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The £5 pint

Off_it
Off_it Posts: 29,014
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It's here.

Had my first £5 pint in a "normal" pub last night, i.e. not a bar/club, etc - just a run of the mill boozer.

£5.17 for a pint of fairly tasteless italian fizzy water (aka Peroni).

I promised myself I would give up pub bozzing as soon as this day came. A sad sad day for all concerned.
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,271
    What pub?
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    I remember my first £4 pint was a Peroni in the Sherlock Holmes at Embankment/Charing Cross. I just about managed to cover the cost by three pence.

    Sad times indeed.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,181
    10 years ago you used to get 2 pints for £5, although I didn't drink in the finest of establishments.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    edited April 2013
    17 pence bit is a bit unnecessary.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,879
    The George in twickenham (a pub aimed at students) has been serving £5 peroni for a while now,I've never been back. Nor have I drunk a lager in a pub since either
  • Dorset Addick
    Dorset Addick Posts: 48
    Rising Sun pub near Tottenham Court Road - 3 pints of Kronenbourg for £15.90 the other night.
  • Blinkant
    Blinkant Posts: 598
    The Cape just off Gresham street has been seving £5 Peroni for a while.

    Remember Deacons, near Cannon Street used to do a pint of Fosters for £2 in the city. Crap beer but good price. Happy Days!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,181
    My local does £1.50 pints on Tuesdays. :-)
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Pints of piss don't count.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Serves you right, Peroni is crap beer.
    Was an article a while ago about the silly profits introducing Peroni as a premium lager has made the brewer in the UK. Just proves the old addage, a fool and his money are easily parted.

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  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,966
    My local drinker is still under 4 quid for a Kronenbourg / Amstel etc. And it's a ponced-up place in Islington.

    West End is where you really get ripped off.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,947
    no wonder the pub game's dying.

    at that price i'd much rather sit indoors drinking fizzy Italian piss water whilst holding hands.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    Absurdistan said:

    Serves you right, Peroni is crap beer.
    Was an article a while ago about the silly profits introducing Peroni as a premium lager has made the brewer in the UK. Just proves the old addage, a fool and his money are easily parted.

    Trouble is if your out with some dimwit that's happy to drink overpriced fizz, you can't really say anything when it's your round; just have to grin a bear it.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Friend Or Defoe said:

    My local does £1.50 pints on Tuesdays. :-)

    Thats milk FOD, you really need to get out more :-)
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    I paid like £4.50 for a bottle of Budweiser up Liverpool St, was more expensive than a pint :(
  • I_Saw_Semedo_Score
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score Posts: 1,632
    paulsturgess said:

    My local drinker is still under 4 quid for a Kronenbourg / Amstel etc. And it's a ponced-up place in Islington.

    West End is where you really get ripped off.

    Depends where and what you drink mate. £2.40 for a pint of ale in a pub near China Town. The moral of the story is, don't drink lager!
  • Charlton_Charlie
    Charlton_Charlie Posts: 1,430
    The Union/Old Brewery has been charging £5 or more for some their beers for a while...just means I drink less....
  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    Budweiser is on average $3.50 a bottle/pint here in Atlanta.

    Premium imports like Heineken/Peroni are $5 a bottle.

    There is an English pub that does dollar beers all day on Sunday.....63p a pint!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,181
    eaststandmike said:

    Friend Or Defoe said:

    My local does £1.50 pints on Tuesdays. :-)

    Thats milk FOD, you really need to get out more :-)
    As do you! When was the last time they served milk in the pub 1982? ;-)
  • csr_cafc
    csr_cafc Posts: 267
    Standard price in all the pubs in Holland Park... Need to think about where i work next time!

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,491
    can't buy many of those on £53 a week
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Lincsaddick said:

    can't buy many of those on £53 a week

    10 and a half
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,491
    10 and 3/5 !!!
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,292
    My local is still 3 quid a Carling :)
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    It's no wonder that the Supermarkets are cleaning up when they can sell 18 cans of Budweiser for under £17.

    For me there needs to be a really good reason to go to a pub these days.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,182
    I quite like Peroni!
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    ValleyGary said:

    I quite like Peroni!

    I love the stuff. Can't have too many though or I end up either ironing someone out or getting ironed out myself.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,233
    We could help bring down pub prices by taking the glasses away to clean at home. Then they wouldn't have the costs of the hot water and detergent. How thoughtful is that!
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,966
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score said:

    paulsturgess said:

    My local drinker is still under 4 quid for a Kronenbourg / Amstel etc. And it's a ponced-up place in Islington.

    West End is where you really get ripped off.

    Depends where and what you drink mate. £2.40 for a pint of ale in a pub near China Town. The moral of the story is, don't drink lager!
    Of course - there are exceptions everywhere. There's Sam Smiths pubs scattered about all over town, but I just meant on average, you're more likely to pay over the odds for a comparable pint in a comparable pub if you're in the West End than most of the rest of London, even in poncy areas like Shoreditch and Camden.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,014
    Curb_It said:

    What pub?

    Founders Arms, Bankside (well, the sun was out and it's a cracking view!)

    I have it on good authority that it has been Youngs most profitable pub for something like 4 out of the last 5 years - and at those prices it's not hard to see why.


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