What's your local charging for a pint now?

3.45 is what I would pay to not have to drink Fosters.

London is dear... you’ll pay a fiver plus most places.

up north... I think I’ve paid £3.40 - £5 depending.... Manchester is expensive practically everywhere now though it use to not be. Sheffield is great value, a great friendly city with some great welcoming and reasonably priced pubs...

i paid all be it about 4/5 years ago.. 3.40 for a Guinness... pints of their moonshine a really nice fruity refreshing beer.

we are ripped off here by pubs... even one of my locals charges 14.50 for a plate of carvery, must be €10.50 profit minimum.

local here for beers on draught..

Guinness : 5

larger around : 5.70...give or take depending...

Was in Milan around 10 years ago and got 5 longnecks of Heineken - e50 and the hipster barman was miffed with no tip! We said sod this went down the road to the next pub, e50 for 5 nastro azzuro long necks. It was an early night!

E4.90 for Guinness in east meath, same as pre covid.

Central Paris, 2019, Happy Hour prices

3.50 for 50cl lager in Les Halles, I think in a bar called Club Banana Cafe

Plenty of 50cl lager available across the city for 4.00-4.50, but only until 10pm.

Always remember that when Temple Bar publicans say they are cheaper than Paris.

Some bars in Bristol city centre(and near Cheddar Gorge) can be as dear as central London.In London and Paris you can pay less than Dublin for a full pint(584ml-58.4cl?)if you know where to go.The clientele know how to to drink as well.Try Switzerland if you want a sickener for prices

Milan's awful. In every way. But there's some decent bars where you'll "only" pay 6-7 quid for a 330ml craft beer and less again for lagers.

Galway City, July 2021

Garavan's, William street: Guinness = 4.50, Coors Light = 5.50

(I think Garavans was always maybe 20c below typical city centre pubs?)

Freeney's, High street: Guinness = 4.90

PJs, Lower Salthill: Guinness = 4.70, Guinness 0% = 4.70

I note that the Guinness 0% is the same price, so either Diageo or the pub are capturing the 50-55c excise duty as extra margin.

Well...well good for you.....

The price of a whiskey (or other spirit) in non-Wetherspoon pubs in Ireland is outrageous. A standard 35.5mL measure has only about 60% as much alcohol as a pint.

A bottle has 20 measures so that Powers which can often be bought in a supermarket for €20 would net the publican 84 euro.

Was home in Kerry last weekend, local was 4.10 and GAA club €4 for Guinness. Where I live in Meath, I've stopped going to the pub I used to frequent, €5.40 for a Guinness, up from €4.80 pre covid 😲😲 so I just stick to the GAA club which is 4.20.

A fiver is plenty to be charging for a pint no matter where you're located. Anything more is just plain robbery.

There's no extra staffing costs, all publicans are still drawing down wage supports from revenue.

I was out in a few popular spots in cork at the weekend, most 6 euro now unfortunately. Greed

I'd pay it for a nice craft but carlsberg and Guinness? No thanks.

5.40 for a beamish I felt violated

Cheapest in Swords,

Lagers: Carlsberg €3.25, Coors €3.25 & Heineken €3.95 (Pints)

Ciders : Pint Bottle of Bulmers €3.95, 500ml Bottle of Kopparberg €3.45

Low/Zero Alcohol : Pint of Heineken 0.0 €2.25, Kopparberg 500ml bottle €2.25

I suppose it's all relative at the end of the day. If someone has deep enough pockets and doesn't raise an eyebrow to an extra 50~60c on a pint.. so be it! But for the ordinary punter, common sense must prevail at some stage. Forking out in excess of €5 for a 'meh!' pint of Guinness in less than favourable surroundings (particularly in the current climate), it's only natural that punter is going to re-assess the whole 'value for money' thing.

Price gouging is 'gouging', no matter which way you dress it up. And as has been mentioned above, these establishments continue to be in receipt of grants/wage subsidy schemes so it's difficult to justify these increases. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of.. not if they've any sense.

Its just psychological, a fiver for a pint. Go out with 50 euro thats 10 pints you can get, its nice and simple. €5.90,€5.80 or €6 are odd numbers, it just sounds like a lot.

100% correct, cheapest pints outside it iwould be in one of the GAA Clubs, bars in the town are a rip-off...

Wow! That's just.. bizarre! Cute hoors these publicans.. 'psychological' price gouging. I doff my cap to them.

I agree at 'gouging' is the wrong term being used.

One thing I would say is that perhaps pubs thought there was no upper limit to what people would pay, but after being home for so long people might see the cost to go out drinking as excessive now. They may still go out but go out less and stay in a bit more. I guess it depends on whether they have gotten out of the habit or not.

Where in gods name is Beamish 5.40? 😥 you are right on town though, you won't see much difference between Cork city centre and Dublin city centre on prices nowadays for majority of pints.

I don't know what the dictionary definition of 'gouging' is.. I haven't bothered to look it up. But I reckon the general definition is something like 'an increase in price without justifiable reasons'. This would apply not just to public houses but anywhere.. price of a loaf of bread, a plane ticket, hotel residency etc.

Now, we know that there's always been establishments that have an inflated value on the price of their pint. For whatever reason.. exclude a certain aspect of the public or some such exclusivity nonsense. But if you're a frequenter of a particular public house, would you not feel 'gouged' by an unjustifiable increase?

Granted, we're in a capitalistic/free market society and businesses can charge pretty much what they like, you're not obliged to purchase their product. And nobody begrudges a business making a profit but are you comfortable being exploited like that?

I dont think gouging is the correct term. Pubs, like any business, will charge what they think people will pay.

But for me a fiver, or less is acceptable. If I go somewhere and get charged more than a fiver I will either leave if I'm not in company or just never go back.

That list now seems to be getting longer post covid.

The whole "why a fiver"? Is purely psychological for me. I cant actually remember the last time I used cash but I do remember about 2 years ago going to a pub to watch a match with 20 quid in my pocket thinking I'd have 4 pints while watching the game. The price of the pint was 5.20 so meant I had only had 3 as I was with a friend and didnt want to cause hassle by moving pub.

Also, I just think a fiver is enough to charge. I get that you're paying for staff, light, heat, tables and chairs etc. But if a pub can turn a profit on a fiver a pint, they probably shouldn't be open.

But as I said, I've always voted with my feet and generally avoid places I know are expensive unless I'm meeting a group and location is out of my hands.