?4.10 for a pint........ blimey

[EDOliver]

went to the CPT the other night for a cheeky beer and paid ?4.10 for a pint Staropramen lager.

Anyone else think that's a bit much?

Just thought I'd throw it out there.

[camberwell70]

We are hurtling towards the ?5.00 pint.

[Atticus]

I was in Hoopers on Saturday and was charged just ?3 for a pint of Fosters, I think.

[*Bob*]

Atticus Wrote:

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> I was in Hoopers on Saturday and was charged just

> ?3 for a pint of Fosters, I think.

You were robbed

[Jah Lush]

They saw you coming.

[DJKillaQueen]

It amazes me that any pub gets away with charging anything near ?4 for a pint. A barrel of beer holds 88 pints. You lose a couple of pints when pulling through or cleaning the beer lines but on average you'll get 80 pints from it. The barrel costs {with VAT} around ?120 upwards (depending on the beer/ale). Fosters is cheaper than Kronenberg for example but even still, you can charge ?3 for a pint of Fosters and be making 100% plus profit on that barrel.

My honest opinion is that a lot of the pubs in the area are just taking advantage of the perceived affluence of the area.

[zeban]

I agree DJKQ, even the food in some of the pubs is a ridiculous price for what it really should be. But that's awful to charge so much for a pint

[DJKillaQueen]

People need to vote with their feet. Don't pay it.

And I agree on the food thing. ?10 for a main course in a local pub seems to be standard now. For that I expect restaurant quality food, not some fast food dressed up as gastro (when it often isn't).

[????]

Oh get foooking real DJKQ....People do vote with their feet.....go and see how packed the Bun House is, or that Pub opposite the cinema in Peckham you can get a pint for about ?2.00 in both.....they're mainly empty...many peoiple don't give a shite about the price of a pint within reason including many from these here parts. It's not about price for many so stop your bleeding lecturing tone......

[matthew123]

4 quid a pint is a bit much isnt it for East Dulwich, you'd sort of expect it to be at least a quarter cheaper than central London but no it seems some landlords think central London is actually north London and that SE22 is the West End!

[DJKillaQueen]

What's with the attitude quids? Been on the stella again? I don't think anyone wants to pay ?4 for a pint that's the point.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Paid ?4.00 for a pint of shandy yesterday. Bit steep but hey ho. ?4.00 a pint or ?3.50, over ten pints that a ?5.00 difference, if I can afford 10 pints then a fiver I just live with. Its not cheap getting into peak condition for the Barry Barry Road Race you know!

[*Bob*]

For some reason, some people still figure 'drinking in a pub' as an essential living expense, along with gas, electricity and council tax.

Maybe if you're my Grandad who spent six and a half days a week hiding from his wife down the pub. But these days, boozing is a leisure activity and - like most other leisure activities - the final price-tag bears no relation the actual cost of the thing itself. Neither are you somehow 'entitled' to be able to afford to do it as often as you'd like to.

For those that demand a lower price above everything else, you can always visit a Wetherspoons and soak-up the lovely atmosphere.

[HonaloochieB]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Maybe if you're my Grandad who spent six and a

> half days a week hiding from his wife down the

> pub. >

Bloody Sunday opening hours.

[JessieW]

thanks for the heads up! Expensive - I won't be heading to CPT anytime soon

[aspidistra]

I pay around 3.50 for a pint of real beer - as in Bombadier - at a popular local hostelry in Spitalfields/Shoreditch, and that is expensive compared to some others I know. If pubs are charging over 4 quid, they are piss takers.

[Jah Lush]

Get real it's one particular brand of lager (Staropramen) they are selling in there at that price. They also do Stella, Fosters and Carling. All cheaper. There is also Guinness and cider and a couple of bitters on draught too I'd rather sit outside CPT in the summer and enjoy a pint than anywhere on the Lane with it's traffic noise and car/bus fumes. Blame the government for the price hike. The prices are similar elsewhere too.

[HonaloochieB]

And it does keep the riff-raff out.

[camberwell70]

Or in.

[Mick Mac]

I don't mind the ?4, its the 10p that kills me. This means 90p of heavy change. After 10 pints and ?9 worth of heavy change, I can barely get myself home.

[aspidistra]

But then anyone who drinks Staro-whot-sits has probably got anything and everything coming.

[Jah Lush]

Indeed! It tastes like piss.

[mockney piers]

djkq, if you have a look at score46's posts passim about the tied pub system, you'll notice that landlords of those pubs either sell beer at an exorbitant rate or as a loss leader, and that the prices you quote are pure fantasy territory for them.

Someone independent like Hoopers, or whetherspoons (with its enormous economies of scale allowing them to dictate price) can be as cheap as they can afford.

Like most things in this world it ain't black and white and certainly ain't simple.

The CPT struggles to survive and seems to be gambling on higher prices for premium products to improve margins, with the obvious consequent risk that it can drive custom away. Though lots of people pointing out that choice of pub and poison isn't necessarily a price led decision.

When missus mockers was up the duff and allowed 1 glass of wine a week, she made me take her to the poshest places in town and positively insisted that the glass be expensive as possible, never less than 10 or 15 quid a pop!!

[mockney piers]

here you go:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,101152,103354#msg-103354

[Loz]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Get real it's one particular brand of lager

> (Staropramen) they are selling in there at that

> price. They also do Stella, Fosters and Carling.

> All cheaper.

Maybe, but only one the alternatives qualifies as drinkable.