price of beer

Maybe the wedge of lemon was to help prevent the virus :rolleyes:

I am at present in Singapore, I must be nuts to keep coming back here. Last night I was at Clarke Quay I had 3 pints of Carlsberg Lager (No where appeared to sell Tiger) Total cost 76 Singapore dollars, that is about 16 pounds a pint. As mentioned I must be nuts to keep coming back here. Or as the optimist in me thinks this is as good a time and place to go on the wagon.

John, most normal people know Singapore is one of the most expensive places to visit.
It would appear you have now found out.

I new it was expensive and have seen the pound steadily fall from what I new in the early seventies as 8 Singapore to a pound to its present day 1.60 Singapore to a pound. I was here in 2013 and again in 2019 and there was at that time about 2.00 and then about 1.85 Singapore to the pound. I was paying about 12 quid a pint then. It is not just that Singapore is expensive it is also caused by a very weak pound.

I always found that the price of beer was a good guide to the cost of living

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Originally Posted by Tony Taylor

I always found that the price of beer was a good guide to the cost of living

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You are spot on with that post. There are various cost of living Indexes that use everything from the cost of a bottle of beer through to a macdonalds hamburger as a cost of living comparison for expats and tourists, around the world. Just google those sort of questions and you have an abundance of information

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Originally Posted by john walker

I am at present in Singapore, I must be nuts to keep coming back here. Last night I was at Clarke Quay I had 3 pints of Carlsberg Lager (No where appeared to sell Tiger) Total cost 76 Singapore dollars, that is about 16 pounds a pint. As mentioned I must be nuts to keep coming back here. Or as the optimist in me thinks this is as good a time and place to go on the wagon.

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Speaking just now to a singaporean friend (ex Shell) who says post pandemic prices up 30 -45%, plus taxes at the minute GST 8%, service charge 10%, also depends on area, like anywhere touristy, try less popular area for cheaper beer.

Quite glad I cant manage more than 4 pints now
still enoy every drop, isn't it great rhe breweries
don't go on strike.
Cheers

I only drink one Middy, {Not quite half a pint] when I go up the RSL Club, don't drink as such and drive. but a Middy is $3-50. I think the equivalent of a pint is around $8 so I think you can halve that for pounds we are definitely better off here in Aus.
Des

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Originally Posted by Tony Taylor

Speaking just now to a singaporean friend (ex Shell) who says post pandemic prices up 30 -45%, plus taxes at the minute GST 8%, service charge 10%, also depends on area, like anywhere touristy, try less popular area for cheaper beer.

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I will take you up on that and will drink in places more popular but with prices more akin to the U.K. I have carried out my errands here and tomorrow I am flying up to Phuket.