Price of a pint going up again.

steviem

The price of a pint is going up again, Guiness has announced that all drinks handled by them, Guiness, Budweiser, Smithwicks amongst others will go up by 6c on 1st March. Whats the odds on this being 10c by the time it gets to you.

They blame their top class quality control procedures and marketing for the rise.

Lump

Pfff, think I'll give up drinking in Ireland. In Uni in England, drink is so much cheaper here. 10 c on a pint ffs, I pity the students of Ireland.


John

hedgetrimmer

I was in a pool hall in Brussels, went up to the bar and got 3 large beers for €7.50

Suppose that would nearly cost me €16 back home now?

zAbbo

Last time i had pints, Black Stuff was 3.30 and Stella was 4 euro

Not too bad, but still

Doesnt compare to the 60 cent beers i had in Albania

Sleipnir

well, it is only 6c. one of those big copper coins nobody uses and one of the tiny ones that are good for nothing.
When you look at massive price hikes for everything else, 6c is a pittance.
Plus, it's tax and the publicans which really screw us over, not really the brewer

eth0_

I'm living in Belfast atm and there are LOADS of places that do pints for £1 a few nights a week, or two pints for the price of one. The local GAA club does pints for £1 all the time

We're so ripped off down south. When is Weatherspoons opening in Dublin? There's one here, the atmosphere isn't fantastic but the food and drink is nice and cheap.

scojones

I'm going to belfast tomorrow, then onto antrim, any idea how much a pint is in antrim eth0_?

Winters

Read it when I bought the 'Mini Indo' today.

Seems like Guiness are blaming strick quality control and other stuff on the price increase. What it is is the wholesale price for a keg is being ncreased by €5.45, they estimate that works out at 6c per pint. So really this time its not us being screwed [directly] but the publicans being forced to fork out another €5.45 per keg.

Yes and when I was over in Scotland couple of weeks ago, I remember being able to buy a pint of Magners and a pitn of Stella for £3 [Uni Bar]. One of the nightclubs also had a 2 for 1 offer on all drinks nearly all week. But the one problem is service is, well totally **** over there. Expect to wait 20minutes to get an order in [and not cos its uber busy, but just as the staff seem incompetant (Sp?)]. Usually ended up gettign two rounds at a time so as not to keep queing all night.

I like this new 'Mini Indo' too

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by eth0_
When is Weatherspoons opening in Dublin? There's one here, the atmosphere isn't fantastic but the food and drink is nice and cheap.

I heard that they've scrapped the idea, don't know how true it is though. Maybe someone else has heard something definite.

Saviour_Angel

For the few drinks I drink a week..... it's all a rip of.

Bring back the good ol potato drink.... Puchine - incorrect spelling

hedgetrimmer

Originally posted by eth0_
I'm living in Belfast atm and there are LOADS of places that do pints for £1 a few nights a week, or two pints for the price of one. The local GAA club does pints for £1 all the time

Isn't there talk of stopping that accross England, Scotland, Wales and NI though as part of new legislation and new measures to crack down on cheap night's binge drinking? There was mention of it on teh news the other week.

cournioni

DKIT had a college ball last night in Newry. We were charged €3.50 for JD and Coke. Now that just says it all doesn't it?

In any nightclub around where I live it would be double that price.

Jim

Portugal - 50c a bottle, buy 2 get 1 free.

ixoy

So the publican has to pay more? What's the bets he'll pass the cost onto the consumer and raise it by 10c, rather than the actual 6c increase? Maybe astinence is a good idea.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

no no, don't abstain. just switch your drug of choice

Dustaz

Originally posted by Frank Grimes
I heard that they've scrapped the idea, don't know how true it is though. Maybe someone else has heard something definite.

Yes, they have. All thanks to Michael McDowells anti-drink laws which made promotions like Happy Hour and 2 for the price of 1 illegal.

Johnny Versace

Well, at least this means the price of a Guiness in Cafe En Seine will now be rounded up to a nice EUR 10. I hated carrying around all those 2 cents...

Kone

Originally posted by Mordeth
no no, don't abstain. just switch your drug of choice

Hear hear!

Stark

What's the story with Cafe en Seine anyway? Is it really THAT GOOD?

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by k.oriordan
What's the story with Cafe en Seine anyway? Is it really THAT GOOD?

No is the short answer. No is also the long answer

Gummy Panda

Originally posted by k.oriordan
What's the story with Cafe en Seine anyway? Is it really THAT GOOD?

God no!! Been there a few times and felt bored to tears. Nice looking decor though.

Stark

Amazing how people still go there even though it's nearly €10 for a pint. Does it open late or something?

Ronan|Raven

10 bloody euro for a pint is it served via pint glasses emiting from young ladies muffs?!

BabyEater

PORNAPSTER I was paying €4.00 for vodka and blackcurrant there which isn't that cheap granted Ridley's charge €4.60 but at the Graduation ball in the Oasis it was only €3.50 for it.

p

Everyone should write away to guiness complaining about the price increase.

Also, visit http://www.drinkfeckgirls.com/ and only go to decent establishments, that's the only way things will change.

Stephen

Its not actually guinness that sets the prices any more, its Diageo - the mega-corporation that owns guinness and a massive pile of other premium drink brands.

*posting this from one of their sites actually*

Anyways, its not that much of an increase. Publicans are making a killing off every keg as it is, blame them.


p: do you run that site by any chance? If so, the Carlow and contact pages are utterly shagged!

Also, anyone know why they have so much utterly irrelevant copied and pasted american crap on the site? All this rubbish about the federal this that and the other, poxy american lobby groups and so on.

Lump

*COUGH*INDIRECT EMPLOYEE OF DIAGEO*COUGH*


John

Lump

Also a pint of Guinness is not 3.80 in Langtons, it's closer to 4.30, I drink there a fair bit.


John

Kold

I hate this country. I'm moving next year

Stephen

Originally posted by Lump
*COUGH*INDIRECT EMPLOYEE OF DIAGEO*COUGH*


John

contractors!

Johnny Versace

Originally posted by k.oriordan
Amazing how people still go there even though it's nearly €10 for a pint. Does it open late or something?

I go there because it's perfect for picking up women... haven't failed there yet! (I blame all the oldies making me look good! )

Sarky

More money?

Bumclouds.

Thank God for pub vouchers, eh?

Lump

Originally posted by Johnny Versace
I go there because it's perfect for picking up women... haven't failed there yet! (I blame all the oldies making me look good! )

You pick up old women there..... to be honest I would assume that's not hard to do anywhere.... I am however not talking from experience.


John

Johnny Versace

Originally posted by Lump
You pick up old women there..... to be honest I would assume that's not hard to do anywhere.... I am however not talking from experience.
John

I agree there are a lot of older women there, but it's 50/50. I go for the younger 50% obviously...

Agent Smith

do as i do...... drink at home



nothing beets a pint of the old black stuff at 7am!




(it's 1am at the mo)

TCamen

thank god I'm on a whole anti-drinking kick @ the moment

Cafe en Seine is not that interesting a place at all to justify any sorta price increase imo. Always full of oldies too..

ixoy

Originally posted by TCamen
thank god I'm on a whole anti-drinking kick @ the moment

I have first-hand evidence that says otherwise

Cafe en Seine, btw, sucks. The end.