How much is beer? - In eindhoven
Posted:
Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:17 pm
by EddieC
My mate can get cheap flights & we've decided to go to Eindhoven for the night when we play, not that we can get tickets, just to enjoy the atmosphere. I can't find the cost of a pint anywhere though, does anyone know how much I'd need to take to have a decent night out?
Posted:
Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:01 pm
by Homebooby
I live in A'dam and can tell you that a pint is around 4 Euros. Varies on the city and pub etc..but that should give you an idea.
Posted:
Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:04 pm
by 66-1112520797
Okay I hope this helps a little.
Prices:
these are the approximate number of euros of different beers will cost you:
pils - €1.60-1.80
De Koninck/Palm - €2.50-3.00
witbier - €2.50-3.00
Belgian special beers - €2.75-3.50 (Duvel, Westmalle)
Rochefort 10 - €4.50
Westvleteren - €5.50 > (if you can find it)
A series of price rises over the last 18 months (both before and after the introduction of the euro) have made the cost of a beer vary much more between individual pubs than it once did.
Specialist Amsterdam beer bars used to be towards the top end of the price scale. Recent uneven price rises in the pub trade have left them somewhere around the middle. Some belong to the very small number of city centre bars which have euro prices roughly equivalent to the old guilder ones. I have given up trying to understand the pricing structure in Amsterdam pubs. A glass of crappy Heineken pils, containing 15cl of beer and 10cl of foam, can cost almost as much in one pub as a 33cl bottle of a genuine trappist does in another.
According to Het Parool, Amsterdam's evening paper, beer in (in pubs) has increased in price 21.3% in the last three years. The jump in prices is being blamed for a predicted 10-15% drop in turnover in Amsterdam's pubs. I can't help feeling that it serves them right for being too greedy. Not every landlord has been so rapacious. There are pubs whose prices remain a fair conversion of the old guilder amount. In common with most other mortals, I don't have an elastic wallet. Why should I choose to drink in a pub where beer costs 25%, 35% or 40% more? (An example from the pubs in this guide: the price of Duvel in De Reiger - €3.80; and in Tapvreugd €2.30)
In general, bars in Amsterdam's two main entertainment districts - the Leidseplein and Rembrandtsplein - have the highest prices. That's one of several reasons (late-night violence is another) that I would recommend avoiding these two areas
BTW How many Euros to the pound EC ?