Ghostrider Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Went in the old monk the other night...£3.05 for a pint of John Smiths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityspinner Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Its always dearer in these places, after all you have 'wall to wall hookers' on tap Not drunk that, is it a new craft ale? They tend to be more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Called in at the newly opened Pheasant [ Oughtibridge ] over the new year and found some of their prices pretty steep. I know the pints of beer and lager vary by a few pence from pub to pub but I object to paying £4 difference for a bottle of wine. They are charging £12 per bottle of Jack Rabbit which is not the best of wines and there is no choice either. The same brand costs £9 at Grenoside and in the **** Inn you get the choice of three quality wines at £10 per bottle. Further up the road it's only £8. Pheasants lime and soda is a rip off too. If they want people to make the effort up that hill they will have to compete with the prices in the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DnAuK Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Not drunk that, is it a new craft ale? They tend to be more expensive. Haha very good. Yeah right alongside the Founders Dirty <REMOVED>. Edited January 20, 2015 by alternageek Masked swearing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lljdc Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Everywhere in town or excuse road is totally too expensive these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmith2009 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 pointing dog is well over priced . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Shakespeare charging £4.60 for a 2.8% Abv pint sounds a bit on the high side. Or brewdog charging £3.95 for nanny state at .5%. If someone could tell me what rare hops or ingredients are involved in said beers to make them so expensive I'd be very interested. Seeing as the lack of alcohol means they can't blame the duty I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityAle Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Brewdog are expensive whatever they do but seriously, in the case of what is effectively a non-alcoholic beer, normally it's brewed as a 'normal' beer and the alcohol removed, which takes specialist equipment and skills As for the shakey example, assumed you mean Londoner Weisse? In which case what you save on duty you spend on the special yeasts, acid malt, brettanomyces etc - plus again you need specific equipment lest your entire brewery become infected with wild yeast. And of course time, which to quote the old adage is money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Brewdog are expensive whatever they do but seriously, in the case of what is effectively a non-alcoholic beer, normally it's brewed as a 'normal' beer and the alcohol removed, which takes specialist equipment and skills As for the shakey example, assumed you mean Londoner Weisse? In which case what you save on duty you spend on the special yeasts, acid malt, brettanomyces etc - plus again you need specific equipment lest your entire brewery become infected with wild yeast. And of course time, which to quote the old adage is money... Thanks. In the first example....I've never had it so I don't know, but does it taste any better than a lemon and lime, or a shandy? To me, paying £3.95 for practically water is never going to happen. 2nd example...I've had the Berlinner Weisse from Siren which is £3.50 a bottle from BC at 4% and am happy to pay that because I think it's a delicious drink. But...part of the going to the pub experience is about the alcohol, and I really can't see me ever paying £4.60 for a soft drink when there are far more attractive beers on offer. I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityAle Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 1 - yes, very much so. In fact it tastes like beer, but without the alcohol. Which, to me, is fine, I drink beer for the flavour not the alcohol. That said, I think 3.95 is steep, but as I said anything in brewpuppy is steep - I wouldn't have a session on Nanny State, but I wouldn't have a session on Owt in BD 2 - can't comment on specifics, but could be any number of factors. Siren are actually surprisingly sensibly priced, so will affect comparison. One thing I think we can safely say though is that the shakey isn't an expensive pub - if they're charging 4.60 then that'll be down to the price from the brewery, and in the Tap or Rutty would probably be well over a fiver! The thing now is that there's loads of variables in brewing, for better or worse we've moved away from alcohol being the only variable in beer cost, so these days it's not as simple as 'that's dear/cheap for such a low/high abv...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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