Pour Your Own...

cson

Pint.

Can someone explain to me how this works? What's to stop someone going in and doing the Barney Gumble on it?

I'm guessing there's some sort of credit card or token arrangement but it still strikes me as the height of insanity in a country like ours. I wonder what the rush to the... er 'bar' is like at 12 with them. :pac:

PeterIanStaker

Its credit card based as far as I know.

So if you have a credit card, you can do the Barney Gumble on it:)

reprazant

I presume somebody has to leave their credit card behind the bar or set up some sort of tab.

It all seems a bit pointless to me tbh.

dr.bollocko

That's it alright. Have to put a credit card down. Then guard the tap like it's the one ring.

GAAman

There is also a setup that doesnt involve cards, you top it up at the bar and they send the credit through to the taps

cson

Fook, I'd hate to see the bill from Mastercard if you left the tap to go to the jacks for 5 mins :eek:

cson

GAAman wrote: »

There is also a setup that doesnt involve cards, you top it up at the bar and they send the credit through to the taps

It's a bit awkward then I'd guess.

First Tesco start getting us to do their work for them with the self checkout, now this... :P

InkSlinger67

cson wrote: »

First Tesco start getting us to do their work for them with the self checkout, now this... :P

I can't see this leading to job losses in the drinks industry here in Ireland tbh.....we'll still need some bar staff to clean up all our puke and coke dust at the end of the night!

dr.bollocko

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

I can't see this leading to job losses in the drinks industry here in Ireland tbh.....we'll still need some bar staff to clean up all our puke and coke dust at the end of the night!

Some bar staff sometimes just don't have a clue what they're at though. It's nice to have the option to pour your own. If you're into it or have worked in a bar.

InkSlinger67

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Some bar staff sometimes just don't have a clue what they're at though. It's nice to have the option to pour your own. If you're into it or have worked in a bar.

That damned Mahoney sent me for an interview in the Blue Oyster Bar once but no real experience!

stovelid

Pointless idea.

I've enough to doing with drinking and talking shite without having to pour pints properly.

Probably appeals to Real Ale types.

My name is URL

I've never seen such a thing =/

Popular with staff nights out and stags etc.

Danbo!

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Some bar staff sometimes just don't have a clue what they're at though. It's nice to have the option to pour your own. If you're into it or have worked in a bar.

But from what I've seen, its just a bunch of cunts in suits thinking they're the shit and pouring pints of foam

The_Minister

My name is URL wrote: »

I've never seen such a thing =/

There is one in a pub near Stillorgan Shopping Centre - the name escapes me.

dr.bollocko

Stee wrote: »

But from what I've seen, its just a bunch of cunts in suits thinking they're the shit and pouring pints of foam

hey buddy that's how I prefer to serve my pint right?!

El Weirdo

I refuse to drink in pubs that have these stupid things in them. What a load of bollocky-gimmick-shite.

xsiborg

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Some bar staff sometimes just don't have a clue what they're at though. It's nice to have the option to pour your own. If you're into it or have worked in a bar.

that's just it though, this would be the first time bar owners would be happy to see good drink going down the drain! can you imagine the head some people will put on a pint of carlsberg? or the overflow as they get even more drunk and the "i want a go!" sets in?

it's bad enough the bitching about whose round it is, but can you imagine the upcoming posts on boards about "fucker in the pub last night never let me near the tap, and then the bouncers kicked me out cause i shattered a few glasses on the floor when i dropped them, but sure that was all loike"... :rolleyes:

JONJO THE MISER

Pour Your Own never heard of this before, must be a Jackeen thing.

bluto63

Only advantage I can see of it is that it saves queueing at the bar

reprazant

bluto63 wrote: »

Only advantage I can see of it is that it saves queueing at the bar

to get a rubbish pint.

I have seen people trying to pour guiness.

I was embarrassed for them

Poor Uncle Tom

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Pour Your Own never heard of this before, must be a Jackeen thing.

No actually, it is not.

stovelid

dr.bollocko wrote: »

hey buddy that's how I prefer to serve my pint right?!

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:pac: :pac:

stovelid

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Poor Uncle Tom

reprazant wrote: »

I have seen people trying to pour guiness.

Is that anything like Guinness?

WindSock

There are a few in Cafe insane. Not worth going in there to use it. Or it might be if it weren't full of knob jockeys.

reprazant

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Is that anything like Guinness?

Wow, the typo queens are out today.

GAAman

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Pour Your Own never heard of this before, must be a Jackeen thing.

They must have installed it here* in my honour

























*Here being derry and all :pac:

cson

The two places I've seen it in are the Bleeding Horse and McSorleys.

Cookie_Monster

what I don't get is it costs more for a pint

I mean you're doing the work for the so it should cost less...

starbelgrade

GAAman wrote: »

There is also a setup that doesnt involve cards, you top it up at the bar and they send the credit through to the taps

Credit? F*ck that - I'd prefer to drink beer.

Mint Sauce

at least two places in sligo with them.

homer simpson

To answer the OP's question they work via wireless as far as i know and it send a signal to a unit behind the bar and vise versa, it tells you on the read out where you pull the pint how many pints is left to pull ie. if you pay for 10 before the night, it tells you after 3 pints are pulled 7.0 remain, and if you have 9.0 pulled it tells you 1, it even tells you you have 0.01 left if you dont pull the exact amount! but you can leave a credit card as well but i think you can still set how many pints you pull ect before hand.

starbelgrade

irish-stew wrote: »

at least two places in sligo with them.

I know the Garavogue has them - what's the other place?

Papa_Lazarou

Couple of pubs in Cork have them now aswell.

Poor Uncle Tom

reprazant wrote: »

Wow, the typo queens are out today.

In force.....:D

cson

homer_simpson wrote: »

To answer the OP's question they work via wireless as far as i know and it send a signal to a unit behind the bar and vise versa, it tells you on the read out where you pull the pint how many pints is left to pull ie. if you pay for 10 before the night, it tells you after 3 pints are pulled 7.0 remain, and if you have 9.0 pulled it tells you 1, it even tells you you have 0.01 left if you dont pull the exact amount! but you can leave a credit card as well but i think you can still set how many pints you pull ect before hand.

I'm off to the tech forum to see if they can come up with some sort of code cracker for this wireless operation. :cool:

Mint Sauce

starbelgrade wrote: »

I know the Garavogue has them - what's the other place?

the belfry has one or two tables at the top of the stairs (middle floor)

xsiborg

The Locke Bar in Limerick has them now aswel, I never noticed, must head in and see what they're like or what's the story with them:

http://www.lockebar.com/index.php?page=3&tab=6

Coriolanus

Tried them the once, might have just been me but the pints seemed to come out a bit warmer. Plus I've only seen them for Guinness and Heineken, the first of which I won't touch and the second only under duress.
Pile of **** imo. I'd rather be able to buy spirits by the bottle. Was in a place in the states that was great, though, you had to put a hundred down per table up front for two bottles. Still a damn sight cheaper than pints or buying spirits in singles and doubles.

Cookie_Monster

you can get Carlsberg too

Jaxxy

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you can get Carlsberg too

Yeah they do the "Pour Your Own Pint" with Guinness and Carlsberg in Sinnots beside Stephen's Green. A few of us booked a table last week after work for one of the WC games. The novelty wore off pretty quickly though and those of us who had done bar work before ended up having to pour the pints for the night. Would have preferred to walk the ten or so yards to the bar tbh, though we did have a good view of the big screen.

GreeBo

bluto63 wrote: »

'I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy'

Arent you missing the bold bit?