Beer
Which beers appear at the most pubs in PINTR?
Venue counts and percentages for the most commonly recorded named beers, from 2,091 venues with a priced identified-beer listing.
45.1%of sampled venues have a Guinness Draught listing
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Original research on Australian pub prices. Read the findings or take the figures into your own reporting.
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How much does changing taps change the bill?
At the middle venue in this sample, the dearest listed pint costs $2.00 more than the cheapest. That is a choice within one pub, before you compare pubs.
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Which day has the most pub food specials?
A weekday-by-weekday count of pubs with explicitly priced food specials, with the meal price and original day retained.
830venues with a qualifying Wednesday food special
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What do familiar tap beers cost?
Regular pint benchmarks for named beers including Carlton Draught, Carlton Dry, Guinness and Stone & Wood, with a separate sample for each.
10named beers with at least 30 contributing venues
Food
How far does $25 go on a pub menu?
Compare the share of regular parma, steak and steak-sandwich starting prices below $25, with a separate sample for each meal.
17.4%of the steak-sandwich sample starts below $25
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How much does changing taps change the bill?
The median gap between the cheapest and dearest named regular pint is $2.00 at 913 venues with at least two products.
$2.00median cheapest-to-dearest regular-pint gap
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What does a parma special cost?
A median $22.00 across 689 venues with a priced chicken parma / parmi special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$22.00median of one starting price per venue
Food
What does a pub steak sandwich cost?
A median regular starting price of $28.00 across 2,183 PINTR venues.
$28.00median of one starting price per venue
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How much cheaper is the same beer at happy hour?
30 matched venues. 96.7% list happy-hour matched pint below regular matched pint.
96.7%of matched venues list happy-hour matched pint for less
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How wide is the pint-price gap between pubs?
The middle half and outer price range of regular venue-average pints, with separate city and state samples.
$3.20price span covering the middle half of venue averages
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Where can you still find a pint under $10?
9.2% of 1,732 PINTR venues with listed regular pint prices have at least one below $10. See state and city counts.
9.2%of sampled venues list a regular pint below $10
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What does a regular pint cost across Australia?
The median venue-average regular pint price in PINTR’s sample is $13.30. Compare cities and states, with each pub counted once.
$13.30median venue-average regular pint price
Food
What does a pub feed cost?
Regular parma, steak and hot-chip starting prices across PINTR’s state and city samples. The median chicken parma / parmi starts at $30.00.
$30.00median parma / parmi starting price · 3,211 venues
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The price of a Guinness pint, pub by pub
A median of $15.00 across 794 PINTR venues with a regular Guinness Draught pint price. City and state figures available to cite.
$15.00median regular Guinness Draught pint
Food
The pint-and-parma bill
A regular named-beer pint plus a chicken parma / parmi comes to a median $42.40 in PINTR’s matched-venue sample. Separate menu prices, not a meal deal.
$42.40median separate-price total · 1,181 matched venues
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What does a steak special cost?
A median $25.00 across 1,147 venues with a priced steak special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$25.00median of one starting price per venue
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What does a schnitzel special cost?
A median $19.00 across 361 venues with a priced schnitzel special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$19.00median of one starting price per venue
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What does a burger special cost?
A median $19.90 across 219 venues with a priced burger special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$19.90median of one starting price per venue
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What does a pizza special cost?
A median $18.00 across 160 venues with a priced pizza special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$18.00median of one starting price per venue
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What does a fish-and-chip special cost?
A median $20.00 across 60 venues with a priced fish & chips special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$20.00median of one starting price per venue
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What does a pub roast special cost?
A median $25.00 across 219 venues with a priced roast special. Compare the listed days, state and city samples.
$25.00median of one starting price per venue
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What changes when you wait for parma night?
620 matched venues. 96% list parma special below regular parma.
96%of matched venues list parma special for less
Food
Steak or steak sandwich: the pub lunch price gap
2,030 matched venues. 93.3% list regular steak sandwich below regular steak.
93.3%of matched venues list regular steak sandwich for less
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Does Guinness cost more at the same pub?
A median $2.00 gap between Guinness Draught and the cheapest named regular pint at the same venue.
$2.00median Guinness gap above the cheapest named pint
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What does each beer serving cost?
Regular pot, schooner, pint and jug menu-price benchmarks, using one venue average per serving label.
4serving labels with at least 30 contributing venues
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Do Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry cost the same?
70 matched venues. 47.1% list Carlton Dry pint at the same price as Carlton Draught pint.
47.1%of matched venues list equal prices
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Pacific Ale or Carlton Draught: what changes on the bill?
122 matched venues. 86.9% list Stone & Wood Pacific Ale pint above Carlton Draught pint.
86.9%of matched venues list Stone & Wood Pacific Ale pint for more
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What does a happy-hour pint cost?
A median starting price of $10.00 across 214 venues with a priced happy-hour pint listing.
$10.00median of one starting price per venue
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We count the venues PINTR has matching prices for. These are catalogue findings, rather than a census of every pub or a survey of what Australians spend.
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