£7.50p a pint. That’s it I’m out

[z4RRSchris]

went to a spoons by accident yesterday and was 1.71 a pint for some piss drink and you got another 10% for camra

[snuffy]

ChocolateFrog said:

Black Sheep Brewery has gone bust according to my social media.

Shame as they did some decent beer.

Really? That would be a shame.

Only a couple of weeks ago they said they were looking at options and last week they saidcthdy had decided ti stay as they were.

So it has.

Me and the missus went on a brewery tour last year and it was very good. This year, we went to Theakstons, also very good tour but a totally different business setup.

Edited by snuffy on Wednesday 3rd May 00:02

[Bannock]

snuffy said:

ChocolateFrog said:

Black Sheep Brewery has gone bust according to my social media.

Shame as they did some decent beer.

Really? That would be a shame.

Only a couple of weeks ago they said they were looking at options and last week they saidcthdy had decided ti stay as they were.

So it has.

Me and the missus went on a brewery tour last year and it was very good. This year, we went to Theakstons, also very good tour but a totally different business setup.

Edited by snuffy on Wednesday 3rd May 00:02

That would be bad news. They were set up by original Theakstons people when Theakstons was taken over by Scottish and Newcastle. Great beer and I often buy it, but don't see it frequently on pumps here in Berkshire. It'll be very, very sad if proper real ale breweries start dropping and we're just left with craft brewers making cloudy hoppy flowery fruit juice. Groo.

In my days in the almost-north (Nottingham, my duck) the pub I worked in was an S&N house with all the Theakstons beers, my God a well kept and poured pint of XB is still one of the greatest pleasures I can recall in life. Magic.

[Gecko1978]

Bannock said:

That would be bad news. They were set up by original Theakstons people when Theakstons was taken over by Scottish and Newcastle. Great beer and I often buy it, but don't see it frequently on pumps here in Berkshire. It'll be very, very sad if proper real ale breweries start dropping and we're just left with craft brewers making cloudy hoppy flowery fruit juice. Groo.

In my days in the almost-north (Nottingham, my duck) the pub I worked in was an S&N house with all the Theakstons beers, my God a well kept and poured pint of XB is still one of the greatest pleasures I can recall in life. Magic.

I have been tea total 9 years now but theakstons best was my go to in my youth loved the stuff it might not have been cool as thr new fangled alco pops that had come out but it was one of lifes great pleasures. When all the real ale's have gone and pubs just serve sugar an ethanol it will be a sad day

[Harpoon]

BBC article:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-y...

We've stayed in Masham a few times and I always enjoy a couple of pints in each of the brewery taps. Had some good food at the Black Sheep tap as well. Hopefully a buyer can be found.

[Wadeski]

So im sitting in a bar in barcelona, a city with higher incomes and property prices than most UK cities outside of London.

And a nice 400ml-ish glass of Marzen is €2.5

Thats three and a bit quid a pint. So….its possible for things to be Ok without wishing for impossible things. Why do we have to put up with such nonsense?

[snuffy]

Wadeski said:

So im sitting in a bar in barcelona, a city with higher incomes and property prices than most UK cities outside of London.

And a nice 400ml-ish glass of Marzen is €2.5

Thats three and a bit quid a pint. So….its possible for things to be Ok without wishing for impossible things. Why do we have to put up with such nonsense?

The duty on a pint of 5% beer is 54p. So that must be it, clearly. Oh, hang on.....

[Shnozz]

Wadeski said:

So im sitting in a bar in barcelona, a city with higher incomes and property prices than most UK cities outside of London.

And a nice 400ml-ish glass of Marzen is €2.5

Thats three and a bit quid a pint. So….its possible for things to be Ok without wishing for impossible things. Why do we have to put up with such nonsense?

You’re getting stiffed on your exchange bureau mate! I make it about £2.20…

[bigothunter]

Shnozz said:

Wadeski said:

So im sitting in a bar in barcelona, a city with higher incomes and property prices than most UK cities outside of London.

And a nice 400ml-ish glass of Marzen is €2.5

Thats three and a bit quid a pint. So….its possible for things to be Ok without wishing for impossible things. Why do we have to put up with such nonsense?

You’re getting stiffed on your exchange bureau mate! I make it about £2.20…

In my book 568 ÷ 400 × 0.88 × €2.5 = £3.12

[Shnozz]

Quite right.

I’m blaming a few of these.



At €1.80 a bottle

Given I’ve met Wadeski and know him to be an intelligent chap I don’t know why I didn’t doubt myself before posting.

[Chris Stott]

Even that’s a bit pricy when they are c.€0.65c a bottle in mercadona!

[Adam.]

Not sure of the relevance of beer prices in other countries with different excise duty regimes.

Meanwhile in SW London a good blend of prices for a range of pockets.




£7.15 for neck oil at our post football local is taking the pee a bit though

Edited by Adam. on Friday 5th May 14:22

[Bannock]

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

[paulguitar]

Bannock said:

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

Yeah, stupid poncy blackboard, just write the price in properly, FFS.

[ZedLeg]

Literally every real ale pub I've ever been in has had a board like that, yous should go to better pubs.

[snuffy]

paulguitar said:

Bannock said:

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

Yeah, stupid poncy blackboard, just write the price in properly, FFS.

What is shows is that a bog standard (3.6%) pint of cooking ale is 5 sovs a pint !

[Bannock]

snuffy said:

paulguitar said:

Bannock said:

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

Yeah, stupid poncy blackboard, just write the price in properly, FFS.

What is shows is that a bog standard (3.6%) pint of cooking ale is 5 sovs a pint !

It also shows there isn't a single variety of bitter available, so not a pub I'd want to be in. IPA is not bitter for the avoidance of doubt, it's IPA. If a pub can't even serve one single type of session or best bitter, I'm unimpressed.

[snuffy]

Bannock said:

snuffy said:

paulguitar said:

Bannock said:

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

Yeah, stupid poncy blackboard, just write the price in properly, FFS.

What is shows is that a bog standard (3.6%) pint of cooking ale is 5 sovs a pint !

It also shows there isn't a single variety of bitter available, so not a pub I'd want to be in. IPA is not bitter for the avoidance of doubt, it's IPA. If a pub can't even serve one single type of session or best bitter, I'm unimpressed.

Well, yes, I know that. But that IPA was the closest thing they have to a bog standard pint of bitter, hence why I pointed it out.

I happened to be in a pub like that a few months ago, I had a pint of something that I'd never heard of, and it barely passable. Someone else in our small group bought something else and hated it. We all tried it and said it was rank. So she took it back and they told her "You can't have your money back or something else, because you ordered it".

[Bannock]

snuffy said:

Bannock said:

snuffy said:

paulguitar said:

Bannock said:

Was struggling there to work out which column was the price and which was the ABV.

Yeah, stupid poncy blackboard, just write the price in properly, FFS.

What is shows is that a bog standard (3.6%) pint of cooking ale is 5 sovs a pint !

It also shows there isn't a single variety of bitter available, so not a pub I'd want to be in. IPA is not bitter for the avoidance of doubt, it's IPA. If a pub can't even serve one single type of session or best bitter, I'm unimpressed.

Well, yes, I know that. But that IPA was the closest thing they have to a bog standard pint of bitter, hence why I pointed it out.

I happened to be in a pub like that a few months ago, I had a pint of something that I'd never heard of, and it barely passable. Someone else in our small group bought something else and hated it. We all tried it and said it was rank. So she took it back and they told her "You can't have your money back or something else, because you ordered it".

Sorry, snuffy, wasn't trying to contradict you. Just yelling my frustration into the internet.

[anonymous-user]

Adam. said:

£7.15 for neck oil at our post football local is taking the pee a bit though

I would pay a substantial sum to avoid drinking Neck Oil.