# How much is a drink where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527 "2010-12-17T17:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/41 "2010-12-20T02:55:32Z")
West Indies - I paid USD$2.98 for a beer last night, but only $1.67 for one at the gas station and it’d be about a dollar in the supermarket. We don’t tip on top either. I’m saying beer but I mean lager. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/42 "2010-12-20T03:12:36Z")
Daegu, Korea: $3-5 for beer, $6-8 for shots or cocktails most places. I don’t drink wine, so no idea there. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/43 "2010-12-20T03:44:52Z")
Stockholm. Ignoring the utter dives, a beer or wine will fetch you back about 65 sek, that’s 9.5 usd Cocktails are a law utter their own, you are lucky to get change from 20 usd. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/44 "2010-12-20T04:03:28Z")
As recently as a few short years ago, a local bar still offered 50-cent beer “tappers”. I think they were 7 oz glasses. Other than that, $6 is typical for a single glass of house wine. Other beverages I know little about, since I don’t drink much in public, especially if I have to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![cnorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cnorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cnorange)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/45 "2010-12-20T04:17:20Z")
1 big glass beer…less than 0.75USD China:) ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/46 "2010-12-20T09:50:17Z")
Here in NYC, drinks can be anywhere form $3 to $15, depending on the location and type of establishment. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/47 "2010-12-20T10:50:30Z")
There is a little dive bar not too far from me - I don’t usually go because it is filled with prejudiced rednecks - on a Sunday I can get a glass a beer and a slice of pizza for 1.75 US. But in some of the nice places in town I’ll pay 3.5 to 5 for a beer. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/48 "2010-12-20T19:53:57Z")
In Tallahassee, Florida: - I usually drink Pabst, and I usually drink it for a buck a beer. That could be a pint, a 12 oz can, or a tall boy, depending on the bar. It may be as much as $2 per, but if I pay more than that for PBR I feel like a putz. - Other beers run from $2 - $3 (domestics) to $3.50 - $8 (imports and craft beers) - I know of at least three places in town where I could go right this second and get a full pitcher of beer for under $5. In one case, under $3. But those are restaurants, and I feel weird getting soused in a restaurant. - Shots run from $3 to $8 and mixed drinks are pretty much the same. - I hear there are bars where you could pretty much double these prices and be on target. _I do not go to these bars._ ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/49 "2010-12-20T20:42:01Z")
Pints of craft beer are $3-$4 generally (though you can certainly find them for $7 if you like those kinds of places. I dunno how beer remains cheap in San Francisco, but I sure do appreciate it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527.md?page=2)