Ireland is quite cheap for a pint

fritzelly · 09-11-2021 5:41am #1

So according to this site Ireland is basically the same price for a pint as most of the world

https://hellosafe.ca/en/newsroom/map-pint-price-world

Would like to know where they were drinking said pints or is it just makey uppey stuff, they obviously never visited Temple Bar or pretty much any bar methinks. Next week I will be enjoying 3 euro pints in Spain, 2 euro ones if I go to some back lane bars wondering why it's so expensive

fritzelly · 09-11-2021 5:43am

Blah blah how do i subscribe to my own thread, oh you have to make another comment

The Mighty Quinn · 09-11-2021 5:57am

For the amount I drink, price of a pint here doesn't matter to me. People cribbing about some places being 50 or 70c more expensive than elsewhere amounts to a fiver difference over a night, so what.

Homelander · 09-11-2021 6:18am

Site seems very suspect to me. Average price of a pint in Spain is the same as Ireland? Absolutely not true.

It reads to me like they chose the price of a specific branded pint or something, rather than the actual average price of beer.

Former Former Former · 09-11-2021 6:23am

Yeah, I don't know about their data, but pints in Ireland are absolutely not more expensive than comparable countries.

Like, yeah you can go to Estonia and get a pint for 2 euro, but then they earn a fraction of what we do too. Go to the USA or Australia and you'll be paying a lot more.

Beer is a luxury item. Its price is linked to the amount of disposable income people have.

Darc19 · 09-11-2021 6:50am

Ireland is cheaper than many other countries, but it's the calculation you have to understand.

If you a tourist and you are Irish drinking in Spain, Spain will be cheaper, but in terms of your earnings, you will spend less time earning the price of a pint here than in Spain.

Look up the Economists Big Mac index for the methodology of this.

Here, you may need to work for 15 minutes at average industrial wage after tax to earn enough for average pint.

In Spain it may be 20 minutes.

09-11-2021 6:51am

While prices have jumped in the U.S. over the past ten years, it depends where you go. And the promotions are insane... can still get a can of Tecate for a dollar on promotional nights. Which is a rip off compared to parts of Mexico where you can get three cans of Tecate for a dollar.

partyguinness · 09-11-2021 2:26pm

What is the price in Ireland at the moment? Havent been back in 2 years.

In England everything shot up in prices. Pints are £5.00 pretty much across the board which is about €5.70-85. Unfortunately I am living in a very "well to do" area (doesnt mean I am). In 2010, there was a pub in another town selling pints at £1.40.

L1011 · 09-11-2021 2:30pm

Comparing Temple Bar to an average price pint in Spain isn't a valid comparison.

You will easily spend €5 on a small-ish glass in touristy areas of Barcelona and Madrid. Equaling or beating Temple Bar in direct comparison. Your €3 pint, if in a city centre, is in the equivalent of going to either Wetherspoons (mass market chod) or The Snug (risking your life) which are a hell of a lot closer to €3.

And then there's the adjustment for average income.

Our drinking out prices are pretty average, adjusted for income. Our off-sales prices are obscenely high, particularly for wine and sparking wine - and its not entirely down to tax either.

There are of course places where its a lot cheaper across the board even adjusted for spending power, e.g. Portugal.

09-11-2021 2:32pm

Pints in West of Ireland - Guinness 4.30 / 4.40 Lager 4.50

partyguinness · 09-11-2021 2:36pm

I remember in 1989 two pubs in my village. £1.39 for Guinness in one pub and £1.40 in the other.

I only remember it as my father would comment that he always got back a penny in one pub as the other was his more usual local.

Darc19 · 09-11-2021 2:55pm

You'd find it difficult to get a pint for under a fiver in Barcelona. €6.50-€7 is the norm in the central area. Madrid is better at about €4-€5. Marbella is expensive too in any of the main district with €6-€8 fairly normal

Go outside the tourist areas into more rural spain and you'll get a pint for €2.50-€3.

murpho999 · 09-11-2021 3:16pm

Just returned from Normandy.

Pint varied from €8-10

Coffee was €4-5 Normal meal in average restaurant was €20-25

Also used to leave in Holland and 20 years ago it was cheaper than ireland for almost everything but I find its gone dearer now

Makes me think that Ireland is not too bad and comparisons to Spain do not mean everywhere.

partyguinness · 09-11-2021 3:28pm

I was in Berlin a few weeks ago and very reasonable. Although Berlin was noted as being the cheapest EU capital at one stage.

silliussoddius · 09-11-2021 3:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118141529#Comment_118141529

How much bigger is the larger?

I remember around mid the 90's a pint of Smithwicks was around 1.80 punts in the North West, my job at the time paid around 4.35 per hour. From memory it seemed that it was early 2000's that prices went up, probably a combination of minimum wage, more money/credit around, increased costs and people willing to pay it.

gmisk · 09-11-2021 3:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217090/ireland-is-quite-cheap-for-a-pint

Prague last week I was paying 1-2 euro...would recommend!

Oslo on the other hand...

Larbre34 · 09-11-2021 3:40pm

I pay 4.80 for a pint of plain in my Dublin GAA club. It pays for the clubhouse staff and whatever's left goes back into the club. Its a pretty fair price.

I've been charged anywhere between €10 and 25 for a half litre of beer in places like Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Copenhagen. If you let yourself be rode for pub prices in Ireland (6 or 7 quid), its your own fault.

silliussoddius · 09-11-2021 3:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118141864#Comment_118141864

I was in Prague in early 2000's; going by the universal price of a pint index it was around a euro (good meals were also cheap). I'm surprised it hasn't gone up more.

I heard Norway was brutal, alright. How do they get through those awful winters?

Thinkingaboutit · 09-11-2021 3:44pm

My Dad had a pal who swore he'd stop drinking Guinness if it went over 2/6, maybe 20c without adjusting for inflation.

Now six or seven Euro, with a fiver only in the rarest of places.

MOH · 09-11-2021 3:45pm

Site is clearly garbage.

Interactive map at the top shows both Ireland and the UK as "between 3.46 and 4.84". Finland is the same.

Yet the bar chart halfway down shows Ireland as 5.5 and the UK as 6.2. And Finland as 6.20, for some reason keeping the trailing zero there.

Site seems to be a Canadian version of bonkers. If they can't even keep their figures consistent on the same page good luck to anyone relying on them.