Beer Prices in East Dulwich (Lounged)

[JohnL]

OK - I know the government wants to increase these - but tonight got charged 3.80 at the bishop (Italian lager) and 3.15 at the EDT (Fosters). I just came back from Birmingham, and Broad Street is charging 1.50 a pint, Swansea (Hometown) charges just under 2.00. Are we paying premium prices - I can't afford this more than once a fortnight- and I'm not getting anything special. I did find a pub in the Old Kent Road that did 2.40 a pint.

Can't go on at these prices without changing my habits :)

[ratty]

Pub prices, esp in London are absolutely stupid but ?3.80? That takes the piss completely!

[SteveT]

If you get cans from a supermarket you can become an alcoholic quite cheaply for less than that kind of money anyway;-)

[*Bob*]

Birmingham: ?1.50

Swansea: ?2.00

London: ?3.00+

I'm happy to pay the extra.

[????]

I'd pay ?3.80 for an imaginary pint not to go drinking in Birmingham and even more (maybe ?4.50) for Swansea

[HonaloochieB]

Perhaps ED needs a Wetherspoons.

[KalamityKel]

Is Denmark Hill and Forest Hill too far to travel for a Wetherspoon then? Sheesh u lazy so and sos :p

[*Bob*]

We need to bring the mountain to Mohammed, Kel.

Just a soft drink for him though, please.

[KalamityKel]

I fink I was paying ?2.70 for beer last nite over in West Dulwich... ;-)

[Annasfield]

My housemate had a bottle of Frulli (fruit beer) in The Rye yesterday and it was ?4.50!!! Shocking ::o

[citizenED]

Gadzooks, thread full of people moaning about the price of beer - next we'll have people complaining about the price of petrol. Get a grip, people.

[lozzyloz]

Pub prices, esp in London are absolutely stupid but ?3.80? That takes the piss completely!

If you talk to any landlord, especially in London, they will tell you how thin the margin is in the trade. Many pubs have been affected by the double whammy of an economic slowdown and smoking ban coupled with increasing overheads. If they are unable to increase volumes to survive then the only other alternative is to hike prices. It's far more attractive to sell to developers and become nice key worker apartments.

[PeckhamRose]

Yup, what lozzyloz says.

Tho I do see quite a few landlords with nice expensive cars in their driveways these days.

But for the most part in quite a lot of the pubs I see, they're struggling, and like most other businesses and services, the chains are winning.

[Brendan]

I have a lot of these little white stamps that I will gladly swap for a specific kind of blue stamp. After each transaction, as is gentlemanly, I will offer you a beer. (A pint of Guinness or Red Stripe served nice and cold)

You are welcome to sit in my dinning room or on the patio to drink it. You are also welcome to smoke and put whatever music you would like on or watch whatever you would like on the telly.

The blue (and white if you want them) stamps are purely decorative items available via a completely unrelated e-mail order service in sheets of 20 or more at a cost of ?1.80 a stamp.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Hurrah - you're back from honeymoon - I'll have someone to moan about the cricket with tomorrow. What do I get for 300 green shield stamps?

[RosieH]

I have just returned from a sojourn in Manchester - while there I purchased three gin and tonics and it came to ?17. I was flabbergasted - and in the north too. Granted I was in a terrible bar at the time (footballers n that) but still - it ain't just ED beer prices.

However, when I went to my uncle's wake at a working man's club in Wigan, I got change for 4 drinks from a fiver. this gives me an idea for Inside 72 (actually not sure what type of "working man" would frequent an ED bar)

[Smiler]

I recently had to pay ?6.50 in the Black Cherry for a (50ml) gin and tonic.

[????]

Freehold on Bluewater type development in Wigan = ?3.59

10 year lease on shoebox in LL = ?750,000

[SteveT]

Yeah that sounds fair for a large centrally heated shoe box, is there an offer on it quids? I'm looking for a dead cert to invest in;-)

[Christopher]

There are plenty of places for cheap beer in London. Corrib bar on Camberwell New Rd has a black board outside advertising its ?1.80 a pint Fosters... go there. Its a sh*t hole and you might not come out alive, but if cheap is what you want...

There are, conversely, plenty of places in Birmingham (and up North in general) that charge around ?3.80 for a premium imported beer.

Fact is that to pay rent, staff properly, maintain a decent environment etc is expensive - more so in London - and therefore margins must be met. Also, The Bishop is tied to Green King - so they can't shop around for beer at cheaper prices.

If you don't like it, drink in the Corrib.

[mockney piers]

There are a couple of Sam Smiths pubs not a million miles away. One in Rotherhithe, one in Bermondsey and one in Anerley. They're cheap as chips!

My post-ED-drinks-addled memory tells me that Oriwisu Spot was damned cheap too.

[SeanMacGabhann]

the ?3.80 Italian beer in the Bishop costs about ?3.20 further up Lordship Lane at the Plough

[HonaloochieB]

Stella Artois ?2.39 in the Peckham Wetherspoons.

There are usually kids running around so any ED resident should feel right at home.

[Jeremy]

What is "Oriwisu Spot"? I just googled it, and every result contained either the word "mockney" or "piers"... or sometimes both.

[*Bob*]

Jeremy, if you don't know where the Oriwisu Spot is, then I feel very sorry for your girlfriend.