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Scylax | 13:31 Sat 15th Jan 2011 | Drinks
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Beer/lager now costs upwards of £3 per pint in pubs. Why does anyone pay such horrendous prices for a commodity which retails at about 50p. per pint in the local supermarket ? Beer at home tastes the same.

Similarly all drinks in pubs are overpriced, alcoholic or otherwise. No wonder pubs are closing every week, though I blame the Exciseman, not the publican.
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Humans are social creatures.
in these times of austerity I expect more people will drink at home or have mates around
There are some beers you can't get at home - many of the real ales, for instance.

And no matter how good a bottled or canned beer is, it never tastes quite as good as draft.
The seating accommodation and tending service are part of the exorbitant price. Some pubs have to pay a rent amongst other fees, taxes, surcharges etc. Nothing is for free you know...
I do take your point but the truth is society has allowed pubs to the the focal point for nights out. Nothing wrong with that but the publican has to make a living and pay a huge amount of overheads, as mentioned above.
I also believe that good draught beer is better than what you get at home. However, what I can't get my head around (agreeing with you here) is people who insist on bottled beer and pay 6-7 times the price in pubs than they do in shops.
Most humans are social creatures, ummmm! Okay if you are so friendly then you can buy me a pint next time we are all down at the pub then.
No problem....
I was slightly shocked when I saw this headline in the news last week.... Beer has been over £3 a pint for years and years in Reading, so how come the rest of you have only just caught up?!
"Humans are social creatures".

So they sit at home and socialise online ... snigger.
Oh dear bushbaby....
Weatherspoons are still pretty cheap
People who don't see many other people in their working day like going to the pub for a pint just to be able to chat sometimes - besides, draught tastes better.
Upwards of £3 a pint! You need to move.
35% beer in my local £2.35
5;7 % beer £2.55
norfolk
£2.60 in our local.
Naz...do you like being slapped????? :-)
What do you think? ;-)
Mind you naz, you're not wrong - I'm on here while OH is at the pub.
missed a dot in my 3.5 % sorry
35% more like a shot don't know the price of them
I think a big fat kinky YES :-)

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