£7 a pint in Brighton

mackenzie said:
Now that I can remember it was actually Gogartys but yes, that same area.
It was a Saturday afternoon last May and there was some live music on. I get that it's all part of the "experience" but that price was taking the piss! Lol
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I think the Temple Bar has live music on all the time. Ive been 3 times and also checked the live webcam and theres always someone performing. I'll be popping in next week en route to Munich but will probably just have the one lol. There are some decent pubs outside the tourist's part and is easier on the wallet lol
 
I went to Dublin years back and was advised to stay away from Temple Bar by pretty much everyone. Guinness was €2 cheaper minimum in other areas.
 
Johnny Mars Bar said:
Also, not being funny but comparing supermarket prices to pubs is idiotic.
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But it’s not though is it?

The comparative price of licenced shop sales to public house sales is absolutely key to whether people use the public houses or not and, ergo, to boozers staying in business.

Ignore the implications all you like but if you can’t understand that offsales are completion to the licenced trade you’ll never get your melon round why the local pubs have been disappearing for the last few decades.

When I was a youth in north M/Cr (or in any district of any city or town) you could do a pub crawl round a dozen boozers without more than 5 minutes walk between any 2 but you’d have to get taxis to attempt anything similar nowadays.
If it’s got nothing to do with over the counter booze costing a small fraction of over the bar equivalents then please educate us as to the reason because I’ve not tasted a pearl of wisdom in days ;-)
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
But it’s not though is it?

The comparative price of licenced shop sales to public house sales is absolutely key to whether people use the public houses or not and, ergo, to boozers staying in business.

Ignore the implications all you like but if you can’t understand that offsales are completion to the licenced trade you’ll never get your melon round why the local pubs have been disappearing for the last few decades.

When I was a youth in north M/Cr (or in any district of any city or town) you could do a pub crawl round a dozen boozers without more than 5 minutes walk between any 2 but you’d have to get taxis to attempt anything similar nowadays.
If it’s got nothing to do with over the counter booze costing a small fraction of over the bar equivalents then please educate us as to the reason because I’ve not tasted a pearl of wisdom in days ;-)
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Just one reason among others like high costs for the pubs and changing demographics and social behaviour
 
dronefromsector7G said:
Just one reason among others like high costs for the pubs and changing demographics and social behaviour
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Accepted mate.
IMO Many reasons pushed the pub closures, everything from a greater understanding of the dangers of alcohol to, to drink driving laws and avoiding the dickheads etc.
But in my personal experience it went from a lifestyle where everyone met up with friends and neighbours in the local pub (which was a home from home to the local community) then on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays off on a pub crawl or into town after a couple of hours.
Upon the advent of cheap supermarket booze (and half the lads I knew doing booze runs to France) it changed to mates meeting at each others houses or maybe an hour or two in a local then off to someone’s house.
And not because we didn’t treasure the local pubs, it was purely down to cost because buying from supermarkets, or from mates who’d been to Calais, and drinking in private homes cut the cost of our boozy entertainment by about 80% when you included taxi fares and entrance fees.
Then the pubs all closed one after the other.
Not saying that it was all down to the cost differential between pubs and shops but if the beer cost the same from both sources then I can assure you we’d still still be using the pubs to this day.
So granted, not the only reason but a big part of it and yes, comparing the price of supermarket alcohol with the stuff sold in pubs and bars is key to understanding the sad and sorry decline of the licenced trade.
 
OccupiedPalestineBlues said:
But it’s not though is it?

The comparative price of licenced shop sales to public house sales is absolutely key to whether people use the public houses or not and, ergo, to boozers staying in business.

Ignore the implications all you like but if you can’t understand that offsales are completion to the licenced trade you’ll never get your melon round why the local pubs have been disappearing for the last few decades.

When I was a youth in north M/Cr (or in any district of any city or town) you could do a pub crawl round a dozen boozers without more than 5 minutes walk between any 2 but you’d have to get taxis to attempt anything similar nowadays.
If it’s got nothing to do with over the counter booze costing a small fraction of over the bar equivalents then please educate us as to the reason because I’ve not tasted a pearl of wisdom in days ;-)
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Running a bar is expensive.

Supermarkets have huge buying power that can bankrupt suppliers (look at the independent dairy, meat and fruit/veg industry).

Honestly I can’t be arsed going into the details. It’s fucking obvious.
 
Better get ready for the Munich prices if travelling. 9 Euro for a pint of old peculiar in a boozer I am in . Not.much less for local stuff . And don't forget it's a quid for a piss
 
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