£7.60 for a pint?

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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.

 

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I should correct - it's a collaboration between double barrelled and siren craft

 

[Clint]

Should have asked to try it...if it was most amazing maybe buy a half...
It is expensive though...probably due like said to the small batch processing rather than it being a gold medal beer.
That makes my homebrew £8.50 a pint...form an orderly queue please.
Is that the right spelling for queue?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Should have asked to try it...if it was most amazing maybe buy a half...
It is expensive though...probably due like said to the small batch processing rather than it being a gold medal beer.
That makes my homebrew £8.50 a pint...form an orderly queue please.
Is that the right spelling for queue?

Kew

 

[obscure]

I have seen and purchased beer in the £12 a pint range however these have tended to be Barley Wines or Imperial stouts, basically the kind of beer where a half or even a third is the appropriate measure.

I could see a few of the DIPA that could perhaps justify that kind of price range but a kolsch I would struggle to be able to justify that kind of price to myself.

I should add here that this is based on pub prices unfortunately the mark up in restaurants and theatres means that £7.60 a pint is easily within the realm of possibility. I was at an outdoor theatre last year and it was something like £4 for a 330ml bottle of Peroni, but In a normal pub this seems outside the norm.

 

[Clint]

Kew

Filly-stein...
See what I did there...

 

[Brew_DD2]

It's happening more and more. As you say, you can understand when there are huge hopping additions or an ageing process which adds to overall cost substantially.

I think some breweries have realised that people will pay over the odds and are taking advantage a bit.

Don't even get me started on breweries trading on the "Sour beer" name and charging a lot more than some very special and complex Lambics, for kettle soured beers that cost less to produce than the most basic of Pale Ales. Pisstake.

 

[Gerryjo]

Personally I think it may be more to do with the pandemic with bars, breweries, shops and everything else either in partial lockdown practically zero cash flow due to less footfall that prices are rising and its not just in pubs.
I would pay good money for a night out with the missus and know we were safe as she suffers with severe asthma and haven't been out since February.

 

[Brew_DD2]

Personally I think it may be more to do with the pandemic with bars, breweries, shops and everything else either in partial lockdown practically zero cash flow due to less footfall that prices are rising and its not just in pubs.
I would pay good money for a night out with the missus and know we were safe as she suffers with severe asthma and haven't been out since February.

It was going on long before this year. I don't grudge paying even upwards of the equivalent of £7.60 a pint, but I wouldn't be paying anywhere near that for a Kölsch.

 

[Gerryjo]

It was going on long before this year. I don't grudge paying even upwards of the equivalent of £7.60 a pint, but I wouldn't be paying anywhere near that for a Kölsch.

Point taken on the kolsch..

 

[Sandimas]

Think the most expensive place I've found is Cask in Pimlico CASK Pub & Kitchen

They had an Imperial Stout for something like £14 a third of a pint. Just looked at their latest beer list and they have Ale Apothecary from Oregon for a whopping £69 for 750ml

And no I didn't pay those prices, really wanted to try the place out but as I got close decided to go to the good ol' Jugged Hare up the road and a pint of Fullers for much less.

 

[Clint]

I got some turbo cider in my shed....£55 a bottle,£3 delivery.
There,that's overpriced...come on you hipsters...

 

[Gerryjo]

About 90 litres between lager, ale and turbo cider ready to drink straight from the fermenter all eco friendly, no bottling, no CO2 and reuse your glass oh and drink till you drop. Price on fulfillment....

 

[Sadfield]

Sounds like it was the Elusive Brewing, siren, DB collaboration beer called Overflow which was brewed for Brewgooder's Global Gathering event to raise money for drinking water projects in Africa. If so, perhaps they were trying to raise a bit of cash.

 

[Bobtheblob]

Is it just me that thinks Clint's profile photo looks like Winston from Still Game?

 

[Clint]

Stop talking daft...

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Is it just me that thinks Clint's profile photo looks like Winston from Still Game?

I don't see the likeness

 

[Clint]

Exactly! I don't have a striped jumper!

 

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Some good points here. It would be interesting to see if the prices become more reasonable after the pandemic.

Sounds like it was the Elusive Brewing, siren, DB collaboration beer called Overflow which was brewed for Brewgooder's Global Gathering event to raise money for drinking water projects in Africa. If so, perhaps they were trying to raise a bit of cash.

Overflow - that's the one. I hadn't realised it was for a charity. That said, I heard that their tap room is on the pricey side too, though haven't been yet as I quite like Phantom Brewing tap room which is a smidgen closer to me.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Exactly! I don't have a striped jumper!

I bet you don't have an apron like that either.