Where do you live and where is your watering hole

Rabies

... not that Boards people stalk each other. But there might be some hidden gems around the cities that we don't know about.

I live in Auckland and drink in a few different places

Provedor
Fox's
Cassette 9
Cowboys
Forte
Flight Lounge

All depends on the people I'm with and the time of day/night and if its after work or not

iguana2005

Im currently residing in Cork and I drink in..
The Crane Lane
The Mutton Lane Inn
The Pav
The Vineyard

When in Auckland I drink in...
Foxes
HQ
Bubble
Cowboys
Chapel

hussey

I live in newtown

My fave drinking spots in Sydney:

Kellys - Newtown
Aussie Youth Hotel - Glebe (great trivia and $4 pints 4-6pm)
Lord dudley & The Fringe Bar- Paddington
Welcome Inn & London Bar - Balmain
Quay Bar & Ryans bar - CQ for after work friday drinks
Cheers - for the sports

wicklowwonder

Living in Brisbane

Drink alot in The Fiddlers Elbow behind the Brisbane City Backpackers on Roma Street and Kitty O'Shea's on Caxton Street as both let ya in in shorts and flip flops all night Friday and Saturday!! Also Fiddlers Elbow is a backpacker bar with Backpacker prices but not near as messy or as in your face as The Bettle Bar or numerous others around the city.

Also love O'Malleys on Queen Street you can always find a quiet corner for a sneaky pint, can't beat the Normanby Hotel early on a Sunday it can get a bit rough once it gets past 8-9pm. The Plough Inn on Southbank is also great for day sessions on Satudays.

however try to avoid Irish Murphys just never liked that place dunno why so many people do, also don't venture into the Valley to often unless its a birthday or something!

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

however try to avoid Irish Murphys just never liked that place dunno why so many people do, also don't venture into the Valley to often unless its a birthday or something!

Don't know about the one in Brizzy but the one in Hobart was about as far removed from an Irish pub as you could get. Live music wasn't too bad though.

Have seen enough pubs in Melbourne yet, but Pugh Mahones seems decent enough for sports.

Hobart:

New Sydney Hotel (more Irish than Irish Murphys)
Cargo Lounge
The Telegraph (though the decor is like something from the 70's and not in a good way)
Bar Celona ($10 steins on Wednesdays)

wicklowwonder

m@cc@ wrote: »

Don't know about the one in Brizzy but the one in Hobart was about as far removed from an Irish pub as you could get. Live music wasn't too bad though.

Have seen enough pubs in Melbourne yet, but Pugh Mahones seems decent enough for sports.

When I was in Melbourne I loved an Irish pub called the Quiet Man it is out in Flemington, you have to get a tram out there but well worth it the food is brilliant, some fantastic stews and good craic there as well.

CiaranC

Im in Melbourne and I drink 4 litre casks of wine in my gaff because I am extremely poor.

m@cc@

CiaranC wrote: »

Im in Melbourne and I drink 4 litre casks of wine in my gaff because I am extremely poor.

GOOONN!

woolymammoth

I live in Adelaide, and I don't have a pub I like to call my local

There are a handful of nice pubs though.. it's hard to find anything around here that resembles a real good pub!

Zambia

I have to agree. nowhere quite does pubs like Ireland. Southern Ireland.

Beer up north is phish

CiaranC

District_9 wrote: »

I have to agree. nowhere quite does pubs like Ireland.

Too true

woolymammoth

District_9 wrote: »

Southern Ireland

shame on you!!

wicklowwonder

District_9 wrote: »

I have to agree. nowhere quite does pubs like Ireland. Southern Ireland.

Beer up north is phish

Who are you agreeing with? Last time I was in Ireland no could afford to go to the pub due to it been over 5 Euro a pint.......

m@cc@

District_9 wrote: »

Beer up north is phish

You're full of it.

CiaranC

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Who are you agreeing with? Last time I was in Ireland no could afford to go to the pub due to it been over 5 Euro a pint.......

Drink is just as expensive in the pub here.

wicklowwonder

CiaranC wrote: »

Drink is just as expensive in the pub here.

Average price for a schooner of tooheys new in Brisbane is $5 thats about what 3 euro for 3/4s a pint, if you drink Guinness or Pints of Magners it the same price as home if not dearer also in some places they rip you off totally by charging a fiver a schooner but up t $8 a pint!

patwicklow

District_9 wrote: »

I have to agree. nowhere quite does pubs like Ireland. Southern Ireland.

Beer up north is phish

my local pubs in wicklow were
Nagles Avoca closed..
Vally hotel bar wooden bridge Avoca closed..
Moores cafe bar Avoca closed..
Vale view hotel Avoca closed..
only two bars lelf to go to so might Emigrate to Australia and
il take on board the pubs mentioned above.

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Average price for a schooner of tooheys new in Brisbane is $5 thats about what 3 euro for 3/4s a pint, if you drink Guinness or Pints of Magners it the same price as home if not dearer also in some places they rip you off totally by charging a fiver a schooner but up t $8 a pint!

I find beer expensive here but in Norn Iron, you wouldn't find many places charging 5 Euro (or the equivalent, smartarses :P) for a pint. Furthermore, a schooner is a not a desirable measurement of beer for Irish people. :pac:

wicklowwonder

m@cc@ wrote: »

Furthermore, a schooner is a not a desirable measurement of beer for Irish people. :pac:

I agree totally with that!! F**KING hate them but sure when in rome....... alot of pubs here dont serve pints such as the Normanby hotel. Now a pitcher of beer.....

CiaranC

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Average price for a schooner of tooheys new in Brisbane is $5 thats about what 3 euro for 3/4s a pint, if you drink Guinness or Pints of Magners it the same price as home if not dearer also in some places they rip you off totally by charging a fiver a schooner but up t $8 a pint!

Average income here is lower than it was when you were last in Ireland, so its swings and roundabouts. In real terms its the same here as it is (was anyway) in Ireland.

Also, I spend more time walking up and down to the bar to buy girlsized beers and into the smoking bit where you cant eat and then to the eating bit where you cant smoke in pubs here than actually sitting down and swilling booze.

wicklowwonder

CiaranC wrote: »

Average income here is lower than it was when you were last in Ireland, so its swings and roundabouts. In real terms its the same here as it is (was anyway) in Ireland.

Also, I spend more time walking up and down to the bar to buy girlsized beers and into the smoking bit where you can eat and then to the eating bit where you cant smoke in pubs here than actually sitting down and swilling booze.

Yeah I suppose if you look at it like that all right!

Don't smoke and eating is cheating !! I do agree there RSA laws are a complete joke. Its also so hard when moving from pub to pub on a night out to stay on a constant lager. For example some places only sell Carlton, Pure Blonde, VB, then other sell Tooheys and other stuff I don't drink. Can be very annoying, gets ya on the Jack Daniels alot quicker! None of their premixed cans though.....

What do you drink?

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

None of their premixed cans though.....

I've seen the half drunk remains of these on trains. I've never drunk any of them but the concept sounds vile.

wicklowwonder

m@cc@ wrote: »

I've seen the half drunk remains of these on trains. I've never drunk any of them but the concept sounds vile.

Someone once left 6 jack and cola ones in our fridge and I tried one after looking at them for about 3 weeks!! they are the VERY sweet and the cola taste very very cheap, also they are only 5% in volume. If i want a 5% drink il stay on lager once you mix your own jack and coke you want it about 20-25%!

Not a fan at all!! Pawned the rest off on some unfortunate who called up one night with no beer.......

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

they are the VERY sweet and the cola taste very very cheap, also they are only 5% in volume.

That's what I thought, for people who like everything about whiskey except the taste.

wicklowwonder

m@cc@ wrote: »

That's what I thought, for people who like everything about whiskey except the taste.

The other thing about the Australian drinking habits that confuse me is the amount of the blokes who have 3 or 4 beers then start nailing smirnoff ice as if its going out of fashion........ the amount of sugar in those yolks would kill me or else keep me awake all night!!

Also pots of beer...... why?

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Also pots of beer...... why?

In Tassie, they call that a 10 ounce. :)

wicklowwonder

m@cc@ wrote: »

In Tassie, they call that a 10 ounce. :)

Can you get them in Tassie as well? In Brissie some of the lads I work with say cause their beer gets too hot if they get a schooner/pint so a pot is the way to go but I have never had that problem, I would just hate the idea of going to the bar every 5 minutes.........

m@cc@

wicklowwonder wrote: »

their beer gets too hot if they get a schooner/pint so a pot is the way to go

They clearly sip their beer.

CiaranC

Its a fair point about beer sitting in the sun getting warm, but its not as if they switch to pints when inside or in the winter

Xavi6

Premixes are the greatest thing ever. I live on cans of Jim Beam and coke and the mix is perfect taste wise. They should bring them in back home to help control measures and consumption.

CiaranC

Xavi6 wrote: »

Premixes are the greatest thing ever. I live on cans of Jim Beam and coke and the mix is perfect taste wise. They should bring them in back home to help control measures and consumption.

Ugh, that stuff is nauseating. No way it compares to a normal bourbon and coca-cola.

m@cc@

Xavi6 wrote: »

Premixes are the greatest thing ever. I live on cans of Jim Beam and coke and the mix is perfect taste wise. They should bring them in back home to help control measures and consumption.

You haven't really got a grasp of why people drink in Ireland. They drink to get drunk. If a drink doesn't get them drunk quick enough, they'll mix it with something stronger or else drink something else.

CiaranC

This stuff is so weak you could use it as a mixer for a real spirit

Rabies

Xavi6 wrote: »

Premixes are the greatest thing ever. I live on cans of Jim Beam and coke and the mix is perfect taste wise. They should bring them in back home to help control measures and consumption.

Premixes is for the poor, students, under class, cheap asses and is a step up from nacker drinking.

Buy a bottle of what ever, get ice, a mix and do it our self.

Use premium cola, lemonade, whatever... the taste is so much better.


*shakes fist at premixes*


Back on topic.
I like the odd drink at Danny Doolans in Auckland too. Great live music, fvck all drunken irish people, but it can get very busy and be a little slow for service. But nice none the less. No little drunked kids around either. Only drunken older people

Zambia

Sorry I stand by my earlier comment Northern beer is phish. it took me weeks to find a pint of Heineken and when i did it was like drinking cold potato and wheat soup. Guiness in places was not bad but not when you have had really good guiness like one in McDaids of Grafton st.

I have to say drinking in bars is comparable to being out in ireland. Price wise.

The other thing I find is the amount of beer and mix cans stock in businesses all over Melbourne. Staff canteens are full of grog.

woolymammoth

to be honest, I think it's getting harder to find a really good pint of heineken than it is to find a really good pint of Guinness.

[edit: unless things have changed in the one year i've been absent!]

m@cc@

District_9 wrote: »

it took me weeks to find a pint of Heineken

Where were you looking? In a field? Heineken is one of the most widely available beers. Also, it's s*** in any country.

Xavi6

m@cc@ wrote: »

You haven't really got a grasp of why people drink in Ireland. They drink to get drunk. If a drink doesn't get them drunk quick enough, they'll mix it with something stronger or else drink something else.

I understand perfectly well why people drink in Ireland. The point is that if regulated premixes are the only option available spirit wise in clubs then there's no choice but to drink them (obviously naggen smuggling is still an option).

CiaranC

Xavi6 wrote: »

I understand perfectly well why people drink in Ireland. The point is that if regulated premixes are the only option available spirit wise in clubs then there's no choice but to drink them (obviously naggen smuggling is still an option).

The other option is not to go to clubs. Which will depress the industry even more.

m@cc@

Xavi6 wrote: »

I understand perfectly well why people drink in Ireland. The point is that if regulated premixes are the only option available spirit wise in clubs then there's no choice but to drink them (obviously naggen smuggling is still an option).

There's a reason why it'll never happen - $$$$$$$$ (don't have a Euro key ). Pubs are having a hard enough time without bringing that kind of law in.

Zambia

m@cc@ wrote: »

Where were you looking? In a field? Heineken is one of the most widely available beers. Also, it's s*** in any country.

In East Belfast ? City Cantre not to great either btw I mean on tap

In some places in Ireland and Holland its fantastic. Especially the Heineken factory.

m@cc@

District_9 wrote: »

In East Belfast ? City Cantre not to great either btw I mean on tap

In some places in Ireland and Holland its fantastic. Especially the Heineken factory.

Could have told you that beforehand. It's not the most cosmopolitan place in the world. Some really decent spots sell Heineken, especially in South Belfast.

I lived in Holland for a year, Heineken isn't even the best Dutch beer. Though, the best beers in Holland are Belgian.

Zambia

I once remember we where all sat around a table in Sinnotts back somewhere in the 90's

Bloke 1 : Jesus lads its gone up to £1.90 a pint.
Bloke 2 : F**k me it'll be over 2 pound a pint soon enough.
Bloke 3 : Jesus guess I will have to cut back on the eating so...

Its actually a sad story . Bloke 3 did actually die at 36 from a heart attack.

Zambia

m@cc@ wrote: »

It's not the most cosmopolitan place in the world.

And the award for understatement goes to ...

m@cc@

District_9 wrote: »

And the award for understatement goes to ...

Yeah, but you knew that before you arrived there. I wouldn't drink in anywhere but the city centre or South Belfast.

Zambia

m@cc@ wrote: »

Yeah, but you knew that before you arrived there. I wouldn't drink in anywhere but the city centre or South Belfast.

Agree totally ... my local was "The Cosy" , I never even walked in to the place

m@cc@

District_9 wrote: »

Agree totally ... my local was "The Cosy" , I never even walked in to the place

Why/How did you end up in East Belfast? Were the flights to Islamabad too expensive? :P

Zambia

www.cheapadrenlinesports.com

watna

I live in Wellington and my "local" aka the only pub I really drink in is the General Practitioner on Willis Street. I work in the building above it so it's my Friday night place. It's a nice pub and does lovely food too.

I don't really go to pubs much, we tend to either hang out in each other's homes or eat out. I could recommend lots of restaurants!

Dave!

Not looking forward to these "schooners"...... Surely Irish bars at least would sell pints?

wicklowwonder

Dave! wrote: »

Not looking forward to these "schooners"...... Surely Irish bars at least would sell pints?

yeah majority of irish bars do serve pints, but some oz bars are hit and miss but you will get use to it! Its 3/4 of a pint or so, its only in oz bars i have came across them.