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13-03-2013, 08:20
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This isn't a rant about the cost of that lovely stuff, but a little anecdote about comparative costs.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Tg-JWY4xkY/UUA1Xkmb_JI/AAAAAAAAE0c/HR2NeVkcRpo/s320/oregon_p1.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Tg-JWY4xkY/UUA1Xkmb_JI/AAAAAAAAE0c/HR2NeVkcRpo/s1600/oregon_p1.jpg) Now it is rare, for me at least, to see the same beer on cask and keg in the same pub. Thus it was on my return home to Manchester after a very good trip, that I nipped into the Euston Tap for a last London pint. Now I like the ET for many reasons and I'll mention them elsewhere. I ordered a Summer Wine Oregon on cask. I love their beers. It was superb and was presented in spot on condition and at the correct temperature, despite I am sure, me being the first to try it that day. It was a very reasonable £3.50 a pint for a 5.5% beer. It was so good that I immediately wished I had ordered a pint of it. Perusing the beer list as I waited for my train, I noticed what appeared to be the same beer on keg. Same name, same strength. Price? £5 a pint.
So there you have it. The cost of having your beer in keg is an extra £1.50 a pint in this very fairly priced establishment. Possibly not typical, as others aren't so decent in their pricing, but maybe the margin of difference remains?
I didn't try it. Why would I bother paying a premium for such a beer, when I already had a perfect beer for less? I ordered another swift half and went off for my train.
Now I am sure that someone will tell me Summer Wine Oregon isn't really cask conditioned etc. etc. I don't care. It was superb and not freezing and gassy.
More... (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cost-of-craft-keg.html)
This isn't a rant about the cost of that lovely stuff, but a little anecdote about comparative costs.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Tg-JWY4xkY/UUA1Xkmb_JI/AAAAAAAAE0c/HR2NeVkcRpo/s320/oregon_p1.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Tg-JWY4xkY/UUA1Xkmb_JI/AAAAAAAAE0c/HR2NeVkcRpo/s1600/oregon_p1.jpg) Now it is rare, for me at least, to see the same beer on cask and keg in the same pub. Thus it was on my return home to Manchester after a very good trip, that I nipped into the Euston Tap for a last London pint. Now I like the ET for many reasons and I'll mention them elsewhere. I ordered a Summer Wine Oregon on cask. I love their beers. It was superb and was presented in spot on condition and at the correct temperature, despite I am sure, me being the first to try it that day. It was a very reasonable £3.50 a pint for a 5.5% beer. It was so good that I immediately wished I had ordered a pint of it. Perusing the beer list as I waited for my train, I noticed what appeared to be the same beer on keg. Same name, same strength. Price? £5 a pint.
So there you have it. The cost of having your beer in keg is an extra £1.50 a pint in this very fairly priced establishment. Possibly not typical, as others aren't so decent in their pricing, but maybe the margin of difference remains?
I didn't try it. Why would I bother paying a premium for such a beer, when I already had a perfect beer for less? I ordered another swift half and went off for my train.
Now I am sure that someone will tell me Summer Wine Oregon isn't really cask conditioned etc. etc. I don't care. It was superb and not freezing and gassy.
More... (http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cost-of-craft-keg.html)