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"Poc":1bpeitof wrote: I think that €2.50 for a half pint is reasonable (by Irish standards anyway), you'd be lucky to pay much less than that for a half pint of non-craft beer in any random hostelry in this fine city of ours.[/quote:1bpeitof]

True, but I do see denzel's point. How much for a pint of plain in the Porterhouse? Or in Messrs? Hooker was €4.20 in Ryan's, and similar in the B&C.
It was a nice opportunity for non-Dublin breweries to charge Dublin rates.
(Of course this is all from the punter's point of view, and not taking into consideration cost of stands, running costs etc. etc.)

A Friend in Mead's photos are here.

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We went on sunday. It was great to see so many craft breweries and other types of drinks there. A new addition were the guys from Tig Bhric in Kerry. They've only been brewing two months but their beer is already tasty and best of luck to them. Hopefully I'll get down to visit the pub soon.

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I'll do an article if nobody else wants to do one.

Thanks for the pics! All looks very civilised. More of this sort of thing! <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Thanks for the pics! All looks very civilised. More of this sort of thing! <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

&amp;quot;Poc&amp;quot;:1za8g5wh wrote: I think that €2.50 for a half pint is reasonable (by Irish standards anyway), you'd be lucky to pay much less than that for a half pint of non-craft beer in any random hostelry in this fine city of ours.[/quote:1za8g5wh]

I thought the whole point of the event was to get their name out there to as many people as possible. If the beer had been much cheaper, I'm sure more people would have taken a punt on it and if they didn't like it then they felt they hadn't wasted too much money on it.

Cask O'Hara's Celebration?

Was it as awesome as I imagine?