price of beer

[cappy]

idrink sol lager its a nice flavour which I enjoy sometimes in my local supermarket its 14 quid a case of 12 ....next time it can be 10 quid acase ...today it was 2 cases for 16 quid as xmas is coming I got 8 cases .....saving48 quid why do I feel I have been ripped off ......I asked the bloke in the beer section ...and got the typical ....effed if I know I only work here...how can this price change so much ....guess im just getting old ....cant understand it regards cappy

[happy daze john in oz]

Post #58, think your self lucky you have not lived here in Melbourne.
Up until about 1985 it was common every year at Christmas for the local brewery to go on strike, you may have heard toe song, 'A pub with no beer'
Written in London by an Aussie there on holiday bemoaning the annual ritual.

Des, many of our pubs here do a pint for $8 which is bloody good, value.
Bowls club in Moama at weekend paid $10.5 for a pot and glass of Chardonay.

[Steve Singleton]

Hi, well, I was comparing Castlemaine with other lagers available at that time in Oz...... Compared with those, it was the best of bad bunch.
And as I say... it was lot better than the Castlemaine that was made in the UK: Again the old "Chalk & Cheese" adage comes to mind.
I'm no fan of ANY lager to be honest... I'm an Ale Drinker...... but, as we all know..... any port in a storm.
Cheers, Good Health!

[happy daze john in oz]

Ice cold Oz beer, nothing better on a hot day than sucking on stubbies.

But the price is directly proportional to the cost of living and the tax imposed by govs, also the amount in your pocket.