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"Saruman":26xl6ojo wrote: I rarely get bottled beer in pubs because it's too expensive.[/quote:26xl6ojo]

+1

About the only time I will buy a bottle in a pub is when they don't have craft on tap, only bottles.

Likewise. I sometimes get e-mails from pubs asking what craft beers to stock and I always say if they're getting half litre bottles to price them on the same scale as draught pints since that's what they're competing with, not 33cl longnecks.

"Saruman":inne0z2d wrote: By that logic, I should not return to Black sheep after paying over €8 for a corca dhuibhne stout.[/quote:inne0z2d]

If you're not happy with what you pay for beer, and continue to return to that pub, that's your call.

On a warm day, all I want to drink is wheat beer and they'd no Friar which was what I asked for first. IIRC, I paid around €5.50 for organic SW in the B&C last summer, therefore to me Kavanagh's price is a rip-off. It's not something I'll tolerate.

Ah but you see I am happy what I pay for because I only drink what's on tap usually.
I'm not fussy about what style I drink on a hot day.
I suggest JW sweetman. Outside area, €4 pints, including a new recipe wheat beer. And yes, they are €4 again. Plus the staff are now trained and love to talk About about the beer.
The only place I can say that bottled beer is good value in Dublin is the Lucan County. Prices are practically off license prices.

I have to say I always find Kavanaghs great value for money, not the cheapest place but made up for by being well run, good food good beer and great service!

Like Reuben, I tend to only go for the cask/draft beer when in the pub, I can drink bottles at home!

And a +1 on value for money in the Lucan County! There is a monthly homebrew tasting there as well! Check out the Liffey Brewers forum over at the NHC!

Liffey Brewers Forum[/url:31ahw0oa]

The Capital brewers meet up in W J Kavanagh once a month for home brew tasting, the last Tuesday every month!

Capital Brewers Forum[/url:31ahw0oa]