Cheap beer on tap

chump · 04-10-2004 3:17pm #1

I read recently enough that certain members of the VFI were considering introducting cheap beer on tap in a bite-back against the high prices diageo is charging for their beers. Bavaria was the beer mentioned.

Now I want to see if any of you people know any fine institutions in dublin who've gone the way of introducing some low cost beers and if so, how much?

To start the ball rolling, as I've said a few times, I was quite surprised to see a the rebranded Handle's pub near christchurch selling pints of Guinness for 3euro and most lagers 3.50...

Oh and another pub, Bodkins I think, a DIT hangout, they sell cheap fosters I believe, not sure how much...

So, anyone know any cheap boozers?

Third_Echelon · 04-10-2004 3:28pm

I noticed that the globe on georges st were selling bavaria on tap for €3 i think it was as a promotion.... dont know if they are keeping it or not...

Verdammt · 04-10-2004 3:34pm

My local "The Traders" on St.James Road, Walkinstown sells that Bavaria beer. Seen it there at the weekend on tap for €2.90 a pint.

Does anyone know what it's like ??

ferdi · 04-10-2004 3:37pm

its kind of like dutch gold....

Third_Echelon · 04-10-2004 3:44pm

i've seen bums on the street drinking it and students drinking it... that says it all for me really

I am MAN · 04-10-2004 3:44pm

Fosters has been introduced in tons of places for 3euro a pint and bavaria is along the same lines of dutch but id say it tastes that bit nicer on tap, for 2.90 I wouldnt refuse drinking it anyway.

Verdammt · 04-10-2004 3:45pm

ferdi wrote:

its kind of like dutch gold....

Sorry mate , haven't tasted that either.

I've been sort of put off buying Bavaria beer. The major reason is the name, it's just stupid. The stuff is Dutch !!! and why is it named after a region in Germany ??

This doesn't instill alot of confidence, to be honest.

Ro: maaan! · 04-10-2004 3:49pm

Fosters is usually pretty cheap everywhere, isn't it?

I'd say this Baveria thing will take off everywhere now. The DCU student bar are gonna be selling it for €3. I thought it would have been more expensive in normal pubs, but perhaps not.

It's not too bad, but I'd prefer Dutch Gold...

egan007 · 04-10-2004 3:53pm

You should find what you are looking for here.....

http://www.drinkfeckgirls.com

lodgepole · 04-10-2004 4:06pm

ferdi wrote:

its kind of like dutch gold....

Only in price. It gives a rotten hangover and has a very rough after taste. Despite it's bad reputation, Dutch Gold is a far better beer than most of the other cheap cans.

ferdi · 04-10-2004 4:09pm

agreed, bavaria is rough, much worse than dutch.

chump · 04-10-2004 4:33pm

TBH I think it's all to do with personal taste or whatever you got used to drinking first...

I'd say the opposite to the above for myself...

Canis Lupus · 04-10-2004 4:45pm

Lodgepole wrote:

Only in price. It gives a rotten hangover and has a very rough after taste. Despite it's bad reputation, Dutch Gold is a far better beer than most of the other cheap cans.

dutch gold i always thought was alright... could easily killa few cans of that stuff.

tba · 04-10-2004 5:13pm

uggghhh..... dutch gold is mankalicious

Anyways the outback do fosters on tap, get a pitcher (3 1/2 pints) for 10 Euros.

Thats 2.85 Euros per pint if your interested, buy in bulk!

the evil belly · 04-10-2004 5:29pm

the gingerman on fenian street does pitchers of craft brew. ale for 12 euro and lager for 11 euro. tis from the franciscan wel in cork. great stuff so it is

BabyEater · 04-10-2004 5:39pm

The Malt House in Dundalk does Labattes for €3 .

Alun · 04-10-2004 8:10pm

Verdammt wrote:

My local "The Traders" on St.James Road, Walkinstown sells that Bavaria beer. Seen it there at the weekend on tap for €2.90 a pint.

Does anyone know what it's like ??

Speaking as someone who, until recently, lived in the Netherlands quite close to the place where Bavaria is brewed, I think it's got a bad rap here in Ireland. It's a very old and established brewery in the area, and has quite a hold in the various pubs around there. For anyone that's interested , it's made in a place called Lieshout in Brabant in the south of the Netherlands.

Fo some reason they can sell it quite cheaply here, and that doesn't give it the necessary cachet or snob value to be considered worth drinking here. A bit like people who look down their noses at Skoda cars ....

Alun · 04-10-2004 8:17pm

Verdammt wrote:

I've been sort of put off buying Bavaria beer. The major reason is the name, it's just stupid. The stuff is Dutch !!! and why is it named after a region in Germany ??

No idea why it's called what it is, but the brewery itself dates back to 1719, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Netherlands ... and it was called Bavaria back then too.

Take a look at http://www.bavariahollandbeer.us/history.html

Verdammt · 04-10-2004 9:55pm

Alun wrote:

No idea why it's called what it is, but the brewery itself dates back to 1719, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Netherlands ... and it was called Bavaria back then too.

Take a look at http://www.bavariahollandbeer.us/history.html

Thanks for that, I will view it in a different light from now on.

pork99 · 04-10-2004 10:18pm

Alun wrote:

No idea why it's called what it is, but the brewery itself dates back to 1719, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Netherlands ... and it was called Bavaria back then too.

Maybe it's called that to commemorate the campaign in Bavaria during the War of Spanish Sucession where Dutch troops formed a large part of the army of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough?

This campaign culminated in the Battle of Blenheim, August 13, 1704, where Marlborough's British-Dutch-Danish-Prussian-Hessian-Hanoverian army and Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian army defeated a French and Bavarian army, under Count Camille de Tallard and the Elector of Bavaria (Maximilian II Emmanuel). It was fought in Bavaria but it saved Holland from a French invasion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim

Jivin Turkey · 04-10-2004 10:46pm

I have to say as a former dutch gold drinker that moved onto bavaria, I would never go back, once you get the taste for bavaria, dutch gold tastes watered down and just plain cheap, kind of like budweiser. Even the can is cheaper feeling, its made of much lighter aluminium. I used to work in an offy and you can really feel the difference in the weight of a case of one against the other.

ferdi · 04-10-2004 10:54pm

bud is disgusting, i had a lovely few dutch there the other night, i was in a field so that made them taste even better. although my drink of choice is smithwicks, i love that stuff (and i drank it before it started to get trendy)

Karl Hungus · 05-10-2004 12:04am

What about Murphy's? That's still pretty damn cheap. Cheaper than Guinness even.

Crash · 05-10-2004 12:11am

Bavaria actually isnt a half bad beer. was drinking it all today and true enough i do have a bit of a headache from the stuff but its damn well drinkable.

Callan · 05-10-2004 8:33am

My local sells pints of labatt for €3

Jip · 05-10-2004 8:38am

The Aberly (spl?) Court in Tallaght has pints of Amstel for €3, I've seen Fosters somewhere for €3 also, can't remember where though, possibly the Bell in Blanchardstown.

rubadub · 05-10-2004 8:52am

most draught beer here is piss. if bavaria charged €6 a pint and had ads on tv with horses kicking footballs around or lads who lived in football stadiums with a rake of supermodels people would suddenly think it tasted great, "oh it costs €6 a pint and its on the telly, it must be good"

Drink some decent budvar, pilsner urquell or staropramen and then hit the boozer when your taste buds are suitably numb so you can cope with the taste of the dire shlte they serve.

pickarooney · 05-10-2004 9:00am

Alun wrote:

Speaking as someone who, until recently, lived in the Netherlands quite close to the place where Bavaria is brewed, I think it's got a bad rap here in Ireland. It's a very old and established brewery in the area, and has quite a hold in the various pubs around there. For anyone that's interested , it's made in a place called Lieshout in Brabant in the south of the Netherlands.

Fo some reason they can sell it quite cheaply here, and that doesn't give it the necessary cachet or snob value to be considered worth drinking here. A bit like people who look down their noses at Skoda cars ....

While it tastes different here (sweeter for a start, and with huge froth capacities), it's still piss in comparison to most local beers. Now if youse could get Hertog Jan on tap you'd be laughing.

Alun · 05-10-2004 10:14am

pickarooney wrote:

While it tastes different here (sweeter for a start, and with huge froth capacities), it's still piss in comparison to most local beers. Now if youse could get Hertog Jan on tap you'd be laughing.

I've never tried the draught Bavaria they sell here (here = Ireland) so I can't comment, but the canned stuff, especially for the price isn't bad, and certainly can't be classed as "piss". I'll reserve that description for pretty much anything mainstream American such as Coors, Budweiser (not the real one), Miller etc.

Anyhow, if you're used to a certain beer, whatever it's pedigree, then anything new always tastes a bit "unusual" for a while, but your tastebuds become accustomed to it after a while.

Cheap beer on tap

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