Since the Big C I dont drink much beer or any alcohol for that matter but if it gets to $12 a schooner then I would imagine most peoples time spent socialising in a pub would be fairly low.
It is claimed these excises are increased as a means of curbing demand - completely untrue - the best way to curb demand is total prohibition, pure and simple.
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Beer has been turned into an elite luxury instead of a cheap way to stop the poor dying due to pathogens in the water supply.
The Trappist Monks were one of the first to make beer for thirst and dietary sustenance but strangely enough today their beers are some of the most expensive and in some countries, the most sought after.
One thing about those beers as you generally only need one of them.
When I was much younger, beer was something just about all of us could afford. Those were the days when most blokes would go to the pub on the way home from work for a few beers before facing the household. I can recall as a student as long as you had a single dollar you could get five schooners. I understand that wages were so much lower then too, but beer was a working man's drink and didn't bust the budget.
To go and buy five schooners today I am looking at upwards of fifty dollars. I notice when driving through country towns that used to have several pubs, most are now down to one, maybe two. It is not just RBT that has killed them, it is the cost of grog. Obviously if staff wages are included then beer is going to be expensive. I would imagine the only pubs that would be viable today in country towns are the ones operated by a husband and wife or a partnership arrangement with minimal hired staff numbers.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Sunday 29th of January 2023 12:52:45 PM
When I was much younger, beer was something just about all of us could afford. Those were the days when most blokes would go to the pub on the way home from work for a few beers before facing the household. I can recall as a student as long as you had a single dollar you could get five schooners. I understand that wages were so much lower then too, but beer was a working man's drink and didn't bust the budget.
To go and buy five schooners today I am looking at upwards of fifty dollars. I notice when driving through country towns that used to have several pubs, most are now down to one, maybe two. It is not just RBT that has killed them, it is the cost of grog. Obviously if staff wages are included then beer is going to be expensive. I would imagine the only pubs that would be viable today in country towns are the ones operated by a husband and wife or a partnership arrangement with minimal hired staff numbers.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Sunday 29th of January 2023 12:52:45 PM
$ 2 would get you a packet of cigs enough beer to be considered over the limit an $ 2 would have been close to an hour's wage.
I can remember when I first bought beer they were 18 cents a schooner at the local pub. A packet of Marlboro was 39 cents. If I had $2 I had enough for seven schooners, a packet of Marlboro and then a hamburger (40 cents) on the way home.
Given that I was only a poor student to pay for this largesse I would mow the the neighbour's lawn and rake up the grass, a task that took me about an hour and which I was paid the princely sum of $6.
As I only used to have a couple of smokes when I had a beer, I would unload the remaining ciggies for about 20 cents on the way out which meant I could get some chips with my hamburger.
Stayed overnight in Byron Bay in August last year. Walked up to the Beach Hotel, ordered a schooner and put $10 on the Bar. Barman looked at me, shook his head and said "that will be $11.90 thanks". Needless to say I only had one.
