Mid Week Pints at the Local Pub

JimFin

With 10c on the pint in the budget and the undeniable reduction in number of pubs open just got me thinking about people's attitude to pubs which is well discussed but what about the few sociables during the week down at the local. There was a time plenty would go for a few on a 'school night' to watch a game on Sky, few pints after football training/indoor or just a few beers with a mate!

I rem when there would be 20 or 30 in a rural pub mid-week but that is gone completely. Many were older clientele who have passed on and weren't replaced in the same numbers. Was in a rural pub in the UK recently and it was thriving mid-week due to things like food offers (beer and a curry £7), poker nights, drinks promos and the likes.

So (for non-students ) do you go for a pint during the week? Why? Rural or urban boozer? Many about?

Eeden

Now you mention it... usually only if there's something on like a quiz you want to support, or folks over on holiday that you want to meet up with.

God be with the days I'd go out any night of the week!

Galway City.

Lapin

Always better crack in my local during the week.

Full of real drinkers who spend a few bob. Good customers.

Unlike the once a week shower who flood the place on a Saturday night turning up half pissed after starting at home and knocking back their shots of yeager-bombs, insult the bar staff, stumble around in their high heels, before throwing up all over the floor of the jax, falling out the door and doing it all again in the niteclub.

Heroditas

Publicans seem to think all they need to do is lash a few screens up and have wall-to-wall Sky Sports and this will bring the punters in.
Pure laziness. It's rare you see things like quiz nights unless it's been organised by a third party.
Haven't gone mid-week drinking in years. Wouldn't be interested now. If I want to watch Sky Sports I can do it at home.
I go to the pub now to escape the TV!

The Backwards Man

Monday and Tuesday are my weekend.

ofcork

I remember back in the 90s we used to go out on a Monday night to watch friends!

Tigerandahalf

The price is a big issue amongst others. As it is midweek I wouldnt want to drink too much yet to get a bottle of beer is nearly dearer than a pint. The publicans dont offer much either. In Oz or UK you would get a food/beer deal. Some of the publicans had it too good for too long. They just had to open the doors. They didnt bother to clean the jacks.
Agree that a pint midweek can be lovely especially in the winter. Remember going for a pint of gusiness in local where you would get half and half, half gusiness from cooled barrell and other half from barrell at room temp.

Daith

Monday night used to be one of my favourite nights to go out on. You ended up with a different crowd mainly those who work weekends.

creep

Local serves 3 euro pints, cant go wrong

wp_rathead

O'connells midweek in Galway is bliss

Links234

I tend not to drink on weekends anyway, so a quiet one mid-week is what I'd usually do

Retrovertigo

ofcork wrote: »

I remember back in the 90s we used to go out on a Monday night to watch friends!

Ahh, old school stalking before Facebook.

emo72

was impartial to meeting a friend down the local on sunday night to round off the weekend. thursday night was always a good night too.

sunday is a disaster now, love hate comes on at full volume and its like being in a cinema. the hush descends and everyone goes quiet. **** that i leave my house to avoid the telly. golden rule....only sports in pubs. thats it.

Fr_Dougal

Hangovers in work, not worth it.

Captain Chaos

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Hangovers in work, not worth it.

It's not going out and getting hammered mid week like 10-12 pints on a Friday or Saturday night. Just 4-6 pints on a midweek night and you are grand in the morning, used do it all the time at least twice a week and up at 6am fresh as a daisy, and that's staying till last orders.

Can't be doing it anymore though with all these price hikes and taxes.

Bassfish

Used to DJ in a pub in Cork on Wednesdays, was always a decent crowd in, probably 2/3 of what you'd have on a Saturday. MAinly students and alcos though to be fair.

oldyouth

I love a few teatimers midweek. A group of mates gathered around for the craic and then home for a late dinner. No assholes and not sloppy pints thrown up in front of you

hawkwind23

all the football puts me off the midweek pints now.
nice and quiet from 5-7 then the orange cordial crowd come in and push around the bar and the dumb football baring from about 20 tvs.
stopped going , although ive found a nice pub with no TV but its a bit far for the midweek pint.

kneemos

Retrovertigo wrote: »

Ahh, old school stalking before Facebook.

Just shout thank at them.

JohnnyChimpo

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It's not going out and getting hammered mid week like 10-12 pints on a Friday or Saturday night. Just 4-6 pints on a midweek night and you are grand in the morning, used do it all the time at least twice a week and up at 6am fresh as a daisy, and that's staying till last orders.

You're a hard man so, if I had 6 pints on a Wednesday night I'd be absolutely ballsed the next day, and probably not too fresh come Friday either. I think I'd be questioning my alcohol intake if I was that immune.

JimFin

You do get a more enjoyable pint mid-week, 2 or 3 and home early and your sound in the morning. On a night like tonight its proper Prime Time in your local with everyone discussing the budget and having there own opinion.

On prob in rural Ireland though is no one goes out until 11, if you were seen in the pub at 8 o clock people would say you had a problem!

IK09

We used to go every Thursday for "Thursty Thursday", 2pints then home. Then 2 of the lads turned it into "Toxic Thursday" where they would stay for 4/5 more after the designated "Thursty Thursday" pints and they would be hassling you to go with them to the next pub.

That was the sad end of "Thursty Thursday"

JohnnyChimpo

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

You're a hard man so, if I had 6 pints on a Wednesday night I'd be absolutely ballsed the next day, and probably not too fresh come Friday either. I think I'd be questioning my alcohol intake if I was that immune.

Ballsed after 6 pints and still feeling it two days later , I'd count it as a quiet few pints (as would most people I know so I'm no different), wouldn't bother me the next day at all.

truebluesac

I used to do door work so my only time to relax and have a pint was mid week . I also had a mate who owned a couple of pubs and he was my mid week company .

Now i just find it too much of a hassel and expence . I work a shift job now that includes weekends , but id rather have a few cans in the house and have a mate or 2 over ,

anncoates

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

Ballsed after 6 pints and still feeling it two days later , I'd count it as a quiet few pints (as would most people I know so I'm no different), wouldn't bother me the next day at all.

Actually depends for me.

Sometimes I can do it no bother and then the odd time it ambushes you and you get sloshed and end up with a head next day.

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

Actually depends for me.

Sometimes I can do it no bother and then the odd time it ambushes you and you get sloshed and end up with a head next day.

6 pints would never leave me feeling any worse than a bit groggy for the first hour in the morning, I know people have different tolerance but unless someone has a very low tolerance then 6 pints shouldn't leave them (a man anyway) feeling too bad the next day and certainly not still feeling it the following day.

Sgt Hartman

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Hangovers in work, not worth it.

This is the reason I never drink mid-week. Work is bad enough without trying to get through it with a stinking hangover:( I'll allow myself a bottle or 2 on thursday nights at home but that's it.
Friday and Saturday are my only big days for booze. I'd only ever drink midweek if I was off the next day.

Gremlinertia

Like a few others here i work weekends and i'm unable to tolerate some of the gobsh1tery that occurs on a Saturday night, much rather a seat at the bar, calmly pulled pint, bit of a chat, old head on nearly as old shoulders i guess.

jimgoose

I go for a few creamy pints down t'Woolpack (suburban) of a Tuesday evening. Theoretically a few of us play tennis first, just after work, but in practice that seems to be sort of optional.

garv123

Not sure why you said except students?
Thats one thing that has dropped massively over the last few years, students going to the pub before heading to the nightclub mid week.

Now its pre-drink at a house and go straight to a club and spend as little as possible for most people.

We go to the pub twice a week after training for one pint to socialise and then off home. There is no tv in the pub either and you wouldnt even notice it. The trad session over in the corner is grand background noise.

JohnnyChimpo

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

Ballsed after 6 pints and still feeling it two days later , I'd count it as a quiet few pints (as would most people I know so I'm no different), wouldn't bother me the next day at all.

As I said before, you're a harder man than me so. I definitely would have shrugged off 6 pints when I was a bit younger, but now that I'm rounding on 30 thats just not feasible. Possible factor is that my job is mentally taxing, and also requires that my hands are pretty steady, when I was working in a shop or whatever I didn't give a **** either way.

Also I long ago discovered that my enjoyment of a night pretty much plateaued after about 4-5 drinks, and anything beyond that just made me ****tier the next day, and didn't make me cooler when I was out on the town. I realise it's different for everybody, but I'm pretty happy that as a 6'6", 200lb guy I can get pissed on very little, have a good night, and be capable of humanity the next day.

Brendan Flowers

Lapin wrote: »

Always better crack in my local during the week.

Full of real drinkers who spend a few bob. Good customers.

Unlike the once a week shower who flood the place on a Saturday night turning up half pissed after starting at home and knocking back their shots of yeager-bombs, insult the bar staff, stumble around in their high heels, before throwing up all over the floor of the jax, falling out the door and doing it all again in the niteclub.

Sure, thats exactly the difference between those who drink mid week and those who drink at the weekend :rolleyes:

gazzer

Live in a rural area (in Cavan) with the nearest pub being 3 miles away so dont bother going for drinks during the week. I would only be having 2 or 3 and then to fork out for a taxi wouldnt be worth it. Coupled with that is the fact I dont know anybody in the area so would be billy no mates in the pub even if I did go

Just go out in Dublin every other Saturday night and stay up with friends or family.

jester77

Regularly go for beers mid-week. Places are always fairly full, especially the cafe/bistro places.

Honey-ec

Yup, meet my sisters every Tuesday on the way home from work in our local. There's an offie attached and no corkage Monday - Thursday, so I'd grab a bottle of wine for 8 or 9 quid and bring home whatever I don't drink. We usually pop in for an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon too, although if Man Utd are playing, I'm out of there.

If I had my way I'd ban At The Races too :mad:

Tiddlypeeps

Feckin hell I don't think I ever would have considered 6 pints in a night a quiet few :eek:

I sometimes go for a pint after work with some mates, usually I'll have one and go home but the odd time I'll stick around for at most 3. My tolerance for alcohol has drop considerably since my college years so 3 usually has me fairly toasty.

tobsey

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

6 pints would never leave me feeling any worse than a bit groggy for the first hour in the morning, I know people have different tolerance but unless someone has a very low tolerance then 6 pints shouldn't leave them (a man anyway) feeling too bad the next day and certainly not still feeling it the following day.

If you ordered your 6th pint at last orders it's very likely you would be over the legal limit to drive in the morning, definitely at 6am anyway.

6 pints by Irish standards might be classed as a few quiet pints, in reality it's a lot of alcohol.

theteal

tobsey wrote: »

If you ordered your 6th pint at last orders it's very likely you would be over the legal limit to drive in the morning, definitely at 6am anyway.

6 pints by Irish standards might be classed as a few quiet pints, in reality it's a lot of alcohol.

I was just thinking that, I'd be very wary of driving first thing in the morning if I had 6 pints the night before

EyeSight

garv123 wrote: »

Now its pre-drink at a house and go straight to a club and spend as little as possible for most people.

pre-drinking is not just done because of cost alone. When pre-drinking at a house you can actually have banter with your friends. Pubs blare music way too loud IMO.
You also don't get treated like crap. I find most bars service at night is terrible. Either there's no staff on to get your drink or they treat you rudely(i know they have to put up with idiots but that's no excuse).
For me the pre-drinking banter is sometimes better than the "post-drink" banter

Eight Ball

Pubs are a thing of the past imo. I think we are moving towards a more European centred culture when it comes to going out thankfully. Cafe's and restaurants are now favoured as a good place to go and mix with your friends or dinner parties in ones house. Last time I was in a pub was at a funeral afters around a year ago and it cost the guts of 15 euro for a pint and a gin and coke. And they wonder why their business is going bust ffs.

tmc86

During the week I'd be more likely to go for a bite to eat after work and a couple of drinks rather than a pub.

Leave the mid-week pub visits off until Winter/Christmas these days unless it's summer and we head to a beer garden for one or two!

sign of getting old that I like to keep my mid week focused on work and the weekends for the pints etc

bucketybuck

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

Ballsed after 6 pints and still feeling it two days later , I'd count it as a quiet few pints (as would most people I know so I'm no different), wouldn't bother me the next day at all.

You have a problem with drink.

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

You have a problem with drink.

I certainly do not. Amazing how someone can come up with a statement like that with absolutely no basis for it at all.

suicide_circus

If I drink midweek it will be 1 or 2 high quality beers at home with dinner. I cannot tolerate having any sort of head on me in work, when I was younger I did it but that was just stupidity.

.jacksparrow.

5 pints straight after work and home by 8 is grand.

Much better atmosphere midweek when everyone is in for the couple straight after work.

But anymore than 5 and later than 8 and it's acting the Mickey!

Tiddlypeeps

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

I certainly do not. Amazing how someone can come up with a statement like that with absolutely no basis for it at all.

I wouldn't say it's based on nothing. I don't know you so won't assume anything but based on some of your previous posts you definitely tick more than a few boxes.

elefant

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

I certainly do not. Amazing how someone can come up with a statement like that with absolutely no basis for it at all.

hate this shíte on after hours. everyone has a problem with drink once one of these threads start!

Not in Ireland but yea, midweek pints are the best.. The pub i go to now has a really nice regular crowd, a good pool table, good music, barely any sport on TV and decent food. Go in round 6, home round 10.30.

bucketybuck

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

I certainly do not. Amazing how someone can come up with a statement like that with absolutely no basis for it at all.

Oh you can act indignant all you want, but the cold reality is that if you are blithely drinking 6 pints on a week night without any ill effect then you are probably an alcoholic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism#Early_signs

Alcoholism is characterised by an increased tolerance of and physical dependence on alcohol

Arawn

Wednesdays are my night, beer pong and specials on booze

bikeman1

Every Wednesday our group of friends meet up in our local. There are around 15 of us in total, but its usually 8-10 depending on what people are up to.

It started about 5 years ago and we've kept it up, pretty much every week. Some people drive, so don't drink and people swap the lifts around for those who live a bit further away.

Its a great social get together. The pub gets a nice midweek crowd. All the usual regulars. Bar staff know us well and look after us.

Much better than Facebook, we all get to have a laugh and know each other really well.

Normally it is 3 or 4 pints and home. It breaks up the week nicely too. Never feel bad in work the next morning either.

All of us are 30 and under. North Dublin.