Sussex, third most expensive pint in the UK

[vegster]

Harvey's is ridiculously expensive.

About 20% more than some comparable bitters to buy.

I heard that it costs more per barrel than other comparable beers, the licensee's are just passing on the cost.

 

[Notters]

Longman Sussex Best is a cracking pint and it's 20 odd quid cheaper for a nine and more consistent in quality.
At it's 'best' Harvey's gets the nod for me but there are very few places I will drink it.
Namely:
Poet's Corner, Mitre and where I work.

It is always excellent at the Cooper's Cask, as you say! I've had some terrible pints at the Mitre though. Usually Old, etc., presumably because they don't sell enough.

Longman is certainly the best alternative I've found.

 

[Pevenseagull]

It is always excellent at the Cooper's Cask, as you say! I've had some terrible pints at the Mitre though. Usually Old, etc., presumably because they don't sell enough.

Longman is certainly the best alternative I've found.

The Mitre has an established boozeratti who have little interest in new fangled shenanigans such as seasonal beers. So, yes .... the Old may be a little too old.
Personally I only drink Harvey's Old in Eastbourne at The Lamb or The Victoria.

 

[Bwian]

Was racking my brains trying to remember it but I'll be in there before the game tomorrow and find out.
[MENTION=459]Bwian[/MENTION] may remember

I think it was a cider

 

[durrington gull]

Need a Sam Smiths pub down here - would lower the price - great chain

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

when buying from Fosters or Doombar, the same as a large chain such as Mitchell and Butler.

I find this very hard to believe. If Whetherspoons haven't got a preferred supplier deal then they're stupid.

 

[beorhthelm]

I find this very hard to believe. If Whetherspoons haven't got a preferred supplier deal then they're stupid.

maybe they do. you'd expect Mitchell and Butler have deals too. the point was that the arguement Wetherspoons is cheap because of buying power is flawed because a similar rivial (actually M&B have alot more pubs) would have similar buying power. but thier price at the pump are vastly different. noted that free houses or small chains dont have that advantage, though they arent necessarily the most expensive. its a very complex market where the normal expectations of cost/scale dont apply, some pubs are taking advantage.

 

[Smith DID score]

Worked in a DrinkInBrighton for a while and remember when Harvey's jacked up the prices. DIB opened the North Laine Brewery and started pushing out Laine's Best and making an absolute mint with it. Harvey's less and less common in Brighton

Breweries are taxed dependant on volume of output, Harvey's is big enough to be in a higher band than all the microbreweries in Sussex (@40 of them currently) so North Laine, Hand, Greyhound or Downlands to name a few do have a (slight) advantage in that respect.

 

[jimhigham]

Looking forward to a relatively cheap pint this afternoon after heading down from Surrey.

 

[Beanstalk]

Breweries are taxed dependant on volume of output, Harvey's is big enough to be in a higher band than all the microbreweries in Sussex (@40 of them currently) so North Laine, Hand, Greyhound or Downlands to name a few do have a (slight) advantage in that respect.

Absolutely, it was a savvy move from DIB (not commending them on any of their business dealings). From what I was told this move from Harvey's wasn't dependant on tax brackets but on profit margins and made life difficult for pubs in Brighton.


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[Seagull1989]

Just in railway bell by the station paid £5.20 for a pint of peroni , is it always this expensive or only match days?

 

[Steve in Japan]

Had a Harvey's booze up the other evening in Eastbourne. It was 3.79 a pint in the Lamb, and 3.19 in the Eagle.