Pint of Guinness index

Our average income is 165% above the EU average. We also have high taxes on alcohol.

I wonder what the pre tax price is when adjusted for income.
 
We also have higher taxes on that average Income, given that the high rate of tax comes in at 42K much lower than other countries.
We have among the highest alcohol taxes in Europe aswell.
We have very high investment taxes, we are a high tax country now, but we don't get the corresponding benefits of other high tax and welfare countries
 
joe sod said:
We also have higher taxes on that average Income, given that the high rate of tax comes in at 42K much lower than other countries.
We have among the highest alcohol taxes in Europe aswell.
We have very high investment taxes, we are a high tax country now, but we don't get the corresponding benefits of other high tax and welfare countries
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We have very high taxes on moderate incomes and consumer goods (VAT, Duties etc) but very low taxes on wealth and low incomes. It's not that we are a high tax country, we are a country that taxes work very heavily and wealth not at all. Our taxation system discourage hard work and investment in non wealth creating assets such as property. That makes thinks expensive.
 
Excise duty on beer hasn't changed in years.

Diageo, followed by Heineken, have increased costs four or five times since COVID.

Blame them, not tax.
 
Bear in mind that pints of beer are being sold, profitably, in 2025 at the price of €2.10 in suburban Dublin.

Think about that.

It is possible, with scale, to make and sell pints of beer in pubs, at €2.10 in 2025.

Therefore, very high prices of 6.00 and 7.00 reflect:

(1) a lack of scale
(2) a lack of competition, leading to pricing power
(3) excessive overheads
(4) excessive profits
 
In all Spoons, cask beer is the cheapest beer.

Today, cask starts at €2.05 in suburban Dublin.

The cask beers from Ireland are €2.20.

Therefore, a small-ish brewery in Ireland can sell to J.D. WS, who can sell pints at €2.20, and presumably both make profits.


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Purple said:
Wow, the last time I was in one a pint was around €3.50
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Lager starts from €2.95, and upwards, in the suburban pubs.

Fosters = 2.95
Stella = 3.35
Coors, Carlsberg, etc. = 3.95

Beamish stout is 3.35.


Although Worthington's creamflow is cheap at 2.05, I do not recommend it.
 
Wetherspoons though. I spent a night in one (a few months ago drinking their mid-priced beer (the cheaper ones were sold out). Awful atmosphere, pure drinking machine.
 
extopia said:
Wetherspoons though. I spent a night in one (a few months ago drinking their mid-priced beer (the cheaper ones were sold out). Awful atmosphere, pure drinking machine.
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I don't drink in pubs very much. If I go out it's usually to a restaurant. Therefore I'll happily pay a premium to keep the riffraff out. ;)
 
odyssey06 said:
They can be grim, but then you have Wetherspoons Forty Foot Dun Laoghaire which on a day like this will be a nice spot.
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Yes, we've a friend up from the country and we're thinking of Fish Shack and eating on the promenade while watching the world go by
But we also thought we might splash out and see can we grab a table given that the weather is super at the moment :)
 
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