Update: CrossTalk guy (see below) has pointed out that inflation and what not has since raised these prices. The top-end joints – Intercontinental Hotel and the likes – will charge you around Kshs. 300 for a bottle of Tusker. Most Yuppie joints sell the same at Kshs. 200. The recommended retail price is Kshs. 85-90.

Comparatively, out here in Palo Alto, CA a bottle of Tusker at Rose & Crown will set you back by US $5, roughly Kshs. 400.

This past summer while sipping a cold Tusker at the historic Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi (disclaimer: the only reason I was there was because my best friend from primary school is a manager there. I usually prefer cheaper places on Kimathi street) I couldn’t help but wonder if the East African Breweries or Kenyan consumers for that matter kept a tab of how much the various watering holes charge for the machozi ya simba.

Well, thanks to Bankelele, I came across this blog with the Tusker Index.

Pub	Location	Tusker Price
Swallow One	Kahawa West	75/-
Sabina Joy	Moi Avenue	80/-
Jam Rescue	Outering Road	80/-
Enzogu Bar	South B/C	90/-
Capri 7	Jabavu Road, Hurlingham	90/-
Monique	Moi Avenue (Next to Sabina Joy)	100/-

The Nairobi Serena	Valley Road	220/-
Safari Bar	The Intercontinental, CBD	230/-
The Grand Regency Hotel	Central Business District	242/-
The Jockey Pub (Hilton Hotel)	Central Business District	250/-
The Exchange Bar (Stanely hotel)	Kimathi Street. CBD	250/-

The index, although only covering middle class residential areas and big hotels within the CBD, shows a Kshs. 175 variation in the price of a bottle of Tusker. I’ll make sure to take this into account the next time I want one baada ya kazi.

And here is CrossTalk, a new blog I am reading which, in the words of the author, will “fight stupidity in Kenya and Kenyans”