Utepils – Huge price difference

Recently, we have finally had a taste of some delicious summer weather and for thirsty souls, sun is synonymous with outdoor beer.

DinSide has therefore used pilsguiden.no to find out where in Oslo you can get the cheapest lager. We have also contacted Tony Norgaard (30), who is one of two people behind Pilsguiden.

The service gives the people of Oslo and people from other places in the country a full overview of beer prices.

Here it is the cheapest

According to Pilsguiden, it is at Haandtryk in Skippergata that you can sip Oslo’s cheapest pint. There you have to fork out NOK 59 for a pint, which is NOK 109 cheaper than Oslo’s most expensive pint.

In second place follows Döner Bros in Torggata, while Heidi’s Bier Bar Oslo follows close behind. In the places it costs NOK 60 and NOK 61 for a beer.

At the opposite end, we find The Thief Rooftop Bar at Tjuvholmen (NOK 168), Bølgen & Moi at Aker Brygge (NOK 161) and Delicatessen at Aker Brygge (NOK 152).

All beer prices stated are for 0.5 litres. We reserve the right to change the prices, and you can check out all the prices yourself here.

Great overview

Tony Norgaard tells DinSide that they started pilsguiden.no in September, and try to give people a full overview of beer prices in Oslo and other cities.

– We have always been interested in bars and it all started with an overview of the bars we knew. Then we had several factors such as noise, atmosphere and many other things, but we found that the easiest thing was to compare the prices of beer.

According to Norgaard, the number of users of Pilsguiden has gradually increased since September. Until now, they have an overview of the prices at 271 places in Oslo.

– We find that a lot of people send us e-mails with prices for places we have not entered or price changes for places we have in Pilsguiden. There are also a number of people who ask if we can provide a price overview for the places they live.

DinSide has previously checked out the beer prices in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromsø. Check out the case here.

Tearing away: – New heights

– A practical choice

Norgaard explains that all the prices in the Pilsguiden are given in 0.5, and in the places that do not sell a pint, the prices have been converted from, for example, 0.4 to 0.5.

– We are not supporters of 0.4 and deliberately convert to 0.5 to combat shrinkflation. If you ask for a pint you should have a pint, but if you get a lager that is 0.4 it is shrinkflation.

He continues:

– 0.4 feels very dishonest, and the one deciliter will amount to a lot in the long run. It is also easier for Pilsguiden to only compare a unit of measurement, so it is also a practical choice.

Pilsguiden also gives tips on the “competitors” in pilsjakt.no. There, with the help of a map function, you can discover new bars and check prices.

Neither Pilsguiden nor Pilsjakt takes into account whether any of the places have “happy hours”. Avisa Oslo recently wrote that a number of restaurants operate “happy hours”, where beer prices are lowered considerably during specific periods.