Did u know that…

… a pint of Hoegaarden only costs about $12?

And so a half pint is only $6?

Well now u know!

Are drinkers here gettin scammed?

Yup!

Some outlets sell a pint at $25, some close to $30, some more than that! And a half pint close to 20 bucks! Massive marking-up like these should be made a criminal offense dammit. Dats why Malaysians’ purchasing power never improves – greedy, short-term minded businesses.

Not worth half as much as u think

The right price for a pint of Hoegaarden (Carlsberg Malaysia) should be $15 – $20. And a half pint no more than $10. It aint a premium drink.

Bars the world over dont mark-up their prices so much, esp for beer! They aren’t short-term minded capitalistic wannabe millionaires, and rely on a higher turnover over a longer period.

The cost for a pint at a bar in Europe (after mark-up of course, and considering their costs and overheads are much higher) is only between 3 to 4 Euros! (Even if u convert, its between $12-$16).

I wdnt pay more than 20 bucks for this beer.

While bars here mark-up beers like Tiger, Carlsberg etc, by about $5 (max $10), they mark-up Hoegaarden by $20, sometimes more! So here comes the inevitable question – Why??, i  hear u scream.

Good question. Go ask the bar owners. Am sure they’ll come up with some good excuses.

My opinion? Greed.

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Arthur returns

News is that Guinness’ Arthur’s Day, which was held at several venues worldwide last year to celebrate 250 years of Guinness, is back. Diageo confirms the event will be held on Sept 23.

“Building on the success of last year’s inaugural global celebration, Arthur’s Day is back and is bigger than ever, with a series of remarkable celebrations and live music events taking place around the world.” – Guinness

However, its not yet confirmed if the venue in Asia will be KL. Thus far, only venues in Ireland have been fixed – Dublin, Cork & Galway.

U’ll know more when i do.

No matter. I think this year’s St Patrick’s Day was more fun. And uncontroversial.

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Them polls

Have done a few polls over the last one year here. To get a feel of the readers psyche, n have some fun.

Shd actually try n do more often.

The last one was “Should guys pay for girls’ drinks?” in relation to the recent ‘girls not paying’ post.

The top answer at 50% of all votes wuz “Sumtimes u buy, sumtines i buy”. Obviously most people believe in equality.  The 2nd fave choice (21%) was “Split the bill”. Lots of fair people out there, or so it seems.

There was a tramp who answered “Always”!

Top drivers prefer Train

On “What kind of drinker are you?”, equal winners were “Whenever i feel like it” as well as “Hardcore muthafucker” (30% each).

Johnnie Walker Black was the chosen whisky, with 26%, followed by 16% with “All of the above” (JW Black, Jim Beam, Chivas Regal, Jack Daniel’s, Dewar’s White Label, J&B), while Chivas was third at 15%. Some dude added “Absinthe”, and 7 people voted for it. Watdefuck, it aint a whisky.

There was a poll on Chili’s, sayin “Chili’s should….”.   The top choice with 31 votes (72%) was “All of the above!”.  The above being:  1. “Be renamed Nazi Bar & Grill”.   2. “Sack all managers”.   3.  “Learn some goddam Malaysian hospitality”.  4. “Give free drinks for a weekend to everyone as an apology”.

I’ll presume they’ll do none of dat.

On breaking da seal, most (55%) can hold for “Five or more drinks”. Good job. One poor loser chose “I gotta piss just by lookin at booze!”

Get a diaper dude. Wattup.

“Sleep” was chosen as your best hangover cure (50%). Two people said “Sex”.

Those who like to drink while driving prefer “Ice cold beer” (47%) as u dodge stupid pedestrians on d roads. (Dont u just hate fuckin pedestrians??! Dinosaurs are more intelligent.)

27% went for “Anything, but nothing from a cup – to avoid spilling on my crotch and steering-wheel”. Yea, aint dat a bitch. Hate it when dat happens.

Night Train was in there too (13%).

On night vs day drunk, most chose night (31%),  but a good number agreed dat “Both are equally important” (21%).  And “No diff, so long as i get high” (21%).

On whether beer should be banned in certain districts, as some moron proposed, yall chose “They should provide free delivery then” (49%).

Dats it for now, tx for your contributions!

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COCKTALES on Facebook

After doin jack about it for quite a while (mainly to see if this gig survives one year), I’ve just created a Facebook group for this blog, to make it easier to connect to each other and to share alco info. Will add more stuff, photos and info in d next few days.

If ur interested, u can join here.

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