Price of a pint looks set to soar

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

A pint of Guinness in the Bot has hit £3.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

$7.75 for a Guinness in Toronto = 4 quid / 5 Euro

[DrinkingHarp]

Chicago

Harp          4.50
Guinness    4.50

2.55 pound
3.30 euro

[gerry]

£2.40 a pint and £2 for a half un

[118cmal]

The local at home has all pints at 2.60 and shorts at 2.10.

Hatfield - 3.10 a pint
The bot - 3.00 a pint, although the bot currently have an offer on - most pints 2quid from two till seven mon to thurs.  Not bad value.  Both the eg and the parlour have 3 for a fiver on selected drinks!

Oh its great being a student 

[delboy]

Oh my God!!!!!!

The price of a pint of beer in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK could rise by as much as 20% next year, industry insiders have said.
Spiralling manufacturing costs are being blamed for the anticipated hike.

Stephen Kelly from the Federation of Licensed Vintners said the necessary raw materials have "risen in value enormously in the past year".

"The grains and the metals for kegs have risen so much that it's going to have a knock-on effect," he said.


If it goes up by 20% then it will be £3.10 a pint (rounded down)

Its profiteering, the raw materials for beer are a tiny fraction of the cost at the pump, for argument sakes say grain trebled it wouldn't come anywhere near to 20 % of the price at the pump.  The price of the grain to make a pint of beer is about 1 to 2 pence, so that would mean they rocket to 3-6 pence. The hops in commercial beers (read virtually zero) probably come out at less. Yes energy/transport costs have risen but they again make up a relatively small proportion of the overall cost.

[SidelineKick]

Local GAA club - £2 a pint and £1.60 a half-un! recipe for disaster.

[Over the Bar]

£2.40 a pint and £2 for a half un

where is this?

[orangeman]

£2.60 in most places.

[Yes I Would]

Local GAA club - £2 a pint and £1.60 a half-un! recipe for disaster.

Where is this as right so i can get the taxi bus ordered and a gang together to be at its doors on Saturday morning.

[Square Ball]

Right, here we go again, the Parador in Belfast is now £3 a pint, whats it like round the country?

[J70]

$8 for a bottle of imported beer in most spots in Manhattan, $6 for American brands.

[leenie]

in fairness our fellow beverage lovers in the south have seen a massive hike in the price of drink...
i use to love getting home and having the northerner prices, which even with an increase are not as near bad at what they charge south of the border.

[maggie]

think its even cheaper over here to be honest.
I dont really drink pints though. (Unless its a pint of vod!  )

[leenie]

think its even cheaper over here to be honest.
I dont really drink pints though. (Unless its a pint of vod!  )

and would you be paying for the pint of vod or is that a c.o you have sneeked in?