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i dont think my liver could take that!

not to mention we are expecting a new baby on the 6th.... <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->

Does anyone else not think the price of beer at this festival is waaaay too expensive?

2.50 for a half pint and 5 for a pint. That's as expensive as most bars in Dublin and more expensive than the B&C,

I thought the idea of festivals like this is to promote Irish Craft Beer, surely price is a huge factor in this.

I don't think many average Joe's will pay the entrance fee to pay standard price for pints.

That's just my 2c

&amp;quot;kev2403&amp;quot;:2tpkom8p wrote: Does anyone else not think the price of beer at this festival is waaaay too expensive?[/quote:2tpkom8p]No, it's about normal for a beer festival in my experience. CAMRA festivals in the UK generally charge pub prices, so does the Franciscan Well. I think these prices are identical to the ones at the cask festival there back in January.

What are you comparing them to?

&amp;quot;kev2403&amp;quot;:2tpkom8p wrote: 2.50 for a half pint and 5 for a pint. That's as expensive as most bars in Dublin and more expensive than the B&C[/quote:2tpkom8p]No, €2.50 is on the low side for half a pint (which is what punters are encouraged to drink). The B&C has a range of prices and I'd say €5 is about average. Most beers served there by the half litre are over €5 a pint, pro rata.

&amp;quot;kev2403&amp;quot;:2tpkom8p wrote: Typical Irish companies, using this to make profit rather than just cover cost and seriously promote their product to Joe public.

That's just my 2c[/quote:2tpkom8p]Kev, your 2c isn't based on any actual information, is it?

&amp;quot;kev2403&amp;quot;:2tpkom8p wrote: I don't think many average Joe will pay the entrance fee to pay standard price for pints.[/quote:2tpkom8p]If not enough of them do, then either prices will go down next year, or the event will not be deemed economically viable and cease.

If you don't think you'll get your money's worth, don't go.

And my 2c is that a beer festival isn't the best venue for people who want to drink beer by the pint.

By comparison how much was beer in the Pheonix Park, Brewers on the Bay, etc?

&amp;quot;Tube&amp;quot;:1dxqnkng wrote: By comparison how much was beer in the Pheonix Park, Brewers on the Bay, etc?[/quote:1dxqnkng]

I think brewers on the bay were €2.50 iirc.

&amp;quot;kev2403&amp;quot;:myicr5s0 wrote: Does anyone else not think the price of beer at this festival is waaaay too expensive?

2.50 for a half pint and 5 for a pint. That's as expensive as most bars in Dublin and more expensive than the B&C,[/quote:myicr5s0]

Given that I pay pretty much €5 a pint for macro lager I really don't have an issue either way. My hope is that the breweries will make some cash out of it (and it's not like the Florins crap that The Taste of Dublin pull to grab a margin from the exhibitors). As it's kinda the first exhib of its kind I'll be there to promote it, and I'll make my mind up after that whether or not it's a waste of time.