No wonder we brew our own

[Ajhutch]

I paid ��£4.20 for a nice pint last week which annoyed me as it was a local brewer.

Not sure about this. If the premise is that there is something that would be worth £4.20 a pint to you, then a high quality local brew should be it. Their costs per pint (both ingredients and also fixed overheads like rent and rates) will be a lot higher than anything mass produced.

 

[Steve62]

The pub opposite my house re-opened last night after 2 years of being renovated, a pint used to cost £3.30 and the wifes whisky with coke was £3,
pint is now £4.20 the whisky was £3.50 and the tiny bottle of coke was £1.65!! I've told her from now on she drinks whisky at home and beer in the pub...not that i'll be giving them much custom

 

[Ajhutch]

The pub opposite my house re-opened last night after 2 years of being renovated, a pint used to cost �£3.30 and the wifes whisky with coke was �£3,
pint is now �£4.20 the whisky was �£3.50 and the tiny bottle of coke was �£1.65!! I've told her from now on she drinks whisky at home and beer in the pub...not that i'll be giving them much custom

Do you know why they closed 2 years ago?

 

[Dexter101]

I would also guess that most offers on beer tend to be funded by the producer. So if Carling is on offer its because Carling are providing a cheaper price or free beer in order to promote their beer. Smaller or start up craft brewers wouldn't be in such a position to offer this.

 

[thegoatboy]

Not sure about this. If the premise is that there is something that would be worth �£4.20 a pint to you, then a high quality local brew should be it. Their costs per pint (both ingredients and also fixed overheads like rent and rates) will be a lot higher than anything mass produced.

my old lunchtime local used to sell similar beer for less than 3.30

the pub we went to has the luxury of a beer garden and charges a lot more for the beer.

there is also a bunker pub close by that has similar prices.

but work colleagues like the beer garden on sunny days.

 

[Steve62]

Do you know why they closed 2 years ago?

Yes, the pub was sinking into the ground, turns out it was originally thatched and it got tiled over, the weight of 2 roofs weighed it down too much.

It's supposed to be the 2nd oldest pub in England, English heritage got involved in the renovation and I heard they promised half of the cost to do the job, somewhere in the region of half a million was quoted for the job

 

[Ajhutch]

It does sound like both thegoatboy and steve62 have pubs that have something more to 'sell' beyond just their beer (respectively their beer garden and their heritage, and also a need to recoup money that had to be spent on the place). I'm not trying to justify any and all price increases but it's not beyond reason to have different prices on different places.

Communities and what people want change too, the pub at the end of our road used to sell solely mass produced lager and John Smiths Smooth for £3 a pint and was empty, after being closed for six months it reopened selling craft beer for £5+ and is busy most evenings.


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[thegoatboy]

My problem is I'm a tight arse!

That one pub has always been over priced.

It was my choice to go there, and I picked a decent ale.

 

[Fore]

Bloody more expensive in French pubs. Last Guinness I bought cost 7 EUR, that's 6.40 pounds using today's exchange rate. And that's not even a pint! Damn! So I brewed 40 pints of it for almost exactly the same cost as that one single drink.

 

[Gunge]

The day that I pay over two pounds for a pint of beer will be the day that I seriously consider getting myself checked out for the onset of some age-related mental abberation. If someone else is buying, that's ok.

 

[LarryF]

Bloody more expensive in French pubs. Last Guinness I bought cost 7 EUR, that's 6.40 pounds using today's exchange rate. And that's not even a pint! Damn! So I brewed 40 pints of it for almost exactly the same cost as that one single drink.

This is the issue I have, my entire nights drinking at home is less than the price of one mediocre pint in the pub. Although I enjoy the company 5 or 6 pints is £20 but £2 at home. And, the beer in the pub crucifies me in the morning, my own beer just leaves me a bit fuzzy, nothing a coffee can't deal with.

 

[trueblue]

People slag of Wetherspoons but I have never had a bad pint in any of their pubs. My only complaint would be the lack of bar staff but that helps keep the overheads down.

 

[Druncan]

Sorry guys but, we may be at the top end of UK microbrewery prices,,, and it is only just viable taking into account my time.

We are @ £4.50 for Faceplant 6% heavily hopped AIPA. However, we are an Ecorestaurant and Pico brewery,,, But 70m offshore so we have lots of fookin on-costs due to transport etc...

Discussed this with our customers tonight and they said if it's good and very local we are totally happy to pay the price, Phew,,, I just cannot keep up with demand. Today, all day brewing and all night restaurant, again.

Full house for the next two weeks and Tiree 35m offroad ultrarun Sunday. 8hrs run for charity on a rest day to raise money for missing friends favourite charities,,,, One foot in front of the other is my motto.

 

[MickDundee]

I was at a pub I frequented 15 years ago which is now a dive and a small gig venue tonight - £4 a round (2 of us) in the former (
I was on mass produced Italian lager) and £6 in the latter (I was on Hobgoblin Gold). I thought both were very reaosnable!

 

[simon12]

People slag of Wetherspoons but I have never had a bad pint in any of their pubs. My only complaint would be the lack of bar staff but that helps keep the overheads down.

I agree completely, from a consumer point of view the beer is always in great condition the variety is unmatched outside of specialist London pubs that are seriously expensive and you can't touch there prices. But they are bad for the industry both brewers and other pubs.

 

[Saisonator]

I agree completely, from a consumer point of view the beer is always in great condition the variety is unmatched outside of specialist London pubs that are seriously expensive and you can't touch there prices. But they are bad for the industry both brewers and other pubs.

Sadly a lot of the Wetherspoons, especially during the day, resemble a waiting room for the dole office.
I guess that's better than no pub and they do serve good beer.
The one in Kingston has a selection of decent craft beers on tap including a nice well hopped wheat beer. The one in Windsor is a multi level pub with large gardens that is heaving with customers of all ages and is just across the road from the castle.

 

[thegoatboy]

I think I have had a bad pint in spoons.

i took it back and they gave me something else. same as most pubs.

I did argue with a bar man once because in one pub about the p*ss he was trying to serve me as strongbow.

i won that.

 

[Saisonator]

You can't compare an evening out with friends to sitting alone drinking yourself silly.
If I go to the pub I may drink 4 or 5 pints, even at local prices that's £22 plus a couple of quid bus fare. How is £25 an expensive evenings entertainment at a place that has a business to maintain, wages to pay, rent and business rates etc?
If everybody was too tight to pay the prices and just compared it to homebrew or supermarket prices and sitting indoors watching TV, then we would have an even more isolated and insular society than we have now.
We would also see the end of one of the most traditional parts of our culture.

 

[thegoatboy]

You can't compare an evening out with friends to sitting alone drinking yourself silly.
If I go to the pub I may drink 4 or 5 pints, even at local prices that's �£22 plus a couple of quid bus fare. How is �£25 an expensive evenings entertainment at a place that has a business to maintain, wages to pay, rent and business rates etc?

depends how skint you are.

 

[Pivovar]

After leaving a comment on a pub review that we were surprised to pay nearly five quid for a pint of Doombar (Shiplake South Oxfordshire)

The reply was that they no longer sell that ****e and If I want one I should go to Spoons ....

The point is sir, you were happy to charge nearly a fiver a pint while your customers thought they were buying a craft beer of quality ....

Some landlord are selling run of the mill beers at craft prices, such is the current market. ...