Beer prices in Pretoria pubs

Recently, the South African Minister of Finance added more tax to cigarettes and alcoholic beverages. Usually pub owners misuse this as an excuse to push up the price of their drinks. I am compiling a list of the current price of Windhoek Lager at pubs and restaurants I visit (and will use the info from others as they pass it on to me). Currently (28 Feb 09), Windhoek Lager bottles are on special at R109 for 24 (R4.50 per bottle) at Makro. The normal price is about R125 for 24 (R5.21 per bottle).

Pub	Location	Price	Date
Col'Cacchio	Brooklyn	R16.00	18/01/10
Crystal	Hatfield	R16.00	29/03/10
Geet	Brooklyn	R16.00	25/08/09
Ogalito's	Brooklyn	R16.00	09/03/09
Pachas	Hazelwood	R15.50	23/11/09
Burgandy's	Brooklyn	R15.00	21/01/10
Greek Easy	Brooklyn	R15.00	28/09/09
Kream	Brooklyn	R15.00	26/10/09
Piccola Italia	Monument Park	R15.00	04/03/09
Herr Günther's	Hatfield	R14.50	24/06/09
Oxford English Pub	Hatfield	R14.50	11/12/09
Trademarx	Loftus	R14.50	10/07/09
Adega	Brooklyn	R14.00	01/03/10
BOERgeoisie	Menlo Park	R14.00	27/07/09
Burgandy's	Tukkies	R14.00	26/06/09
Livingstone's	Hatfield	R14.00	27/02/09
Oppieplaas	Waverley	R14.00	18/09/09
Fringes	CSIR	R13.50	07/04/10
Springbok Bar	Hatfield	R13.50	24/06/09
The Corner Cafe	Monument Park	R13.50	10/07/09
Aandklas	Hatfield	R13.00	24/06/09
Achilles	Tukkies	R13.00	25/11/09
Coco Bistro	Erasmuskloof	R13.00	07/03/09
McLarin's	Kilner Park	R13.00	09/03/10
Brooklyn Bowling Club	Brooklyn	R12.00	15/06/10
Pikkies	Prinshof	R12.00	14/09/09
Queen's Cafe	Queenswood	R12.00	22/07/09
Roman's Pizza	Hatfield	R11.95	02/02/10
Cactus Creek	Hazelwood (closed)	R11.90	26/02/09
La Pat	Tukkies (closed)	R11.90	30/06/09
Coffee Buzz	Tukkies	R11.00	25/06/09
Hunter's Grill	Silverton	R11.00	25/11/09
Harlequins	Groenkloof	R10.50	18/06/10
Oom Gert se Plek	Tukkies	R10.50	04/02/10
Picasso's	Villeria	R10.50	12/01/10
Toutrekpark	Villeria	R8.50	07/05/10

Current Makro price (15/05/10): R114.95/24 (R4.79 per bottle).

Herr Günther's was not allowed to sell Windhoek Lager when we visited the pub. SAB is their major sponsor, and for the duration of the soccer FedCup in South Africa, they were only allowed to sell SAB beers. The barman was kind enough to give me their price on Windhoek Lager though.

Trademarx has become the first to increase prices (R13.50 to R14.50), citing the recession as a source. However, the price of Windhoek Lager at Makro has not changed, so the price increase has probably more to do with them having to shut down during the soccer FedCup.

Blacklisted

• Hunter's Grill: live music (venue too small for amplified music)
• Livingstone's: disagreement with management (obnoxious) about loud music
  
• Pikkies: loading the bill

UPDATE
Establishments in red in the table have recently increased their prices. These will now be updated in a new blog.