Ministry of Sound: £4.50 for a bottle of beer!

[Geri]

A can of beer is not a pint, nor does it cost the same as a bottle! It depends on the size, the make and the alcohol content.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

A can of beer is not a pint, nor does it cost the same as a bottle! It depends on the size, the make and the alcohol content.

A can is roughly a pint, it's splitting hairs to say otherwise and of course it depends on the beer but usually you'll pay about a quid for a 330 cl bottle and about a quid for a pint can

 

[Endeavour]

An American pint = 473 mL
An Imperial pint = 568.26 mL

In the UK we have 20 fl oz to a pint
In the States they have 16 fl oz to a pint

So lets not get confused eh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint

 

[pengaleng]

I think that's £3 a bottle!

not if you re-fill a bottle from the taps in the toilets it's not, as I suspect many do.

 

[newme]

not if you re-fill a bottle from the taps in the toilets it's not, as I suspect many do.

Seen plenty of places turning the cold taps off in the toilets to try and prevent people doing this.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Never seen that at a club I've been in, I must admit.

 

[newme]

Tall trees in newquay was particularily bad for it, full of people gurning, rather hot club as it was, no stamps to get back in if u wanted a breath of fresh air, £3 for a bottle of water and the cold taps started being turned off frequently just before I stopped going.

But the door policy was lax and stuff was always available and it kept you away from the hen parties/stag nights and pissed up emits roaming the town.

 

[editor]

not if you re-fill a bottle from the taps in the toilets it's not, as I suspect many do.

A review from a few years back. I wouldn't be surprised if things hadn't changed:

Not only were the alcoholic drinks expensive but when my friend ordered a round of water it came to over £20! It's £3.50 a bottle. As the air con seemed to be blowing out heat I had to step outside for air a few times. They do not provide tap water and if you think you have the idea of filling your bottles up in the bathroom...no chance...so basically you are forced to pay the price.

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/clubs/ministry-of-sound-userreview-archive-9436.html

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

That's what I liked about the Fridge - it was pricey to get in (14 quid) but it was always top notch atmosphere whenever I went (once for the gay night, but more usually for the trance/techno hippy night on Fridays), no grief, really friendly crowd, and the taps were always on and I think it was 1.50 for the initial bottle of water.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Mind you a lot of Urbs are brixtonites and sneer at the fridge - I used to travel down from Hackney for nights out there when I was a bit sick of the edginess and 'oi fuck off copper!' vibe of underground parties...

 

[editor]

Who sneers at the Fridge? I've had some great nights there.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Who sneers at the Fridge? I've had some great nights there.

Yeah, I'm sure some people on here have though...

 

[skyscraper101]

Clubs like Ministry Of Sound are generally the worst places for drinking beer in my experience. There's usually some deal which means the choice is limited to one or two types of bottled-only beer with hugely inflated prices.

The worst ones are the venues that serve bottles but pour them into plastic pint glasses - just to remind you that you've actually paid more than a pints worth of beer for what is essentially just over half a pint of trendy piss lager which is mostly just froth because of the careless way they poured it in.

 

[newme]

Yeah, I'm sure some people on here have though...

Im sure Ive read people on here doing that more than a few times yeh

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'm sure I've heard even editor say a lot of the crowd were tossers (at Samsara which was the main Friday night thing)...

I never had a bad night there, it must be said. Compared with most posey clubs in London, it was really refreshing, just an up for it, happy friendly crowd and no edgy tossers.

 

[editor]

I'm sure I've heard even editor say a lot of the crowd were tossers (at Samsara which was the main Friday night thing)...

I've never sneered at the venue - which is what you were saying - but I've certainly been to some well dodgy fluoro-PLUR-white glove nights there and encountered a few plum tossers.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Ah yeah I meant the crowd...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I mean the crowd define the venue. If the Fridge became famous in the way that Ministry is, and started attracting central London tourist /out of towner wankers and stuff, it would probably start whacking the prices up much higher and turning off the taps etc...

 

[Relahni]

MoS is shit.

Have been there a couple of times - pile of wank.

 

[ouchmonkey]

who needs another reason not to go to MoS?

I'm suprised it's still there, isn't that taps thing illegal?
I rememeber a lot of fuss about all that years and years back

 

[longdog]

But can you buy Offline branded HiFi* in Argos?

*HiFi defined for the purpose of this post as something even Dixons would reject for poor quality

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Kid Eternity said most pubs in London now charge nigh on 4 quid for a pint anyway... (and as I said, a bottle of beer in a late bar or club has always cost about the same or more than a pint in a pub, in the UK)

Was in the Assembly House, Kentish Town tonight, bought a double JD and coke, and a pint of guiness, paid £10.20...drinking out it just stupid now.

 

[editor]

But can you buy Offline branded HiFi* in Argos?

*HiFi defined for the purpose of this post as something even Dixons would reject for poor quality

Can someone explain what this post means please?

 

[colacubes]

Was in the Assembly House, Kentish Town tonight, bought a double JD and coke, and a pint of guiness, paid £10.20...drinking out it just stupid now.

Depends where you go innit. I was in a pub right by Tower Bridge the other day (not a Wetherspoons) and paid £8.20 for 2 pints of lager, a glass of white wine and a lemonade which I thought was rather bargainous

Most big venues with music/DJs etc. cane it on the drink prices to cover their overheads. Last time I was at Koko it was £4.10 for a can of Fosters

 

[newme]

Was in the Assembly House, Kentish Town tonight, bought a double JD and coke, and a pint of guiness, paid £10.20...drinking out it just stupid now.

At some place Ive no idea the name just over from the Cardiff International Arena, I paid over £15 for a double JD and redbull and a double gin and bitter lemon.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Can someone explain what this post means please?

I think it's a reference to being able to buy a branded Ministry of Sound Hi-fi at Argos. Certainly not a diss to Offline I'm sure.

"The End" used to charge £4.50 for a bottle of lager. Fucking outrageous. Mind you I always liked the fact that years ago near the end of the night at Ministry you could just jump up onto the concrete slab bar and dance and just mill around. I wonder if you can still do this.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I was pleasantly surprised, nay gobsmacked, at Madame Jojo's this week to find that bottles of Stella - admittedly small ones - were a mere £2.50!

 

[editor]

I think it's a reference to being able to buy a branded Ministry of Sound Hi-fi at Argos.

Ah, OK. I'm a bit dense today after a bit of a lively weekend

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Was in the Assembly House, Kentish Town tonight, bought a double JD and coke, and a pint of guiness, paid £10.20...drinking out it just stupid now.

That's nuts...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Depends where you go innit. I was in a pub right by Tower Bridge the other day (not a Wetherspoons) and paid £8.20 for 2 pints of lager, a glass of white wine and a lemonade which I thought was rather bargainous

Right - that's about what you'd pay in a bog standard pub near my house here in suburban Newcastle, in fact you might pay more like a tenner for that.

KE must go to well swanky pubs tbf...