Shock ! Horror !
Jan 21st 2011 | 6:09 pm
#16
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Jan 21st 2011 | 6:10 pm
#17
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
I thought they just got Hoeggarden straight from the dirty dish water sink in the kitchen
I haven't been in since the infamous telephone temper tantrum a couple of years ago. I seem to recall that G's bar tab in there was circa $300 bucks that day.
I stuck to whatever was on tap for most of the day & treated myself to a single Kwak, at $50 bucks just for the deposit on the glass it was difficult to enjoy it without worrying someone was going to knock it over
I still spent over a $200 for the day, F expensive as a watering hole
I haven't been in since the infamous telephone temper tantrum a couple of years ago. I seem to recall that G's bar tab in there was circa $300 bucks that day.
I stuck to whatever was on tap for most of the day & treated myself to a single Kwak, at $50 bucks just for the deposit on the glass it was difficult to enjoy it without worrying someone was going to knock it over
I still spent over a $200 for the day, F expensive as a watering hole
Jan 21st 2011 | 6:23 pm
#19
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Kwak comes in one of those fancy "egg timer" type glasses all held in a timber frame. Hence the $50 buck deposit. Here's one:http://www.deptfordsaints.com/USERIM...20Kwak%201.jpg
Jan 21st 2011 | 6:24 pm
#20
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Jan 21st 2011 | 6:32 pm
#21
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From: Semi-rural wonderworld, Brisbane
Re: Shock ! Horror !
Kwak comes in one of those fancy "egg timer" type glasses all held in a timber frame. Hence the $50 buck deposit. Here's one:http://www.deptfordsaints.com/USERIM...20Kwak%201.jpg
I googled Kwak + Glass image
Jan 21st 2011 | 8:21 pm
#25
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Reminds me of the Rainbow Room in NYC in 1999. GBP = 1.60 USD roughly.
We had 2 rounds (4 of us), only a couple of cocktails, rest was G&Ts, glass of red etc.
For the pleasure..... $170!
Thats around 15 quid a drink in 1999!
And to add insult to injury the guy "managing" the lift wanted a tip for pressing the "request" button. He was disappointed that night!
Great views though.
We had 2 rounds (4 of us), only a couple of cocktails, rest was G&Ts, glass of red etc.
For the pleasure..... $170!
Thats around 15 quid a drink in 1999!
And to add insult to injury the guy "managing" the lift wanted a tip for pressing the "request" button. He was disappointed that night!
Great views though.
Jan 21st 2011 | 9:00 pm
#26
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
I just don't know how people can afford to go out and drink at places like that, or the Breakwater Tavern in Hillarys, or indeed just about any bar in Perth.
I don't even join in the social drinks at work when my colleagues go to the Capt. Stirling on a Friday. I just can't afford 8, 9, 10 dollar pints...
I guess they don't have kids, maybe that's why or maybe everyone is sky high in debt and don't care.
I don't even join in the social drinks at work when my colleagues go to the Capt. Stirling on a Friday. I just can't afford 8, 9, 10 dollar pints...
I guess they don't have kids, maybe that's why or maybe everyone is sky high in debt and don't care.
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.
Jan 21st 2011 | 9:20 pm
#27
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Hate pub prices which is why..........
Jan 22nd 2011 | 12:06 am
#28
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
I paid about $14 for 500ml of German Weissbeer at the Hofbrauhaus restaurant in Melbourne. It was some special brand though, not one you can get in bottles from liquor stores.
Jan 22nd 2011 | 12:09 am
#29
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Jan 22nd 2011 | 12:36 am
#30
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From: High up in Joondalup.
Re: Shock ! Horror !
You're not wrong about The Breakwater. The old Breakwater was a nice family place with fairly reasonably priced beer. The new one is a sterile, anal retentive, pretentious excuse for a pub, with pub grub like, 'Artichoke and Camembert Pizza'...!!! FFS...!!! Last year I took my uncle from Scotland in there for a pint while the girls were looking at the shops. I had a pint of Little Creatures and he had a pint of Heineken... $22.50...!! Jesus Christ!
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.
