Most expensive pint ever?

[malumbu]

Had an argument tonight with the bar staff at the Rose pub close to Vauxhall Bridge. Nay my good barman, you have keyed in a pint rather than a half. No dear sur, this really is ?9.80 a pint. "You should have consulted the menu and you would have seen this" It was for a blonde beer on tap. My regular readers will understand that I don't go for all this new-fangled beer but even some of the 'craft' (whatever that means) beer sold at your trendy places wont reach these prices. I left without paying, telling them by law they had to have prices prominantly displayed. Sadly I found out that these regs have been watered down so no moaning to Southwark Trading Standards for me.

Can anyone beat ?9.80 for a beer on tap? I think that you pay these sort of prices in basement bars in Soho, but a hostess (or host) is usually thrown in. In the UK please, although even in Norway I imagine that you would be pushed to pay so much.

[Applespider]

Yes - at The Cask in Pimlico, Tap East at Stratford and a few others that sell craft beers, I've seen beers at over ?12 a pint. They tend to be really high ABV brews so are intended to be drunk in 1/3s or 1/2s. The bar staff are generally pretty good at advising pre-pouring though. The opposite also tends to be true though - that lighter session beers tend to be cheaper.

[Seabag]

You've been hanging out in Weatherspoons far too long

[malumbu]

It was about 6%. I of course understand that you pay a premium for Belgium Trappists beers etc at 8 or 9% which you sip rather than glug.

I'll ignore the childish comment beyond the obvious (Wetherspoons)

[david_carnell]

I once paid ?6 for a bottle of Budweiser!

That works out at about ?14 a pint. Does that count?

[Jeremy]

Never paid that much, but I think I was charged around ?7 for a pint of normal strength pale ale type stuff at The Rake. And a similar amount for a limited edition Sierra Nevada beer at the Flying Pig.

Always happy to pay a little bit extra for a nice craft beer or belgian beer, but once you get to ?6ish, I start to wonder whether I'd still be enjoying myself just as much with a pint of something cheaper in my hand.

[david_carnell]

Does beer suffer in comparison to wine?

People seem much more ready to spend big money on wine.

[DulwichFox]

Re. David_carnel

1 Imperial pint = 568.261485 millilitres

1 millilitre = 0.00175975326 Imperial pints

330mL = 0.58 pints

0.58 pint = 6.00

58 = 600

1 Pint = ?10.34

Cheaper than ?14.00 but still expensive...

I think the Draft House had beers dearer than that...

DulwichFox

[Jah Lush]

Whatever, DC still paid over a tenner for a fecking pint of Budwieser. That's BUDWIESER FFS! How he'll ever live that one down I'll never know.

[Otta]

The term "Craft beer" makes me want to hit something.

Nothing against the actual products, just the name.

I wouldn't spend over ?6 on a pint, and if I did spend ?6 I'd expect that pint to be pretty bloody special.

Beer revolution is cheaper than your average pub, and their beers are great. It's about honest pricing.

[Jah Lush]

You mean Beer Rebellion, Otta don't you.

[Jeremy]

The good stuff doesn't have to be expensive... Late Knights/Beer Rebellion is not expensive, Stormbird in Camberwell has reasonable prices, as does The Ivy House. I can see why the imported American beers could work out expensive, but surely regular strength domestic beers shouldn't really be over ?5 a pint.

[Otta]

Yes sorry, beer rebellion.

Wisdh Late Knights would hurry up and open the Alexandra in Penge. About a 2 minute stumble from my front door.

[Otta]

This from Late Knights most recent blog (which was written new years eve)

"The next pub we will be doing is the Alexandra in Penge. We get lots of people begging us for news about this pub, and the repeated line from us has always been 'we are waiting for planning permission to come through' That is the case.

Hopefully is we get it granted in early Jan we will be 3 months away from opening. There is a lot of work to do here and we are silly excited by it. We will be doing lots of amazing food and selling bucket loads of our own beer, it really will be a Penge pub for a Penge brewery!"

Make it so!!!

[rodneybewes]

@jeremy The Rake can catch you out if you are not careful! These days they tend to tell you if it's going to make your eyes water before they start pouring.

I bought my most expensive beer ever at the weekend, the Horizon Tokyo Black. ?16 for a 25cl bottle. Best imperial russian stout I've ever had though, possibly the best beer. That works out at ?48 for a wine bottle size!

[david_carnell]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Re. David_carnel

>

> 1 Imperial pint = 568.261485 millilitres

>

> 1 millilitre = 0.00175975326 Imperial pints

>

> 330mL = 0.58 pints

>

> 0.58 pint = 6.00

>

> 58 = 600

>

> 1 Pint = ?10.34

>

> Cheaper than ?14.00 but still expensive...

>

> I think the Draft House had beers dearer than

> that...

>

> DulwichFox

Yeah....thanks for that.

[Jeremy]

rodneybewes Wrote:

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> @jeremy The Rake can catch you out if you are not careful!

Afterwards had a couple of pints of cask ale... an Oakham and a Thornbridge I think... for a very reasonable price, so it balanced out. But.... I just prefer keg beer. Don't know why it seems to be so much more expensive.

[rodneybewes]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> rodneybewes Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

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> > @jeremy The Rake can catch you out if you are

> not careful!

>

> Afterwards had a couple of pints of cask ale... an

> Oakham and a Thornbridge I think... for a very

> reasonable price, so it balanced out. But.... I

> just prefer keg beer. Don't know why it seems to

> be so much more expensive.

Agreed. That's the joy of The Rake. You can admire the super-beers from around the world but you always have a reasonably priced session ale to fall back on.

[StraferJack]

I love Thornbridge ales..

[Jeremy]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> I love Thornbridge ales..

Me too... but why is a pint of Jaipur ?4 on cask and ?5.50 on keg? No fair.

[StraferJack]

http://www.anewwave.co.uk/why-keg-is-more-expensive-than-cask/

an article trying to explain...

[Jeremy]

So partly because it costs 20% more to manufacture. And partly because bars feel they can get away with a bigger markup on keg beer.

[red devil]

Never fear, free beer available tonight, Sisyphus, exhibition by Wimbledon College of Art, 7-11pm @ Copeland Park Space, 133 Copeland Park (behind Bussey Building)...don't tell the others

[malumbu]

I understand that there can be a premium on beer, wine or any commodity. Or that upmarket placers charge more

On the odd occasion the Rake expecting to be shafted I am pleasantly surprised that the have a reasonably priced ale on.

In my pub we have that fizzy cold nonsense that the hipsters drink but we have the prices properly displayed, I have told the management we have too many beers on.

I was just stunned that a 'normal' looking tap would have such a high price tag. Anyway some good postings

[Seabag]

I think we've been and gone with the "them Hipsters" bashing/snidey thing

Don't tell me you work in a pub ? Honestly, how many times have you been punched?