Possibly a thread elsewhere already but
Temple Bar has always been overpriced but €9 for a pint is pretty insane.
Roughly 90 pints per keg × 9 = 1800 per keg they must be making a pretty penny. I know rents, insurance, staff etc
Locally i paid €4.90 for a pint of Birra Moretti
So would or do you pay €9 a pint..
I made the point of comparing the price of a pint of Heineken to 4.67 cans and I 100% agree that I will go out to the pub to meet friends and enjoy the atmosphere.
But I am much less inclined to go to the local with herself anymore for a few pints. 4 each is around €60 where we could get a LOT of nice wine and craft beer for that - especially where we can sit out and enjoy a warm summer's evening in the back garden.
I got a bottle of Guinness in a rural pub recently. It was absolutely sensational.
Careful now, there's a vocal cohort on here that will tell you that there's no such thing as a good pint of Guinness and that every single pint, everywhere, in every tap in every single pub, is exactly the same and that your tastebuds are lying to you (or you're too uncultured to be able to spot any differences). They tend to become silent very quickly when the errors in their thinking are highlighted, however.
In fairness, I didn't say there was no difference. I said there's little difference these days.
In any way, I'm often happy with some cans but, absolutely, a pulled pint from a tap is better for sure. Except when you get a bad one, which happened a few weeks ago.
Oh Gas really? Be like saying theres no such thing as a well cooked meal!
I probably wouldn't either.
I was talking about having a couple of pints as part of a night out.
To me draught and the cans that try replicate it are one drink, bottles are a completely different drink.
From 2.05 in 2025 for cask beer in the three suburban Spoons.
Adnam's Ghost Ship 4.5% and Adnam's Mosiac 4.1% on the app today, both at 2.05 per pint.
That is 166.67 before 23% VAT.
Maybe they are a loss-leader, but surely MUP may affect that?
There are Irish breweries selling beer to JD WS that is sold at 2.20 in 2025.
Forexample, the Brehon Brewhouse, their Apollo IPA is on the app today, at 2.20.
Theyre 3 completely different drinks to me
The bottles are the old style stout, I think, whereas the cans with the widget are supposed to be trying to get as close to a pub pint as it can...pardon the pun.
Plus vat at 23% I would imagine as nearly all B2B prices are excluding vat. Guinness price is currently about €2.20 a pint+ vat (€196 + vat per keg - or €149 excluding duty)
Guinness will have rebates and discounts for large customers that can see 15% or so deducted. But even with max discount, guinness will have a cost of about €2.30 inc vat for a pint for their very large customers.
The independent pub will be paying €2.60-€2.70 inc vat
I thought the bottles are closer to the older version, the draft version has nitrogen added (has smaller bubbles than carbon dioxide) which gives it the texture/feel. I think back in the dY pubs used to get Guinness in barrels and pubs would bottle it themselves.
Where on the Dingle peninsula was it?
Was it in a village or out on its own?
The reality is that there is probably little or no demand locally for anything more than the usual stout or larger.
The reason you see so many whiskeys is that American tourists to Ireland go mad for whiskey.
And the Dingle peninsula is a haven for them.
So if they are getting Americans in the doythere is a greater chance of them being interested in the whiskey collection than what's on draught.
No, what I am saying is that an Irish brewery makes beer and sells the beer to JDW that is sold at 2.70 retail price in pubs in suburban Dublin in 2025.
If Brehon Brewery can do that, then that just shows the massive profits being made elsewhere.
Diageo are a known expensive vendor of kegs, as are Heineken Ireland.
Ever heard of "Loss leader"
I'm in retail. On one particular range of products my margin is miniscule, but it attracts customers and most invariably buy other items where I have a proper margin.
That's exactly what JDW do and they state it. Same with their low price breakfast offering, but they realise there are no extra fixed costs involved, hence they are happy with break even on an operational cost.
That's not a "loss leader". A "loss leader" is a product that is sold below it's cost to attract customers, you don't have any profit margin on such an item.
Yes, and their overall margin is way lower than Irish pub chains, as unlike the Irish pub chains (e.g. Louis Fitzgerald), they pass volume discounts onto the customers.
I still remember the shock of having to pay €6 for a pint in an Irish pub in Rome back in 2007 - i'd hate to see what the price is there now 18 years later…..
“But the prices of food and the prices of the pint are insane,”
Those lads need a good decking
The lad on the left at the back must work for Atmosphere 🤣.
The prices for a pint in Temple bar seem to go up the later the evening is.
Otherwise it's a tourist trap and has nothing to do with Ireland or Dublin anymore. Only the atmosphere and walking through the area is nice. The pubs are too loud for any serious conversations, the music is only halfway good and the food often leaves a lot to be desired.
Exceptions are the Mongolian BBQ ( even tough it has been better years ago ), The Porter House for food and beer still offers good value and The Workman's Club for music. The others are to be avoided and are a photo opportunity at best.
Plenty of other good places in Temple Bar.
The Palace, Foggy Dew, Beer Temple, Button Factory, VCC, Brogans.
Rosa Madre is one of the best restaurants in the country and other good options around Cow's lane.
Lads- great pints to be had for €6 in the priory market in tallaght.
All pints are €6. The pilsner is really clean crisp stuff and the IPA is………very IPAish if your into that sort of thing. They do a stout as well which I had a try of and it reminded me of beamish a bit which was quite nice. Lots of food stalls and it’s all indoors (they have outdoor areas also) with a great atmosphere.
Yeah, but it's in Tallaght……
and? Suits the people living close to tallaght and on decent bus and Luas routes.
Doubt there is any chance of Tallaght becoming a tourist trap ever.
I can't believe what I reading, about an AAI pre-Budget submission.
"On-trade alcohol is 24% more affordable today than 20 years ago"
Where or how are they making that out?
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