Manly pub Hotel Steyne sparks outrage after charging more than $40 for three schooners of beer
Beachfront pub sparks outrage after charging over $40 for three schooners of beer
- Patron pays over $40 for three schooners in a pub in Manly
- The increased tax on beer in February brought the average schooner to $12
A pub overlooking a popular beach has sparked outrage after a customer was charged more than $40 for three schooners of beer.
The teenager had visited Hotel Steyne in Manly on Friday evening, on the northern beaches of Sydney.
They ordered two schooners from Stone and Wood and a schooner from Four Pines.
The patron was shocked to discover that the three beers would cost him $40.90, with Stone and Wood costing the most expensive at an eye-watering $14.20 per schooner.
A customer at a beachside pub in Manly, northern Sydney, is shocked after paying $40.90 for three schooners (pictured, receipt)
An image of the receipt has been posted Reddit with the caption “wow,” prompting numerous comments about the staggering prices.
“France revolted over raising the retirement age, surely this is the breaking point for Aussie law,” one social media user wrote.
“Decided a long time ago that it was much cheaper to have some friends over and put them on a box to watch the game,” a second user wrote.
‘I paid an $18 bill at Melbourne airport in May for a single pint of beer. It’s gotten out of hand,” wrote a third.
Other social media users claimed that the patron couldn’t be too surprised at the prices of the beers given that the venue faces the beach.
“It’s a beach side pub for tourists in Manly, that’s why you’re paying $41,” one user wrote.
‘Manly is one of Australia’s most expensive and most entitled areas, of course bars charge high prices,’ wrote another.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Hotel Steyne for comment.
The eye-watering prices are just above the average cost of schooners, which jumped to $12 in February after a beer tax increase (photo, stock image)
The price of beer across the country rose in February after an increase in beer taxes was announced.
The increase, set by the ATO to match inflation, saw a 3.7 percent increase in all beer sales, whether bottled, boxed or draft.
The increase means Australians pay the fourth highest beer tax in the world – after Finland, Norway and Japan – and bring the average cost of a schooner to about $12.
“This is the usual automatic indexation change that takes place twice a year under governments of both directions and it is not a new decision by this government,” said a spokesman for Dr Chalmers.
“We respectfully listen to ideas presented to us, but they must be weighed against other priorities and fiscal challenges – with a budget rife with a trillion dollars in debt.