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I have just had a serious shock.

As it is a hot day I popped into a local pub on my way back from the railway station to slake my thirst with a pint of lager.

I was charged £4.90!

This isn't Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, or a trendy bar in Gamlastan in Stockholm, it is just a little town pub in southern England.

Ouch! Unless it was some kind of super fancy lager made by monks in the mountain out of magical hops, if I ordered a beer and was charged that much, I'd give it right back.

Protest!!! Just don't riot...............though that is pretty close to spark a riot

I was in one the other day which had the gall to charge £5.50. This was in Birmingham, not even a very nice bit.

Solution = move to Denmark for six months and then come home to revel in comparatively cheap booze.

Sure it wasn't just some club at ten at night?

Try asking for a Pepsi and wonder why a fizzy drink costs more than a pint! #Bars hate designated drivers

4.9 British Pound equals
7.53 US Dollar

7$ beers are quite common in the US. Most restaurants in DC have 6$ domestics during non Happy hour. 12$+ beers are not uncommon. And this is the suburbs.

These same places will have 3$ fountain drinks.

Not at all surprised.

nkelsch wrote:
4.9 British Pound equals
7.53 US Dollar

7$ beers are quite common in the US. Most restaurants in DC have 6$ domestics during non Happy hour. 12$+ beers are not uncommon. And this is the suburbs.

These same places will have 3$ fountain drinks.

Not at all surprised.

Did Jon Taffer come to DC and ruin all the bars?

I did encounter a bar in France that sold £9 pints of Guinness. I have no idea why, it was in a shopping centre.

nkelsch wrote:
7$ beers are quite common in the US. Most restaurants in DC have 6$ domestics during non Happy hour. 12$+ beers are not uncommon. And this is the suburbs.

And you're still left with crappy American beer at the end of it.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I have just had a serious shock.

As it is a hot day I popped into a local pub on my way back from the railway station to slake my thirst with a pint of lager.

I was charged £4.90!

This isn't Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, or a trendy bar in Gamlastan in Stockholm, it is just a little town pub in southern England.

Was it an imported lager or a specialty brew?

Was this a topless pub?

Has Mrs. KK been informed of your poor spending choices?

I just stick to wine or Bourbon.

nkelsch wrote:
4.9 British Pound equals
7.53 US Dollar

7$ beers are quite common in the US. Most restaurants in DC have 6$ domestics during non Happy hour. 12$+ beers are not uncommon. And this is the suburbs.

These same places will have 3$ fountain drinks.

Not at all surprised.

Prices are similar out here in the Puget Sound area as well.... even worse if you're at some form of sporting event

I've only got used to those sorts of prices in London, some pubs down south are going the same way.

I drink cider, having to pay more than £3.50 a pint is common

You sure this was a special type of super lager? In London that would be quite cheap though.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
... southern England.

Ah, I see your problem

In Manchester I consider £4 a pint to be cheap. Essentially, poor people have been priced out of pubs, more or less.

I will only rarely on special occasions get a drink when I’m out. For the price of what bars/restaurants charge, I can get significantly more for my beverage dollar elsewhere. And not have to deal with the limited selection of what they have, but get exactly what I want.

 welshhoppo wrote:
I drink cider, having to pay more than £3.50 a pint is common

You sure this was a special type of super lager? In London that would be quite cheap though.

Ah you can't be from Somerset! Nice £1.50 for a pint of Thatchers

I took my wife out to Prezzo the other day to congratulate her getting a new job, her glass of wine was £9.50! The sodding main meal I had was only 50p more!

Ow!
I'd be smug about the price of fruit juice in comparison, but it's also fething ridiculous these days. £7.40 for two orange juices last week in Birmingham.
Maybe I'll just sit here and lick the condensation off the windows.

I spent 73 dollars on a Tequila shot. Did not fathom that Tequila can be a sipping shot

Having been charged £5 for a pint of cider before, my friends and I promptly went to Sainsbury's and bought 12 pints for £9. fething ridiculous prices at some of the local bars, though; you'd think you were drinking it out of a diamond encrusted chalice.

$73 on a fething shot of tequila?! I believe we have a winner, folks!

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Sure it wasn't just some club at ten at night?

Try asking for a Pepsi and wonder why a fizzy drink costs more than a pint! #Bars hate designated drivers

???

around here I generally get free soda when I am the DD, but then again I get free booze quite often as well.

depends where you go though, the same beer could be 1.50$ CAD or 10$cad

5 pounds is crazy though... are you sure the beer didnt come with a land title or dukedom?

Daston wrote:

 welshhoppo wrote:
I drink cider, having to pay more than £3.50 a pint is common

You sure this was a special type of super lager? In London that would be quite cheap though.

Ah you can't be from Somerset! Nice £1.50 for a pint of Thatchers

I took my wife out to Prezzo the other day to congratulate her getting a new job, her glass of wine was £9.50! The sodding main meal I had was only 50p more!

I'm from South Wales. We do get tasty ciders such as Black Dragon, Taff and a few others from the Valleys. I do like Somerset Cider.

As a curious note, never drink Kentish Cider, stuff tastes like cat pee.

Its quite common that at swanky restaurants, the alcohol is pretty expensive. Its how they make their money.

Your mistake was not drinking Tennents. There's no chance of that costing four and a half quid.

 Jihadin wrote:
I spent 73 dollars on a Tequila shot. Did not fathom that Tequila can be a sipping shot

I paid out 84 Euro for a 30 year old scotch.... Obviously we're talking completely different drinks, and I honestly can't fathom what type or brand of Tequila would be worth more than the cost of the glass the bottle's made out of

 motyak wrote:
Your mistake was not drinking Tennents. There's no chance of that costing four and a half quid.

Or Harp. There's also precious little chance you'll enjoy it though

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 motyak wrote:
Your mistake was not drinking Tennents. There's no chance of that costing four and a half quid.

Or Harp. There's also precious little chance you'll enjoy it though

There is if you have enough ha

 Jihadin wrote:
I spent 73 dollars on a Tequila shot. Did not fathom that Tequila can be a sipping shot

I didn't think you were supposed to buy those shots. I thought they were just meant to make everything else look cheap.

Holy crap, did Kirby buy a brewery!? Was the brand name, "This is great news"?