I want to thank all for the reponses to my recent post about finding a
particular pub.
Now I'd like to see what I can find about the cost of drinking in London pubs.
A recent e-mail to me mentioned, "I paid £2.45 for a pint of bitter at one pub
last Spring".
Wow! That is $4.61 USD.

So what has anyone found for prices for beer in London pubs?

Here (Colorado) in our pubs/sportsbars type places one can usually eat for
about $5-8 easily, and maybe up to $10-12 some places. That is about 3- 6
pounds. Doesn't seem like one can do that in London. Beer here (pints) run
about $3.50, more or less. That is less than 2 British pounds. That is for
drawn pints of a microbrew nature, not your regular bottle beers which run
about $2.50 USD. Many places have happy hours where you can get the same pint
for $2 USD, and also deals on the food then.
Do they have such thing as happy hour in London? Or will I be wasting my time
looking for a happy hour when I am there?

I am already familiar with various pubs websites such as beerinthevening,
fancyapint.
It seems that pubcrawls are not an uncommon thing in London and I would think
that even those who live there/do that would be looking for something cheaper
than £2.45 for a pint.

On 04 Jan 2005 18:40:18 GMT, [email protected] (Treemoss2) wrote:

    >I want to thank all for the reponses to my recent post about finding a
    >particular pub.
    >Now I'd like to see what I can find about the cost of drinking in London pubs.
    >A recent e-mail to me mentioned, "I paid £2.45 for a pint of bitter at one pub
    >last Spring".
    >Wow! That is $4.61 USD.
    >So what has anyone found for prices for beer in London pubs?

Have a look at the Camra site
http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.A...Doc&DocID=9015
--
Martin

"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On 04 Jan 2005 18:40:18 GMT, [email protected] (Treemoss2) wrote:
    >>I want to thank all for the reponses to my recent post about finding a
    >>particular pub.
    >>Now I'd like to see what I can find about the cost of drinking in
    >>London pubs.
    >>A recent e-mail to me mentioned, "I paid £2.45 for a pint of bitter at
    >>one pub
    >>last Spring".
    >>Wow! That is $4.61 USD.
    >>So what has anyone found for prices for beer in London pubs?
    > Have a look at the Camra site
    > http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.A...Doc&DocID=9015
    > --
    > Martin

And don't forget that an Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces, rather than 16
as in an American pint.

And also don't forget that the barman doesn't expect a tip.

JohnT

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:25:05 -0000, "JohnT"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On 04 Jan 2005 18:40:18 GMT, [email protected] (Treemoss2) wrote:
    >>>I want to thank all for the reponses to my recent post about finding a
    >>>particular pub.
    >>>Now I'd like to see what I can find about the cost of drinking in
    >>>London pubs.
    >>>A recent e-mail to me mentioned, "I paid £2.45 for a pint of bitter at
    >>>one pub
    >>>last Spring".
    >>>Wow! That is $4.61 USD.
    >>>So what has anyone found for prices for beer in London pubs?
    >> Have a look at the Camra site
    >> http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.A...Doc&DocID=9015

    >And don't forget that an Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces, rather than 16
    >as in an American pint.

and that real English beer is made with malt, hops, yeast and water,
not rice, industrial alcohol, fizz and caramel colourant.

    >And also don't forget that the barman doesn't expect a tip.

No, no, no! he expects one of those worthless gold looking coins from
US customers.
--
Martin

    > and that real English beer is made with malt, hops, yeast and water,
    > not rice, industrial alcohol, fizz and caramel colourant.
Chemical free like Swiss and German beer?

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:11:14 +0100, "sascha" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> and that real English beer is made with malt, hops, yeast and water,
    >> not rice, industrial alcohol, fizz and caramel colourant.
    >Chemical free like Swiss and German beer?

Some real beer from small breweries, Black Sheep for instance, but
most not. :-((((

--
Martin

Ah...., I remember the FatTire beer on my last visit to Denver. You will be
lucky to get a pint of beer for £2.45 now in London. I currently pay £2.25
for locally brewed beer and for Stella £2.65 and this is in a members club
South of London. BobS
--
Tees off to reply.

"Treemoss2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    >I want to thank all for the reponses to my recent post about finding a
    > particular pub.
    > Now I'd like to see what I can find about the cost of drinking in London
    > pubs.
    > A recent e-mail to me mentioned, "I paid £2.45 for a pint of bitter at one
    > pub
    > last Spring".
    > Wow! That is $4.61 USD.
    > So what has anyone found for prices for beer in London pubs?
    > Here (Colorado) in our pubs/sportsbars type places one can usually eat for
    > about $5-8 easily, and maybe up to $10-12 some places. That is about 3- 6
    > pounds. Doesn't seem like one can do that in London. Beer here (pints) run
    > about $3.50, more or less. That is less than 2 British pounds. That is for
    > drawn pints of a microbrew nature, not your regular bottle beers which run
    > about $2.50 USD. Many places have happy hours where you can get the same
    > pint
    > for $2 USD, and also deals on the food then.
    > Do they have such thing as happy hour in London? Or will I be wasting my
    > time
    > looking for a happy hour when I am there?
    > I am already familiar with various pubs websites such as beerinthevening,
    > fancyapint.
    > It seems that pubcrawls are not an uncommon thing in London and I would
    > think
    > that even those who live there/do that would be looking for something
    > cheaper
    > than £2.45 for a pint.
    >

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:29:31 -0000, "BobS" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Ah...., I remember the FatTire beer on my last visit to Denver. You will be
    >lucky to get a pint of beer for £2.45 now in London. I currently pay £2.25
    >for locally brewed beer and for Stella £2.65 and this is in a members club
    >South of London. BobS

but Stella isn't beer.
--
Martin

"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:11:14 +0100, "sascha" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >> and that real English beer is made with malt, hops, yeast and water,
    > >> not rice, industrial alcohol, fizz and caramel colourant.
    > >Chemical free like Swiss and German beer?
    > Some real beer from small breweries, Black Sheep for instance, but
    > most not. :-((((

I think that you're overly pessimistic, Martin!

Major regional breweries (e.g. Wolverhampton & Dudley - trading as Banks's,
Marston's, etc.; Greene King; Fuller's) do produce a lot of real ale of high
quality.

London prices do tend to be high - and maybe they seem even more so to an
American with the dollar at so low a levl at present - but Wetherspoon's
houses generally have comparatively low prices, often under two quid a pint.
(I've just got back from visiting my folks in Walsall, boozing at the Turf
Tavern, Bloxwich, with most bitter at £1.80 a pint - and that in a listed
building with lots of character.)

Happy hours do exist, but there is official unhappiness about them, largely
because of the governmental obsession with "binge drinking", where a "binge"
is defined at about the level where it's just about worthwhile getting off
your arse and going to the pub!

Alan Harrison

In message <[email protected]>, Treemoss2
<[email protected]> writes

    >Do they have such thing as happy hour in London? Or will I be wasting my time
    >looking for a happy hour when I am there?

I'm sure many places still do a happy hour, though there has been talk
of the government banning them in a bid to halt the growth of binge
drinking.

--
congokid
Good restaurants in London? Number one on Google
http://congokid.com

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:25:05 -0000, "JohnT"
<[email protected]> wrote:


    >And don't forget that an Imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces, rather than 16
    >as in an American pint.

But don't forget that does not mean an Imperial pint is 1.25
American pints.


************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:03:16 +0000 (UTC), "Alan Harrison"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:11:14 +0100, "sascha" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >> and that real English beer is made with malt, hops, yeast and water,
    >> >> not rice, industrial alcohol, fizz and caramel colourant.
    >> >Chemical free like Swiss and German beer?
    >> Some real beer from small breweries, Black Sheep for instance, but
    >> most not. :-((((
    >I think that you're overly pessimistic, Martin!

I was being over cautious, I wasn't sure what the rest of them are
putting in their beer at the moment. I do know Blacksheep is the real
thing.

    >Major regional breweries (e.g. Wolverhampton & Dudley - trading as Banks's,
    >Marston's, etc.; Greene King; Fuller's) do produce a lot of real ale of high
    >quality.
    >London prices do tend to be high - and maybe they seem even more so to an
    >American with the dollar at so low a levl at present - but Wetherspoon's
    >houses generally have comparatively low prices, often under two quid a pint.
    >(I've just got back from visiting my folks in Walsall, boozing at the Turf
    >Tavern, Bloxwich, with most bitter at £1.80 a pint - and that in a listed
    >building with lots of character.)

Sshh! don't tell everybody. There are even places inhabited by
whippets and men with flat caps further up north that sell beer at 80p
a pint, but my lips are sealed.

    >Happy hours do exist, but there is official unhappiness about them, largely
    >because of the governmental obsession with "binge drinking", where a "binge"
    >is defined at about the level where it's just about worthwhile getting off
    >your arse and going to the pub!

Isn't the govt. obsession about the large number of Brit.s, who binge
drink?
--
Martin

congokid wrote:

    > >Do they have such thing as happy hour in London? Or will I be wasting my time
    > >looking for a happy hour when I am there?
    > I'm sure many places still do a happy hour, though there has been talk
    > of the government banning them in a bid to halt the growth of binge
    > drinking.

I am not sure about the binge drinking, since it is pretty hard to call it a binge
if it is only for an hour or two. The problem is that some people have trouble
leaving a bar while they can still stand if they still have money in their
wallet. Happy Hour is a basically a gimmick to attract people for a few cheap
drinks, the plan being that they will stay.

When I was visiting a friend in Manitoba almost 30 years ago the bars had to shut
down for an hour or two in the early evening. So those guys who stopped by for a
drink on their way home from work would have to go home for dinner. Those who had
some sort of domestic yoke at home likely wouldn't make it back out to the bar
later.

congokid <[email protected]> wrote:

    > In message <[email protected]>, Treemoss2
    > <[email protected]> writes
    >
    > >Do they have such thing as happy hour in London? Or will I be wasting my time
    > >looking for a happy hour when I am there?
    >
    > I'm sure many places still do a happy hour, though there has been talk
    > of the government banning them in a bid to halt the growth of binge
    > drinking.

It's still fairly common, even in bars in more touristy areas- not so
much in the chains because they're already quite cheap.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Have a look at this site. It is a mine of useful info. The site is for
skateboarders! Don't let that put you off as they write about the area in
which they live - not only London but most major cities in the UK.

Hope it helps.

http://www.knowhere.co.uk/561_eatdrink.html