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
I wonder how this compares to how much time a beer costs vs the minimum / median wage for a country
In Nordics it is mainly taxation that brings the price up, and also the state controlled monopoly with alcohol. I don’t think wages are that much higher, except Norway.
The monopoly may contribute to the price in resturants, but for the monopoly store, no. In Sweden you can get a can of 0.5l beer for like 2€ in the store.
Has that changed? I thought that stores only sell light beer and proper beers you need to go to systembolaget?
It has not changed. That is why I said “the monopoly store”, because I did not know if you were aware of systembolaget. The light beers at normal stores are still very expensive.
You’re telling me someone that doesn’t drink can move to Norway and have their healthcare be paid for by alcoholics?
Hmm.
Yes, same with gambling
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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.
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.
In Germany, you can get a cheap beer a lot cheaper in a store though:
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.
- 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
…all while supporting a faceless corporation!
But but it’s cheap and it even has a star!
It tastes cheap too.
It can be even Cheaper. Nörten Hardenberg costs even less:
Oettinger is even cheaper than that.
Free diarrhea included!
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.
0,5 is pretty good compared to the other two, actually.
That bottle has 0.5l, so basic maths it is 1.38€ for a liter of beer.
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.
Slava Ukraini!
That said, I really hope you will get rid of your store brand hitler soon, for your own sake as well
Let‘s go to Czechia 🇨🇿! The beer is cheap and is very tasty 😋!
I loved drinking in Czechia. Being from America I’m used to tipping. I remember a beer with a nice tip was one coin thanks to your currency. There’s something about buying a big handled mug of beer with one big coin smacked on the bar that feel fucking medieval.
I haven’t seen any good beer here cheaper than ~3 euro in the last few years tbh. I’m afraid we’re no longer the famous European cheap booze county…
It says this price is in restaurants; I assume Europe is like North America where the price for a single drink in a restaurant is much higher than at a store, especially if I were to buy a 6 pack in a store?
It’s for draught beer, not bottled or canned
Correct.
In Russia it’s less than $1 per average 0,5 beer but with a restaurant’s mark-up it’s $1-3 even if they are the same (like they bring the same bottle sometimes), so the graph checks out I guess. Although, these mentioned prices are even more pointless if you consider how they relate to the average income in said countries.
In Romania(at least at the store nearest to me), 0.5 l beer is about 0.7€
I could buy a single can of Jupiler at a grocery store for about 80cents in Amsterdam 7 years ago. Noy sure what the price is now, but that’s cheaper than an individual soda at an American grocery store
And Jupiler is still a somewhat decent beer as far as standard lager goes, you can also get the “hobo” beers with higher alcohol content and even cheaper by the can.
And this is the price in a big city restaurant. Go to any small town establishment and it will be much cheaper.
France: expensive and leaves a bad aftertaste 😅
More seriously though, this also needs to take different tax levels specifically on alcohol into account.
leaves a bad aftertaste
Why is that?
Because French beer tastes bad (and the joke is about French people often being perceived as rude).
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Yeah, I was about to say in my experience France is more expensive than 6 euro per pint.
I wanna see this as % of minimum wage
Not all countries have a minimum wage
Median daily wage?
Sounds good.
Just one more thing: Median gross wage.
Because what is gross and what is net also varies a lot. For example, in France, taxes and health insurance are deducted from gross, but in Switzerland they’re not. So comparing net salaries between FR and CH would create the incorrect impression that they are stupidly higher in CH.
What’s weird in CZ is that at that price you can get craft beer in small brewerys. Big brewerys raised prices after covid and small brewerys pay half tax.
Fuck yeah, time to move to Ukraine… Oh wait 😢
So Iceland is not a thing to whoever made this? Though Iceland would probably need an animated blinking red colour for the price there.
You guys always mess with nice map layouts. Can’t you see that the legend also needs space? Maybe move that tiny island of yours a bit to make space for more important stuff?
Drop it on the Mediterranean like how Alaska gets to chill next to Hawaii on US maps
The French and Spanish overseas enclaves need space too!
Belgium’s, quite a bit off. I’d frequent the hell out of a place that would sell beer that cheap. Most places sell 0.5l’s for around €6 nowadays. The lowest price store bought is ridiculous here though. It’s around 90 cents per liter. Most people have some prejudice around it because of the price but it’s actually a very good beer. Carapils I ♥️ you!!!
Carapils is love. It’s the best beer for festivals <3
It’s national average. If you live in Brussels or other large city, then it’s going to be significantly higher than average.
Ni dees boeregat, shit’s expensive…
I imagine Wetherspoons in the UK are doing a huge job keeping the average that low
These were normal price when I lived the UK in 2012.
I don’t think they remembered to calculate the price into Euros for the UK. It’s about £5 now for a pint. Ales are usually a bit cheaper, but lagers are getting quite pricey
I just bought 2 Peroni Nastro for 6.49€ in the local store. Tastes 10% beer and 90% taxes
What the hell is wrong with Norway?
Taxation. They don’t want people to drink a lot.
Right? I’m Canadian and That’s like $12 a beer, that’s absurd. Here it’s like $6 and I thought that was high
I’m Finnish and we’re definitely not as wealthy as Norway, and the 7€ is an average, and I’d say skewed for some reason. I live in one of the main cities in Finland, not a large one, but large for a Finnish one. It’s very common to have to pay 8,5€ for a 0.33l (11,15floz) basic lager in the restaurants, cafes and bars that are in the center. It’s disgusting.
There are a few cheaper places, but any non-sleazy place basically.
I would pay the equivalent to 4€ for that beer. I wonder why the prices are so different
Idk, probably just sales unaffected by raising prices; the bars at the center are full on the weekends no matter what. We love our alcohol.
Also high taxes on alcohol
A pint costs about that in Australia too, but everyone still drinks. Classic tax upon the poor.
Thanks, crossposting to !yurop@lemm.ee
I’m half tempted to go holiday in Ukraine. At least they have that going for them
Yeah I’m like .89 I’d party in Ukraine! Wish it was ok to visit =\
