Do you want to laugh/know how good a business is (American) beer in Finland, Europe?

[Rev2010]

That's how theaters make money. If they didn't do that, they'd have to charge over twenty dollars a ticket, and even less people would go to the theater than they do now. Blame your $8 popcorn on Brad Pitt's 20 million pricetag and the idiots that pay him.

Oh trust me I'm well aware! I've read all about it and how that's the only way theaters make a profit and I've always personally thought so much of our income payment system is way out of whack. Seems the hardest workers get paid the least and the cushiest jobs get paid the most. CEO salaries and contracts, don't even get me started.


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[bucfan1234]

That is ****ed up! And people buy that crap! The margin is like Macdonald French fries, 2000 % times 20 the margin!

Most of the time, not including club levels and other special access areas, they are the only two beers on tap. So yes, people pay.

 

[podz]

I am a little more pissed off that you have a better beer selection than I do domestically. Can't get most of those beers here in the central plains yet many of them pass through on their way to other states.

Just because they have them on the menu doesn't mean that they have them all in stock.

Prices for alcohol in the Nordic countries are all high due to social politics - the higher the latitude, the more that people like to abuse alcohol.

Also, real luxuries are not really allowed in Finland because this country is ruled by social politics, so they have to come up with some way to make the bourgeoisie class feel important. Gross overcharging for something simple is a great way to achieve that.

Additionally, breweries would rather see their beer get a name in the world than ship them to hicksville, USA.

Finally, if you are not a Finn, doesn't matter what kind of business you start here - nobody is going to buy from you. That's the hard truth.

 

[k1ngl1ves]

1. Just because they have them on the menu doesn't mean that they have them all in stock.

2. Prices for alcohol in the Nordic countries are all high due to social politics - the higher the latitude, the more that people like to abuse alcohol.

3. Also, real luxuries are not really allowed in Finland because this country is ruled by social politics, so they have to come up with some way to make the bourgeoisie class feel important. Gross overcharging for something simple is a great way to achieve that.

4. Additionally, breweries would rather see their beer get a name in the world than ship them to hicksville, USA.

5. Finally, if you are not a Finn, doesn't matter what kind of business you start here - nobody is going to buy from you. That's the hard truth.

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1. Very true. It's like that everywhere. I sometimes have a hard time finding beer made in the same city where I live!

2. I would too when it's freezing outside for 11 months a year.

3. I think it's more a supply/demand thing... especially at that latitude.

4. Hicksville? Aren't Finns nothing more than Swedish hillbillies? I don't know. I'm asking...

5. Nope. Open up a Death Metal music store and sell cheap beer. Profit!

 

[podz]

2. I would too when it's freezing outside for 11 months a year.

3. I think it's more a supply/demand thing... especially at that latitude.

4. Hicksville? Aren't Finns nothing more than Swedish hillbillies? I don't know. I'm asking...

5. Nope. Open up a Death Metal music store and sell cheap beer. Profit!

2. It's currently 46 degrees F here in Helsinki. Not predicted to be freezing during the next 15 day forecast. It's the darkness that usually get's people drinking.

3. True, the average Finn couldn't give a rat's ass about USA beer. But the bourgeoisie class, different story.

4. The Helsinki-Vantaa-Espoo metropolitan area is a very international place. The average Finn travels outside the country 2-3 times a year, many far more than that. The average USA person doesn't even have a passport ;-)

5. Getting a license to sell beer involves a fair amount of politics and the staff need to each individually have alcohol serving licenses, which requires passing a several week long course. Finally, selling alcohol cheaply is prohibited by law.

 

[slym2none]

4. The Helsinki-Vantaa-Espoo metropolitan area is a very international place. The average Finn travels outside the country 2-3 times a year, many of them far more than that. The average USA person doesn't even have a passport ;-)

If we lived in Finland, we'd want to get the hell out, too. In the contiguous US, we have sunny beaches on all shores, we have mountains, we have skiing, we have deserts, we have plains... we really have everything but the jungle, and except for the different plants & animals, the South mid-Summer is plenty hot & humid. We don't need to go anywhere. We aren't running from anything.

 

[podz]

If we lived in Finland, we'd want to get the hell out, too. In the contiguous US, we have sunny beaches on all shores, we have mountains, we have skiing, we have deserts, we have plains... we really have everything but the jungle, and except for the different plants & animals, the South mid-Summer is plenty hot & humid. We don't need to go anywhere. We aren't running from anything.

It's not enough to just read about Berlin, to surf google images for photos of Berlin... you've got to FEEL Berlin.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2XhfrFhsg[/ame]

 

[Pantherjon]

Nope. $10 Bud and Bud Light is the norm at sporting events.

Yep...Last year at a big music fest I attended they wanted $15! And $18 for a mixed drink! Ridicules!

 

[slym2none]

$9 for 18-oz plastic bottles of Miller Lite at one local concert venue.

I'd rather be sober.

 

[podz]

This happens every year, just down the road from where I live.

 

[slym2none]

Sadly enough, I am paler than any one of those people.

 

[podz]

 

[podz]

And the beer selection at my local supermarket


https://www.facebook.com/945164038884632/videos/999131066821262/

 

[Finlandbrews]

And the beer selection at my local supermarket


https://www.facebook.com/945164038884632/videos/999131066821262/

We have lots of selection but 80% about is crap.

 

[podz]

We have lots of selection but 80% about is crap.

Man, you should have lived here 10 years ago, even 5 years ago you were hard pressed to get any foreign beer and there wasn't any Finnish beer other than Koff, Karjala, Sandels and Lapin Kulta. There was only one microbrewery in the entire country (Plevna in Tampere) and they could only sell in their own restaurant.

Today, there are at least 20 very good Finnish beers and imports from all over Europe and USA. Today, you can even get about 20 Belgian beers here, which should make you feel right at home.

 

[Stillraining]

It's not enough to just read about Berlin, to surf google images for photos of Berlin... you've got to FEEL Berlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2XhfrFhsg

OK I felt enough... no passport for me ...

 

[JKaranka]

Man, you should have lived here 10 years ago, even 5 years ago you were hard pressed to get any foreign beer and there wasn't any Finnish beer other than Koff, Karjala, Sandels and Lapin Kulta. There was only one microbrewery in the entire country (Plevna in Tampere) and they could only sell in their own restaurant.

Today, there are at least 20 very good Finnish beers and imports from all over Europe and USA. Today, you can even get about 20 Belgian beers here, which should make you feel right at home.

Very true. I remember a couple of years seeing the biggest range of British beers I had ever seen on tap at once (excluding CAMRA festivals) at Black Door in Helsinki. They even had St Austell's stuff I had never seen before.

 

[Finlandbrews]

Man, you should have lived here 10 years ago, even 5 years ago you were hard pressed to get any foreign beer and there wasn't any Finnish beer other than Koff, Karjala, Sandels and Lapin Kulta. There was only one microbrewery in the entire country (Plevna in Tampere) and they could only sell in their own restaurant.

Today, there are at least 20 very good Finnish beers and imports from all over Europe and USA. Today, you can even get about 20 Belgian beers here, which should make you feel right at home.

I know I was here 6 years ago and in army 10 years ago. I'm from Belgium and always had an eye on beer diversity. When we compare to other European countries what we find in supermarkets is quite impressive but that is only because the trend is huge and a big portion of people don't know what they buy still... I always complain because there can always be better but I agree nowadays is much better than before and the beer selection for diversity in Finland is beating Germany and Belgium in my opinion. You even get more than 20 Belgian beers I would say at least 50.