Beer prices around the world

[not-bono-ever]

have been fortunate enough to experience both extremes of late

cheapest - Beer Lao at about 50p 750ml

Most expensive - Casablanbca lager in Marrakesh @ £6.50 for 250ml.

others ?

 

[dessiato]

Two Estrella in Edinburgh, almost £10, same beer here six for about €10.

 

[cypher79]

I've heard its a tenner for a beer in Norway.

 

[The Boy]

Two Estrella in Edinburgh, almost £10

Where was this? Just so I know another place to add to the list.

 

[dessiato]

Where was this? Just so I know another place to add to the list.

Rose St Edinburgh. Don't remember the name of the bar.

 

[Bluesree]

400ml for about 3 quid on average in Tokyo. Complete with a two-inch head and ice encrusted glass during the summer.

 

[tombowler]

I would expect to pay around 26czk for half a litre of ok beer here in a bar (about 0.79uk) bottles can be had for 12czk (with 3czk returnable bottle) in the shops.

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Cheapest I have paid is about 8p for a half pint in Vietnam. Was disgusting.

 

[dessiato]

The most I remember paying was $95 for a bottle of vodka, in Sudan though so not really a surprise.

 

[Casually Red]

I've heard its a tenner for a beer in Norway.

Wouldnt be surprised. Was there years ago and the prices were totally wtf . Mind you about 6 of us were being looked after for a while by the head bouncer of a fancy club who told them to give us free beer before ten 30 and half price after it .

It was their turn to do a wtf after that pretty massive lapse in judgement .

 

[gabi]

It's about 4-5 quid in Hong Kong. Altho it's actually fucking cheap in the off licenses compared to London. A can of quality lager is about 70p. And they let you drink it in the shop if you so desire, even little tables set up for it.

 

[Kanda]

Tiger Beer is 55-60 baht here on Koh Tao. Just under a quid. Chang is cheaper. That's at a bar.

I tend to drink Hong Thong (Whiskey) or Samsong (Rum). Which is 240 baht/Litre (£4.50)

 

[gabi]

Christ. Sangsom. Very moreish. For various reasons I stick to beer now but I used to love a sangsom and coke in Thailand.

Chang, I was once told to totally ignore the ABV level on the label as one bottle could be 4% and the next 10%.

 

[trabuquera]

This is what the internet was invented for ... crowdsourced comparative beer pricing! A whole forum of it here: http://www.pintprice.com/index.php

Their Top 10 for average expense of a pint :
Greenland £7.35
Norway £6.78
Israel £6.00
Qatar £6.00
Djibouti £5.48
Singapore £5.20
United Arab Emirates £5.02
Sweden £5.00
United_Arab_Emirates £4.86
Guadeloupe £4.80

I'm teetotal myself but at the street carnivals in Cuba they sell "cerveza de pipa" - beer right out of the tank of a truck, which is apparently very watery (with added microbes, amoebae etc) and yeasty, for hardly any money at all. Costs about 20p a pint, but you can only drink it out of a waxed-paper carton (sold separately) and it gives you a banging headache even if you manage to avoid the intestinal parasites.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

50cl caña of Amstel just 70 Centimoes in Denia today. Spain is getting cheap again.

 

[skyscraper101]

About £4 in the US
About £2.80 in Brazil

based on recent purchases of lager (Bud Light, and Skol)

 

[joustmaster]

i paid £12 for a guinness in in a bar in tokyo.
It came from a can, too

 

[purves grundy]

800 kyat, bout 45p, for a glass of Myanmar Beer at my local in Yangon

 

[Dr Jon]

I used to get a litre of Old Monk rum (40%) in India for Rs.250 - about £2.85 then.
A litre of Kingfisher (5%) was Rs.45 - about 50p.

That was around 2008 and I hear that prices have gone silly since I left.

 

[catinthehat]

http://www.grapevine.is/media/pdf/issue_7_barguide_new.pdf

Prices in Reykjavik - 1000ISK is about £5.50. Imported beers are pretty expensive depending on where you are - can be 2000ISK.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Philippines, about 70p for a 330ml bottle of San Miguel, always on buy one, get one free