Expensive pub drinks

[scotman]

Earlier today I paid £3.50 for a pint of Guinness. I reckon that is the most expensive pint I have ever had in Edinburgh.
Pubs are having it hard? Not round here it seems.

[mike11111]

Pubs in tourist areas are not doing so badly, it is the locals who are suffering. I have always found Edinburgh pubs to be much dearer than those in Newcastle.

[Buenchico]

That's probably not far off normal around here in Suffolk. A basic pint of bitter is £2.85 per pint in many pubs in Bury St Edmunds, with some charging £3.10 or £3.20 per pint. That's for Greene King IPA, which is brewed in the town. In Southwold, a pint of Adnam's beer (brewed locally) costs between £3.20 and £3.80. Lagers and Guinness usually cost quite a bit more.

As I mentioned before, though, the pub I use in Ipswich has most of its beers starting from around £2.50 or £2.60 per pint, but customers who provide their own pewter tankard get 20p per pint off the guest ales and a whopping 50p per pint off the excellent beers brewed by the little brewery which own the pub.

[askyourgran]

We were at York Races last weekend, my OH can't drink alcohol atm so he had water £1.50, a pint of lager was £3.80. A beef sandwich in a crusty roll was £6.80. Daylight robbery, it was not allowed to take your own food or drink into the grounds.
I don't wonder our local pubs are closing down, people can't afford to drink all night as they used to do.

[ELVIS68]

My local village pub charges £2.85 for a pint of lager and £3.20 for Guinness

[ummmm]

£3.70 at the pub closest to me.

[scotman]

Thanks for all the comments. Very informative.
Edinburgh is expensive in Scottish terms but obviously not in UK terms. One thing I see from prices quoted is that there is a much greater spread of prices elsewhere.
Any typical pub here will have about 20p difference between the 'bog-standard' drinks and premium such as Guinness.

[ChuckFickens]

I rarely go in pubs now for that exact reason! last time I did it was just short of £7 for two pints. It very quickly becomes an expensive evening at those prices.

[Booldawg]

I know Wetherspoons gets a bit of bad press due to its clientele. It is quite good for trying new ales as they get whatever is available from suppliers rather than relying on the same stock.

As they buy short-date, quick turn around ale its always decent priced. They often have decent ales on at 2 gbp a pint. The staff dont really keep it or dispense it well but thats to be expected!

[bushbaby_de]

That's a normal bar price for Berkshire unfortunately. When my local has a special offer its still £2.80!

[piggynose]

sub-standard guinness here in madrid, 1/2 litre = 5.50- 6.00 euros.served in plastic irish bars. whereas 1/2litre of regular spanish beer will set you back about 2.20 - 2.50euros

[heathfield]

Our local has Guinness at £3.00 a pint. The landlord keeps it on tap as a favour to the few regulars who drink it. He admits that it's like a loss-leader, and the reason the price is set low is to try to sell it more quickly so as to keep up a turnover of stock. He reckons a 'proper mark-up price' would make it around £3.60 a pint.

[scotman]

heathfield

I wish I could find a landlord like that. I would query the 'loss-leader' description though. He might be able to make more profit if he replaced it with something else but I doubt he is losing anything on it.