Mudgie
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£3.50 Morris Man
£3.60 Metropolitan Bar
and similar prices in other Stafford pubs.
Why pay more ?
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£3.60 Metropolitan Bar
and similar prices in other Stafford pubs.
Why pay more ?
Gramaisc
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They could do it at £3:98, but as a two-for-one..?
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
I get out so infrequently nowadays that the cost is almost irrelevant. Obviously I'd still balk at 7 quid for something I can buy for 2 quid in a shop, but I like to try things I've not seen.
Thehooperman
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Wasn't the cider £6 or £7 in Chester?
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Yeah, well at least 2 of them were. Problem buying rounds is you're never quite sure! The first bar I think was high though as we thought you'd paid for 3 drinks and it was a bargain but in fact was just 2
Entropy
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Its not about getting drunk, I enjoy a good beer but when its at a price that is just over the odds then I have questionis it worth it?
I get that the smaller breweries need to turn a profit for small batch brewing, but there has to be a line where I dont need to sell a kidney to then destroy the other for the pleasure of a brew?
I get that the smaller breweries need to turn a profit for small batch brewing, but there has to be a line where I dont need to sell a kidney to then destroy the other for the pleasure of a brew?
Theresa Green
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Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Theresa Green
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Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
It's a long way on a bike for 20c.
Actually, mine are €4:50 in the town and €4:60 in the hinterland venue.
I've not tried the beer but the pizza was a proper Italian style pizza, I had an Italian manager in my last job and he took us for a pizza and it was like that. Wood fired is the authentic stuff.
I don't drink often these days. Even though all grain brewing is a hobby. The price of grain will have gone through the roof, China is hoarding a lot of it and Ukraine was a huge source of grains. Oh an energy isn't cheap. brewing beer means a good 40-60 mins mash and 30-90 mins boil. A lot of energy usage.
I don't drink often these days. Even though all grain brewing is a hobby. The price of grain will have gone through the roof, China is hoarding a lot of it and Ukraine was a huge source of grains. Oh an energy isn't cheap. brewing beer means a good 40-60 mins mash and 30-90 mins boil. A lot of energy usage.
Mudgie
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Yes exactly. Pub regulars need affordable beer. Pubs shouldn't just be "something for the weekend".
Small brewers pay reduced rates of beer duty from Small Brewers Relief to compensate for the inefficiencies of small batch brewing.
We don’t get out so much these days either but I look on drinks prices not so much in comparison to what the shops charge but more that I’m paying for a service/experience. I’d expect to pay more for the same drink in a decent place with a good atmosphere & friendly staff etc than I would in a dump.
£7 is pushing it a big though.
Thehooperman
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In the Bird they call a third of a pint a taster and it's free. Doesn't work for the spirits for some reason.
Kingy
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The Bird in Hand is a great traditional pub. I like their cider selection as well as their beer. I am partial to their cheese and onion cobs as well.In the Bird they call a third of a pint a taster and it's free. Doesn't work for the spirits for some reason.
I once asked for a half stein of beer in a pub in Berlin. The waitress who had hands the size of gammon hocks bashed them on the table and shook her head. She told me in an oddly polite but life threatening tone that I would be receiving a full stein.
Higher the strength the more grain involved, so costs more. Also the fashionable hops are imported from the US, New Zealand etc now. Shipping costs have gone up.
The old school British bitters with native hops aren't very fashionable ever since the craft beer thing started.
The old school British bitters with native hops aren't very fashionable ever since the craft beer thing started.