Price of a pint !

Someone posted above I think (or maybe it was some other forum) about Doc Martens been made in China? Is that b0ll0x? Ye can’t have Doc Martens if not made in UK.

But yeah- absolute bullsh1t prices for everything these days - but I also know I’m gettin old and this moaning about prices is a standard approach for people my age and beyond 🤪

Thanks for that - I did watch one of those programmes -How it’s made? - can’t remember the exact title but reckon you know the series - definitely it was within the last 10 years but likely a lot less than that - and they featured the Doc Marten factory in UK- so maybe that was the start of the super priced versions - a few places in Ireland do handmade shoes- about 3-400 I think for a fitting and then 600 upwards for the shoe creation - if you wanted something really special that will last a life time I guess that’s what you do- disposable culture otherwise I guess -

Yes they’ve featured twice in the last 15 -20 years I think on RTÉ Nationwide - only a few weeks ago they were on - I hope they continue to thrive - we need more indigenous quality industries like this one

Surely a lot of folk drinking in places like Temple Bar are tourists so most likely not having a load of pints so the costs isn't as big of a factor compared to locals who want ten pints or so .I have seen plenty of tourists sitting a fair old time with one pint so I suppose that could be a price reason as well .

Was in a Wetherspoons recently in a major city center in England, the place (as well as the rest of the city center) was buzzing and the drink only a fraction of the price it is in Temple "rip off" bar.

Someone said there were 6 witherspoons nearby, within walking distance, not sure if that was true or not.

€6.40 in one of my locals for Carlsberg

Going to the darts next week in the 3Arena. Dreading what a pint of piss will cost

Agreed.. But my point being, other bars can sell their beer at nearly half the price, and don't feel the need to rip people off.

And this is what it comes down to with temple bar, rip off, gouging, greed.

One guy says he pays nearly 1m a year in music for entertainment for tourists. So bloody what? He's still making sickening profits. It's greed, nothing else.

I feel sorry for tourists that come over here, especially to dumps like that.

Met quite a few over the years and advised them to stay well away.

Saw a sign outside the sandymount house yesterday beamish and carling 5 euro. 5 euro for a pint in the leafiest of leafy D4. Nice pub too. Might venture over soon enough.

Every tourist destination has a rip off blatantly fake tourist zone. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who don't know this by now and get ripped off.

It's not an Irish thing so no need to feel sorry for people who "come over here". There is nowhere they can go and not get ripped off.

Ah but shur, that's not real beer. It needs time to settle, need it form certain pubs etc etc

The screenshot is from the DL pub, but I assume the three suburban pubs all have the same prices.

The cask is 2.60 - 2.70 in the city centre.

It kind of shows that the Irish drinker is relatively price insensitive.

We are not going to the pub for the price of the pint, we are going for the pub itself and the brand of the pint.

I think the UK drinker is much more exposed to variety of drinks available, because of the brewery ownership of pubs you may get completely different beers sold in pubs in different towns and regions.

Whereas all our pubs feature the same big brand options.

So stuff like London Hocus Pocus or Lancaster IPA are not for us.

Plus the names are too British, it shouldn't matter but if that was called Louth Hocus Pocus or Leitrim IPA more people might be interested.

The ‘Spoons app shows you the cheapest price so those will be the prices for the smallest measure they sell, still good value.

Surprised to pay €5.70 for a pint of Rockshore in my local in North Dublin a couple of days ago.

English real ale is utter sht. If it wasn't it would be world renowned just like the actually good German and Belgian beers.

I'm a huge fan of supporting local and do it in every aspect of life possible but I just couldn't get into that muck.

There are 1000's that don't have British geographic names too and they also wouldn't sell outside Britain.