Booze Thread

[Ragey Erasmus]

I used to be able to get £1 pints in the students union not even 10 year ago...

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I used to be able to get £1 pints in the students union not even 10 year ago...

Yeh but I bet it was “****”. By that I mean watered down/ with loads of fizz.
Rage - See you’ve now got to that “Uncle Albert” stage of life reminiscing about the good old days of when things were cheaper - welcome to getting old.

Pints pre lock down - cask ale were generally about £4-5 in Central London.

I recall going to HK 7s more than 10 years ago and they were selling pints back then for £8. But mainly attended by corporate bankers and lawyers who didn’t care two hoots how much they were paying. Plus alcohol in HK is bloody expensive anyway.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Just tried an orange cider, pretty nice actually.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Did you leave the OJ on the radiator

 

[Bada-Bing!]

UK beer costs soar as average price of pint tops £8 in one London pub

Price hikes driven by combination of factors, including inflation and the war in Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

Can vouch for this where I live two drinks one a pint of Tribute and a soda water and lime was over a tenner.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

It’s relevant to where you are for me. If I drink in brum then it’s £5+ a pint but in the local social clubs and rugby clubs it’s still under £4 a pint.

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

Gone beyond the €7 point in the centre of Dublin now. Ridiculous

 

[Seven]

Ale and rum are my general choices.

My usual ales are Abbot, Doom Bar (good session ale) and Wadworth 6X when I can get it. Rum, I usually go for Kraken or Dead Man's Fingers, as they are reliably available.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Ale and rum are my general choices.

My usual ales are Abbot, Doom Bar (good session ale) and Wadworth 6X when I can get it. Rum, I usually go for Kraken or Dead Man's Fingers, as they are reliably available.

 

[Old Hooker]

Gone beyond the €7 point in the centre of Dublin now. Ridiculous

Bargain compared to Stockholm where we were last weekend. In the hotel we paid just shy of £20 for 2 draft beers of maybe 400 ml each. Bottle of Sancerre was around £67. No wonder they’re all so boringly grown up over there!