£7.60 for a pint?

[Leon103]

You are joking of course (aren't you?) On that principal you will be happy to pay 300% for all your shopping.

But supermarkets haven't seen a cut in trade.

 

[An Ankoù]

Saying that the price of a pint of Guinness down south will set you back 5 euro in some city's

Last time I had a pint Gunness at Le Tarmac (I kid you not) in Vannes it was something over 7 euros. I didn't go back for a second. Next day I got a six pack of the little Guinness bottles at 5% abv. 4,99€ for three times the volume. If I want to sit on the crowded terrace of Le Tarmac, I'll stick to coffee. Can't stand people taking the ****, it spoils the taste of the beer.

 

[Galena]

But supermarkets haven't seen a cut in trade.

Well they have in Wales, and if you forget supermarkets, then everything else then, my point being just because they have had a cut in trade so have many other businesses, doesn't mean I am happy to pay 3 x the price for a plumber or homebrew supplies or a camera.

 

[An Ankoù]

Well they have in Wales, and if you forget supermarkets, then everything else then, my point being just because they have had a cut in trade so have many other businesses, doesn't mean I am happy to pay 3 x the price for a plumber or homebrew supplies or a camera.

I quite agree. Prices should go down as competition sharpens, but they'll go up and having gone up, will stay up. Do we owe these people a living?

 

[Leon103]

Well they have in Wales, and if you forget supermarkets, then everything else then, my point being just because they have had a cut in trade so have many other businesses, doesn't mean I am happy to pay 3 x the price for a plumber or homebrew supplies or a camera.

Have they? I don't know about independent supermarkets but I don't think any of the national companies release specific Welsh turnover figures.

 

[lupinehorror]

you know that way when you're at the bar, ask for a drink and think you've got enough money in your hand to cover it? it then turns out not to be the case?
i actually uttered ' i think there has been some mistake' once when the member of staff told me how much they were asking for a pint of a none-too-exotic Italian beer,

 

[phildo79]

My local does pints for about £3.70 but the selection is ****. It has had the exact same selection for over 20 years. Guinness, Harp, Carlsberg, Smithwicks and Strongbow (and pretty much the same in bottles, if you want to pay the same price for about half the amount of beer). Dreadful but I suppose a fair price for a pint ATM.

Went to a pub just a few miles down the road which fancies itself a bit as an iconic pub with hipster beers. Pint of Verdant Putty was £8. Pint of Kinnegar IPA was £7. Pint of Bullhouse NEIPA was £6.50. Now that could turn into quite an expensive night and the Verdant and Kinnegar were nowhere near worth that sort of money, IMO.

 

[Galena]

Have they? I don't know about independent supermarkets but I don't think any of the national companies release specific Welsh turnover figures.

Currently they are only allowed to sell essential items, so yes

 

[Leon103]

Currently they are only allowed to sell essential items, so yes

Perhaps all the panic buying would settle out the two week drop in takings

 

[AnimatedGIF]

Hipster beers equals hipster prices, I'm not a hipster and just about accept paying £3.50 in my local.

I certainly can't justify paying for these hipster type beers, as I don't have a frilly moustache. Thought I'd have been safe price-wise with the Kolsch.
£3.50 a pint - that would be a dream!

Do we owe these people a living?

Indeed, I think we do not. Further, I don't like the suggestion from the barman that I should just accept that I should pay such a price, just because someone decided to open a microbrewery and make small batches. Feels like the cost of someone's dream is being passed on to the consumer in this case.
At least I can "vote with my feet", and if others are willing to pay the prices, I cannot have any issues with that - good luck to them.

 

[Crappyfish]

I was in my local last week and, as I like to support local breweries, I was tempted by a Kolsch that is brewed 2.6 miles away. On seeing the price, I assumed there was a typo as it was down as £7.60 for a pint. When I queried, I was told it's because they are a small brewery (double barrelled). Is that really a thing? I understand stupidly over-hopped doule-whatever kind of beers being pricier, but from what I see, there's nothing too expensive going into a kolsch. Indeed, I had a reasonably priced(£4.something) kolsch in another local pub not 2 weeks ago. Needless to say I chose something else.
I appreciate I am in the South, and I recall when I moved down here in 2006 I was shocked when I had to pay £3 for a pint. Now anything over £5 makes me wince.

We are catching up with some European countries we were paying 8 or 9 euros for half a litre in France last year. TBH though it was bloody strong 2 was enough.

 

[An Ankoù]

We are catching up with some European countries we were paying 8 or 9 euros for half a litre in France last year. TBH though it was bloody strong 2 was enough.

You need to understand that in France, at least, you'll be fleeced to the very limits of what the market will bear. There's something a bit funny about how the French react to this: it's almost as if the price is proportional to the pleasure or the perceived worth. For example, I've found exactly the same product in three different parts of a supermarket with three different bar codes depending whether it's in gardening, baking, or cleaning and at a price range of 2.5 the cost of the cheapest.
The best value for decent (but too strong for my preferred consumption rate) beer is La Goudale or Trois Monts: cracking beers or something from La Choulette. Newbies on the market knock out their stuff at twice or more the price and, presumably, people buy it. I've tasted their stuff and by and large it's *****. Bière artisinale de merde à mon avis!
My advice would be that we should remember our student days when we didn't have dosh to chuck around and went for either strength or flavour and sometimes found both. These shysters are laughing up our sleeves at those of us who pay £7+ a pint.
DON'T GET SUCKED IN.

Rant over.

 

[johncrobinson]

As someone who can remember 13p a pint on his 18th birthday
I would refuse to pay a fiver++++ no-matter what the beer.

 

[Sadfield]

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” ― Oscar Wilde.

 

[johncrobinson]

One interesting point over my long life.Is that people who run businesses and earn a couple of hundred grand a year,PLEAD POVERTY.!!!!!!!!!!

 

[johncrobinson]

BTW I am NOT a left wing Marxist.

 

[starseeker]

Last year myself and my best mate made the 7h trip from south somerset up to scarborough for the Gold cup motorcycle racing at Olivers Mount ,we went out for a few beers when we arrived and ordered two pints of local ale ,the barmaid asked for £4.30 and i replied that i would like two pints not the one ,and she replied that is two pints ! All in all a great weekend up north ,fantastic racing ,really cheap beer (and tasty) and the girls like to wear the shortest skirts i have ever seen !

 

[johncrobinson]

Girls in short skirts will do it

 

[An Ankoù]

BTW I am NOT a left wing Marxist.

Shame. I'm not a Marxist either. Doesn't mean everything he said was bollixist! His (and Engels') analysis was fair enough, just the conclusions were (to my mind) a bit iffy. Nothing wrong with being Left Wing, though. Doesn't mean you're a Marxist. But at the end of the day: "Girls in short skirts will do it "

 

[Galena]

As someone who can remember 13p a pint on his 18th birthday
I would refuse to pay a fiver++++ no-matter what the beer.

14p for a pint of Bass was the first pint I bought when I was 16