Pubs with cheap decent beers? (german, belgian draught/bottles)

ruprect

I was in Winters bar in Dundrum and was getting lovely pints of Paulaner for €4.80, this is a great price especially as a guinness was €4.50 there and a bottle or normal heineken was €4.90. A bottle of erdinger €5.50 though, which is still cheap relative to the heineken, i.e. 330ml 4.3%, Vs 500ml 5.3%. The Paulaner came in a really nice tall glass, tastes like Hoegarden and the glass was an oversized one, so you got a proper pint.

In The Avoca in Blackrock I was charged €4.80 or €4.90 for 500ml erdingers, I do not know if it was a mistake, as I think heineken was €4.70, I stuck with that barman all night in case it was a mistake!

Are there any other pints with good prices like that, Porter house seems reasonable too. If you go to an offie the price ratios are far higher than these prices, I only drink these "specialility" beers in pubs since it is a ripoff in offies and relatively cheap in pubs.

guildofevil

If you go to the Bull and Castle, Messrs McGuire's or The Gingerman, you will find that the best value, for good beer, comes from the Irish Microbreweries.

In the Bull and Castle, the excellent Galway Hooker IPA will set you back either €4.40 or €4.60 (not sure) a pint, while the Franciscan Well's Blarney Blond and Rebel lager, as well as The Carlow Brewing Company's O'Hara's Stout are good beers for a reasonable price too.

Writers Red (Franciscan Well Rebel Red), Writers Block (Franciscan Well Rebel Lager) and Friar Weiss come in not far over the €4 each in the Gingerman and are even cheaper by the 4 pint pitcher.

Messrs McGuire's do all of their own beers for €4 a pint. This includes their excellent draught Bock, which is a strong, malty treat.

In every case you will find that these are all cheaper than their imported, or locally brewed under licence, foreign branded counterparts, while the quality is at least as high. In some cases, like with Galway Hooker, Blarney Blond, or Messrs McGuire's Bock, there actually is no other beer of that particular style on the Irish draught Market.

Setun

It's only €4.40 for erdinger in my local afaik.

Messrs sounds good, must check it out.

admiralofthefleet

you should check out karma in fishamble street (just at christchurch) thats a very cheap but nice pub. they might sell foreign lagers but im not sure as i only drink heineken