scale, its pretty much the same.
The basic process and chemistry yes.
Everything else, no. You have just shown how ignorant you are of what is actually involved in brewing beer.
It's like trying to say there is no difference between the cheapest catering frozen sausages and sausage produced on a small scale by a local butcher.
I agree that that the word "craft" is used in a lot of sh!te marketing for some over priced rubbish.
However, the US "Craft" Brewing revival, has led to some really good beer, which has spread to the UK and Europe.
In the US they have an agreed definition of what "Craft" brewing is, this is an attempt to protect it from the big boys.
[url= https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/craft-brewer-defined/ ]https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/craft-brewer-defined/[/url]
[url= https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/defining-craft-beer ]https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/defining-craft-beer[/url]
Why do a lot these "craft" beers cost more? A lot of it comes from the cost of ingredients, particularly in a very hoppy beer. Hops are not cheap and in mass produced rubbish, they are used in the most economic way, purely for the bottom line.
If I have to use the word "craft" to help protect the breweries who produce this stuff, then so be it.
****ety **** **** its cheaper to drive than to drink
£15 a gallon rising to £32 a gallon
Home brew is the future at approx £2.40 a gallon for better beer than the pubs serve
howsyourdad1
Newcastle Brown was £1.25 the other week in our local Aldi 😀
I used to drink lots of it many moons ago, in fact it was one of the few drinks in Jills Rock Club as I remember it where they just had crates of it behind the bar.
I've recently got back into it again just for the hell of it really and ......................I actually enjoyed it 🙂
Locally cannot really go wrong with anything from the Dunham Massey brewery
£3 a pint for decent beer in the Brittania in Darlington on Thursday night.
I only paid for one of the three I drank so, technically, a pound a pint 🙂
And anyone who claims that is should be taken outside and given a proper shoeing.
An artisan manufactured shoe?
I think they saw it as some artisan local brew from a small community on the english /scottish border
They sell Tennent's Super like that in Italian supermarkets. Priced and displayed with the premium beers.
Drop out of the woods, narrowly miss the swings and freewheel to the pub.
Sam Smiths mild is £1.30 pint in the Colliers Arms, Elland.
This. And you can sit next to the canal to enjoy it 8)
MoreCashThanDash - Member
£3.30 for draught ales in the village pub. Doom Bar last night. Delicious after a short sharp road ride.Nb this is also in the Midlands, not far from Mansfield. But much better.
I'm sure it was, but Doom Bar is a ubiquitous beer that most people will drink because it's pleasant tasting and you know what you're getting if you're not a beer drinker who relishes trying something different, given half a chance.
Which is why the current landlord of my regular pub ditched it at the earliest opportunity and started changing the selection every week, three in the summer, two in the winter, but continually ringing the changes.
Some favourites come back more regularly, like Otter, ESB, and several local brews, but it's much more interesting going to the pub not knowing what will be on tap that night, instead of 'the usual', which meant Doom Bar or Courage Best, when he took on the pub.
Still, £3.60/pint means only a couple of nights a week.
Unfortunatly its the owning PubCo's who are ramping up prices. The landlord has an approved supplier list which is controlled by the pubco.
The PubCo then sets the price , and as pubs are less busy the landlord has to have a bigger mark up.
This clearly does not apply to a freehouse where the owner can choose to stock what ever he likes.
JDW have an annual tender arrangement and you apply to supply JD's for a year. Low input price, bigger volume. And never , ever short dated stock. That is an urban myth which is further than the truth.
Over supply next year will see a price war in whiuch LL's will be able to buy beers at the same price as they were paying maybe 20 years ago, give or take.
I had a lucky escape last night - have gone teetotal following a medical scare, my first out yesterday and we went for dinner at a pub where I remembered as we walked in it serves Landlord. Fortunately it was off and so I remain "on the wagon".......
Home brewing is definitely the way forward for me, the pubs near me are shocking, the odd one will serve up a decent pint of Harvey's but the best beers are on tap in my garage 😆