what the price for a pint of beer in england? on avarage

Hi David, Glad you are coming over to these fine shores! :)

Well, prices do differ from place to place but to give you an indication - where I live (Penzance, Cornwall):

Pint of lager: from 1.90 to 2.50 (Carling to Stella) Pint of Bitter (Keg): from 1.90 to 2.30 (Worthington to Boddingtons) Real Ale (That's more like it!): 2.00 to 2.40 (Various) Stout (Guinness): 2.10 to 2.50

That is in most pubs, except the Wetherspoon chain, who are UK-wide, massive and as such can offer huge discounts such as: Lager: from 1.69 (Carling) Beer: from 1.59 (Worthington) Stout: Guinness - 1.89 Ale: Spitfire from 1.39

Food is good too. Suffice to say, I prefer the Wetherspoon pub in Penzance as: a) It's cheap b) It has adequate ventilation (I am a non-smoker and my wife is a chronic asthmatic) c) Food is good and the staff are friendly d) No god-damn music blaring out!

Just my 2p, but in most big towns and cities, there is a Wetherspoon around. Give it a pop!

Simon

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I've been twice into one local Wetherspoon pub, and one BOTH occasions there have been smokers in the non-smoking section, despite letters of reassurance from Wetherspoon HQ that the regional manager will have it stopped. The other aspects mentioned above are fine, and there's usually a good range of local brews.

Most commonly in six-packs of 500ml aluminium cans. Bottles (again usually less than a pint) are sold too, either in crates of 24 or so or individually. Most of the shop-bought beer discussed in this newsgroup is 'bottle conditioned', meaning that some live yeast is in the bottle causing a secondary fermentation. I don't believe this is possible for canned beer. (Not all bottled beer is bottle conditioned.)

Average store price: varies wildly from about 25p/can for the cheapest lager to about two pounds for some bottle conditioned beers.

'Spoons vary enormously depending on the attitude and professionalism of the manager. There's no shortage of JDW horror stories, but some are very good and most are OK if you like that sort of thing.

I'd encourage a visitor to try more traditional pubs though, and avoid anything that seems to be branded (apart from JDW).

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

In general, I like J.D.Wetherspoons as they always have real-ale at a reasonable price. Most pubs in London are extortionately priced, but go into a Wetherspoons and things are different. Good food too!

The Hamilton (Liverpool Street Station) & The Crosse Keys (opposite Leadenhall Market) are two good examples.

I was delighted when I heard that Wetherspoons was opening in my local High Street, (Rayleigh, Essex)

Tried it once and was very disappointed. The internal decoration and style of the pub gave the impression that it was aimed at youngsters. (Lager Louts). In the evening, they employed bouncers. Unfortunately, the Rayleigh Wetherspoons is NOT suitable to take the family for a Sunday Lunch.

Yes, but Sam Smiths have a policy of not stocking cask beer outside Yorkshire. Most of the London Sam Smiths outlets went nitro many years ago, and the only Oxford Sam Smiths pub followed suit recently. Even in Yorkshire they have lots of keg only outlets.

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

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Don't forget, though, that our pints are 20 fluid ounces (568ml) not the smaller American ones.

Steve

Unfortunately, yes. Are there any London Sam Smith's pubs still selling real ale - the Chandos, for example?

NO.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese had OBB on handpump last time I was there.

Angela

As far as I'm aware both the Falcon and Boot in Chester still have OBB in cask, though I've not been to either for a few months

Cittie of York, Holborn certainly does

The Chandos, Ye Olde Cheshiree Cheesee and the Citee of Yorke seem to.

and things are different.

You are joking arent you? The food in Weatherspoons is all factory made blast chilled sludge - even the bread! Don't pass it off as good food purlease.

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I beg to differ! The food in Wetherspoons is the sort of fatty, defrosted factory-made pap.

All over the UK (despite our bad reputation for food) there are pubs and restuarants selling good quality, locally-sourced, often organic homemade food, and I strongly urge you to seek out some of these on your visit.

For "good" read "cheap". That's usually peoples motivation for visiting a poxy Wetherspoons.

Me and my son got fish ND chips in our spoons one day. It looked nice but it was hard to find the thin sliver of fish inside the long slab of batter.

I mentioned it to someone and they laughed at me and said why get fish and chips there when you've got Crosby's a couple of doors down?

Never eaten at a spoons, since..... :o)