Price of a pint in Cork City.

Corcaigh84

Douglas Eegit wrote: »

The birdie bar in reardens when I was back at Christmas was a good shout! Not sure if they are still running that offer...

7 days a week til 10pm. Beer and spirits

Faith

Douglas Eegit wrote: »

I'm guessing you weren't charged for the bottle of Heineken...

Me too, because I was in Baltimore in April and prices were quite close to city prices.

major deegan

Excuse the ignorance but whats a pint of tiger????

Sephiroth_dude

major deegan wrote: »

Excuse the ignorance but whats a pint of tiger????

This

minidazzler

thomas anderson. wrote: »

Theres no competition left in the city since the bars are all owned by the same group.

I refuse to pay that price for drink

There's three large groups of bars. Most others are relatively independent or have a small collective buy, but not owned by the same people.

Reardens, Benny McCabes and the Cantillions are the big 3. anyone outside their groups tend to own one bar only.

Deer

thefloss wrote: »

I'm betting it was Stonewell

Think that's the one alright ..

run_Forrest_run

I feel the rise in 'craft' beers has contributed to the rise in prices for all beers. Initially only the 'craft' beers were a fiver or more but now the regulars have crept up to that point also.

Pretty shocked by some of the prices mentioned here, I don't go out much anymore and with that carry on I won't be bothering any time soon.

whisky_galore

Was in one bar, think it was Sin E, a large bottle of non alco beer (had to drive home) was only €2.

Don't know if it was a promotion or what but more of this please.

Hogzy

who_me wrote: »

Was in Baltimore at the weekend, sitting out on a terrace watching the sun set over the bay. Bought a Heineken, pint bottle of Bulmers and a bottle of Heineken and got change back from 11 euros. I could have reached across the counter and hugged the guy!

Drinking in Cork city is very poor value.

Great spot. Id gladly pay the premium prices in parts of West Cork for the sheer beauty of the area.

Glandore is another spot where id gladly pay premium prices but never have to.

Herb Powell

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I feel the rise in 'craft' beers has contributed to the rise in prices for all beers. Initially only the 'craft' beers were a fiver or more but now the regulars have crept up to that point also.

Pretty shocked by some of the prices mentioned here, I don't go out much anymore and with that carry on I won't be bothering any time soon.

Don't think so tbh.

The craft beers were only ever slightly more expensive than the macros, in most cases they were actually cheaper. The only macros that were ever cheap in my experience were Beamish and Murphy's (the best ones ).

Now this my have changed, I've been out of the country for a while, so IDK. If this thread is anything to go by, coming back to Cork will be depressing. That is, until my homebrewing operations are in full swing again.

Balmed Out

Hogzy wrote: »

Great spot. Id gladly pay the premium prices in parts of West Cork for the sheer beauty of the area.

Glandore is another spot where id gladly pay premium prices but never have to.

I think Glandore and Crookhaven best for outdoor pints. Good thing about Baltimore is there's often gigg's on. Fiddle festival tends to be exellent.

Flesh Gorden

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I feel the rise in 'craft' beers has contributed to the rise in prices for all beers. Initially only the 'craft' beers were a fiver or more but now the regulars have crept up to that point also.

Pretty shocked by some of the prices mentioned here, I don't go out much anymore and with that carry on I won't be bothering any time soon.

I reckon you're right, it's a good way to test the market to see how much people are willing to pay.


First we saw the likes of lesser known bottled beers becoming more popular like Staropramen, Budvar, Pilsner Urquell etc...

Then the Ice Cold gimmicks by the larger companies became the 'in thing' for a while.

And now it's craft beers and the whole superiority complex that accompanies their consumers.


At the end of the day they're all marketing gimmicks, but people like gimmicks to feel special and different and are more than willing to pay a premium.

Loire

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I feel the rise in 'craft' beers has contributed to the rise in prices for all beers. Initially only the 'craft' beers were a fiver or more but now the regulars have crept up to that point also.

Great spot :rolleyes:

V.W.L 11

Last time I drank the price of a pint was about 3.30

KCAccidental

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That appears to be the prices for the new wetherspoons in Dublin. Hoping we get similar down here when they open eventually. 3.95 for a tetleys. I'll have that :P

Herb Powell

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

And now it's craft beers and the whole superiority complex that accompanies their consumers.

I've been drinking almost exclusively craft beers since I started drinking (better value most of the time imo, tasty as fook), and this **** gets me down. I have no idea where this comes from, because the only place I hear about craft beer drinkers being elitist is on the internet. Yet to meet someone who is actually a "craft beer wanker" in real life, but I've experienced plenty of the reverse (people complaining about people who drink craft beer).

"Oh look at him with his fancy fecking gay beer, thinks he's great!". No, we don't give a flying fucck tbh!

magentis

Herb Powell wrote: »

I've been drinking almost exclusively craft beers since I started drinking (better value most of the time imo, tasty as fook), and this **** gets me down. I have no idea where this comes from, because the only place I hear about craft beer drinkers being elitist is on the internet. Yet to meet someone who is actually a "craft beer wanker" in real life, but I've experienced plenty of the reverse (people complaining about people who drink craft beer).

"Oh look at him with his fancy fecking gay beer, thinks he's great!". No, we don't give a flying fucck tbh!

"Craft beer wanker" fcukin' brilliant!

Cape Clear

I pay €3.50 for a pint of Carling or Touburg in my local 15 miles outside the city. No incentive whatsoever to drink in any city centre pub who don't have a cheap pint alternative.

byronbay2

Cape Clear wrote: »

I pay €3.50 for a pint of Carling or Touburg in my local 15 miles outside the city. No incentive whatsoever to drink in any city centre pub who don't have a cheap pint alternative.

€3.50 for a pint of Fosters in The Beggarman on Gillabbey Street and he's got a bloody cinema upstairs!!

https://www.facebook.com/thebeggarmanbar

Great for music too btw.

hufpc8w3adnk65

byronbay2 wrote: »

€3.50 for a pint of Fosters in The Beggarman on Gillabbey Street and he's got a bloody cinema upstairs!!

https://www.facebook.com/thebeggarmanbar

Great for music too btw.

Go around the cornor too the sportsmans or the friars walk tavern and you get 4 pints of fosters for €10.

byronbay2

MrMac84 wrote: »

Go around the cornor too the sportsmans or the friars walk tavern and you get 4 pints of fosters for €10.

Or indeed just across the road to The Abbey Tavern where a pint of Fosters will set you back €3.20. Nice pub and the price is definitely right!! Incidentally, they have a good band (don't know the name) playing in there on Monday nights - although supposedly some of the post-Pixies crowd in there 2 weeks ago didn't appreciate them!!

hassy

Coughlans on Douglas Street, €3.20 a pint of Tuborg. It's also the IMRO national live music venue of the year 2014 and recieved a special commendation venue of the year award from Hotpress

run_Forrest_run

OK, I know I'm being a bit of a hypocrite after I recently saying I won't go out in town with those prices but as it turned out, the club I'm in had a BBQ in the Flying Enterprise last week.
So I went along, ordered my first pint and because it wasn't a cool or hip place to be I stupidly assumed the price wouldn't be too bad, but wow, €5.15 at 9pm for a pint..fcuk me. Anyway, yes, I did pay for it (for the sake of this post you see ).

OK, now I'll definitely stay away from the pubs for a while, I promise

byronbay2

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

OK, I know I'm being a bit of a hypocrite after I recently saying I won't go out in town with those prices but as it turned out, the club I'm in had a BBQ in the Flying Enterprise last week.
So I went along, ordered my first pint and because it wasn't a cool or hip place to be I stupidly assumed the price wouldn't be too bad, but wow, €5.15 at 9pm for a pint..fcuk me. Anyway, yes, I did pay for it (for the sake of this post you see ).

OK, now I'll definitely stay away from the pubs for a while, I promise

The Flying Enterprise is a "Landmark" pub (like Cantys, Le Chateau etc.) and can get away with charging higher prices than usual. You should have gone next door to Fordes, where they have much more realistic prices - not €3.20 a pint, mind you!

KatyBob

So is the birdie bar still the cheapest place city centre ish to drink in??

Arnold Tanzarian

KatyBob wrote: »

So is the birdie bar still the cheapest place city centre ish to drink in??

What is it again like 3 something up until 9pm . am i right in saying that?

spitfireIRL

2.99 between 5 - 10.30. It's the job!

byronbay2

KatyBob wrote: »

So is the birdie bar still the cheapest place city centre ish to drink in??

Where/what is this "birdie bar" you speak of?? I've never heard of it and I'm a tight-fisted alcoholic who is always on the lookout for cheap beer in Cork!

rob316

byronbay2 wrote: »

Where/what is this "birdie bar" you speak of?? I've never heard of it and I'm a tight-fisted alcoholic who is always on the lookout for cheap beer in Cork!

Its in reardens.

rob316

€5.50 for a pint of Bulmer in sober lane and €5.20 for Heineken it's just a disgrace there is no need to charge so much.

The end is nigh though, Wetherspoon released there revised Irish prices today, the publicans here will be shaking.

2.50 for all long neck bottles, 2.95 for pint of Heineken, craft long neck 3.00, pint Murphys or fosters 2.50.
Pint bottles of erdinger for 2.95! That's cheaper than the off licence.

No Bulmer or guiness the only downside.