Reply to: Had a beer in London today. Shocked

[d000hg]

I have developed a taste for craft beer establishments so £5 for a pint or even 2/3 pint is par for the course.

So that'll be £9 in London then

[TheDude]

I have developed a taste for craft beer establishments so £5 for a pint or even 2/3 pint is par for the course.

[ladymuck]

Not sure if that was a reply to my post, but if so I'm thinking about it. When is it again, or is the date yet to be decided?

It was actually at the OP but as you've missed it, the info is all here

https://forums.contractoruk.com/soci...er-london.html

[OwlHoot]

Well you don't have to come back if you can't afford it.

I take it that's a no to coming along to the Xmas Do...

Not sure if that was a reply to my post, but if so I'm thinking about it. When is it again, or is the date yet to be decided?

[Gibbon]

[QUOTE=Whorty;n4189620]


It London I'm a fan of Young's and Fullers pubs.

Yeah I got a taste for Pride whilst gigging down there, a good session ale.

[Whorty]

I do like a nice pale ale.

When I've gone to beer fairs they've been shocked that there are ladies and young people present.

The young people are there as they've worked out the perry and cider is cheaper than the nearby pub with their discounted entrance fee.

There as us ladies over 25 are actually drinking ale in one of their 3 different sized glasses.



I've had Corduroy bags in the last 3 decades.

Mrs W was a real ale fan too ... she knew her ales. She was a porter fan. At 5'3" and dinky size 8/10, she'd happily down the pints.

Personally I ok with Doom Bar. Not a fan of Timmy Taylor or Proper Job (my mate swears by this, I just can't get on with it).

It London I'm a fan of Young's and Fullers pubs. Although for me the best real ale pub is the Harp, just off Traffalger Sq.

[Mordac]

Had a drink at lunchtime near bank station and I’ve not been back for a long time and never really looked at receipts so carefully

the bill was

1)£9 for a glass of house white wine 175ml
2) £6.50 for a standard pint of beer

on top of this they add an optional (but you know it’s not optional) 12.5% service charge even though it was bar service and no service

am i correct that a pint is now £7.30 including service charge and a glass of 175ml house wine is >£10?

i remember London and having £4 pints. Then when it became £5 in 2014 people were complaining !!

That's just to keep the peasants away. Looks like it's working...

[vetran]

I think I need to taste them all to decide....

+1 for rebellion, you will need all year as they release one a month.

[SueEllen]

Certainly in my top five, but my local brewery produces even better ales (IMHO of course): https://www.rebellionbeer.co.uk/

I think I need to taste them all to decide....

[BR14]

off you go for a half pint of granny toadsucker's old atrocious bitter, brilcreem boy

[Gibbon]

or the 'flat, tepid ditchwater' thread, maybe.

Oi! you resemble that remark!

[BR14]

or the 'flat, tepid ditchwater' thread, maybe.

[eek]

The former only explains things if prices were reduced when VAT was. Very few places reportedly did that.

They may not pass the savings to the customer, but I bet most places will pass the increased costs back to the customer.

[Paralytic]

It includes things like VAT reverting from 12->20%, hugely increased energy costs, etc.

The former only explains things if prices were reduced when VAT was. Very few places reportedly did that.

[Snooky]

this is the greatest beer in the world
Landlord - Timothy Taylor's

Certainly in my top five, but my local brewery produces even better ales (IMHO of course): https://www.rebellionbeer.co.uk/