I paid as much as 9 euros for a pint in France a month ago. The prices you're talking sound cheap.
I decided to grin and bear it, and have a good time nonetheless. If I lived there, I might have a different opinion.
The tavern price of beer in California can go from about $4.50 to $6.50 a pint - about a buck a bottle in supermarkets for good beer. I remember getting half-pint glasses in Wisconsin for fifteen cents, but that was in the 1960's.
-Joe-