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Jeanne Boyarsky
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I came across a joke You know you are a New Yorker when "You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents. "

As someone who doesn't drink beer, I've never paid attention to how much beer costs elsewhere. At a bar, not a supermarket. Anyone want to share?


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Blueberry Hill is one of the most famous bars in St. Louis. Their menu lists beers ranging from $3.25 (although I wouldn't call any of those three 'beer', but flavored water) to $6.75 for some import bottles.


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In a bar, a normal beer usually costs between € 2 and € 3 here (about US$ 2.80 to US$ 4.20) in the Netherlands. In the supermarket it probably costs about half or a little less than that.


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Randall Twede
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well you asked the right guy. it depends on where you buy it. here at a restaurant/bar $2 is a cheap price. myself i buy high gravity beer for $2 at the convenience store. these can range from 8% alcohol to 12%. the one i usually buy is 10%. so for 2$ i get 24oz of 10% = a six pack of 12oz regular beers.


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Something like 2$ (Brazil). You have some expensives ones like 15$~25$ dollars.


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Chris Baron
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Germany: it's usually the cheapest drink in pubs at ca. 2.20€ ($3.00) for a 0.3 liter (10oz) glass and costs ~0,70€ ($0.90) per liter (1 quart) in the supermarket if you buy a box.
Randall Twede
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$.90/liter? i could go for a deal like that.
heck, the 1 liter bottles of iced tea, cheapest brand, on sale, are $.99 and they contain 0% alcohol.
Jeanne Boyarsky
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Randall,
Where is "here"? (home of the $2 beer.)
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I hardly ever drink, so I have no idea what a beer costs in a bar. In a restaurant, it can wildly range from about $3.50 for national dreck to much more expensive for local micro-brews. There's a heavy German influence in Central Texas so there are a lot of good micro-breweries.


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Randall Twede
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jeanne, almost any convenience store in texas, or the entire us for that matter. supermarkets don't generally sell them though(single 24oz high alcohol %). the last time i went to a tavern here in Austin they had 16oz regular beer for $2, but that was a few years ago, also it was on 6th street which is nothing but beer joints so there was plenty of competition.
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650 ml kingfisher strong/fosters/haywards 5000 is avialable less than 2 US $ in india...
500 ml Heniken/black/castle label cost less 1.3 US $$ in South Africa...(it is cheaper than water there)


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