tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7333277763400336294..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Dear Do in DüsseldorfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-12718929492121720142013-11-15T06:46:31.426+00:002013-11-15T06:46:31.426+00:00more complaints about the price of cheap beer! , t...more complaints about the price of cheap beer! , the hailing will be shrill when you pay what we pay for beer :-)Kieran Haslett-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562970144894398803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-63323925671713729412013-11-13T16:13:34.963+00:002013-11-13T16:13:34.963+00:00There is a degree of confidence, maybe more than t...There is a degree of confidence, maybe more than that in Germany that you just don't get at home.<br /><br />Could it be because they are sucessful???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183319811858064722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-44940284352757663772013-11-12T08:21:18.583+00:002013-11-12T08:21:18.583+00:00I go to berlin this weekend (. Plentzer berg - dis...I go to berlin this weekend (. Plentzer berg - district )<br />Could anybody recommend any good ale houses ? Ta -<br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-10475075651142385072013-11-08T21:18:04.510+00:002013-11-08T21:18:04.510+00:00Bryan, looking back at our July visit to Franconia...Bryan, looking back at our July visit to Franconia, we were paying €2.50 - €2.70 for a half litre in Bamberg. In Forchheim, and in the country kellers, it was €1.80!<br /><br />Tandleman, I can't remember what I was paying on my last visit to Cologne (2011), but it seemed a lot for such a small measure of beer.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-3176986244397255082013-11-08T11:53:06.889+00:002013-11-08T11:53:06.889+00:00Dan: This isn't about comparisons to me, but a...Dan: This isn't about comparisons to me, but absolutes. Mind you comparisons to other parts of Germany are perfectly valid. <br /><br />Nor do I think anyone has compared it to Spoons other than you. Oh and btw, these are anything but small operations.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-32466103349776047922013-11-08T10:34:06.143+00:002013-11-08T10:34:06.143+00:00Why is everyone obsessed with rounding everything ...Why is everyone obsessed with rounding everything into pints and then comparing that to other breweries? So you pay 2 euros for 25cl of a 4.5-5% beer? That sounds like a good price to me for the quality of beer, service and surroundings you are getting. The brew pubs of Düsseldorf are small operations using traditional techniques, all of which push the price up. There price point is never going to be able to compete with the majority of cheap cask you can find around the UK mainly just because of the economics of scale, not to mention all the other reasons why producing cask beer is cheaper for a brewery. It doesn't make sense to compare that to the £2.80 pint of 3% mild down the local spoons.<br /><br /><br /><br />Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-20467666037047926142013-11-08T09:51:45.204+00:002013-11-08T09:51:45.204+00:00One factor at play is that since McBroons financia...One factor at play is that since McBroons financial crisis sterling has devalued by around a quarter. Other eras would consider it a sterling crisis.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-25546256716468877672013-11-08T09:20:45.147+00:002013-11-08T09:20:45.147+00:00Matt; You may well think that, but it skews the ar...Matt; You may well think that, but it skews the arithmetic (math) if Jeff is still reading.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-49655642136292206872013-11-08T09:14:37.038+00:002013-11-08T09:14:37.038+00:00I think of a glass of Alt as a half and two Euros ...I think of a glass of Alt as a half and two Euros as £1.50, making it the equivalent of £3 a pint, about the same as here.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-33287888062536710102013-11-08T08:01:53.439+00:002013-11-08T08:01:53.439+00:00No custom of tipping the wait staff...say *what*?!...No custom of tipping the wait staff...say *what*?!?ErlangerNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-71921808321781105052013-11-07T22:24:33.906+00:002013-11-07T22:24:33.906+00:00That's £3.50 a pint, not "a price"!
...That's £3.50 a pint, not "a price"!<br /><br />And Tandleman, your Alt was €8/litre with your rounding, which is about £3.80 a pint. Bryan the Beervikinghttp://beerviking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-6861148745914257662013-11-07T22:19:59.590+00:002013-11-07T22:19:59.590+00:00Yeah, a lot of people don't realise how expens...Yeah, a lot of people don't realise how expensive Germany is to drink in a bar. Around Hamburg & Luneburg too you'll pay maybe €3.50 for a half-litre, which is pretty much £3.50 a price - or London prices. <br /><br />And this is in a country where beer tax is next to nothing, so a 50cl bottle of 8% Aventinus will cost you the equivalent of a quid in a shop, and generic boring cooking Pilsner (ie. most of the German beer production) might be half that. Then think what a profit margin the bars are making... No wonder there is no custom of tipping waiters, the bar can afford to pay them properly!<br /><br />I'm trying to remember what the prices were like in Bamberg city. I know it was €1.80 or €2 per half in the country Kellers, but they were cheap compared to the city. I think it was still €2.50 to €3 in the city. Bryan the Beervikinghttp://beerviking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-56842693558673851832013-11-07T22:01:06.603+00:002013-11-07T22:01:06.603+00:00Yes, a 16 ounce pint. (We have no real standards ...Yes, a 16 ounce pint. (We have no real standards in the US, so pints range from 16 to 22 ounces.) Here in Portland, a pint will cost you between $4-6, and the price doesn't seem particularly well connected to the volume of liquid. Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-63034181208893068592013-11-07T19:14:13.615+00:002013-11-07T19:14:13.615+00:00Is that a 16oz pint though Jeff? I am coming on t...Is that a 16oz pint though Jeff? I am coming on to Cologne in my next post and yes, it it about the same, but maybe 10c cheaper.<br /><br />In UK terms I make it about €7.50 a litre (or €10 with my rounding)which is about £4 or £5 a pint more or less. (I'm too lazy to work it out exactly).Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-85825956342729702102013-11-07T17:38:51.583+00:002013-11-07T17:38:51.583+00:00Those prices are definitely high when you compare ...Those prices are definitely high when you compare them to Bavaria, where beer is gloriously, blessedly cheap. But if my math is correct, and even ignoring the beating the dollar takes against the euro, the pint equivalent works out to about $4.75--roughly what it costs in my hometown (probably about average for the US--way cheaper than NYC).<br /><br />If memory serves, you pay roughly the same amount down in Cologne for a .2 liter stange. Considering how fast I threw them down, that did add up. The alts, richer and headier, went down a little slower than those kolsches, which you can drink like water on a hot day.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.com