Nectar Of The Gods

[astfgyl]

Aldi have a few Dot Brewing & Lough Gill crafts at the minute. The Dot Brewing beers are between €1.30 and €1.50 cheaper per can than my local craft offie. And they're fresh off the line this month.

They also have Einseidler and Spaten for less than anywhere else.

Beer snobs and jakey cunts; let our powers combine!

"I'm your powers combined, I am Captain Cans"

Captain Cans he's a hero he'll drink anything except for zero

Luton Plunder drinks the zero and the bastard is normalising it. That's his bang and we need to stop him by drinking the shit out of it. Cheap stuff, fancy stuff, fancy stuff at cheap prices get it the fuck into you

[astfgyl]

Coole Swan is far far nicer than Bailey's. Fucking nectar

[StoutAndAle]

Is it just me - or has the price of drink in pubs been on a jet-propelled upward trajectory since everything re-opened after the last Covid19 lockdown?

I met my brother for a pint last Saturday lunchtime. Two beers - a Guinness and a locally made pale ale (5.2% ABV - not rocket fuel or anything) - €13.70.

I didn't ask the barman for a price breakdown but I did ask "Is that right? For the two pints?" he checked the till, called the order back to me and nodded. Even conservatively speaking - if the Guinness was €6.00 (which would be high for Cork City Centre) that means the other beer was €7.70. I know it's "craft" and "artisanal" and whatever the fuck else but Christ above.

Went for a drink with my missus later that evening in a regular city centre haunt - Guinness and a Morgan's Spiced with Coke - €16.80 - pre-Covid this didn't top €12. 

Beamish used to be €4.10 in my local last October - not in the city centre but not far out of it - now it's €5.00.

[astfgyl]

You're right it's gone very bad. The pubs will simply price themselves out of it going like this.

[Carnage]

I've been very lucky where I am, a Guinness generally comes in at €4.50. Most of the pubs around have resisted raising their prices as footfall is still low after Covid. That'll change in a coupla weeks when Guinness raise their prices, but so far no cause for complaint around here. Sometimes small towns are the winners.

[Caomhaoin]

Fiver in Kilkenny over Christmas for Guinness. Mad to see Harp making a comeback, lots of pubs stocking it, someone told me the reason, something to do with a dispute with Heineken. 5.70 a scoop though, no thanks.

[Carnage]

A lot of pubs gave Heineken the boot over the price hike a couple of months back. Pointless exercise as the other breweries were always going to follow suit.

I drank Harp until '94 and they ruined it with the 'celebration brew', that effectively killed it off bar in the North. They must have changed it back if it's making a comeback.

[Ollkiller]

Is it just me - or has the price of drink in pubs been on a jet-propelled upward trajectory since everything re-opened after the last Covid19 lockdown?

I met my brother for a pint last Saturday lunchtime. Two beers - a Guinness and a locally made pale ale (5.2% ABV - not rocket fuel or anything) - €13.70.

I didn't ask the barman for a price breakdown but I did ask "Is that right? For the two pints?" he checked the till, called the order back to me and nodded. Even conservatively speaking - if the Guinness was €6.00 (which would be high for Cork City Centre) that means the other beer was €7.70. I know it's "craft" and "artisanal" and whatever the fuck else but Christ above.

Went for a drink with my missus later that evening in a regular city centre haunt - Guinness and a Morgan's Spiced with Coke - €16.80 - pre-Covid this didn't top €12. 

Beamish used to be €4.10 in my local last October - not in the city centre but not far out of it - now it's €5.00.

They're taking the piss in the pubs in cork. Crazy money for pints now in any of the trendy pubs. My local in castlebar is 4.30 for a Guinness. And its gorgeous.

[Don Gately]

Got a top notch whiskey for Christmas, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton. Up there with Yellow Spot.

[Caomhaoin]

Got a top notch whiskey for Christmas, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton. Up there with Yellow Spot.

Price/Quality that's a great bottle.

Regarding prices, I spent two days in Dublin over Christmas as the Mrs wanted to see Trinners etc, the prices are absolutely comical. Two burger and chip with a pint each, 50 bar! Just in a run of the mill pub. Cunts.

[ochoill]

Yeah it's gone brutal here too, you will not pay less than a fiver for a pint of anything except the Tuborg in Dolan's (which is lovely and only €4.20).  Easily €6 - €6.50 for craft anything, and around €5.70 for most other lagers.  I just don't even fuckin bother any more, horse in cans when we jam and drink Tuborg at gigs, rarely fire down for one or two guinness but not even getting four pints for 20 quid - that's dense craic.

[StoutAndAle]

Yeah it's gone brutal here too, you will not pay less than a fiver for a pint of anything except the Tuborg in Dolan's (which is lovely and only €4.20).  Easily €6 - €6.50 for craft anything, and around €5.70 for most other lagers.  I just don't even fuckin bother any more, horse in cans when we jam and drink Tuborg at gigs, rarely fire down for one or two guinness but not even getting four pints for 20 quid - that's dense craic.

It's getting too dear. I love going to the pub and I'm certainly not tight but I can't justify going on the scatter now at all.

Not as bad as the United States - yet. I paid a horrendous amount of money for very little beer in Boston 2 weeks ago.

Bear in mind that a US "pint" is 16 oz (475ml) - so each 4 oz there is a quarter of a US "pint" plus a 12oz and a 16oz. That's about 4.5 US "pints" and two craft soft drinks there. Prices before tax - plus I left a $20 tip in cash not included on the receipt. 

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Is it just me - or has the price of drink in pubs been on a jet-propelled upward trajectory since everything re-opened after the last Covid19 lockdown?

I met my brother for a pint last Saturday lunchtime. Two beers - a Guinness and a locally made pale ale (5.2% ABV - not rocket fuel or anything) - €13.70.

I didn't ask the barman for a price breakdown but I did ask "Is that right? For the two pints?" he checked the till, called the order back to me and nodded. Even conservatively speaking - if the Guinness was €6.00 (which would be high for Cork City Centre) that means the other beer was €7.70. I know it's "craft" and "artisanal" and whatever the fuck else but Christ above.

Went for a drink with my missus later that evening in a regular city centre haunt - Guinness and a Morgan's Spiced with Coke - €16.80 - pre-Covid this didn't top €12. 

Beamish used to be €4.10 in my local last October - not in the city centre but not far out of it - now it's €5.00.

It's gone to Dublin levels very very quick. Still €4 a Beamish in Annie Mac's though. But it wasn't all that long ago you'd easily find it for less than €4.

[Trev]

I reckon the Dublin average for something halfway decent is probably about €6.50, it'll be €7+ by the end of the year. Pretty much given up on going for nights out in town at those prices

[StoutAndAle]

It's gone to Dublin levels very very quick. Still €4 a Beamish in Annie Mac's though. But it wasn't all that long ago you'd easily find it for less than €4.

I actually walk past Annie Mac's to go to my local - Mok's.

The pint in Annie Mac's is fine, very good actually, but yer one running the gaff (the owner's daughter maybe?) is a fuckin' headbanger - not like the ones on here.

Went in there one Friday night with a few of my wife's friends who were down from Dublin. We had just jumped off the bus from town. It was 2300hrs. Ordered pints and G&Ts. Yer wan looked at the clock.

"Do you know what time it is?!"

"Eh, eleven?"

"Just in here for last call - where were ye all night? Just blowing in the door to top up."

Fuck me,  I thought, last call isn't for another 90 minutes and we've all only had 2 or 3 pints, plus I used to go in there with my buddy Chuckles most Thursday evenings before heading across to Cissie's  - but I was on the other side of a counter long enough to not cause undue scenes.

"Em, OK. Do you want us to leave?"

"I think that's the best thing that you could all do now. Out ye go."

I nodded. Looked around at the 5 lads in the bar all sitting in silence - and left - effectively halving their customer base.

Went down to Mok's where Don gave me a big roar and served us until... well - until we had enough.