Price of a pint set to rise!
Wow it’s been a bit busy of late for me, what with moving house and our first baby on the way.
The new house has given me the oppurtunity to acquire a new boiler, well not some much of a boiler rather a huge pan. It does work a treat though, I made a batch of pale ale for christmas, which I must say was pretty good, I’ll post the recipe shortly as it is probably the best I’ve come up with yet.
Before Christmas I was chatting with the guy in the homebrew shop, he tells me the price of a pint here in the uk is set to hit 3 quid a pint. Even the price of the better ale kits has risen by 2 pounds a kits. All as a result of the crappy british summer last year. Grain harvest has been poor, the weather has also effected the hops harvest. Muntons have responded by putting up the price of their beer kits.
The moral of the tale of course is to brew your own from scratch, whether it be from malt extract or from grain. It tastes better than the processed beer you get in the a lot of pubs.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Not only is the price of the raw ingredients going up - the bloody Chancellor is increasing duty on a pint of beer by 4p from 17th March…. are they trying to kill off the pub trade, what with smoking ban etc… the b*st*&ds
Just come across your blog and defo going to try one of your recipies soon.
Cheers,
John
April 14th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Add that to the stupid petrol prices over here.
Speaking to the guy in the homebrew shop and the price of one of the hops that I like to use is going to skyrocket, if I can get them at all.
I must stock up and keep some in the fridge.