What is a fair price for a pint of Beer?

itsallaboutheL · 16-02-2010 06:42PM

There's a number of bars around cork that have 3 euro pints....

In before the: But they're in cork....

artanevilla · 16-02-2010 06:42PM

meditraitor wrote: »

enlighten me young brother?

Mortgage/rent on the pub, staff wages, utility costs, electricity/waste etc, the furniture has to be bought, the TV (the cost of SKY is a joke), cleaning supplies etc, etc. When you go to a restruant it's not just the food you are paying for.

meditraitor · 16-02-2010 06:45PM

artanevilla wrote: »

Mortgage/rent on the pub, staff wages, utility costs, electricity/waste etc, the furniture has to be bought, the TV (the cost of SKY is a joke), cleaning supplies etc, etc. When you go to a restruant it's not just the food you are paying for.

I pay for all those those things already in my lovely little abode, maybe I should stay at home and drink cheap beer.......

I can see this idea catching on:D

ScumLord · 16-02-2010 06:46PM

artanevilla wrote: »

Where are you all getting these prices from? You do know that you're paying for more than the liquid in the glass?

No I'm not, I'm paying for what's inside the glass if the publican wants to tack on extra for Sky sports and plasma screens well then he won't get my money.

I appreciate he's running a business and I'm not telling them they can't make a profit but the fact is they're stuck in the past and they can't expect people to pay such a high price for so little and expect to be still in business.

They need to go back to the original concept of a "Public house", there's so much potential in that concept they deserve to go out of business for being so narrow-minded in being little more than alcohol dealers.

xw2lj9uspm1eyh · 16-02-2010 06:48PM

The real issue is charging €4.50 for a can of red bull in a pub:eek:.How can they charge that when ya can buy a 4 pack for €5 in Dunnes there is no justice in the world!

It would drive you to drink!

Sleepy · 16-02-2010 06:50PM

I find it strange that so many people are happy to pay more for a pint of something other than Guinness. I know traditionally it's always been cheaper but there's not really any good reason why if determining the value of a pint of beer, a pint of Guinness should be considered of lower value than a pint of Budweiser when the latter is clearly an inferior product.

artanevilla · 16-02-2010 06:58PM

meditraitor wrote: »

I pay for all those those things already in my lovely little abode, maybe I should stay at home and drink cheap beer.......

I can see this idea catching on:D

This idea has been "catching on" for the past ten years.

ScumLord wrote: »

No I'm not, I'm paying for what's inside the glass if the publican wants to tack on extra for Sky sports and plasma screens well then he won't get my money.

I appreciate he's running a business and I'm not telling them they can't make a profit but the fact is they're stuck in the past and they can't expect people to pay such a high price for so little and expect to be still in business.

They need to go back to the original concept of a "Public house", there's so much potential in that concept they deserve to go out of business for being so narrow-minded in being little more than alcohol dealers.

If we didn't have Sky in our pub, our customer numbers would drop dramatically. A lot of people come in to watch matches etc. And they're paying for it in the cost of their pint. If a pub is charging the same, but doesn't provide theses means of entertainment, then you start complaining. Most people don't go to the pub to simply sit their and drink, they go for the social aspect, and to be entertained, and we hire bands etc to keep them entertained.

You should start up your own pub with this original concept of a "public house", with no overheads, people sitting in the dark and cold, drinking warm drinks, with nobody serving it to them. You'd probably do quite well, but it would only be a one in a thousand thing, all pubs can't do this with the cost required to run a pub. You should really see the profit margins of running a pub these days.

Mimikyu · 16-02-2010 06:59PM

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dublin 16 lad · 16-02-2010 06:59PM

3 Euro for a pint is fair enough. As someone already said, it would be nice to give in a fiver and get back a 2euro coin

Maybe 4 quid for the more upmarket drinks like Erdinger etc

I genuinely think if a pint was 3 quid or less I would drink in a pub far more often rather than drink cans in someones house

kraggy · 16-02-2010 07:02PM

Bonito wrote: »

My local

Guinness €3.65
Beamish €3.50
Budweiser/carslberg/heineken €3.50
Bavaria €3.00
Fosters €3.00

Feckin hell. I pay 4.40 for a pint of Heinken in Galway.

toiletduck · 16-02-2010 07:02PM

Gotta laugh at all the "two euro" suggestions. The last time, about three or four years ago, I actually saw how much Guinness costs the publican (a letter reimbursing him for free pint vouchers) it was e1.83 a pint. I have to assume it's a bit more now.

Would love to see people run all the rest of the costs outta 17c :pac:

FearDark · 16-02-2010 07:03PM

Bonito wrote: »

My local

Guinness €3.65
Beamish €3.50
Budweiser/carslberg/heineken €3.50
Bavaria €3.00
Fosters €3.00

Where????

Bonito · 16-02-2010 07:08PM

thebanana wrote: »

Where????

Here ; http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=o%27sheas&init=quick#!/profile.php?id=1354198573

asmobhosca · 16-02-2010 07:12PM

its virtually impossible for pubs to compete on price versus staying at home.
Tesco and Dunnes often sell alcohol at below cost at a price the publicans cant even get from their wholesale suppliers.
(this was an unintended consequence of the changes to the groceries order act a few years ago)
Thats even before you start to add on overheads.
Having said that I'm sure plenty of pubs in the country are still very profitable, but alot are struggling.
The hangover from the celtic tiger property boom is the massive rents some pubs are paying, often with upwards only rent reviews.
Many of them will have to go bust and reopen later with a lower rent before they can trade with lower alcohol prices, unless landlords bite the bullet now and cut the rents.
If this happens then 3-3.50 euro per pint would be feasible for pubs.
Hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later, would be great to get 3 pints for 10 euro, I'd probably go out more!!

ScumLord · 16-02-2010 07:13PM

artanevilla wrote: »

If we didn't have Sky in our pub, our customer numbers would drop dramatically. A lot of people come in to watch matches etc.

Matches yes, but when it's the only thing that's on, that or horse racing all you'll get is gambling alchos.

You should start up your own pub with this original concept of a "public house", with no overheads, people sitting in the dark and cold, drinking warm drinks, with nobody serving it to them. You'd probably do quite well, but it would only be a one in a thousand thing, all pubs can't do this with the cost required to run a pub. You should really see the profit margins of running a pub these days.

That's because your solely dependant on the sale of alcohol, or sometimes food and while pub food can be very nice I just don't like eating anything more than finger food in a pub (but finger food is great when it's available).

The only reason you go to the pub these days is to drink and people will avoid that temptation during the week. The needs of the public has changed, the public that needed a public house to go to for so many reasons doesn't exist any more so the public house needs to start catering for the needs of the modern public.

James Forde · 16-02-2010 07:36PM

Bonito wrote: »

Dunno what pub you're drinking in :rolleyes:
Very poor effort of a personal attack to get you some thanks thinking you're hilarious.

sorry i thought this was after hours

lighten up

Red_Marauder · 16-02-2010 07:38PM

I spent much of last Summer in Berlin. I paid €1 for a pint bottle of Erdinger in my local newsagents.

Typical weekday evening was cycle down to the volkpark, €15 euro on pizza and beers with mates, lie around the park and soak up the evening sun, play football... the Germans really understand quality of life imo.

I was in a bar today for about half an hour and paid €9 for a budweiser and a coke.

SeaFields · 16-02-2010 07:53PM

I think reading back that there is a bit of a consensus that 3 pints for a tenner would be fair.

Naos · 17-02-2010 10:45AM

SeaFields wrote: »

I think reading back that there is a bit of a consensus that 3 pints for a tenner would be fair.

Yup, it'd be nice alright.

Also wouldn't mind price of soft drinks dropping as well. I paid 5e for a Rockshandy the other night, more expensive than a pint.

Will they ever get a grip? (Before someone jumps in with why pay that price, I didn't buy one after, stuck to my 2e f*cking blackcurrant.)

Glenster · 17-02-2010 12:34PM

Red_Marauder wrote: »

I spent much of last Summer in Berlin. I paid €1 for a pint bottle of Erdinger in my local newsagents.

Typical weekday evening was cycle down to the volkpark, €15 euro on pizza and beers with mates, lie around the park and soak up the evening sun, play football... the Germans really understand quality of life imo.

I was in a bar today for about half an hour and paid €9 for a budweiser and a coke.

Yeah but you were on holiday, everything is great when you're on holiday.

Besides you could theoretically do that in Ireland,

There's usually some sort of special on some nice beer in at least one off licence in Dublin. You probably couldn't get it for 1€ but maybe €1.50, get a pizza in dominoes and cycle over to the pheonix park.

Dont mythologize Germany, just cos you were on holday there. Most people in Berlin that day were chained up in an office typing away at spreadsheets until half five and then rushing home to bring kids to music lessons like the rest of us.

There's great €3-€3.50 pints in the dingy pub beside Tara Street Dart Station, granted it's not a destination pub but it's nice for some quiet discussion or to watch a match with a mate.

Mimikyu · 17-02-2010 12:47PM

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Sleepy · 17-02-2010 12:56PM

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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It's madness though, Diageo would easily seem to be spending the same (if not more) marketing Guinness in Ireland as they do on Bud.

bonerm · 17-02-2010 12:58PM

Glenster wrote: »

Yeah but you were on holiday, everything is great when you're on holiday.

Besides you could theoretically do that in Ireland,

There's usually some sort of special on some nice beer in at least one off licence in Dublin. You probably couldn't get it for 1€ but maybe €1.50, get a pizza in dominoes and cycle over to the pheonix park.

Dont mythologize Germany, just cos you were on holday there. Most people in Berlin that day were chained up in an office typing away at spreadsheets until half five and then rushing home to bring kids to music lessons like the rest of us.

There's great €3-€3.50 pints in the dingy pub beside Tara Street Dart Station, granted it's not a destination pub but it's nice for some quiet discussion or to watch a match with a mate.

Agreed. Everythings great when you're on holiday. Although in fairness bottles of beer are generally around €2 from street vendors in Berlin. Bonus to that you can drink them on the street without hassle (so long you're not causing hassle!).

There are rip-off places as well. There was a particular Irish bar (no surpise there) on FriedrichstraBe (named after a famous Irish poet/novelist) that were selling pints for €4.20 .... so there's rip-offery everywhere ... tho still decidely Irish wherever you go

Matches · 17-02-2010 01:00PM

A landlord said to me that he makes Foooook all on a pint when selling it for €3.

bonerm · 17-02-2010 01:01PM

Matches wrote: »

A landlord said to me that he makes Foooook all on a pint when selling it for €3.

Did he have a speech impediment?

Naos · 17-02-2010 01:09PM

Matches wrote: »

A landlord said to me that he makes Foooook all on a pint when selling it for €3.

What did you expect him to say? He's hardly going to say he's ripping you off now is he?

Naos · 17-02-2010 01:10PM

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Yup, €1.50 in the other local. They're unreal. Sitting there with a group of 5-6 mates watching football, them all drinking pints and they charge you that for a blackcurrant.

If they go out of business, f*ck them. I'd feel bad for the staff as it's not their fault but f*ck the management/owners.

Speak Now · 17-02-2010 01:11PM

Local is 3.25 a pint now with a while and plenty of others do the 3 pints for a tenner, sort of happy hours. Maybe Sunday Lunchtime,Friday afternoon, matches, Cheltenham etc.

hinault · 17-02-2010 01:17PM

Doni Mack wrote: »

Guinness €2.75. Beer maybe €3.

Discuss the issues.

I can remember in 1992 when a pint of Guinness broke £2.50 threshold.
x1.2697381 = € 3.17.
We were pretty annoyed about that price increase at the time.

On that basis €3.50 for a pint of Guinness would be a reasonably fair price
in my opinion.

Tail Wagger · 17-02-2010 01:26PM

The Pubs need a good kick up the backside as regards pricing their beer.
They give us nothing in return for our money we spend in their premises,
as the last poster said , he can get 3 pints for a €10, well that's not bad. why don't all the other shops start doing the same or even less.... god knows everyone else is taking a 10% + drop in their income. So wake up guys if you don't mind paying those prices the publican will treat you like the rest of his punters.... You know what they say.... Sheep follow sheep.. :cool:

What is a fair price for a pint of Beer?

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