Manly pub Hotel Steyne sparks outrage after charging more than $40 for three schooners of beer 

A pub overlooking a popular beach has sparked outrage after a patron was charged more than $40 for three schooners of beer.

The pubgoer had been visiting the Hotel Steyne in Manly, on Sydney’s northern beaches, on Friday night.

They ordered two schooners of Stone and Wood and one schooner of Four Pines.

The patron was shocked to find the three beers would set him back $40.90, with Stone and Wood the most expensive costing an eye-watering $14.20 per schooner.

A patron at a beachside pub in Manly, in Sydney’s north, has been left shocked after paying $40.90 for three schooners (pictured, receipt)

An image of the receipt was posted to Reddit captioned ‘wow’, sparking numerous comments about the staggering prices.

‘France rioted for raising the age of the pension, surely this is the breaking point for Aussies right,’ one social media user wrote.

‘Decided long ago it was way cheaper to have some mates over and put on a carton, watch the game,’ a second user wrote.

‘I copped a bill for $18 at Melbourne airport for a single pint of beer back in May. Its out of control,’ a third wrote.

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Other social media users claimed the patron couldn’t be too surprised about the prices of the beers considering the venue overlooks the beach.

‘It’s a beachfront pub for tourists in Manly, that’s why you’re paying $41,’ a user wrote.

‘Manly is one of the most expensive & entitled areas of Australia, of course bars charge high prices,’ another wrote.

Daily Mail Australia contacted Hotel Steyne for comment. 

The eye-watering prices are just over the average cost of schooners, which jumped to $12 after an increase to the tax on beer in February (pictured, stock image)

The price of beer across the nation jumped in February after the announcement of an increase to the tax on beer.

The increase, set by the ATO to match inflation, saw an increase in 3.7 per cent for all sales of beer whether out of a bottle, carton or tap.

The increase means Australians pay the fourth most in beer tax in the world – behind Finland, Norway and Japan – and brought the average cost of a schooner up to about $12.

‘This is the usual, automatic indexation change that happens twice a year under governments of both persuasions and it’s not a new decision of this government,’ a spokesperson for Dr Chalmers said.

‘We listen respectfully to ideas put to us but these have to be weighed up against other priorities and fiscal challenges – with a budget that’s heaving with a trillion dollars of debt.