English Beer Costs
Tracey Shannon Meyer
Hi All
How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
Perhaps I will need to learn to brew my own again. Are there better
products on the market now than the boots kits that I used to use 15
years ago ?
Regards
John Doughty
Ben Paquin
Tracey Shannon Meyer wrote:
>
> Hi All
> How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
> pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
> lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
> John Doughty
Hi John,
When I was in England last June, a pint in a rural setting was around 1.10
(sorry no pound sign) and in London about 1.30. But I've heard of pints as low as 99p.
So good luck when you go back.
Cheers
Liz Blades
Tracey Shannon Meyer <algo...@iafrica.com> wrote:
>Hi All
>How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
>pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
>lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
>Perhaps I will need to learn to brew my own again. Are there better
>products on the market now than the boots kits that I used to use 15
>years ago ?
>Regards
>John Doughty
Hi,
Depending on where in the UK you return to you'll be broke quicker in
the south of England where a pint is around£2.00,than in the North
where you can pay any thing from £1.00 upwards.
There are a lot better kits on the market here than 15 years ago(OK so
I'm a bit prejudiced)
you should look in the yellow pages under wine and beer making.
Hope this helps.
Liz
Liz Blades
Proprietor of Blades Home Brewery
http://www.dmatters.co.uk/Blades/blades.html
Peter Dewhirst
Tracey Shannon Meyer wrote:
>
> Hi All
> How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
> pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
> lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
>
standard bitter (Greene King IPA for example) typically £1.60 - £1.65.
Free houses can be dearer, say £1.80 but often wide gravity variation
between different beers at same price.
One free house chain, Wetherspoons, makes a great play of its prices,
always one bitter for 99p, and currently 89p in the January sale at my
local one.
Black Country still good value, but I think the cheapest regular beer
must be Holts in Manchester. I doubt if their Public Bar price in their
own houses has passed £1 yet.
Before you come home do a WWW search on CAMRA as many branches now have
their own homepages. HQ is http:\\www.camra.org.uk
Enjoy!
Tim Saltmarsh
Ben Paquin <bpa...@cmhc-schl.gc.ca> wrote:
>Hi John,
> When I was in England last June, a pint in a rural setting was around 1.10
>(sorry no pound sign) and in London about 1.30. But I've heard of pints as low as 99p.
> So good luck when you go back.
> Cheers
>
Ben, either you found the economic pubs or their was quite a bit of
inflation between June and October. I was finding just under two
pounds to be the standard in the centre of London while the cheapest I
could find was about 1 pound forty in Shepherd's Bush.
Tim
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Nick Davies
Tracey Shannon Meyer wrote:
>
> Hi All
> How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
> pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
> lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
>
pub round here (Central London) is around 1.60 - 1.70 pounds. You would
pay more in stockbroker belt Surrey and less north or Watford. Lots
of pubs have something on special offer, maybe a quid or 1.20 a pint,
but then again I can think of a lot of pubs which will happily take
more than 2 quid from you for a pint of slops.
I would guess on the average around the country for a pint of cooking
bitter is somewhere around the 1.50 mark.
> Perhaps I will need to learn to brew my own again. Are there better
> products on the market now than the boots kits that I used to use 15
> years ago ?
Dunno, I gave up home brewing about then as well. They still do Boots
kits though.
Toby
Tracey Shannon Meyer wrote:
>
> Hi All
> How much is a pint of bitter in an English pub. Here in South Africa we
> pay the equivalent of 50p for 375ml (they call it a pint ... but they
> lie). Will I be bankrupt if I come home after all these years away :-)
>
> products on the market now than the boots kits that I used to use 15
> years ago ?
>
> John Doughty
A UK (Imperial?) pint is 568ml so your cost will have to be multiplied
by 1.5 to give 75 pence per pint.
You will find a significant increase in price if you come back.
My local in London serves Fullers London Pride at 1.84 pounds per pint.
Mega lager brews (i.e. not from the local brewery (Fullers)) cost more
(2 pounds plus) and are not (IMO) worth bothering with.
There is significant regional variation as a general rule, the furhter
North, the cheaper. New pub chains like Wetherspoons have special deals
on beers and you can pick up a pint of Scotch (Ale) for a pound on
certain weeks etc.
Not being a home brewer myself I can't really comment on bre kits per
se, but I imagine that quality must have risen. Also there are do it
yourself breweries open now that are an alternative to kits.
Hope this helps,
Toby
Christopher Hatton
Tim Saltmarsh wrote:
>
> Ben Paquin <bpa...@cmhc-schl.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> >Hi John,
> > When I was in England last June, a pint in a rural setting was around 1.10
> >(sorry no pound sign) and in London about 1.30. But I've heard of pints as low as 99p.
> > So good luck when you go back.
> > Cheers
> >
>
> Ben, either you found the economic pubs or their was quite a bit of
> inflation between June and October. I was finding just under two
> pounds to be the standard in the centre of London while the cheapest I
> could find was about 1 pound forty in Shepherd's Bush.
JD Wetherspoon chain, mainly North London, sell a fairly yucky Youngers
Scotch Ales for 99p although thats probably changed in Leicester you can
buy the same pint for 89p. A pint of lovely Theakston XB will only set
you back 1.37.
When I lived in London, some really crappy chain of big brewers sold 3
crowns bitter for 99p also Tarten bitter from McEwans serious gassy
yuk. However 1.85 is normal for a bitter and upto 2.20 for a lager.
Come upto the East Midlands or failing that go to the Everads pub on the
End on Warwick Avenue near Olympia tube station for a decent cheap pint,
Youngs and Fullers across the road (only decent brewers in London)
Christoph.
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Phil Clark
Christopher Hatton <Hat...@Ifn-magdeburg.de> wrote:
>JD Wetherspoon chain, mainly North London, sell a fairly yucky Youngers
>Scotch Ales for 99p although thats probably changed in Leicester you can
>buy the same pint for 89p. A pint of lovely Theakston XB will only set
>you back 1.37.
Even the Weatherspoon on Whitehall, Lord Moon of the Mall, sells beer
at these prices. I had Hop Back Summer Lightning for £1.36 a pint,
and their Younger's Scotch was 89p. Not a bad pub for a Weatherspoon,
it's a conversion from a bank and does a reasonably good impression of
"big city centre pub". Could do without the name though. Don't see
how they do those prices, with London prices generally about £1.80 for
a strong bitter like Summer Lightning. Not that I'm complaining.
Phil Clark
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