Beer £8 A Pint...

[sandyRoe]

Watching a TV item about the Barmy Army it mentioned that beer in Australia is £8 a pint. Would you pay that for a Fosters?

[Old_Geezer]

Be reluctant to pay 8p for one.

[ELVIS68]

I wouldn't drink it for £8 a pint never mind pay for it

[boxtops]

OH says coffee's £4 a cup in Germany....

[ummmm]

£12 for a packet of fags.

[boxtops]

That's what most people on the Buying in Australia programme find out - they like the idea, until they find out how much their groceries etc will cost!

[Zacs-Master]

Take away beers are also far more expensive than here (UK).

[ummmm]

But they get paid more.

[237SJ]

They rarely buy beer by the pints, though. They have a midi or a schooner and if you buy a jug and share it out, it`s a lot cheaper. Their Aussie wine is more expensive over there - more tax.

[Brinjal]

Generally Aussies are well paid.

[hc4361]

Interesting and recent documentary about poverty in Australia

[mikey4444]

Begs the question why, at these prices, the Aussies are so pissed all the time ?

[Buenchico]

Your question, Sandy, fails to take into account that the Aussie beer we get over here bears very little resemblance to what the Aussies drink back home; it's brewed differently and with a different ABV.

For example, Castlemaine XXXX is a rather indifferent pint when served in British pubs but in Australia the flavour is akin to what we'd expect from a really good-quality Czech or Polish lager (and it's also more potent!).

[hc4361]

Is it £8 or 8 Australian dollars? I nearly fainted when I paid £3.90 in a pub recently.

[seekeerz]

Glad you brought that up, hc ....I didn't think it could possibly be $16.00 for a pint ! Not that I drink pints, don't drink beer, but that seemed outrageous

[Fowtlad]

They'd have to be barmy to drink that stuff,not to mention paying for it.

Even in Australia there has to be something better than Fosters

[seekeerz]

There is, Fowtlad, many of them in fact. No-one I know drinks that cat's p*ss !!

[ummmm]

Why do you think AB has filtered the word p i s s to change to fosters?

[ELVIS68]

Pint of piss please barman

[jno]

I found this, which suggests really expensive stuff might be £4 a pint, which would be A$8. The latest date at the bottom is 2010, so maybe there are more £4 beers now, but I suspect no £8 ones

http://www.pintprice.com/region.php?/Australia

[ummmm]

:-( have they changed it now. Can we say piss?