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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

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[–] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.org 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Melchior@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

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

Sternburg Export 0.5L bottle β€” 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.
[–] Random_German_Name@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  • by drinking Sterni, you show the people surrounding you, that you are a decent fellow, with whom one can discuss the various ways capitalism makes the world worse
[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

...all while supporting a faceless corporation!

[–] Random_German_Name@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But but it’s cheap and it even has a star!

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

It tastes cheap too.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It can be even Cheaper. NΓΆrten Hardenberg costs even less:

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oettinger is even cheaper than that.

[–] aaaaaaaaargh@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

Free diarrhea included!

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Originally, I wanted to post a three-way comparison of Sternburg/Oettinger/0,5 but the specific Rewe supermarket I was looking at apparently doesn't stock either of the other two brands.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

0,5 is pretty good compared to the other two, actually.

[–] Melchior@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That bottle has 0.5l, so basic maths it is 1.38€ for a liter of beer.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I didn't notice that you used a different unit than the graphic does (0.5L vs. 1L). Sorry. Still cheaper but not by a lot.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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