Price if a pint where you live

[Inchy]

I work in the NHS so I have to pay for my own Xmas do. It’s the same with police, teachers, fireman etc

Don’t have a problem with it. Can’t imagine the public would be happy if their taxes were funding a **** up.


I live in Whitkirk in leeds for the one suggesting I lived near the Hedley. My local is the brown cow which is a crap chain pub

[Boss Hogg]

It’s a shame so many pubs are going bust but it’s no wonder. I go in them far less. Some chilled cans/bottles at home often looks a better option. I think for a Christmas do you just have to accept the stupid prices.

[basil6345789]

Boot.
£3.50

What are you drinking? Ruddles 1.77, real ales 2.55, low priced keg, cider, lagers, etc

[longsidetrumpet]

What are you drinking? Ruddles 1.77, real ales 2.55, low priced keg, cider, lagers, etc

Basil will know the cheapest pints around

[Squazo]

at a pub near goodison i paid £10.50 for two Guinness and a Madri

[Florian]

What are you drinking? Ruddles 1.77, real ales 2.55, low priced keg, cider, lagers, etc

Just your standard lager like san miguel, stella etc
I dont sup the real ale stuff

[Florian]

at a pub near goodison i paid £10.50 for two Guinness and a Madri

You didnt even go Everton Mark

[crundale]

£3.70 for a very good real ale down here in Kent! Home of the expensive pint. Red Lion, Snargate, on Romney Marsh. Have seen Reedley Hallows on the pumps.

[ArmchairDetective]

Greater Manchester. Slightly cheaper in the locals, say £4.50 a pint on average compared to the city centre which I'd say is about £6 on average. Have to think twice about going out.

I do most of my drinking in Burnley on match days. Half the price.

[ClaretAL]

Park View has increased quite a bit, its a shock when you look at all those chip and pin purchases the morning after

[GetIntoEm]

Park View has increased quite a bit, its a shock when you look at all those chip and pin purchases the morning after

paid £11 for a guinness and a san miguel in there, i suspect they cant charge that on non matchdays. proper rip off merchants

[AGENT_CLARET]

These day's I only ever have a drink when I go to watch Football so it's spoons for me, Accy Clarets for away games and the one in the town center when we're at home, I only drink Guinness or real ale and I'm a member of CAMRA so it's 50p off a pint when I pay making it around £2.10 a pint.

[karatekid]

Does anyone ever ask the price before they order at the bar? No one seems to, almost like it's not the done thing or rude.

[claret2018]

Does anyone ever ask the price before they order at the bar? No one seems to, almost like it's not the done thing or rude.

Yeah I was thinking that. In most pubs I go to on a night out I’ll be buying in rounds and have no idea how much a beer is

[strayclaret]

Just paid £5.20 for a pint of Moretti in my local village pub, however paid £6.90 in a “posh” bar for the same in Leeds on Saturday night probably because Luke Ayling and his Weeds chums were there as well, they can no doubt afford it on a regular basis. I can’t as I am a pensioner you know Didn’t go over and wish him good luck for the season .

[basil6345789]

Does anyone ever ask the price before they order at the bar? No one seems to, almost like it's not the done thing or rude.

Yes but invariably the young, low paid girl doesn't know and has to walk over to the till to look for it.

[basil6345789]

New, low cost pubs irk me - mostly in old shops. They buy a firkin for about £130 to 140, get 70 ish pints out of it. Easy to calculate who the robbers are.

[Clovius Boofus]

New, low cost pubs irk me - mostly in old shops. They buy a firkin for about £130 to 140, and get 70-ish pints out of it. Easy to calculate who the robbers are.

So they buy at £2.00 a pint? Don't you realise they have to pay rent, rates, heating bills, staff wages, and taxes, all while trying to make a profit? Hardley robbers in my opinion, unless you expect them to run their business for nowt while eating out of bins and sleeping rough.

[Jamesy]

So they buy at £2.00 a pint? Don't you realise they have to pay rent, rates, heating bills, staff wages, and taxes, all while trying to make a profit? Hardley robbers in my opinion, unless you expect them to run their business for nowt while eating out of bins and sleeping rough.

Spot on with this. Pubs paying this sort of cost price for cask beer and charging circa £4 a pint are hardly taking the p!ss. Probably just keeping their heads above the water.

[basil6345789]

So they buy at £2.00 a pint? Don't you realise they have to pay rent, rates, heating bills, staff wages, and taxes, all while trying to make a profit? Hardley robbers in my opinion, unless you expect them to run their business for nowt while eating out of bins and sleeping rough.

Traditional pubs/buildings are different from low cost "pop-up" bars in former shops - they're much cheaper to operate and maintain, yet charge top dollar.

[Awayfromburnley]

Don't some people realise, if you can't afford it, they don't want you in there?

Harsh but true

You're being priced out, deliberately.

[John Johnson 1605]

Out last night in Glasgow, paying £11.60 for a pint of Guiness and Joker IPA (brewed in Alloa and available in Tesco for £1.50 a bottle).

They were served in plastic glasses and we were also in the Glasgow University Student’s Union.

Couldn’t afford that regularly.

The OP mentions Wetherspoons. They’ve really upped their game and some of them are really good and affordable. Harrogate, Todmorden and Broughty Ferry as recent examples. The Mrs likes flavoured gins and they do a good line in there.

As for Christmas do’s in hotels I absolutely feel your pain. I actually thought they’d largely died out.

[atlantalad]

Some establishments do hike prices to attract a certain clientele. However, I feel the breweries are over charging on the pretence of inflation, energy hikes, etc. About 2 year ago you could buy 4 bottles of standard ales in supermarkets for £5. It will now cost you £7 for the same. That is a 40% increase in 2 years.

[Jamesy]

Went out last night with one of my sons. Short 15 minute train ride from Shrewsbury to Wellington, Shropshire to a cracking real ale/craft beer pub called the Pheasant.
Deya, Steady Rolling Strata £5.50 a pint and Verdant Lightbulb £5 a pint. Absolute bargain. My mate lives up the posh end of town and he is paying over £5 per pint for some insipid lager offering from Molsen Coors in a crap pub.

[Clovius Boofus]

Don't some people realise, if you can't afford it, they don't want you in there?

Harsh but true

You're being priced out, deliberately.

At least it keeps the riff-raff at bay.

[Clovius Boofus]

Traditional pubs/buildings are different from low cost "pop-up" bars in former shops - they're much cheaper to operate and maintain, yet charge top dollar.

They still have expensive overheads, as I stated in my post. Also, nobody is going to get rich running a bar if their cost price is £2.00 a pop. Most of these places, especially the good ones, are run on love, rather than any hopes of a prosperous early retirement.

Anyways, you pay your money and takes your choice. In my opinion, you can beat a small, quirky bar run by an amiable host who has a real passion for what they are doing.

[ClaretTony]

My first pint was 25p. Round about 1975.

Must have been a big increase - was 8.5p for a pint of bitter around 1968.

[CleggHall]

£6.20 for a pint of Guinness in hospitality SJP Newcastle.

[atlantalad]

It was 16p a pint in the 110 Club in 1975 - when I worked there pt.

Think it was Worthingtons on the bar back then.

[basil6345789]

At least it keeps the riff-raff at bay.

Honest John in Tod told me that when I took one of his rancid pints back. Said he wanted more of the Manchester-like customers!

[basil6345789]

They still have expensive overheads, as I stated in my post. Also, nobody is going to get rich running a bar if their cost price is £2.00 a pop. Most of these places, especially the good ones, are run on love, rather than any hopes of a prosperous early retirement.

Anyways, you pay your money and takes your choice. In my opinion, you can beat a small, quirky bar run by an amiable host who has a real passion for what they are doing.

Exactly - like The New Brewm in Burnley

[ŽižkovClaret]

Around a 1:50 local, and up to 4 quid in the more touristy places

[Jamesy]

£6.20 for a pint of Guinness in hospitality SJP Newcastle.

Can beat that. It’s £7.10 in Trophy Lounge in Bob Lord Stand.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Just back from a weekend in Edinburgh. Was in rounds mainly but average was between 5 and 6 quid a pint and average 10/12 yr old dram

[Clovius Boofus]

Drinking in Edinburgh's city centre has always been expensive.

[Swizzlestick]

That’s not too bad for a tourist heavy city centre.

[ŽižkovClaret]

best value has got to be The Bridge ... £2.50 for Moorhouses Premiership and it's a cracking pint

Aye they've always made sure to have at least one cheap pint so people can get out for a bit. Fair play to them for that

[ŽižkovClaret]

That’s not too bad for a tourist heavy city centre.

Aye, no complaints really. You know what youre signing up for

[Jamesy]

Must have been a big increase - was 8.5p for a pint of bitter around 1968.

I started drinking in the Borough Hotel just off Manchester Road in 1977 and am sure it was 19 pence a pint?

[CaymanClaret]

Local rugby club is $6 for a 745ml big bottle - about 3 quid. Cheapest drinking by far!

Otherwise, a decent pint on tap would be $10 to $12 - 5 or 6 quid.

[ChrisG]

In the town I live in it's quite touristy, ergo pricey. 5ish € at the local local Brauhaus for their own (excellent) Helles.

In Frankfurt it varies from around 4 to 5 € for a big brewery pint of Binding/Radeburg/HB/Bitburger etc.

Still much cheaper than when I was living in Altrincham mind..

[Longford Claret]

€5 for Coors Light in my local in Tarmonbarry by the River Shannon in Ireland.

[boatshed bill]

Must have been a big increase - was 8.5p for a pint of bitter around 1968.

Weren't you too young then?

[ClaretTony]

Weren't you too young then?

Only under the licensing laws

[NottsClaret]

There’s a pub in our town in South Yorkshire where you can still get a pint for £1.60. A few yards away there’s a bar where it’s £6 for a lager.

All depends on your clientele I guess. I like both places, the cheap pub isn’t rough, just an old man type pub where they have horse racing on all day. Reminds me of Rosegrove.