Where to find the city's cheapest beers: Daily Telegraph survey narrows the field Taylor Wright, Tyler Williams, Aimee Stewart and Pete Griffiths raise a glass at the Bellevue Hotel. IF you're after the cheapest schooner, best slake your thirst on the southside. A thirst quenching Daily Telegraph survey of 15 bars across the city has the Three Swallows Hotel supplying the cheapest schooner of generic beer - at just $4. For $2 extra - yes, we know it is actually 50 per cent of the original price and would mean an annual price difference of thousands of dollars - you could be sinking the same beer at one of the city's glitziest bars, The Ivy. Despite its plush furnishings and a rooftop pool, a schooner of Tooheys New will set you back $6 at the George St hotspot. That's less than $1 more than other bars across Sydney ... but they don't come with the option of a swim among the city's skyscrapers. The city-wide survey found drinkers are paying between $4 and $6 for the same schooner of Tooheys. How pubs and clubs are ripping us off The Oaks in Neutral Bay also charges $6, the Collector Hotel in Parramatta asks $5.20, while prices decidedly headed south when hitting the bars in the same direction, with Revesby's Crown Hotel coming the closest to the Three Swallows bargain basic beer at $4.25. As well as being the cheaper option, standard domestic beers such as Tooheys New and VB are under no threat of being overrun by the growing number of pricier boutique options appearing behind the bar, according to Australian Hotels Association NSW CEO Paul Nicolaou. "There will always be a place for generic beer brands, they remain in demand," Mr Nicolaou said. Consumer interest in a different variety of beers is at an all-time high, prompting many hotels to have an extensive range of craft beers. It is about giving our patrons a choice of the type of beer they want to consume. Trouble brewing as beer makers call for tax cut If you are searching for a cheap beer in inner Sydney the Bellevue Hotel is one place to pull up a stool and down a $5.70 schooner. "I like the price," Taylor Wright, 23, said. They're cheaper than speciality beers and I'm on a budget. On a big night I would have generic beer. The more I'm drinking the more likely I am to have it. My friends do the same thing.