Most expensive pint in Dublin at the moment?

Cienciano

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

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Their own range is great. They have a pale ale, a red ale, a porter, a lager and a weiss beer.
The pale ale is especially good.

And €4 any time of day or night all week.

I was in there before it closed and was drinking their red ale for €4 a pint. Some guy comes in beside me at the bar and orders 3 pints of coors light at something like €5.50 each.
It's weird, but it's like a person that goes to a fancy restaurant and orders egg and chips that are more expensive than the monkfish. Suppose some people just want what they're used to and don't want to try anything new.

irish_goat

Lux23 wrote: »

I mean they give you feck all support, so what can they threaten a pub with?

Ever wonder why the Guinness tap is always at the end of the row?
The rep comes in and demands things like having their beers moved to more prominent positions, having their advertising stuck up and having fridges rearranged. They may not bother with your boyfriend's pub (I dunno what size it is) but they definitely come round the bigger pubs and have a checklist of things they want to see. They then threaten to stop giving freebies e.g. free keg of Heino for the rugby final or free bands on Diageo Day. Have even heard of free kegs being offered if a publican gets rid of craft taps as well.

BeerNut

Lux23 wrote: »

If all you go to a pub to do is drink, then why not buy the nice beers you want from an off license and drink them at home? Why bother with a pub?

Personally speaking, pretty much every beer I drink in the pub is one that isn't sold in the off licence.

To turn that question around: what logic is there in a pub selling beers that customers can buy cheaper at the off licence?

reprazant

That must lower your possible drinking venues by a lot! What pubs do drinks that you can't get in the likes of The Beer Store or Redmonds?

rubadub

Greenmachine wrote: »

Now how about the price of a Pint Bottle of Bulmers at the same time of night. Wonder would it pass the €8 mark.

I have seen bulmers going for €8.60 in another thread.

A corona longneck was 6.70 (which works out at €11.53 a pint.)

drumswan

reprazant wrote: »

That must lower your possible drinking venues by a lot! What pubs do drinks that you can't get in the likes of The Beer Store or Redmonds?

There are plenty of seasonals, specials, cask beers, imports and other beers that are draught only in Dublins craft beer pubs. I dont order beers that are available by the bottle cheaper elsewhere either.

reprazant

Really? The vast majority of beers in any of the craft pubs can be gotten in those two off licences I mentioned. From my experience, the winter specials are generally the only ones you can't.

drumswan

reprazant wrote: »

Really? The vast majority of beers in any of the craft pubs can be gotten in those two off licences I mentioned. From my experience, the winter specials are generally the only ones you can't.

Certainly the vast majority can be gotten in Redmonds etc, though there are usually several you cant. Those are the ones I drink and most of the reason I go to a given pub in the first place. I'll look to see whats pouring and head along.

BeerNut

reprazant wrote: »

The vast majority of beers in any of the craft pubs can be gotten in those two off licences I mentioned. From my experience, the winter specials are generally the only ones you can't.

My normal pint is Metalman Pale Ale. I've been drinking a bit of Brú Rua too. I called in to Against the Grain on Saturday and had an Imperial Brown Ale. My missus had a taste of both the Galway Bay and Trouble pumpkin beers and opted for the Galway Bay one. The weekend before, I was drinking in JW Sweetmans, alternating between the Porter and Pale Ale.

Lux23

irish_goat wrote: »

Ever wonder why the Guinness tap is always at the end of the row?
The rep comes in and demands things like having their beers moved to more prominent positions, having their advertising stuck up and having fridges rearranged. They may not bother with your boyfriend's pub (I dunno what size it is) but they definitely come round the bigger pubs and have a checklist of things they want to see. They then threaten to stop giving freebies e.g. free keg of Heino for the rugby final or free bands on Diageo Day. Have even heard of free kegs being offered if a publican gets rid of craft taps as well.

Oh we definitely are too small for them to be bothered, they have the opposite attitude to us. I doubt they give anyone a free keg of Heino by the way.

irish_goat

Lux23 wrote: »

Oh we definitely are too small for them to be bothered, they have the opposite attitude to us. I doubt they give anyone a free keg of Heino by the way.

We got a free keg every Heineken cup final day and the odd free one here and there depending on how many we'd sold.

One week we hadn't ordered any at all and they showed up to take the empties and gave us a free one. I think they might have been worried we would stop selling it and get in more craft (which we did :P ).

Seaneh

irish_goat wrote: »

We got a free keg every Heineken cup final day and the odd free one here and there depending on how many we'd sold.

One week we hadn't ordered any at all and they showed up to take the empties and gave us a free one. I think they might have been worried we would stop selling it and get in more craft (which we did :P ).

I think she meant that she doubts Diageo will be giving you free kegs of Heiniken

irish_goat

Oh right. :pac:

My point was that all big breweries give out freebies if the pub is willing to play ball.

cson

Lux23 wrote: »

I know quite a bit about running a pub, as my partner owns one. I have heard that whispered before, but there's only one way they could interfere with a pubs taps - they may well have supplied the multi that cools the beer. I mean they give you feck all support, so what can they threaten a pub with?

Vested interest in Wetherspoons not coming to town then.

listermint wrote: »

Thats total amaze balls because manchester has a population of 2.5 million or so. That really doesnt sound like Ireland.

And yes for Tesco Ireland is a very significant part of their revenue stream (very significant) They roll their figures into the UK ones to cost cut from an audit and financial perspective not to mention HR. Its all part of cost cutting.

If you think Ireland is a drop in the ocean to tesco it shows your naivety.

Never said that; but rightly or wrongly we're seen as an extension of the UK by the major retailers from there. we're about 8% of the total GB/ROI population and are viewed accordingly. We're not as significant as people think. We are however quite a profitable region, Tesco in particular know this well.

reprazant

cson wrote: »

Vested interest in Wetherspoons not coming to town then.

Other than thinking that they may not be selling pints for under 3 and that they need their pubs to be vaguely comfortable, what Lux23 said for you to make that snide remark?

rubadub

Mr.S wrote: »

The only reasons these chancers are charging 5/6/7 for a pint is because people are lazy and willing to pay!

They also take advantage of the weird tradition that goes on in pubs, i.e. the refusal to ask the price of a pint before paying. In many threads you will see people moaning about paying over the odds for a pint, if you ask them if they asked the price beforehand they invariably say no, and make out like you would be a weirdo for asking -while these same people probably would find out the price of any other purchase they are making for €5-€8 price range. With the pint its even worse, as it is poured, so not as easily returned to the seller to be "put back on the shelf", some feel obliged to take it, like if you ordered a specific sandwich in a deli.

That price list law was a joke, they only have to list 1 stout and 1 lager on it.

The other thing they take advantage of is that for some reason people seem more concerned about appearing stingey/scabby/thrifty in a pub. I have always maintained that beamish would sell more if they upped the price, as there is definitely a stigma amongst people since its viewed as a "cheap drink". Some people might have a lower opinion of a person buying a cheap drink of similar quality, than an overpriced drink of similar quality. Some refuse to even try the cheaper tuborg/fosters/tennants options in pubs, but have no problem buying cheaper cans in an offie, or whatever is on offer, people seem more brand loyal in the pub for some reason.

Lux23

irish_goat wrote: »

We got a free keg every Heineken cup final day and the odd free one here and there depending on how many we'd sold.

One week we hadn't ordered any at all and they showed up to take the empties and gave us a free one. I think they might have been worried we would stop selling it and get in more craft (which we did :P ).

Not from Diageo though.

Lux23

cson wrote: »

Vested interest in Wetherspoons not coming to town then.

l.

Not at all, they would make it difficult for the likes of the bigger chain pubs, but my partner's bar is a local pub and his positioning is more about getting to know his customers, more like a country pub. People come to it for different reasons and price is just a small part, we aren't as cheap as some of the oul lad pubs nearby.

I will definitely check out Wetherspoons when they open, but for me price isn't the deciding factor when it comes to pubs. Comfort, atmosphere and friendly staff would come before it and it's for that reason that I don't go to the likes of O'Reillys and Diceys all that often. Plus I hope they aren't full of poker machines and TV screens, that's horrible.

harry Bailey esq

there is a pic floating around Facebook at the moment of a receipt for two pints of coors costing €14.30 from gogartys dated within the last couple of weeks that's 7.15 per feckin pint!

Birneybau

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

there is a pic floating around Facebook at the moment of a receipt for two pints of coors costing €14.30 from gogartys dated within the last couple of weeks that's 7.15 per feckin pint!

Have you read this thread at all? Even the last 5 pages?

rubadub

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

there is a pic floating around Facebook at the moment of a receipt for two pints of coors costing €14.30 from gogartys dated within the last couple of weeks that's 7.15 per feckin pint!

This was after a certain hour, depending on how much you are going to drink this can be the cheaper option for a late night drink -i.e. one alternative is paying into a night club.

This is from last year they reckoned it costed €430 to get a 1 hour extension

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cost-of-late-bar-licences-killing-city-at-night-193516.html

So do not just blame the pubs, blame the government for clinging to the idea that we should have limited opening times in pubs. The whole idea of opening hours dates back to world war 1, where they wanted employees to be fit & able to manufacture things for the war effort. Apparently the lads in the dail think the war is still on.

Lucena

Lux23 wrote: »

Not at all, they would make it difficult for the likes of the bigger chain pubs, but my partner's bar is a local pub and his positioning is more about getting to know his customers, more like a country pub. People come to it for different reasons and price is just a small part, we aren't as cheap as some of the oul lad pubs nearby.

I will definitely check out Wetherspoons when they open, but for me price isn't the deciding factor when it comes to pubs. Comfort, atmosphere and friendly staff would come before it and it's for that reason that I don't go to the likes of O'Reillys and Diceys all that often. Plus I hope they aren't full of poker machines and TV screens, that's horrible.

I agree, Wetherspoons tend to aim for the town/city centres, catering for young people that want cheap pints. I won't say it hasn't had an effect in England, but there are still tonnes of nice, intimate, quiet pubs over there for those that want them.

harry Bailey esq

Birneybau wrote: »

Have you read this thread at all? Even the last 5 pages?

its quite obvious i didn't

BeerNut

rubadub wrote: »

The whole idea of opening hours dates back to world war 1, where they wanted employees to be fit & able to manufacture things for the war effort.

It's not often we catch you promulgating a barroom myth about drink, rubadub Opening hours: the truth.

Lucena

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

there is a pic floating around Facebook at the moment of a receipt for two pints of coors costing €14.30 from gogartys dated within the last couple of weeks that's 7.15 per feckin pint!

So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know...

ChuchuBear

gogartys must be right up there.

Lux23

ChuchuBear wrote: »

gogartys must be right up there.

I don't think even the Four Seasons charge that much for a pint of lager.

JupiterKid

Not in the least bit surprised by those disgusting prices charged by Oliver St John Gogarty in Temple Bar - tourist trap fleecing its its most cynical.

There should be a law barring pubs from upping their drink prices after a certain hour.

BeerNut

JupiterKid wrote: »

There should be a law barring pubs from upping their drink prices after a certain hour.

Personally I'm quite happy to have the night people subsidise my afternoon pints. Thanks night people!

skimpydoo

Around 4 years ago in my last job I used to go to the Beggars Bush every Friday for lunch. A pint of Guinness only cost €3.30. One night I had the misfortune to go to The Temple Bar Pub as I was meeting friends in there. I ordered a Guinness and when I went to pay was shocked to have to pay €5.50. I told the bar man why where they €2.20 more than a pub in Ballsbridge. He did not believe me and asked me which pub. I said The Beggars Bush AKA Ryans. I told him I will not be back if they continue ripping people off with their beer prices. I have not been back since.