It finally happened

This makes me feel much better about splashing out on a Perfect Draft beer machine, which works out at about £2.50 a pint.
 
Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
i'm regularly told by bar staff and landlords, that its the brewers who are jackin'up the prices - it may well be true, i dont know. i dont see the invoices.

however 2 pubs i use not 500 yards apart both sell a beer (amongst a selection of 10-15 choices) thats the same name, by the same brewer, its got the same %alc strength - its the same ale - yet in one place its £4.60 and in t'other its £5.80.

this may reflect different rent agreements, different staff rates of pay, number of staff etc etc - i do understand that and take it into account - however to me it means £20 for 4pints with change, or more than £20 with no change - i'm comfortable with 1 but not the other.

and ultimately, thats my choice, neither of em force me to buy & drink it
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It is the breweries jacking up the prices. They are doing it with rents too.
 
When I turned 18, 18 years ago, I could get a pint of worthy creamflow from my local sports club for £1. Golden times.
 
Be thankful that the money you pay to eat and drink hasn't risen as much as house prices.

If grocery prices had increased at the same rate as house prices since 1971, then:

  • A 4-pint carton of milk would cost £10.45
  • A chicken would cost £51.18
  • A bunch of 6 bananas would cost £8.47
  • A box of 6 eggs would cost £5.01
  • A loaf of sliced white bread would cost £4.36
  • A leg of lamb would cost £53.18
  • The average weekly expenditure on food for a family of four would be £453.23.

That was from 7 years ago. They're now saying a chicken would be £70.

Fags have gone from under a fiver to £15-£20.

And most chillingly a fredo now costs 25p.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
JT stood with a pool queue with a pin taped to the end. When the barmaid went to collect the glasses, he would reach over and stab a block of Golden Virginia with the pin from behind the bar.
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I remember when there was only one barman working one afternoon, he went down to the cellar to change a barrel, as soon as he disappeared down stairs the "bar flies" filled their glasses, and pockets, and sat all innocent looking when he came back,must have cost s fortune till they sussed it out, where all the stock was going
 
Price you pay for better quality beer though isn't it.

I'm always glad to see a pub with neckoil or camden hells on for a fiver than be stuck choosing between fosters or john smiths.
 
Not necessarily better, fad perhaps.

£2.20 a pint in The Sun in Stockton last week. Popped in to watch the cricket, still recovering.
 
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