Betjaman Arms beer festival

[oldboots]

As if on cue, this appeared on the BBC's website this morning:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11484987

"The Great Britain-wide average was £2.80, a 4% rise on 2009. But this covers broad regional disparities, with the cheapest part of the country, the West Midlands, falling well short at £2.45 below the most expensive, Surrey, at £3.08."

Obviously no Sam Smith's pubs in Surrey or there are and they've brought the average down to only £3.08?


"To those of us who can recall - just - the days of the sub-£1 pint, shelling out three times that amount for a single beverage will always cause a small part of ourselves to die a little inside."

15p when I were a lad, Running Dog and Arky probably remember it under 2 bob a pint.

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15p when I were a lad, Running Dog and Arky probably remember it under 2 bob a pint.

As a mere sprog of 49 the best I can rememebr buying was Courage Best at 23p a pint in the Boatswain and Call, Gillingham (OK, I might have had to pretend I was 18...). Old Peculiar was really expensive then - 33p a pint in the Little Gem, Ayelsford.