How much for The Kernel IPA?

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  1. bark

    bark Grand Pooh-Bah (4,568) Jan 1, 2004 Sweden

    I just had a comment on my blogg complaining about the price of The Kernel India Pale Ale Citra, Amarillo. At a Stockholm bar, it is £ 7.10 for 300 ml.

    OK, it is quite expensive, I'll agree with that.

    But he also told that in England, you get an imperial pint of the same beer for just £ 2.50.

    Are The Kernel beers that cheap in the UK, or is the anonymous writer just trolling me? Are 6.9 % AIPAs regularly sold in full pints anyway?
     
    #1 bark, Sep 4, 2014
  2. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Specialist bottle shops in my area regularly sell The Kernel bottles for £3.25 - £3.75 and they're not pint sized. The Kernel beers appear on cask and they cost a LOT more than £2.50 per pint. You can buy higher abv beers in pints but they tend to be priced per half.
     
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  3. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Actually I think the bottles normally are 330ml, and you'd be looking to pay £3-£4 in a shop here, but probably £7-£10 in a bar (for the bottle. bottles are always horrendously priced in bars). When I've seen it in tap it's been about £4 for half a pint of Pale Ale. Even more for the IPA. The tax would take a beer of that strength, even made with the cheapest ingredients (which the Kernel beers definitely are not) over £2.50 for a pint.

    Perhaps he's thinking of prices direct from the brewery on saturdays and getting a bit mixed up?

    Ruds/any Londoners in the know?
     
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  4. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Here is some photo evidence then
    Kernel Citra, Ella & Centennial pale ale (5.4) £5.50 per pint

    taken from Port Street Beer House's feed now they are not the cheapest place but they aren't (slightly) more than twice the price on Kernel

    plus other UK Ba'ers can see what us Mancunian Ale-stranauts have to contend with price wise

    will look for specific India Pale Ale Citra

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  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    actually this was taken yesterday, I saw the bloke do it
    once again I was just behind the camera
     
    #5 EmperorBevis, Sep 4, 2014
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    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    This is the closest I could find (hey I'm busy relaxing today)
    £6.00 a pint and I think they were in a generous mood that day

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    #6 EmperorBevis, Sep 4, 2014
  7. bark

    bark Grand Pooh-Bah (4,568) Jan 1, 2004 Sweden

    Thank you very much for your answers!
     
    #7 bark, Sep 4, 2014
  8. deeblo

    deeblo Crusader (413) Dec 17, 2011 Antarctica
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    At the brewery it's £2.50-3 for 330ml of most of their beers. Table beer is cheaper and their imperial stout and double IPAs are more expensive.

    Around London pubs it's £5-7 for a draft pint and just a little less for a 330ml bottle.
     
    #8 deeblo, Sep 4, 2014
  9. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    Holy shit! I'm staying away from that stuff.
     
    #9 Hoppsbabo, Sep 5, 2014
  10. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Decently priced bottles are worth it, The Kernel brew great beers.
     
    #10 Aye, Sep 5, 2014
  11. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Manchester prices. Oh dear, oh dear. How they've changed. Remember drinking many pints of Holt Bitter in 2000 at a mere £1.25 a pint.
     
    #11 Zimbo, Sep 5, 2014
  12. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Holt's was notoriously cheap (still is to an extent) when Boddies was £1 in most pubs Holts was 70p

    as well this isn't a standard boozer
    this is a high end specialist artisan ale place and the cask board as you can see means you can even get change
    (just about) out of a fiver for a pint

    [​IMG]
     
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  13. bark

    bark Grand Pooh-Bah (4,568) Jan 1, 2004 Sweden

    That is one short yet impressive beer list!
     
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