At what price point do you stop going to Dublin pubs?

phunkadelic · 01-07-2019 09:31AM

Guinness is €5.40 in the North Star on bleedin Amiens St, about €4.30 a few yards up the road in Cleary's.
I was in McNeill's Capel St recently, lovely spot. But Guinness is €5.30 there.

topper75 · 01-07-2019 09:35AM

Mr. teddywinkles wrote: »

Think home brewing will become a fad

If you have a bit of space to spare under the stairs, it's great fun. When you crack the first bottle top, it's Christmas morning level excitement. Kit isn't expensive either and you only buy that once.

Thelonious Monk · 01-07-2019 10:03AM

I make cider from a kit and alcoholic ginger ale from scratch, it costs feck all. Beer is hard to get right I find at least with the malt extract kits.

InTheShadows · 01-07-2019 10:08AM

As long as there are people thick enough to pay it they'll charge it.

kunst nugget · 01-07-2019 10:11AM

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Down to Witherspoons with ya lad. Abbey St is open, can't wait till Camden st is finished.

I'd rather give up drinking than give the shytehawk that owns Witherspoons any of my money.

rossie1977 · 01-07-2019 10:18AM

I had few hours to kill after just missing my train one Tuesday the other week. Wandered into The Temple Bar around 8pm, place was packed, music was great but pint of Guinness was €6.90. I didn't order second one but many people there were.

Obviously tourists don't care if place is packed on Tuesday night.

Thelonious Monk · 01-07-2019 10:19AM

kunst nugget wrote: »

I'd rather give up drinking than give the shytehawk that owns Witherspoons any of my money.

Why do people have a problem with him? Because he was pro Brexit? Who cares?!

super_furry · 01-07-2019 10:22AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I make cider from a kit and alcoholic ginger ale from scratch, it costs feck all. Beer is hard to get right I find at least with the malt extract kits.

What's the cider kit you have? I've an apple tree out the back and was thinking if giving it a go this autumn.

SmartinMartin · 01-07-2019 10:31AM

kunst nugget wrote: »

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Down to Witherspoons with ya lad. Abbey St is open, can't wait till Camden st is finished.

I'd rather give up drinking than give the shytehawk that owns Witherspoons any of my money.

Away with ya so, pay 6.50 for a pint if ya like. Me, I really appreciate good ales at good prices, and I certainly wouldn't cut off my nose to splte my face.

KungPao · 01-07-2019 10:33AM

For me it’s not just the price, it’s the overall package. If it’s expensive and the bar man is a rude dickhead like in a place I was in recently (let’s call it Dee Too), then sorry, not having it, I’m off.

But if it’s nice surroundings and a friendly bar man, clean toilets (with no “attendant” who wants money for simply annoying you) etc, then it’s not so bad.

But €6 really is the limit. After that I’d rather have a 6pk at home.

spodoinkle · 01-07-2019 10:37AM

Tony EH wrote: »

Out with the lads on Friday. Hit a few boozers. I'm normally a Guinness man, but decided on Heineken cos of the auld sunshine. I swear it was nearly 6.50 in one place - can't remember the name. 6.50 for a bleedin Heineken?

Honestly though, I've stopped with rounds and go into town much less. The price of a Guinness is 4.80 in my local. In town, it's around 5.50 and I don't like getting mugged by publicans.

The thing is, this won't go down.

Anyone else think this crap's getting out of control?

The seven stages of me on Friday night -> :cool::pac::D:):eek::mad:

It's Sunday night and I'm off to bed in a bit and I'm still at stage :mad: about it.

We went on a stag to Amsterdam 3 years ago, came out of train station into first pub we scene on what I think is the city central square area, I'll get these lads, 10 pints of Heineken, €90!!!!!!!

SmartinMartin · 01-07-2019 10:41AM

I paid €13.50 for a pint in Abu Dhabi airport:(

Thelonious Monk · 01-07-2019 10:46AM

super_furry wrote: »

What's the cider kit you have? I've an apple tree out the back and was thinking if giving it a go this autumn.

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/mangrove-jacks-craft-series-apple-cider-makes-40-pints-24kg-recipe-no1-p-3595.html

These guys, mangrove jacks. It's so good, and I usually add a few things myself like ginger tea bags while it's fermenting or black pepper. Works out around 45c a bottle, but it tastes like premium cider you'd pay 2.99 for in a supermarket.

Tell me how · 01-07-2019 10:50AM

It's not a 'place for a pint' as such but, €6.50 for less than 500ml in 3 Arena is taking the proverbial.

Chicken George · 01-07-2019 10:52AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

What do you do for social interaction - Facebook, Twitter? There's a huge difference drinking at home versus meeting real human beings face to face, talking ****e and having a bit of craic.

Not on fb or twitter. I meet enough humans face to face at work, thats all the social interaction I need. Maybe Im just at the age where my gang are too busy raising families and all that, and the pub doesn't have any appeal to us any more.
Prices are still a rip off though.
Im not long back from Spain where we were paying 2 euro for pints of San Miguel.

PhuckHugh22 · 01-07-2019 10:54AM

Id rather drink at home than Witherspoons. Its an absolute sh*thole with absolutely zero atmosphere.

Ishmael · 01-07-2019 11:01AM

Anything over €5 for standard drinks like Guinness, Heineken, Carlsberg etc..

For the other stuff, I'd have a few Irish beers that i am willing to pay a small premium over €5 for. E.G. O'Haras, Wicklow Wolf, Franciscan Well, Galway Bay, however, i'd be conscious of the price of above standard drinks. If the pub is charging €4 for a Guinness and €6 for the cheapest craft beer, then, i'll probably just have a Guinness or better yet, a Beamish if it's available.

Cina · 01-07-2019 11:08AM

Dublin was great craic during the recession. Prices were decent, the pubs that were still open were generally good spots, and there were plenty of great deals (especially for students) like €2 drinks on certain nights, in most spots.

Now I just find it's all gotten a bit.. stuck up its hole. Loads of those great pubs have jumped on the craft beer bandwagon and everywhere is just trying to look like P-Macs. Any decent spot is totally jammed and about 6 quid for a Guinness. It's not really worth it anymore.

I've almost lost count of the amount of nice pubs I've gone into that they decide to "renovate" i.e. make darker, add weird furniture, stick in some 7 quid random craft beer and a few board games and suddenly it becomes wedged and devoid of the character it used to have. A shame.

squawker · 01-07-2019 11:25AM

I joined the homebrew bandwagon a couple of years ago, haven't bought a commercial beer since

its ridiculously easy to brew a decent beer and all for 60c a pint

Fionn1952 · 01-07-2019 11:41AM

Regular home brewer myself too. Just kegged 25L of weissbier at the weekend. Total price of about €21 for the lot, so under 50c a pint.

Will be working on a porter the weekend coming.

I do appreciate the social side of the pub though. Between getting a catch up with some old friends occasionally, and being a big fan of live music, I think it's unlikely I'll cut out pub pints entirely any time soon.

€4.60 a pint of Guiness up to €6 for some of the high strength IPAs on tap at my local. €5.40 in a spot I'd occasionally have one in Dublin 2 after work on a Friday. Always said I'd never pay above €5 for a Guinness, but apart from a wee grumble, I just got on with it really.

How Soon Is Now · 01-07-2019 11:46AM

Where do you even find a decent pint these days never mind a cheap one.

Ya the first always tastes good but after a while your sitting there thinking this is ****e!

Ive tried a lot of different beers over the years now especially with the choice being better in pubs and off licences but the standard is awful in most places.

Actually I've found only decent drink I've gotten recently was in pubs ran by Galway Bay or similar brewery's.

YFlyer · 01-07-2019 11:50AM

The pint were over €7 in Temple Bar over 10 years ago.

Geuze · 01-07-2019 12:06PM

3.60 for pints of stout in Cumiskey's pub on Dominick street, 1.2km north of Temple Bar.

Vita nova · 01-07-2019 12:25PM

For many it's pointless to be pintless in the city, so the upper price point of the pint is probably very high.

Joking aside, it would want to be a very special pub for me to spend more than €6.50 on a pint.

Deebles McBeebles · 01-07-2019 12:28PM

Even at €4.50 you should be getting a voucher for a free hand job down the local rub 'n' tug.

Tony EH · 01-07-2019 01:18PM

phunkadelic wrote: »

Guinness is €5.40 in the North Star on bleedin Amiens St, about €4.30 a few yards up the road in Cleary's.
I was in McNeill's Capel St recently, lovely spot. But Guinness is €5.30 there.

See, this is thing that boils my piss. It's clearly a case of publicans just gouging people. There's absolutely no justification for it at all other than simply putting up the price.

Personally, I blame this craft beer shite. When hipsters started paying 6 and 7 Euro a pop for a Wizards Piss or whatever, the publicans just thought well, the fools will pay that for the run of the mill stuff too.

Tony EH · 01-07-2019 01:24PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

I had few hours to kill after just missing my train one Tuesday the other week. Wandered into The Temple Bar around 8pm, place was packed, music was great but pint of Guinness was €6.90. I didn't order second one but many people there were.

Obviously tourists don't care if place is packed on Tuesday night.

When you're a tourist, you're in a sorta "feck it" frame of mind. You're only in the country a wee while so you spend your money a little differently and possibly more stupidly.

People have mentioned Paris on the thread and I've been there and paid stupid money for a 1664. But, after a while you cop on and search out more reasonably priced places, off of the avenues etc. Or drink wine, which is amazingly cheap in a lot of places.

Tony EH · 01-07-2019 01:27PM

spodoinkle wrote: »

We went on a stag to Amsterdam 3 years ago, came out of train station into first pub we scene on what I think is the city central square area, I'll get these lads, 10 pints of Heineken, €90!!!!!!!

I'd have walked out and told him to stick them up his aars.

Assetbacked · 01-07-2019 01:33PM

When getting a burger and a couple pints to watch a match costs €25+. Happier at home lying on the couch in that case.

jcorr · 01-07-2019 10:41PM

I go to the 51 bar on and off. Sometimes to watch a champions league match during the week when it's quiet.

But Friday night or Saturday night I couldn't be arsed with it.

At what price point do you stop going to Dublin pubs?

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