ianandhelena

Dispense with the footy and get on with the real business! Liver disease rules! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-te...cts_of_alcohol

KJCherokee

It's not the beer that's expensive, it's the fact that they ban you taking your own into the ground so that the bars can charge excessive prices as they have a monopoly.

Ever considered NOT drinking beer at the match?

paddyo

Go wash your mouth out!!! It's the law, you HAVE to drink at a footy match!

KJCherokee

Since the only times I have ever been persuaded to attend a footy match is when I have received an invite to a corporate box, I probably have to agree with you.

ozzieeagle

SACRILIEGE...... (AKA... what happens if its a crap game but shhhh on that one)

Thats the before and after match cost.... I take a couple of minatures with scotch in now and buy a Coke, take a couple of swigs of coke and fill up..... That Coke still costs 4.90 each

BTW I've fine tuned the sneaking the booze in.... used to be a hip flask but they are too conspicuous... Oh and I was getting too pissed LOL...


Have to say, I'm not sure whether I'd enjoy a corporate box... It's just one up from watching on TV, as you'd be too far removed from the atmosphere in my book. There again I'm a dedicated standing active supporter... With plenty of people in my peer group down the South End. Probably best do the Corporate box at a game where my team wasn't playing.

Swerv-o

I used to use an empty and clean sunscreen bottle for smuggling alcohol into venues like the Big Day Out etc. They will take your water bottles from you, but never your sunscreen

Make sure it's very clean though...


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ozzieeagle

Oh I like that one Thats very clever.

verystormy

You have never been to Perth! Its not uncommon to pay $15, which is about 10 quid! A couple of years ago i was in a bar in Northbridge and ordered a vodka on the rocks. Handed over a $20 and she told me i hadnt given enough money. It was $28! Nearly fell over even though sober.

jimbo_d

It's an automatic fail everytime you convert to pounds. Anyone who actually lives here should never use the conversion, especially at the moment. The way things are going by next week it will be 100gbp for a pint and think of the screams then. Btw i've never paid $15 for a pint in Perth, there's plenty of sub$10 pints all over the CBD and beyond. $8 pint of Heineken in that new swanky bar central park on St. Georges even.

Amazulu

There is no denying that Perth is an expensive place to drink, but I agree, anyone paying $15 for a pint is a f**king idiot. There are plenty of places in the CBD with less than $10 a pint beers. All these new bars are creating healthy competition. My wife and I were out in the city a few Saturdays ago and the place was rocking. I never paid more than $10 for a pint and we had a bottle of French champagne for $99 (GBPeso 60-80 in a trendy bar in the UK - I checked. So about the same price) in The Trustee.

verystormy

The Trustee charges $11 for a beer. Cocktail are about $18 and were the worst i have had. Food was yet another Perth fail. Overpriced and poor

Bernieboy

I like it

renth

I can't afford to go out to drink. Fortunately a neighbour has build an authentic pommy pub in my street (BYO) so I'm always there every Friday!

That Boozle site appears good (it's run by a friend of of one of my colleagues) BUT the last few times I've used it I've found the prices are not accurate (always NOT in my favour, of course).

Amazulu

That night we went to The Print Hall and pints were $10. Never ate there but often eat at The Heritage next door where the food is great (but expensive). Ate at nearby The Quarter the other night, and as usual the food was superb. Perth has some great food options.

ozzieeagle

I had to have a few good stiff drinks to get over that news