Do Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry cost the same?
Two familiar Carlton taps, at the same pubs. Every venue in this comparison lists a regular pint price for both Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry.
of matched venues list equal prices
Share of matched venues where Carlton Dry pint costs the same
Same-venue price pairs · share of the matching sample · bar scale 0–100% · n = contributing venues
- Melbourne42.6%54 venues
Rows with fewer than 30 venues are omitted. Exact named products and pint labels match within each venue. Offer conditions and evidence dates can differ.
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Hold the pub and serving steady
This is a pair at one venue, rather than two unrelated statewide averages. A pub needs both canonical products and both regular pint prices to enter.
A tie is a result
Equal prices are counted explicitly. Where the two differ, the table retains which side is dearer; it does not assume that one Carlton product should always cost more.
Do Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry cost the same?
| Place | Venues | Carlton Draught pint | Carlton Dry pint | Second is lower | Same price | Second is higher | Share the same |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 70 | $14.00 | $14.00 | 15 | 33 | 22 | 47.1% |
| Victoria | 64 | $14.00 | $14.00 | 15 | 28 | 21 | 43.8% |
| Melbourne | 54 | $14.10 | $14.00 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 42.6% |
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What the fields mean
- venues / n
- Distinct contributing venues in that place and table; not all pubs in the area.
- value
- First price minus second price in AUD. regularPrice = Carlton Draught pint; offerPrice = Carlton Dry pint. Negative values and higher second prices are retained.
- checked
- Recorded source-check date. Blank means a complete date is unavailable. For a venue average or bill, every part needs a date; the earliest date is retained.
- snapshot_date
- When the public PINTR catalogue snapshot was retrieved, not when every venue’s menu was checked.
How we counted
70 distinct venues contribute 70 venue-level figures to this report. 18 of those figures have a complete recorded source-check date.
- PINTR includes pubs, bars, clubs and other licensed venues. Every headline count refers to the matching PINTR sample, not every pub in an area.
- A beer price must match a visible venue in the retrieved full catalogue. Unmatched venue records are excluded.
- This is a snapshot of reported prices in PINTR, not a representative survey of every Australian pub. A venue without a matching price is outside the denominator, rather than counted as expensive.
- Regular prices only. Happy hours, daily specials, members’ prices, alcohol-free products and drinks without an explicit serving label are excluded. Known venue aliases are counted once.
- A table row needs at least 30 contributing venues. City areas use PINTR’s published state-boundary and radius definitions; neighbouring city catchments can overlap.
- A snapshot date records when PINTR’s public catalogue was retrieved. It does not mean each menu was checked that day. Individual source-check dates, including blanks, are retained in the downloads.
- Inner-join canonical Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry regular pint prices at the same venue. Count exact cent-value equality, lower and higher second prices; keep all pairs.
- Beer comparisons use identified products labelled “pint” on the recorded menu. Unspecified tap/house beer listings are excluded. The label does not guarantee the same volume everywhere, particularly in South Australia; these figures are not a like-for-like volume ranking.
Prices come from PINTR’s published venue and price catalogue, retrieved . The public directory and downloads show the supporting figures. This report does not measure inflation, national market share or changes over time.
PINTR price methodologyCite this finding
33 of 70 matched venues (47.1%) in PINTR’s sample listed Carlton Dry pint at the same price as Carlton Draught pint.
PINTR. “Do Carlton Draught and Carlton Dry cost the same?” The PINTR Times. Catalogue snapshot 7 November 2026. https://www.pintr.com.au/articles/data/carlton-draught-versus-dry
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