How much?

[Quinno]

£8.40 for two bottles of alcohol free Sam's Brown Ale in the Princess Louise the other day. And they say Sam's beer is cheap.

Stopped being cheap about 18 months ago - Humph whacked-up prices (and the bottles always had a hefty mark-up compared to draught). The assumption was he'd do it once and keep it there for the next 5 years but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[Brainypool]

They’re still cheap up north. Or at least they are if you stick to the draught. The cask bitter has been £3 a pint for a few years.

[rpadam]

They’re still cheap up north. Or at least they are if you stick to the draught. The cask bitter has been £3 a pint for a few years.

Check the bottle prices!

[Tris39]

Stopped being cheap about 18 months ago - Humph whacked-up prices (and the bottles always had a hefty mark-up compared to draught). The assumption was he'd do it once and keep it there for the next 5 years but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Exactly. Bottles - off-sales - have always been more expensive. I especially remember this in the early '80s when rural pubs would do this in the knowledge that customers had little choice before the advent of late-opening supermarkets. Yes also, that Humphrey has whacked up his prices in about the last 18 months or so.

[rpadam]

Bottles - off-sales - have always been more expensive.

But I'm talking about the on trade here.

Yes also, that Humphrey has whacked up his prices in about the last 18 months or so.

And Sam's bottled beer prices skyrocketed much longer ago than that, and then the bottles shrank from 500 ml to 355 ml.

[Tris39]

But I'm talking about the on trade here.

A slight deviation from the correct, but when I mean 'off-sales' I mean takeaway. Decades ago pubs would fleece you for taking away bottles, safe in the knowledge that you had no chance of buying something from an off-licence that closed at 5.30 or earlier on 'early-closing day'. With the advent of late-night convenience shops, I'd never bother buying from a pub, always assuming such an option is available.

[Spinko]

£7.19 for Beaverton Neck Oil on Manchester Piccadilly station.

[Quinno]

£7.19 for Beaverton Neck Oil on Manchester Piccadilly station.

Manchester is the new London - in all the worst aspects.

[Tris39]

Manchester is the new London - in all the worst aspects.

Pro rata, £7.70 a pint.. If people buy the stuff, some will always try to cash in on the 'craft' aspect.