The price of beer

[venator]

The cost of the traditional English pint is getting silly. I may have to start drinking wine in my local soon!

In Manchester, Holt's bitter is just over £2 (old family brewery near Strangeways prison)
http://www.joseph-holt.com/beer.asp

Samuel Smith's is as little as £1.80 (brewed in Yorkshire in slate squares)
http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/

What does your favourite beer cost?

[boxtops]

It's cheapest in these countries, but I don't think I'd want to go to some of them! http://www.pintprice.com/top10affordable.php

[mccfluffy]

A pint of carling ranges fron 2.70 to 3.15, thats in the 4 pubs 5 mins from me

[boxtops]

Interesting who comes out early in the morning to discuss beer and Marmite!!

[mccfluffy]

Lol boxy, murph has woken me up early, i was hoping for a lie in

[Khandro]

OK, that's beer covered, what about this though? a glass of tap water in Copenhagen ......... £3.00 !

[DTCwordfan]

It's easy to get a 50% reduction in price of your ale; just ask for a half a pint.

[boxtops]

EE housemouse, reminds me of a joke I heard yesterday, than in the clubs "up north" the police have a problem with people injecting stimulants into their mouths - the process is known as "E by gum".....

[venator]

Too true, housemouse - I shall be proving that in a couple of hours!

Just remembered, I've got a stack of 35mm negatives I was privileged to shoot in the brewery about 20 years ago when I shot some stuff for a book "Manchester ales and porter" the history of Holt's by Chris Grayling, currently the Employment minister! Must dig them out...

[tinkerbell23]

Ibiza... A dinky bottle of water... Like kids sized in club- 12euros

I paid 22euro for 4 shots in dublin i nearly died x

[venator]

Hi Housemouse, just got back to the computer.

I'm a bitter man, myself, although the mild's OK in halves for a change.

I knew Peter Kershaw, who hated being photographed, so his wife conspired to get him into the office while I was doing photos for the book, and we got a couple of decent shots!

I was left to wander the brewery with my camera, and reckon I must have some pretty rare shots. I'll scan the negs when I have a moment.

If they're any good, you can have copies - buy me a pint in town?

[Catapa]

...or drink in the loneliness of your own home. Supermarket's offer cheap brew.