Drinking at home

Koptain Liverpool

I was chatting to my dad recently and he was saying that when he was younger there was almost no drinking done at home - it was all done in the pub.

It got me wondering why it was like that and why this has changed.

Is it all down to price?

Or was it due to the unavailability of carry out drink back in the day?

Do you do more drinking at home or at the pub? And is price the main deciding factor?

dashoonage

pub ?

magentis

Price/smoking ban/drink driving limit.

beach_walker

It's true. I know some auld lads who would still never, ever drink at home but live it up like lords in the pub. It wasn't the done thing OP.

I think it mainly changed because of prices. I could get a six pack tonight and enjoy at home for say eight quid. Wouldn't get me two pints in most places.

Koptain Liverpool

dashoonage wrote: »

pub ?

Yes pub - ?

In the past few years it seems to have become the norm for people to spend the night in with a crate of cans each rather than heading out socializing.

I often have wine at home or a few cans before heading out. But I do the majority of drinking out in pubs.

osarusan

Price, and I have no friends.

Koptain Liverpool

magentis wrote: »

Price/smoking ban/drink driving limit.

Yeah I realize the smoking ban may have played a role but I don't think it's the main reason.

And while the drink-driving limit definitely has played a role this doesn't apply to towns and cities where people could walk home and where I also believe there was little to no home drinking done up until the recent past.

Andy Magic

Only oul lads can afford to go to the pub :pac:

Koptain Liverpool

beach_walker wrote: »

I think it mainly changed because of prices. I could get a six pack tonight and enjoy at home for say eight quid. Wouldn't get me two pints in most places.

So back in the day did a can in the off-licence cost more or less the same as a pint in the pub?

beach_walker

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

So back in the day did a can in the off-licence cost more or less the same as a pint in the pub?

I'm not sure tbh but I seem to recall there wasn't such a massive gap between the two. But from asking auld lads, it was just more of a social no-no to do so.

Like the way cider was seen as a scumbags drink not too long ago and many pubs wouldn't serve it.

CatFromHue

back in the day there was no internet and barely any TV

if you drank at home back then you'd have to talk to the wife, so they went to the pub instead

Geuze

One factor - relative prices.

1993 approx: pint = 2.00 approx in pub in Galway, can was 1.00 approx

2016 - pint is now 3.80-4.30 in Galway city centre, 50cl cans can be got for 1.00 during special offers.

33cl bottles are from 70-75 cent now, that is an absolute drop since 1995, which is very unusual.


Another factor - people have higher housing costs now, so can't afford to drink in pubs as much.

Also, houses are nicer, with large TVs and sports channels.

valoren

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

Or was it due to the unavailability of carry out drink back in the day?

They've been around since biblical times according to anthropologists.

Judas' Carryout.

Atlantic Dawn

More comfort at home, tv in pub is usually sheite picture quality, sheite sound, that combined with no guarantee of seat, varying quality of pints and paying top money for the privelage. Even if the price was the same in pub as off licence I would likely feel and be more comfortable at home.

Alf Stewart.

CatFromHue wrote: »

back in the day there was no internet and barely any TV

if you drank at home back then you'd have to talk to the wife, so they went to the pub instead

Pretty much this.

Massive choices of craft beer and good wine, v the commercially overpriced produced piss in the pub also.
Not to mention the Access we have now to literally thousands of tv channels/other media sources, coupled with a smokin ban, in the pubs means its it's actually a more appealing option to stay at home surrounded by your own comforts.

Stigura

I drink at home, essentially because I'm an absolute piss head. I also make my own beer ~ which I prefer to the frozen black water they sell in town. Like Osarusan, I'm Billy No Mates, and I really don't like people around me. And it costs me €20.00 a hit, to get to the pub. Imagine that, seven days a week? Plus €4.00 a pint!


Tldr? Home. Anti social, drunken bastard.

Alf Stewart.

Stigura wrote: »

Tldr? Home. Anti social, drunken bastard.

Perfect match!

Lets go out.

lertsnim

A bit of all three options really

SEPT 23 1989

good to see a couple of people still keeping it real in the fields

Majority of my drinking is done in the pub.

20 years ago, no mobile phones, you'd go to the pub on spec any night of the week and you'd be guaranteed to meet friends there. It was better than stuck at home watching 2 channels.

Now, the pull factor of the pub and the push factors at home have changed. Pubs much quieter on week nights, full of kids on weekends, lots more on tv, social media, the price, the disappearance of that generation who lived in pubs etc. etc.

endacl

Pub, I suppose. Because it's not about the drink. It's about the atmosphere and company. Will often drive and have unleaded (once it's not feckin' Erdinger) or coffee. If I go local it's about the atmosphere and company. Two, maybe three pints. Maybe twice a month? That said, until recently I'd usually be in a pub at least two or three times a week, playing music. Water only on those nights. I'm at work, and refuse to take payment in pints. Wine at home the odd time if there's a bottle open. Usually tea or coffee.

Thread reminds me of that bloody question. 'Where do you drink these days'. As if that'd be a normal question to ask anywhere else in the world...

biko

It's very rare I drink at home unless it's a party with other people
I'm very much a pub person

I get that some enjoy a beer or wine to relax but I don't do it.

makingmecrazy

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

So back in the day did a can in the off-licence cost more or less the same as a pint in the pub?

AFAICR it was a lot more expensive to get a "carry out" than to have a drink in the pub.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I'll often kick back after a long day at the office by having a glass of Riesling or a classic Barolo. Put on some music, read a book and relax.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Love having a nice bottle of wine after a day at work. Hot shower, fresh warm pjs, glass of wine and cuddles on the couch.
Used to do it every single night. Now it's more of a treat.

Still love pre drinks on nights out though! Starting to get ready at about 4, choons on, drinks flowing, getting ready altogether. Love it

jimgoose

I hardly ever drink at home, even on Christmas Day. There is something rather civilised about a tea-time half-gallon while propping up the bar of t'Woolpack and talking sh1te about cars. I'm easily enough pleased.

Tombi!

A lot more entertaining options at home than there were back in the 90s.
I'd say once broadband starting hitting up most places, it's going to be more overall value to drink at home.
Mind you, there's a difference between having 12 cans at home and watching the aul TV than having 4 pints in the pub talking with the lads.

groucho marx

Drink at home, pants not mandatory and no small talk

entropi

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

good to see a couple of people still keeping it real in the fields

Knacker drinking/bushing will always be a thing. The teens people will always need somewhere else to drink :cool:

Agricola

There's been a bit of a cultural shift towards drinking too. Yeah we are still probably in the top 3 for alcohol consumption in Europe per capita, but there is a marked fall in pub attendances outside of the traditional peak times like Friday / Saturday night. Whereas in the past, pub going and church going were the two pillars of Irish life, that's no longer the case. People go for coffee now, to Cafés I've been told. They've also been known to go to restaurants for.... food. And then go home.
Dev would be spinning!

whomitconcerns

I couldn't be arsed drinking at home. Just find it depressing or boring unless a lot of people there. I mean what's the point if you can't make an Arse of yourself potentially

AnonoBoy

whomitconcerns wrote: »

I couldn't be arsed drinking at home. Just find it depressing or boring unless a lot of people there. I mean what's the point if you can't make an Arse of yourself potentially

That's what the internet is for!!!

Now you can get drunk and make a tit of yourself without even having to put on your pants!

madmac187

I like a couple of cocktails at the weekend. 2/3 of 70cl bottle of Absolute vodka usually gone every weekend. Imagine that in a pub/niteclub the cost and the judgement. Not to mention all cocktails are ****e out of like 15 quid!

Jim Bob Scratcher

Home definitely. Sure the majority of people in pubs and clubs are glued to their mobile phones constantly.

seamus

CatFromHue wrote: »

back in the day there was no internet and barely any TV

if you drank at home back then you'd have to talk to the wife, so they went to the pub instead

And you're not even joking.

To a certain extent it was unseemly for a woman to be drinking at all. Maybe a vodka or G&T if you're a young lady out with your man or a Sherry/brandy if you're an older lady. But not at home where the kids might see and only to be social.

So for the man to be able to unwind he had to go to the pub. On a weeknight that meant the woman wasn't going, she had duties to attend to. And besides, women only went to the pub on special occasions.

The erosion of this nonsense that drinking outside of social events means you're alcoholic and that drinking at home is uncouth has led to higher home drinking rates. Plus the price of course.

JustTheOne

If drinking at home it's in the kitchen with music on.

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

Music and alcohol=winner.

Agricola

Agricola wrote: »

There's been a bit of a cultural shift towards drinking too. Yeah we are still probably in the top 3 for alcohol consumption in Europe per capita, but there is a marked fall in pub attendances outside of the traditional peak times like Friday / Saturday night. Whereas in the past, pub going and church going were the two pillars of Irish life, that's no longer the case. People go for coffee now, to Cafés I've been told. They've also been known to go to restaurants for.... food. And then go home.
Dev would be spinning!

We should be fighting to get back to the top of the drinking league tables!!!

Esel

Jada Broad Thug wrote: »

We should be drinking to get back to the top of the fighting league tables!!!

FYP

Lyaiera

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'll often kick back after a long day at the office by having a glass of Riesling or a classic Barolo. Put on some music, read a book and relax.

*bliss*

I prefer pints in the pub. I'd be out in a late bar now if I didn't think I'd get groped, stalked or screamed at. There's just something about sitting next to a big lad who calls you a "mad bitch" with all his heart and love as he slowly loses the ability to speak and his vocabulary descends to grunts and croaks.

For all the lads talking about the no pants at home thing, have you tried a skirt? Feel the fresh Atlantic breeze about your bits.

Rothmans

JustTheOne wrote: »

If drinking at home it's in the kitchen with music on.

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

Music and alcohol=winner.

This. After consuming one or two beverages your attention span and ability to concentrate on a film/tv show wane quite a bit anyway. Your ability to appreciate music,on the other hand, is enhanced!

Maireadio

Mostly in the pub but only by a hair. I don't drink much anyway but I think I do more drinking in the pub than at home. It'd be nearer 100% in the pub if prices were more reasonable but they're not. Short-sighted, IMO. Lowering prices would pack more people in and busy pubs are great for atmosphere. Silly publicans. Silly silly publicans.

StupidLikeAFox

Maireadio wrote: »

Mostly in the pub but only by a hair. I don't drink much anyway but I think I do more drinking in the pub than at home. It'd be nearer 100% in the pub if prices were more reasonable but they're not. Short-sighted, IMO. Lowering prices would pack more people in and busy pubs are great for atmosphere. Silly publicans. Silly silly publicans.

I'm playing devils advocate here, but if they packed the pubs there would be an increase in antisocial behaviour (Ironically enough, there would also be an increase in social behavior, but that wouldn't get as much coverage) which would lead to calls to curb drinking in pubs. It's a strange one.

I think it's good for people to gather often. Back in the day this happened on a regular basis in pubs and at mass**. Both of those things are now in decline - there is a social element to society that has been eroded. Not sure what the antidote is.

**I'm not a lover of the church by any stretch, just making an observation

Maireadio

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

I think it's good for people to gather often. Back in the day this happened on a regular basis in pubs and at mass**. Both of those things are now in decline - there is a social element to society that has been eroded. Not sure what the antidote is.

**I'm not a lover of the church by any stretch, just making an observation

I do agree, and I think it means there's a lot more lonely people out there.

smurf492

JustTheOne wrote:

Can't understand watching the telly unless there is a match on.

JustTheOne wrote:

Music and alcohol=winner.

Music television and documentaries work for me...

Lyaiera

smurf492 wrote: »

Music television and documentaries work for me...

BBC radio 6 usually have decent music documentaries and live recordings from midnight to about 3am. They've kept me company as I've nodded off many a night.

All this week they've been having Beach Boys shows for the anniversary of Pet Sounds.

Bongalongherb

Koptain Liverpool wrote: »

I was chatting to my dad recently and he was saying that when he was younger there was almost no drinking done at home - it was all done in the pub.

It got me wondering why it was like that and why this has changed.

Is it all down to price?

Or was it due to the unavailability of carry out drink back in the day?

Do you do more drinking at home or at the pub? And is price the main deciding factor?

No, it is all down to the fecking internets. This is why folk don't bother their ass going to a rowdy piss-head bar. Peace and tranquillity drinking at home without having to listen to...Yes... **** all evening and night. At home you can blast out the musical euphoria you like without having to listen to junk-juke-box-pop.

It's more relaxing at home with a few beers and a J. The internet has a lot to answer for though, it is the main reason why folk decide to stay at home drinking and smoking whilst connected to the world of people. Pist, sorry, that was just the opening of a home-made beer.

PS: Coast to coast am with George Snory will really make you fall into a lucid sleep/dream. Another good radio station, George Knapp is the king though.

The rattlesnakes in the nevada desert, it hasn't rained for six days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuIZaLHy_KQ

pragmatic1

Not a fan of drinking at home at all. Much prefer the pub.

Jayop

Mostly at home but I love the pub too. I work weird hours and when I'm finished at night the government has decreed that I can't have a point because they don't trust the rest of you to get up in the morning.

Esel

Pub, after mass, for a batch loaf, pound of rashers, quarter-pound of butter, puncture repair kit, few days work next week if the weather holds. A large bottle or two, just to be sociable.

JakeArmitage

The mean reason people drink at home now is cost, all the big supermarkets sell alcohol at a loss just to get people in the door. Back in the day you got your drink in a pub or an off licence, how many people go to an off licence these days? Very few I'd say because they dont really exist any more