The Quartz Beer Index

[Spider]

[exploited]

There is no way in all holy hell that Canada's beer isn't more expensive.

[Bauce]

It's not a measure of how expensive beer is. It's how expensive beer is relative to the minimum wage. How high is minimum wage in Canada.

[eynon81]

[exploited]

[Dobby]

Are they using the same quantity of beer for each country? The size of 'a beer' varies by each country.

On a side note, how cheap is your beer, because I always get the impression your minimum wage is considerably lower than our £6.31

[uebermann]

This chart seems highly subjective. How did they determine the cost of a liter of beer? I can get the Beast much cheaper than I can a good microbrew. Is it determined by restaurant costs or buying beer at the store? That comes out to 3.00 a beer in Texas and we're at $7.25. Thats way too high for 16oz of beer.

Edit - Oh, helps to read.

Regardless, this is still way off. Domestic beer is typically 5.00+ at a bar or restaurant unless you get the special or hit Happy Hour.

[eynon81]

[Dobby]

Ah it says 0.5 litres which isn't that common of a size for shop bought beer here and is unheard of in bars where the imperial pint is standard.

But yea I agree with ueber it's pretty subjective. Plus buying a beer in different areas of the country varies massively, as in prices will half in some areas compared to London. Still interesting though.

[uebermann]