O/T:- 10 pints for a quid in 1964?

[tarquinbeech]

Beer prices through the years....in response to a question from Serious.....interesting enough for it´s own thread?

Beer prices through the 1900s were remarkably cheap up until we joined the EU (no idea why) but they noticeably soared in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, and with more regulation, the "duty escalator", ridiculous business rates and the smoking ban, effectively killed off one of the great British institutions.

I have taken Guinness as the litmus test because it is a universal brand across the UK, although arguably a tad expensive compared to "local brews"......prices per pint......

1900 - 3 pennies (1.25p)
1914 - 4 pennies (1.66p)
1918 - 10 pennies (4p-ish).......there were numerous reports of "profiteering" and deliberate beer shortages, hop shortages and general unrest at the prices, read here https://www.europeanbeerguide.net/beer1917.htm#shilling
Dec 1951 - 1 shilling (5p) ie only a 2 penny rise in 33 years, the "glory years" for beer drinking
1964 - 2 shillings (10p)......being in Nottingham which was usually cheaper than the national average, Serious could comfortably buy 5 pints of Home bitter, a bag of chips plus entry to "grab-a-granny" night for under 10 bob!!
1969 - 3shillings (15p)
1974 - 4 shillings (20p)
1978 - 10 shillings (50p).....beer prices more than doubled in 4 years!!
1981 - 15 shillings (75p)....another 50% rise in 3 years
1982 to 1983 - 1 pound a pint...the year I joined Scottish and Newcastle and Home Brewery later that decade.....some high volume outlets like Calverton WMC held out at 1 pound a pint for several more years.
1990 - 1 pound 50p per pint

Remember these are national averages of a premium product, so people will probably still remember their local boozer holding out at 1 pound a pint up to 1990, but the striking comparison here is those that grew up in the 60s in their ****s getting 10 pints for a squid in ´64, versus those getting 1 pint per pound 1982.....I´m off to fire up my tardis.

[Elite_Pie]

2019 - Taurus cider (5%) 57p per pint.

Home drinking rather than the local, but I aim to make the most of it tonight.

[Braddpie]

Explained to some lads on the tram that when I was 18 normal beer (home ales) was less than 2bob a pint .
They told me that at the time approx 6 years ago it was minimum of £2.50.
If it goes up at the same rate over the next 40 years it will be £90 a pint
I’m glad I won’t be here to drink it

[LaxtonLad]

Right then, in 1964 when I were 17, I could catch: a bus from Carlton into town and back 1s, 3 pints of bitter in the Huntington Arms, 4s, a packet of Embassy fags, 2s and entry into the Palais, 3s. Ten bob for a night out with me mates, perhaps more if we picked up a bit of fluff.

[Bartlett's Dust]

Have been paying £5+ for a pint in quite a few places more recently, even when up north it doesn't seem any cheaper. It hurts at first but started getting used to getting coins back from a £10 note.

Meanwhile supermarket deals still work out at least a third of that at around £1.50 per pint on San Miguel cans I bought last week.

Drinking out is now more of a luxury, it's no wonder so many pubs have closed in the past 10 years.

[tarquinbeech]

Explained to some lads on the tram that when I was 18 normal beer (home ales) was less than 2bob a pint .
They told me that at the time approx 6 years ago it was minimum of £2.50.
If it goes up at the same rate over the next 40 years it will be £90 a pint
I’m glad I won’t be here to drink it

It´s crazy to think how much beer prices in the UK have gone up......one of the great things about living in a "developing" country like Mexico is that apart from the obvious tourist traps like Cancun or Playa, beer prices in the "off the beaten track" places are still remarkably sensible.
My brother and I recently found a sports bar on the highway outside Puerto Morelos on the Caribbean coast, 6 giant sports tv screens, draught beer which is quite rare here, live bands after 9pm, decent burger-type snacks and wall-to-wall Chicas looking for rich westerners........69 pesos a litre (roughly 1.50 a pint)......we rolled out at 3 or 4am quite a few nights, and were back at 11am the following morning on the way to the beach!! Ouch!

Here is this small resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOLKwXO-dWc

[queenslandpie]

Beer prices in the UK are still dirt cheap compared to here. A pint of Local Eumundi lager where I live ( craft beer I admit) is a marvelous $12 AU ( 6 pounds 50). Even a regular local mass produced brew such as Tooheys New or Carlton Draft is at least $10 a pint ( although pints are generally not drink its schooners or pots) (5 pounds 50). A bottled beer is usually $8 plus a bottle with the European brands being more due to the huge import duty on them here ( get used to that yourselves when you leave the EU without a deal he didn't mention that one!). A carton ( 24) of Corona which is seen as a premium brew here ( largely brewed in NZ) the cheapest you will get at a beer warehouse type place is around $48. (25 quid). Boozing here is extremely expensive. A result of this country not having a recession for a long time I would suppose prices just go up and up at astounding rates. A decent bottle of wine is $15-20 and often the same wines can be purchased in the European markets for a lot less although I am unsure where they are bottled and whether it is just branding.

[maddogslater]

It´s crazy to think how much beer prices in the UK have gone up......one of the great things about living in a "developing" country like Mexico is that apart from the obvious tourist traps like Cancun or Playa, beer prices in the "off the beaten track" places are still remarkably sensible.
My brother and I recently found a sports bar on the highway outside Puerto Morelos on the Caribbean coast, 6 giant sports tv screens, draught beer which is quite rare here, live bands after 9pm, decent burger-type snacks and wall-to-wall Chicas looking for rich westerners........69 pesos a litre (roughly 1.50 a pint)......we rolled out at 3 or 4am quite a few nights, and were back at 11am the following morning on the way to the beach!! Ouch!

Here is this small resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOLKwXO-dWc

How much do the chicas work out at ?
1975 I was 15, 20p a pint city centre pubs and 40p a pint down the bali hai

[navypie]

How much do the chicas work out at ?
1975 I was 15, 20p a pint city centre pubs and 40p a pint down the bali hai

Surprised you've not come on here and said alcohol is evil.

[BigFatPie]

Alcohol, even drinking out, is cheaper comparatively now than it was years ago if you take wages into account.

£3.50-£4 a pint in my local. Cheaper at home of course, but not nearly as much fun.