Drinking has gotten way to expensive

[return to the red]

Married a Saskatchewan girl so the Pil has found a special place in my heart. If not Pilsner then I twill dabble in the Bacardi-water-little splash of coke

Lethbridge booze prices aren't bad YET but they are gettin there as the nicer places are taking more business, short-pouring and charging more for a guy that goes to the bar once every 3 months I can handle it

[Looger]

high property value = high beer prices at bars

still cheaper than vancouver.

hell, calgary's cheaper than prince george.

[Temporary_User]

It's expensive everywhere in Canada. Everytime I goto the States, I'm shocked by the cheap prices! It seems that most places just free pour there drinks aswell. I always make sure to stop @ Duty-Free and load up. I would say more than 1/2 off.
It's the damn "Sin taxes" I tell ya!

[Looger]

Originally Posted by Temporary_User

It's expensive everywhere in Canada. Everytime I goto the States, I'm shocked by the cheap prices! It seems that most places just free pour there drinks aswell. I always make sure to stop @ Duty-Free and load up. I would say more than 1/2 off.
It's the damn "Sin taxes" I tell ya!

hear hear.

was in a high-class downtown hotel bar in LA, guzzling away, at slightly less than dive-bar canada prices. awesome.

the reason a 'bad' bottle of vodka is $18 and a decent one is $24 is because 80% of it is tax, where in the states in costco you can get a 60 of smirnoff for less than 10 bucks.

[calgaryrocks]

not a big beer fan, its a waste of time and money imo. sure ill have a rum and coke at a friends(these are usually free) but not enough to get drunk because you end up doing something stupid or dont remember what you did. there are other ways of enjoying life in my opinion. thats just my opinion tho.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by return to the red

Married a Saskatchewan girl so the Pil has found a special place in my heart. If not Pilsner then I twill dabble in the Bacardi-water-little splash of coke

Lethbridge booze prices aren't bad YET but they are gettin there as the nicer places are taking more business, short-pouring and charging more for a guy that goes to the bar once every 3 months I can handle it

Blarney Stone prices are getting a little expensive.

[Looger]

Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

not a big beer fan, its a waste of time and money imo. sure ill have a rum and coke at a friends(these are usually free) but not enough to get drunk because you end up doing something stupid or dont remember what you did. there are other ways of enjoying life in my opinion. thats just my opinion tho.

well, if you've got the time and money to get serious, the fun period before the dark side gets a lot longer.

worth the investment!

[Tron_fdc]

Brew your own beer.....way cheaper and the quality is 10X better.

My last batch was a honey brown, and it worked out to about $0.45/500ml bottle. I get around 45-48 bottles per brew, so if you time it right you can always have beer in the fridge. It takes a while to do (the fermentation process takes a few weeks), but it's painfully easy and rewarding when you cack your first bottle.

This is another forum I post on from time to time:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/index.php

Have a look at some of the contraptions the fanatics on that site are running.....

[calgaryrocks]

Originally Posted by Looger

well, if you've got the time and money to get serious, the fun period before the dark side gets a lot longer.

worth the investment!

its all dependant on how you have fun, what you enjoy doing

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by fotze

95% of the time someone brings their homebrew, it is terrible and everyone has to lie and say how great it is. And rest assured, the brewer will be seeking positive comments all night long. Its good eh? Only 50 cents a bottle eh? Tastes better than store bought eh? I can't tell the difference.

I'm sure yours is good though.

My dad tried making his own and it was terrible. But he swore it was way better than store bought beer.

I have yet found a home grown brew that I like. Not saying it isn't possible....but I haven't tasted one yet.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by fotze

95% of the time someone brings their homebrew, it is terrible and everyone has to lie and say how great it is. And rest assured, the brewer will be seeking positive comments all night long. Its good eh? Only 50 cents a bottle eh? Tastes better than store bought eh? I can't tell the difference.

I'm sure yours is good though.

You been to Trons house, right fotze?
I shouldnt talkabout expensive booze...I fly to Cuba to get my rum. But its only $7 a bottle when I get there LOL. The cigars are primo too.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by J pold

If I do go to the Bar I prefer the Den on Thursday’s 7 dollar pitchers…can’t go wrong there

That's cool that it's still cheap at the Den.

I remember back in the day when Labatt Blue Jugs were $4.25 on Thursdays.
This was when it didn't look like a Moxies...

10+ years ago.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by fotze

95% of the time someone brings their homebrew, it is terrible and everyone has to lie and say how great it is. And rest assured, the brewer will be seeking positive comments all night long. Its good eh? Only 50 cents a bottle eh? Tastes better than store bought eh? I can't tell the difference.

I'm sure yours is good though.

You are correct when you say a lot of homebrew is terrible.....reason being a lot of people that try it have no idea WTF they're doing. There are a number of things that a homebrewer can do to improve the taste however, the most important of which is sanitization. If you're careful with everything that touches your beer, you will cut down on bacteria, which once it gets in your fermenters creates the "skunk" taste. I also use the wort kits, so I'm not burning down my kitchen with bunsen burners boiling my ingredients, and all the hops etc are pre-mixed (kind of like a pre-made cake mix). It's actually quite easy to do.

I use bottled water, bleach on all my equipment, and I'm very careful that nothing touches my brew that hasn't been 100% sanitized. It's a long, tediuos process, but the beer you get is much "cleaner" and IMO better than what you buy in the store.

[Agamemnon]

Drinking in Europe I found half liter beers average price was around .60 cents to a buck... That was Germany and Hungary.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Agamemnon

Drinking in Europe I found half liter beers average price was around .60 cents to a buck... That was Germany and Hungary.

In 1965?

Beer was sure not .60 cents at the World Cup this summer. Prices in Germany and France were the same or higher than here.

Cocktails in Berlin are about $15 - $20.

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by troutman

In 1965?

Beer was sure not .60 cents at the World Cup this summer. Prices in Germany and France were the same or higher than here.

Cocktails in Berlin are about $15 - $20.

1998... and it was mostly rural Eastern Germany and Hungary, not Berlin or anthing. Most of the pubs I went to were in people's basements and garages, and they had like 5 per block.

Sooo... in retrospect I'm sure there was no tax on the stuff, the places didn't seem that... regulated.

[MolsonInBothHands]

Originally Posted by troutman

In 1965?

Beer was sure not .60 cents at the World Cup this summer. Prices in Germany and France were the same or higher than here.

Cocktails in Berlin are about $15 - $20.

I could buy cans of Heineken on the street corner, in Athens, last year for a Euro a can. I spent a month there, damn near came home an alcoholic.

[pepper24]

Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

not a big beer fan, its a waste of time and money imo. sure ill have a rum and coke at a friends(these are usually free) but not enough to get drunk because you end up doing something stupid or dont remember what you did. there are other ways of enjoying life in my opinion. thats just my opinion tho.

sure thing, lance bass!

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

not a big beer fan, its a waste of time and money imo. sure ill have a rum and coke at a friends(these are usually free) but not enough to get drunk because you end up doing something stupid or dont remember what you did. there are other ways of enjoying life in my opinion. thats just my opinion tho.

Yeah, everyone here thinks that beer is the only way to have fun and the only beverage to drink... Different strokes for different folks, I'm sure you've got entertainment choices the rest of us would scoff at.

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by fotze

Alcohol, the answer to and cause of all life's problems.

Well... that and having kids...