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Going to 12 bar on friday do you think the price of drinks when we go out are expensive , surely if bars lowered their prices more people would go out

Are you on a wind up? Or do you actually want a serious answer to that?

Most pubs are owned by the brewery. The Brewery charges a fair what for the leasehold/equipment, etc. During the recession its easier/chepaer to buy beer from the supermarket.

All in all I don't think most pubs would survive on cheper prices. The extra people brought it wouldn't be enough.

Here comes Gazza! ;)

12bar prices take the piss, end of.

Have you asked STFC_Gazza? Apparently he works for a pub company.


Edit: Booo JFW.

The answer to any question of this sort lies in a graph a bit like this

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The day of going to the pub for a few beers etc are passe. The smoking ban came in hit pubs hard but cheap booze in supermarkets did so even more. Its been done to death on here. The traditional pub isnt fashionable anymore, People think I can smoke at home and drink and its cheaper? Plus cunts kicking fuck out of each other in town puts people off. Rising cost of living and credit crunch as well contributes. First thing you cut back is going out. People communicate online now etc so dont really need to go out to catch up on the latest chat. Loads of factors. Hence why pubs are now full of food and kids running around. Eventually the british pub will be like an american bar and effectively be restaurants which cater to families!

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3 years and £20k debt and that's all you've got to show for it?

so is the answer that we should all stay and fuck the british pub or go out and have a good time from time to time

Fuck the british pub, get cheap booze, buy the CD or watch it on youtube with a 76p bottle of beer and invite your mates around for a laugh :D

were are the bootles at 76p?

It's atleast £24k of debt. And yes.

I worked that out as £153 per week?

Have you really got nothing else to do?

No due to the price of drinks :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

we have people over at weekends, or go round theres, 24 cans for me couple of bottles of wine for the missis, bbq or takeaway, CHEAP weekend, have a laugh with me mates whilst the women ramble on, i suggested a bit of swinging but she aint having none of it :D

Education doesn't come cheap. Despite what any given government will try to tell you.

Then it is my duty, and that of my fellow drinker to keep the Criterion going in Leicester.  We shall go tomorrow and drink their excellent beer.

I still do the majority of my drinking in pubs, but prices are ridiculous.

Bushwackers is £1.25 a drink on thursdays.

I'm going there tonight :D

But you get more entertainment on a Friday night :D

Quite right.  I go to pubs less than I used to.  But when I do go, I'll never waste an evening/lunchtime now in a bad one.  The good pubs will survive.  A lot of the ropey ones will not.

I was talking about this to my housemate earlier. 2 litres of strongbox at the supermarket was about £2.68. A pint of the same at the pub would be an average if £3 roughly. No wonder people aren't going to the pub! It's not their fault tho they're struggling, the government are fucking them over with tax.

I agree that taxes on the pub trade are ridiculously high...but also think that some people overlook what you're paying for when you go to the pub.

If your objective is simply to get hammered as cheaply as possible then, fine, you can sit at home with 6 tins of Special Brew in front of the TV.  But for me, that would be a crap evening.  The price of your pint in a good pub pays for the beer itself (obviously), the tax on the beer (regrettably), the pleasure of getting out of the house, the wages of the bar staff, the atmosphere, the chance to bump in to other people you might want to talk to etc. etc.  You can't simply compare the two on cost alone.  It's no different really to paying for a pizza in a restaurant vs eating one out of the freezer at home.

I totally agree with your comments it is all about regenrating the economy and job creation as well as meeting your mates down the Pub
Based on this i am going out for a few beers later :gathering:

You have a point but a lot of people are on a shit income or worse (unemployed).

I agree and uderstand people unemployed should get a discount and if i remember they used to get discount going to Football?

I seem to be a bit of a lightweight nowadays so I very rarely spend much!

Always Sir Dans for me. Cheap drinks, and if your a smoker it caters quite well for you. A lot of my friends smoke and they all agree the smoking ban has NOT stopped them going out. Just the general state of the ecomomy means your average punter has less spare cash at the end of the month.

In my favourite pub in Brighton they charged me about £3.50 for a pint, which I think you'll agree is fucking disgraceful.

Having said that, I've got a cheeky black Normandy beer on the go at home.  Still, pub tomorrow, as usual.

Theres a pub in bath that only serves local ale and ciders, and I think the most expensive drink is £3. It's well good

In terms of prices round old town, I earn less than two pints an hour. Which means I can drink beer in the pub faster than I can earn it.

Indeed. It is better to go and get tanked up somewhere close by like the Glue Pot before hand. Nicer beer and much cheaper. Just have one in 12 Bar while you are watching the gig and then retire back for a few more after.

The Greyhound is directly opposite and is a) cheaper, and b) a far better pub than the 12 Bar. In fact there is no reason to go to the 12 Bar unless you really want to see the band who are on. It's not even open on a Saturday lunchtime, for fucks sake

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I popped in there one night on the way to 12 Bar to get some emergency stogies. The regulars gave me strange looks and the bar staff were almost snarling (this was before I ordered anything). Are you sure it is ok LS?

Anyone know what the (pub that used to be the Pipers Arms) is now. I passed it last Saturday in the day and thought there seemed to be a lot of people eating. Is it a restaurant now?

Pig on the hill. Haven't been in, but I think they've gone in more of a food direction.

You sure you didn't go in the Bunch of Grapes?

Went in there t'other week. They have Doom Bar on tap 8)

Now you mention it, it might have been.. Is that a bit dodgy then? Probably not as rough as the 12 Bar was when it was the Ship though.

It's not the nicest of pubs. I think all of the regulars that used to get in The Ship moved on to the Bunch of Grapes.

I lived near it for a couple of years and used to go there a fair bit. Still pop in there a couple of times a month, usually hit up the Graps and Westcott Place WMC on a mini pub crawl before goingg to a mates in Read Street for poker.

The regulars look a bit nasty, but i've never felt uncomfortable, or seen any trouble there. Plus there is a good jukebox and cheap pool table

It was definitely the Greyhound, I drove past it on Saturday.

What did you do in the end, Bassett Boy?

Name it Dave.

I was going to go the Greyhound however based on the comments i went to the Gluepot which in my view is a good pub,