tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post6692653026397660472..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: No Mean TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-11366948946001665292013-08-03T10:39:59.374+01:002013-08-03T10:39:59.374+01:00We visited the Old Brewery one Sunday last Decembe...We visited the Old Brewery one Sunday last December, and sat out in the courtyard beer garden (under the heated umbrellas), as the place was so full inside. I don't recall what the prices were (apart from being considerably higher than normal), as we were trying halves of several differnt beers between us. (Hopefully Meantime don't follow the oncreasingly shamefull practice of charging a premium on halves?).<br /><br />As an aside,the other week I noticed a couple of Meantime beers on sale, airside, at London City Airport. I wasn't tempted as we were about to fly out to Nuremberg, where we would be able to enjoy equal, if not better beers at much cheaper prices.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-46096792639539450032013-07-31T13:31:28.805+01:002013-07-31T13:31:28.805+01:00one thing in Anonymous Boozer's comment intrig...one thing in Anonymous Boozer's comment intrigued me (purely out of academic interest!) - Peroni at £4.50 locally... Peroni is generally over £4 round here too, (apart from the fact it somehow it gets passed off as a premium product despite being fecking awful even by mass produced lager standards), so very little difference in that between here and Laaahndan, yet over £2 (that is 60%+!) difference in the Meantime (equivalent, ovbviously, hardly ever see Meantime here)Dave Unpronounceablehttp://www.steelcitybrewing.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-71605461595915769162013-07-31T11:07:25.627+01:002013-07-31T11:07:25.627+01:00I'd agree with Dave's pricing in general.....I'd agree with Dave's pricing in general... outside of London. I don't think the Old Brewery has a particularly specialist or hipster crowd, just locals (by definition affluent as you wouldn't be able to afford to live in Greenwich otherwise) and tourists.<br /><br />I'm not going to deny that Meantime don't try it on with their prices, but the £5.20 price point needs to be considered in relation to the local competition. A pint of Heineken will set you back £4.35 round the corner (http://www.trafalgartavern.co.uk/TTWineMenu.pdf), Peroni £4.50 (http://www.thegipsymothgreenwich.co.uk/document/thegipsymothgreenwich-websitedrinkslist.doc). One bar even has Brakspear for £5.40 (http://mitregreenwich.com/files/2013/05/Mitre-Beer-List-APRIL-2013.pdf - I'm assuming this must be a typo?). £5.20 in comparison to those local prices isn't that crazy for a brand that is clearly trying to pass itself off as a premium product.<br /><br />(I know that you can find examples of imported craft beer being cheaper than local craft on those menus - but that's an oddity that is not unique to Greenwich).An Anonymous Boozernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-34209269152210240662013-07-31T10:48:08.301+01:002013-07-31T10:48:08.301+01:00I am curious as to who it is that is willing to pa...I am curious as to who it is that is willing to pay these prices.<br /><br />Is it hipsters?<br />Is it rich londoners who see £5.20 as small change?<br />Is it normal folk willing to try it once just for the experience and then not bothering with a second pint?<br /><br />How long will this situation last? Eventually the hipsters will move on and the normal folk will have tried enough different stuff and will go back to something affordable. py0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82299614384117217892013-07-31T10:10:28.315+01:002013-07-31T10:10:28.315+01:00been through the £2 barrier twice thanks to moving...been through the £2 barrier twice thanks to moving Brizzle - Sheffield in 2005. Sheffield now split, with many of 'my' pubs in town now well over the £3 mark, while the valley of beer is still approaching £3 for 5%+ beers<br /><br />That said, I'll often part with £3+ for a half of imported/strong barrel aged stuff in the Tap, but almost always only one half. If a 'normal' beer (i.e. no adjuncts, not imperial strength and not imported) is over £3.50 then it better be bloody amazing to justify the price <br /><br />£5.20 for a locally brewed, standard beer is beyond piss-taking and into the the social experiment stage - let's see just how much we can get people to pay.Dave Unpronounceablehttp://www.steelcitybrewing.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-25501370276358034172013-07-31T10:07:43.462+01:002013-07-31T10:07:43.462+01:00Tightwad Northerners complaining about prices in t...Tightwad Northerners complaining about prices in that there London.<br />Who'da thunk it ?Fugger Von Babestationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-80141041923564353832013-07-31T07:39:02.492+01:002013-07-31T07:39:02.492+01:00I can remember the uproar in my local about twenty...I can remember the uproar in my local about twenty years ago when Holt's Bitter hit a quid.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-16010333454276581512013-07-30T21:30:48.530+01:002013-07-30T21:30:48.530+01:00I'd say probably around £4.20.I'd say probably around £4.20.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-6185601432989586752013-07-30T20:36:27.994+01:002013-07-30T20:36:27.994+01:00You'd have to ask Tyson that one Coxy. He more...You'd have to ask Tyson that one Coxy. He more or less lives there. :-)Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-88481898176330667922013-07-30T19:56:59.681+01:002013-07-30T19:56:59.681+01:00How much do you reckon the same beer would be in t...How much do you reckon the same beer would be in that Port Street place?Coxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-39803318470420998512013-07-30T18:32:49.608+01:002013-07-30T18:32:49.608+01:00£3.50 is my top limit. Good job I drink in Manches...£3.50 is my top limit. Good job I drink in Manchester rather than London.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-54466596335026802332013-07-30T17:22:42.048+01:002013-07-30T17:22:42.048+01:00I wouldn't pay £5.20 for a pint. No doubt I...I wouldn't pay £5.20 for a pint. No doubt I'll have to someday - I can remember my friends and I laughing at the bar steward in our college bar when he said that it wouldn't be too long before we'd be paying 50p a pint - but not yet. I'd have been heading for the Spoons.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-81634630412606579402013-07-30T13:25:13.215+01:002013-07-30T13:25:13.215+01:00Cookie
I think that was about it. Taking the piss...Cookie<br /><br />I think that was about it. Taking the piss as it is in some ways.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43671319432914960992013-07-30T12:14:43.733+01:002013-07-30T12:14:43.733+01:00I like the Old Brewery and the Meantime beers are ...I like the Old Brewery and the Meantime beers are okay. I can see why some might find them lacking, but I think they're clearing aiming at a particular (affluent, non-beergeek) market.<br /><br />It's not a cheap place but it's also really not any different to everywhere else in Greenwich in that regard. You'd be a fool to pay the price of some of the bottles though, especially their College Beer Club beers which you can sometimes find there.An Anonymous Boozernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-45410754315250865082013-07-30T11:24:37.557+01:002013-07-30T11:24:37.557+01:00It's a free country, if people want to buy £5 ...It's a free country, if people want to buy £5 pints people will sell 'em.<br /><br />But out of interest, is there a price where you say, bollocks to this, to the spoons! If so, what is the Tands upper limit?<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com