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Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 4:38 pm
by dippersgirl
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We received this picture from our son, holidaying in the Lake District and were totally gobsmacked at the prices of the beers. I know they are all micro brewery products, but still - translated into Lira 30 - 37 TL a pint. That makes it over 50TL for a litre, if my maths are correct!!

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 5:19 pm
by Dalartokat
Your son is holidaying in one of the expensive places in UK. Micro breweries popping up every where. If I were holidaying in the Lake District I would expect to pay high prices, together with other popular destinations in UK. Why compare prices UK to North Cyprus. There is no comparison. It’s how it is here.

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 5:33 pm
by Becker
Dalartokat wrote:Your son is holidaying in one of the expensive places in UK. Micro breweries popping up every where. If I were holidaying in the Lake District I would expect to pay high prices, together with other popular destinations in UK. Why compare prices UK to North Cyprus. There is no comparison. It’s how it is here.
Dont have to be inLake District,my old local in Northants it’s £4 for a pint of Carlsberg. The pub has the monopoly so locals have to pay or stay home.

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 8:05 pm
by jofra
Never a serious drinker (in my heyday, at most once or twice a month), I remember a couple of bob (2/-) or thereabouts for a pint....
...An occasional dalliance with the odd snakebite in the 70's (cost forgotten)...
...and nowadays (in my declining years) only alternating between uisge beatha and scrumpy (NOT mixed!)...
£4 or more for "mere" beer? IMO, definitely not value for money....
(I'll remain a secret drinker at home...)

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 8:14 pm
by Terri299
We went to the Olympic Stadium, new home of West Ham, for a rugby match at the end of March. £6 a pint!!! I kid you not, for Amstel lager, we couldn’t find anything else on draught. Even our local, and we live in South Bucks, charge less than £4 a pint for lager. So if those prices are for a pint, very good value

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 5:24 am
by Bert
Ah but what you all forget is it’s Beer not like the stuff you drink here . REAL ALE that’s what we need !!!!

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 9:59 am
by scaffman
went to Edinburgh for the new year a half pint £5 gin tonic £7 went home sober lol.

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 11:47 am
by woodspeckie
In our village north of UK £2 pint Carlsburg Lager £2 pint John Smiths bitter free sandwiches when you watch sports on TV in any of the 2 Clubs. Usual price £3.50.

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 6:55 pm
by frugal90
Are you in Scotland?

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 7:47 pm
by woodspeckie
A village near Warrington in Cheshire.

Re: Shock - Beer prices in England

Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 8:31 pm
by frugal90
North of England then, not the UK