Price of beer in Your town/city ? (Real life price comparison)

Google alt.beer and you'll get a few answers to your question from the last time it was asked here.

Richard

A friend of me went to study in England for 1 year, and found a room in a house. Its householders were a family with 2 cute blonde daughters. After a few days the 2 girls began to compete for him, and he was pretty embarassed from that, anyway, after a while, he decided to begin to date with both of them, being sure the father would have sent him out of the room when discovering that. Nothing of that happened, the parents even didn't bother to talk with him eye to eye about that matter. After a few weeks, he took a beer from the freezer, something he never did before 'cause he wasn't liking beer that much. The day after he found the freezer locked with a chain, and at the first chance the father exchanged a few words with him, putting clear that if he was wishing to continue to live in its house, that would have been the last time he would have touched a beer without prior consent. Some British are probably valuing their blonde beers more than their own daughters, but be sure that is not an universal concept ;-)

It's probably true! haha

Sounds possible except for the part about the beer being in the refrigerator (not the freezer). What self-respecting Englishman keeps his beer at 36 degrees F.? ;-) I thought that was an American custom (or abomination, depending on your source).

Mark Borgerson

Damn. Where's "HERE"? Prices in NJ are a LOT more than that, but, it also depends on the beer and the bar. I imagine your talking about ILL from big breweries but even at that, those prices seems 20 years behind the times. 'Course, I have no idea what Bud, bottle or draft, costs in a bar, but I'd have to guess it's in the $3-5 range.

WHAT?!? Again, where's "HERE"? A bar will sell you a keg of beer for what they paid for it? Are the bars charity organizations "HERE"?

Don't know what Tops is, but where I live, where I've lived and where I've visited, most retailers try to make a profit...

Sounds like upstate NY to me. Lot of real cheapness up there, cuz the economy's hurting in a lot of places. Tops is a supermarket chain (that actually has a decent beer selection in some stores).

I don't drink beer, but even I know that the temperature at which beer should be served depends on whether the beer is a bottom or top brewed beer.

Rich Soyack

We whacky Americans put lots of perishable foodstuffs in the refrigerator. It's a nice way to store them to extend the shelf life. That doesn't mean we necessarily consume those perishable food products at 36F.

You don't like cold beer, don't drink any. No problem mate.

Bob

"Rich Soyack" wrote in news:dOANb.8196$ snipped-for-privacy@nwrdny03.gnilink.net:

Um, no. There are radical differences within lagers (bottom) and ales (top). Kolsch and imperial stout are both ales (and therefore top- fermented), but they certainly aren't drank at the same temp.

With freezer I was wishing to translate the Italian word "frigorifero". I checked the dictionary, it says in English that is refrigerator (or [fam] frig, fridge). Sorry for the mistake.

There's no shortage of lager drinking in England, and they keep those beers in the fridge. This is news to you? Germans, Austrians, and plenty of other lager-drinking folks also keep beers in the refrigerator.

Absolutely. The recommended temperatures range from 40 to about 60 degrees.

A bottle of beer pulled from the refrigerator and consumed within

5 minutes will probably never reach 45 degrees. A beer in a can will warm more quickly---particularly if you hold it in your hand.

I don't drink much beer either---but what we do have is kept out in the garage at about 45 degrees this time of year. The beers I prefer (porters) are in the 55 to 60 degree ranges---which may account for my dismay.

My limited experience in English pubs was that beer was never served below about 45 degrees. I suppose Englishmen who drink beer at home may drink it colder for lack of a happy medium between room temperature and the refrigerator. I doubt they prefer to have it that cold, though.

Hey, Rich, do you think the New Jersey Domestic Partners law will increase or decrease beer consumption? ;-)

Mark Borgerson

They brew at different temperatures and they taste best at the temps at which they brew. Top brewed beers ferment at higher temps than bottom brewed beers. This is why the beers were originally drunk at those temps. Your "Um, no" is wrong.

Rich Soyack

Oh, you are now interested in New Jersey laws?

Rich Soyack

I guess my predjudices as a porter drinker were showing! ;-)

I guess I still have two questions: 1. Do the English set their refrigerators as cold as we do (34-36 degrees F)"

1. Do they let the beer warm up a bit before they drink it?

To get back to the original post:

A six-pack of beer here in Corvallis, Oregon costs about $5.50 to $7.50. depending on the brand. Add in $0.05 per bottle as a refundable deposit. Temporary sale prices may be a dollar cheaper per six-pack.

In a pub or restaurant, a pint of locally produced brew will be about $3.00 to $4.50 depending on the brand. Nationally-produced beer-like brews may be a buck cheaper.

Heres a link to a local pub menu:

My favorite there is the Terminator Stout.

Mark Borgerson

Reading comprehension is underrated.

I was able to figure that out. In any case your English is far superior to my Italian (limited to 'Ciao' and 'Buon Giono') and probably a lot better than my French (which I understand much better than I speak).

The point of the story was still made---that the beer was more closely guarded than the daughter. I just wondered if an Englishman might keep his beer someplace other than the refrigerator. Apparently not, according to other posters.

Mark Borgerson