Thursday is a reminder that the weekend is just around the corner. Time to compare beer prices in Europe!

Who would you like to drink your next beer with? And where?

The beer prices shown here refer to local draught 0.5 litre beer in a restaurant.

Source: Numbeo - as of August 2024

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    4 months ago

    I wonder how this compares to how much time a beer costs vs the minimum / median wage for a country

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      4 months ago

      In Nordics it is mainly taxation that brings the price up, and also the state controlled monopoly with alcohol. I don’t think wages are that much higher, except Norway.

  • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    Ruski here.

    This is still hella expensive. 150 rubles for half a liter of beer is around double (maybe 1.5x for some brands) what they cost in probably most shops, with some being cheaper in alcohol-centered shops.

    Some actually imported stuff goes for that price and tastes considerably better.

    There’s also domestic beer and the like for around the same price (some cheaper, some more expensive) that tastes better, too.

    And all in all, considering the incomes and purchasing power, that 1.6 EUR average in restaurants and stuff sure doesn’t feel good.

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      4 months ago

      Just to say it, but in most of the EU a beer in a shop will cost about as much as in Russia. Scandinavia is more expensive due to taxes, but 1.6EUR is fairly normal for a liter.

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        4 months ago

        In Germany, you can get a cheap beer a lot cheaper in a store though:

        Sternburg Export 0.5L bottle — 69ct

        Of course:

        • This is a very cheap beer. But the average German mass-market brand is at around 1€/0.5L too (Jever, Krombacher, Becks, Radeberger are the ones I checked).
        • Sternburg used to be a lot cheaper, I remember it being sold around the 30ct price point a couple of years back.
        • There is a deposit on bottles/cans but of course that will be returned when you return the bottle.
    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.org
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      4 months ago

      Slava Ukraini!

      That said, I really hope you will get rid of your store brand hitler soon, for your own sake as well

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      3 months ago

      I loved drinking in Czechia. Being from America I’m used to tipping. I remember a beer with a nice tip was one coin thanks to your currency. There’s something about buying a big handled mug of beer with one big coin smacked on the bar that feel fucking medieval.

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      3 months ago

      I haven’t seen any good beer here cheaper than ~3 euro in the last few years tbh. I’m afraid we’re no longer the famous European cheap booze county…

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    4 months ago

    It says this price is in restaurants; I assume Europe is like North America where the price for a single drink in a restaurant is much higher than at a store, especially if I were to buy a 6 pack in a store?

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      In Russia it’s less than $1 per average 0,5 beer but with a restaurant’s mark-up it’s $1-3 even if they are the same (like they bring the same bottle sometimes), so the graph checks out I guess. Although, these mentioned prices are even more pointless if you consider how they relate to the average income in said countries.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      And this is the price in a big city restaurant. Go to any small town establishment and it will be much cheaper.

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      I could buy a single can of Jupiler at a grocery store for about 80cents in Amsterdam 7 years ago. Noy sure what the price is now, but that’s cheaper than an individual soda at an American grocery store

      • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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        4 months ago

        And Jupiler is still a somewhat decent beer as far as standard lager goes, you can also get the “hobo” beers with higher alcohol content and even cheaper by the can.

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    4 months ago

    France: expensive and leaves a bad aftertaste 😅

    More seriously though, this also needs to take different tax levels specifically on alcohol into account.

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    4 months ago

    What’s weird in CZ is that at that price you can get craft beer in small brewerys. Big brewerys raised prices after covid and small brewerys pay half tax.

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          3 months ago

          Sounds good.

          Just one more thing: Median gross wage.

          Because what is gross and what is net also varies a lot. For example, in France, taxes and health insurance are deducted from gross, but in Switzerland they’re not. So comparing net salaries between FR and CH would create the incorrect impression that they are stupidly higher in CH.

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    4 months ago

    Belgium’s, quite a bit off. I’d frequent the hell out of a place that would sell beer that cheap. Most places sell 0.5l’s for around €6 nowadays. The lowest price store bought is ridiculous here though. It’s around 90 cents per liter. Most people have some prejudice around it because of the price but it’s actually a very good beer. Carapils I ♥️ you!!!

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    4 months ago

    So Iceland is not a thing to whoever made this? Though Iceland would probably need an animated blinking red colour for the price there.

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    4 months ago

    I imagine Wetherspoons in the UK are doing a huge job keeping the average that low

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      4 months ago

      I don’t think they remembered to calculate the price into Euros for the UK. It’s about £5 now for a pint. Ales are usually a bit cheaper, but lagers are getting quite pricey

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      4 months ago

      Right? I’m Canadian and That’s like $12 a beer, that’s absurd. Here it’s like $6 and I thought that was high

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        3 months ago

        I’m Finnish and we’re definitely not as wealthy as Norway, and the 7€ is an average, and I’d say skewed for some reason. I live in one of the main cities in Finland, not a large one, but large for a Finnish one. It’s very common to have to pay 8,5€ for a 0.33l (11,15floz) basic lager in the restaurants, cafes and bars that are in the center. It’s disgusting.

        There are a few cheaper places, but any non-sleazy place basically.

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            3 months ago

            Idk, probably just sales unaffected by raising prices; the bars at the center are full on the weekends no matter what. We love our alcohol.

            Also high taxes on alcohol

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    4 months ago

    I’m half tempted to go holiday in Ukraine. At least they have that going for them