Guinness Watch

no idea how much it cost or what it tasted like by the way ^^^^

Guiness/beer was always more expensive in the RoI, generally speaking, than in the UK

Probably because staff are better trained, know what they are doing and have better pay/conditions than in the UK.

Not sure if this is a myth, but when Croke Park was redeveloped in the 90s-00s, there was a catering brief, to deliver 80,000 pints of Guinness in 15mins especially at interval times. Imagine a continuous bar tap on every level, with a long line of plastic pint glasses and an battalion of bar staff. Probably the same at the Aviva for football and rugby matches.

At €9 a pint = €720,000

The price of a pint of Guinness in Ireland is ridiculous €8-9, you have to spend a small fortune on a session. But the cost of living is higher there, and so is the quality of life.

I’d be interested to see prices of Guinness in somewhere like Denmark for comparison.

I once worked a St Patrick's night session in a pub in County Kilburn. All I did for 6 hours solid was pour 3/4 pints and talk to the punters who were still capable of speech. Good fun!

What actually happens if you pour a whole pint of Guinness in one go?

A leprechaun dies

Remember getting 90p pints of Guiness in the Lion, archway (RIP) back in about 2009

Also £1.89 in spoons in St Albans in the very early 200s

My friend once bought a pint of Guinness in Ryan's Bar (if that's still there), then spoilt nearly all of it on the table, them mopped it up and wrung the cloth or into his glass and finished his pint.

Paid £7.25 for a pint of Asahi on Sunday. Kill me.

I paid £7.75 for a bottle of Asahi at the weekend. I was in a twatty Soho hotel but still. I got mugged.

That the place below Daffodil Mulligan ?

St Albans in the very early 200s

Didn't realise Alban, (pre-beattification) was a brewer.

Guinness in NZ is usually $12.50, which equates to 7.22 euro or 6.27 royal guineas.

6 euros here in Madrid seems to be the average. Cans with widget(?) between 2 n 3

https://youtu.be/dCOusbLfoTc

Guinness Guru on YouTube great reviews across Ireland.

I’ve only ever visited Galway and the Guinness taste was off the chart, circa €5 too

€8 in Nancy, east France. And that's 500ml and not a full pint

£4.80 at Big John’s Biltong Bar in Deptford. £3.50 from 4-6 Monday to Friday. @Chopsicle has been known to partake. It’s a nice pint too!

£5.80 in The Plough, Udimore (my local), notoriously the priciest pub in the area.

Agree the best pint of Guinness in London is Auld Shellaigh stoke Newington. My fav pub.

The wheatsheaf round the corner used to do £3.30 pints but I think they were hookey. On Sundays you'd get a free feed too as the landlady would put a big pot out on the bar help yourself. Only pub I found that was good vibes 50/50 spurs arsenal fans (even on derby day).

Err..., nope, sadly I don't think those were the reasons though I agree generally better staff for sure. This was pre-euro, punts. It always felt disproportionately high compared to wages and prolly more likely due to tax and Guinness being a massive monopolising commercial operation.

Pubs round my way are holding on quite well to the circa £5 pint, bit less for the basic ones, bit more for the fancy ones. Even that has basically killed the idea of the pub as a regular thing for me, 2 rounds running 60 odd quid just doesn't make any sense tbh. Could buy a very decent bottle of whisky with that and drink it somewhere very comfortable.

Anyway back on topic, 5 Bells in New Cross had a £4.80 Guiness last time I was in there

5 Bells is a Craft Union pub who have pretty low prices in general. Same as the Nags Head in Peckham. John Smiths and a wine came to about £7 or something last time I was there.

£5.50 at the Ivy House Nunhead

I was fully expecting to see more awful photos of hairy wrists in here

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£6.70 at the Marquess of Anglesey in Covent Garden last night. Cocktails were 'only' £12 so feel like it was even more of a rip.

Snap. £6.70 in pub on the park last night in London’s famous London fields. In a plastic cup may I add.

I didn’t bat an eyelid but the barmaid apologised in advance about the price when i went to pay.