Price of a pint

huberto

Having a pint of Galway Hooker in Ballsbridge - 6 euro, no receipt. Is this normal?

Ruu

Don't know but you'd be mad in the head!

dobman88

huberto wrote: »

Having a pint of Galway Hooker in Ballsbridge - 6 euro, no receipt. Is this normal?

An over priced craft beer in an over priced part of Dublin!

Seems quite cheap actually.

The Backwards Man

Yes, it is perfectly normally for people to complain about the price of things after they have already paid for them

anncoates

Expensive area and a so called craft beer, so par for the course.

dodderangler

You'd nearly get a Galway hooker for that price

Chucken

Ruu wrote: »

Don't know but you'd be mad in the head!

I feel there should be more to this sentence..... :pac:

Icemancometh

Drinking the same stuff in Smithfield for 4.70. Change your watering hole!

Bobeagleburger

Depends what are drinking.

Been years since I paid over 4 euro for a guinness. I'll pay extra for craft beers I enjoy, generally still around the 5 euro mark.

Donkey Oaty

From a Dublin Evening Herald survey, June of this year:

Our survey found Galway Hooker for sale at €4.60 in Fitzgerald’s Bar on Aston Quay. At the weekend it goes up to €4.90.
But in the Old Stand pub on Exchequer Street, a pint of the same beer costs €5.80.
In The Temple Bar pub, the pint of Galway Hooker will set you back €6.95.

Via Indo.

-=al=-

Well overpriced for one of them but I guess it's the location... but it is a pint so would you even call it normal these days?

I used to love a few sneaky Brewdogs a few years ago but they have gone up soooo much in the last few years... Everything is craft beer this and that too

I was away in Aus for a while too and only came back recently and the prices of the stuff have gone up quite a bit!

Err'body jumping on the craft beer train, choo choo

super_furry

"Craft beers" are often just an excuse for publicans to add an extra euro or two to the price of a pint.

Bobeagleburger

Bars will only charge what people are willing to pay.

huberto

I'll cross the road and continue the research

Bobeagleburger

huberto wrote: »

I'll cross the road and continue the research

Pub crawl thread!

SIX PACK

Government should lower the excise duty by €1 a pint €3.50 to €4 is enough to give. More people might have a drink in pub then Instead of buying at Off licence.

huberto

Still a walk at this point

The One Doctor

SIX PACK wrote: »

Government should lower the excise duty by €1 a pint €3.50 to €4 is enough to give. More people might have a drink in pub then Instead of buying at Off licence.

You want the government to lower their tax income to give the pubs more profit?

Yup, makes sense.

Nothing wrong with buying from an off licence, I only go to the pub once a month now. If Wetherspoons can cut their costs then so can the 'traditional' publicans.

I got tired of Galway Hooker after a few bottles. Tastes oddly metallic.

anncoates

huberto wrote: »

I'll cross the road and continue the research

Head into town. Not far and better prices.

Tokyo

Galway Hooker is a craft beer now??

-=al=-

If it's not Heineken it's a craft beer :pac:

Herb Powell

It's after getting ridiculous alright.

Still recovering from living in Germany, where I got it into my head that anything over €3.50 is cheeky :(:(

Lapin

huberto wrote: »

Having a pint of Galway Hooker in Ballsbridge - 6 euro, no receipt. Is this normal?

Steep.

Its €5.10 here in Galway and even that way too much.

Nice tack though.

huberto

Bit late to be asking, but is there a decent pub in Ballsbridge? So far fairly dreary spots. Waiting for wife and daughter to emerge from Craft Fair, 45 mins to go......

fleet_admiral

huberto wrote: »

Bit late to be asking, but is there a decent pub in Ballsbridge? So far fairly dreary spots. Waiting for wife and daughter to emerge from Craft Fair, 45 mins to go......

You arent far from Ryans in Beggars Bush - a great boozer

anncoates

huberto wrote: »

Bit late to be asking, but is there a decent pub in Ballsbridge? ..

Smyths on Haddington Road isn't far. Just down from Baggot Bridge.

Great boozer.

Duck's hoop

The One Doctor wrote: »

I got tired of Galway Hooker after a few bottles. Tastes oddly metallic.

It's rank.

Amirani

Searons on Baggot Street is reasonable, though it probably wont do much for your pint pricing problems

downonthefarm

Craft beer ****

delahuntv

In Cleveland Ohio I did not find a single bar that had a craft beer under $8+tax+tip.

Cleveland is no tourist or snobby zone!

After a fair bit of travel this year I found prices here quite reasonable.

Lapin

SIX PACK wrote: »

Government should lower the excise duty by €1 a pint €3.50 to €4 is enough to give. More people might have a drink in pub then Instead of buying at Off licence.

And put your username out of a job. :pac: