That kind of beer is served in 0.2l glasses historically. You can get it in 0.3l in some places, but ordering it this way shows you are clueless / not native.
Some beers here go to 0.5l, but those are the bottled ones.
0.3l for a soda is normal here, 0.5l is large, as in LARGE. This is not America…
Haha yeah you wouldn’t get any bigger than 0.5l coke and it’s not uncommon to get 330ml as in a can of coke poured into a glass. 0.5l is definitely a big coke!
In Cologne, Kölsch is traditionally served in a tall, thin, cylindrical 200-millilitre (6.8 US fl oz) glass called a Stange (“pole” or “rod”). The server, called a Köbes, carries eleven or twelve Stangen in a Kranz (“wreath”), a circular tray resembling a crown or wreath.[10] Instead of waiting for the drinker to order a refill, the Köbes immediately replaces an empty Stange with a full one, marking a tick on the coaster under the Stange. If the drinker does not want another refill, they place the coaster on top of the empty Stange and pay for the number of beers marked on the coaster.[11]
There’s a place near me that has 75 cent tappers (like 10oz).
A soda is 1.25 for 12 oz.
It’s the beer that is cheap in this case. It’s basically sold at cost because the owner isn’t real bright and thinks the added traffic is worth only breaking even.
Is the beer cheap or the soda expensive?
I just looked up a random place here. A normal bottle of Heineken costs $12, a coke, red bull, ginger beer, etc all cost $6.50.
This is in NZD, so that’s a little under $7 USD for the Heineken, a little under $4 for the non-alcoholics.
These prices include all taxes, including an alcohol tax.
I just picked a random pub in the next city: Beer, 0.2l €2.30; Coca Cola 0.3l €3.60 - includes taxes and service.
Wait, is this a size difference thing? I’d expect both the beer and coke to be a pint (0.5l), but your beer is tiny 😆
That kind of beer is served in 0.2l glasses historically. You can get it in 0.3l in some places, but ordering it this way shows you are clueless / not native.
Some beers here go to 0.5l, but those are the bottled ones.
0.3l for a soda is normal here, 0.5l is large, as in LARGE. This is not America…
Haha yeah you wouldn’t get any bigger than 0.5l coke and it’s not uncommon to get 330ml as in a can of coke poured into a glass. 0.5l is definitely a big coke!
What kind of beer is it?
It’s a local beer called Kölsch.
Thanks! It seems it’s not really intended to drink one, it doesn’t seem fair to use it for the comparison!
From Wikipedia:
That is just the method to drive up the sales…
Kölsch
There’s a place near me that has 75 cent tappers (like 10oz).
A soda is 1.25 for 12 oz.
It’s the beer that is cheap in this case. It’s basically sold at cost because the owner isn’t real bright and thinks the added traffic is worth only breaking even.
Here in colombia a red bull costs 3x the cost of a beer. Soda is cheaper though. Beers are about $1 and red bulls are about $3.
TBH I was surprised to see red bull is the same price as coke, I was expecting it to cost more. Almost certainly costs them more to buy it.
I’d never expect any non-alcoholic drinks to cost more than the alcoholic ones though, hence my surprise.
We have alcohol tax and GST (VAT) but together they might add 35% to the price, not enough to make beer cheaper.