Most Expensive Pint in a Normal Pub?
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thetapeworm said:
What I don't get is that Brewdog sell a pint of Punk IPA for £4.55 in their own bar in Leeds yet if you go to Wetherspoons it's £1.99 a pint. I appreciate Wetherspoons will buy a lot of it and perhaps it's the stuff that's about to go "off" but if the people who actually make it can't match that price what hope do we have?
And don't even get me started on the fashion for £5.00 for a 1/3 of a pint craft stuff.
Sorry I kind of went off topic there a bit.
I have not been to the Brewdog bar in Leeds, but if it is anything like the London ones they could probably charge what they like! I have tried to go to the Shoreditch one a few times early evening and there was actually a queue to get into the place. They could probably charge £8 a pint and people would still go.And don't even get me started on the fashion for £5.00 for a 1/3 of a pint craft stuff.
Sorry I kind of went off topic there a bit.
Wetherspoons is the opposite. They do buy in bulk but they need the cheap prices to incentivise people to go in there. I have been to some that have been ok, but some of them are so bad I'd be happy paying double to drink anywhere else!
I was in the The Craft Beer Co in Brighton on Thursday for a beer tasting as part of a stag do. Very enjoyable, 6 beers ranging from 4.5 to 9% of various styles, I would recommend it.
What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
Type R Tom said:
I was in the The Craft Beer Co in Brighton on Thursday for a beer tasting as part of a stag do. Very enjoyable, 6 beers ranging from 4.5 to 9% of various styles, I would recommend it.
What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
Christ on a bike.What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
Biddenden's 8.2% ABV zoider is on sale at my local for £4.90 a pint, and we think that's expensive.
Mobile Chicane said:
Type R Tom said:
I was in the The Craft Beer Co in Brighton on Thursday for a beer tasting as part of a stag do. Very enjoyable, 6 beers ranging from 4.5 to 9% of various styles, I would recommend it.
What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
Christ on a bike.What was shocking though is the £12 per pint cost of their 9% beer! Now you wouldn’t drink a pint but £6 a half is still serious money!
Biddenden's 8.2% ABV zoider is on sale at my local for £4.90 a pint, and we think that's expensive.
That said Biddenden's is cracking. I've seen grown men in tears after four pints of it!
okgo said:
Two in Surbiton that are a bit punchy -
Punk IPA - £6.50 a pint in The Antelope
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale £5.35 a pint in The Flyer
A pint is now between 4-5 wherever unless you're prepared to go to a Sam Smiths or Whetherspoons etc, some of which are alright, others not so much.
How much is it in The Coronation Hall?Punk IPA - £6.50 a pint in The Antelope
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale £5.35 a pint in The Flyer
A pint is now between 4-5 wherever unless you're prepared to go to a Sam Smiths or Whetherspoons etc, some of which are alright, others not so much.
kingston12 said:
We went to the threatre last week. I bought two drinks in a pub in the centre of Covent Garden before we went in. On the way home, we stopped had a bought an identical round in Surbiton - for £2 more! How does that work?
It was £2 cheaper in London than in Surbiton.Edited by kingston12 on Wednesday 15th July 11:40
matrignano said:
Petrol Only said:
Not if you ask the Italians.
Yep. It's got the same reputation as Carling here.Menabrea, now that's proper Italian beer! Or Ichnusa
-crookedtail- said:
matrignano said:
Petrol Only said:
Not if you ask the Italians.
Yep. It's got the same reputation as Carling here.Menabrea, now that's proper Italian beer! Or Ichnusa
-crookedtail- said:
matrignano said:
Petrol Only said:
Not if you ask the Italians.
Yep. It's got the same reputation as Carling here.Menabrea, now that's proper Italian beer! Or Ichnusa
okgo said:
I just asked the italians near me at work (we have loads for some reason) - tenants was the answer - peroni is st and nobody drinks it, apparently.
As another poster suggested, that shows what the Italians know I'm not suggesting Peroni is wonderful, but it's orders of magnitude nicer (IMO) than sodding Tennent's lager.
I'm Scottish, and I live in Scotland. That THE single most popular pint, pretty much regardless where you go in the country, is Tennent's, utterly baffles me. It's pishwatter!
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