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Price of Gin!

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  • 08-08-2014 3:37pm
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    marybrowne
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭


    Hi Everyone!

    I'm a gin drinker and have been recently introduced to Bombay Sapphire! Is it just me or does anyone else think that being charged €6.50 in a pub for a 35ml measure in the North/West of Ireland is a bit much???? How much does it cost elsewhere? Am I being very naive or is that not similar to city slicker prices?

    MB
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    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,774 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    €3.80 for Bombay + €2.40 tonic would be the price in my local in Donegal so that's not far off.


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    rubadub
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    Many pubs are weird about spirit prices, in some they suddenly seem to call it premium and charge a fortune. Skyy vodka costs a little more than most bog standard vodkas in supermarkets, but I have seen pubs charge for it on a par with Grey Goose.

    Bombabay sapphire is €29.99 in tesco for a standard 700ml bottle. €1.52 per measure.

    €6.50 per measure works out at €128.17 per bottle.

    Using this command in google will get some Irish sites with menus

    "Bombay Sapphire" 35.5ml site:.ie

    galway raddison hotel - Bombay Sapphire 35.5ml. €4.60
    a drogheda hotel -BOMBAY SAPPHIRE €4.55
    Marco pierre white restaurant -Bombay Sapphire / €5.25 (5.95 for a 330ml bottle of corona/bulmers/coors light too, so a dear place)
    crowne plaza hotel -Bombay Sapphire 5.00

    So yeah, it is a bit much! unless it was including a tonic.


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