Two of my best friends in Germany celebrate their birthdays on the same day, and in their honor I have been sending a little money every year to the bartender (who is also a close friend) to treat them and their Stammtisch (Pub regulars) friends to a couple of rounds of Pils.
This time I sent twenty bucks, but had forgotten about the damn Euro.
So could you German Dopers or someone who’s recently been over there answer this question for me? Just on the average is fine. This is a very small pub.
Ok, 1.3€ for 0.2 litres is high as that would be 3.25€ for 0.5 litres. You can get that in Finland, where alcohol tax is much higher than in Germany. When I was in Germany some 10 years ago the cheapest bottle of beer (0.33 l) was around 0.1€ = 0.1$.
I’m willing to admit that a 0.5 l of beer in Germany can be 3.25€ in a expensive restaurant, but I really do believe it isn’t that much normally.
Depends on what type of beer you want. For a Mass (1 liter) of Helles (lager) on tap you’ll be set back around EUR 5.10. For a regular (0.5 liters) Helles you’ll be at about EUR 2.80. For a regular (33 centiliters) Pils (bitter) you’ll chuck out about EUR 2.50 to EUR 3.10 (that’s a Bavarian persepctive where the Helles price is caped by the state). The Euro is currently hovering around par to the Dollar.
In other words twenty bucks your friends should be able throw back about four Pils or three regular Helles each in a small bar. Given that the man at the pump is a chum I’d suspect they get their fill.
Here in Lower Saxony you’ll pay around 2 to 3 Euros for a 0.4 litre glass of Pils in a small Kneipe (pub). Sometimes they have a “happy hour” early in the evening when they sell beer for half the price. @therealblaze: The cheapest beers I can know of (eg. Oettinger or Nordland Pils) cost about 20 cent in the supermarket per bottle (0.33 l). That is where you really see the difference between German and Finnish beer prices…