Does Guinness cost more at the same pub?
Guinness costs $2.00 more than the cheapest named pint at the middle venue in this matched sample. The comparison stays inside each pub’s regular menu.
median Guinness gap above the cheapest named pint
Median Guinness gap above the cheapest named pint, by city
Regular prices · AUD · n = contributing venues
- Melbourne$2.00223 venues
- Sydney$2.0073 venues
- Perth$1.80103 venues
- Adelaide$4.0054 venues
Rows with fewer than 30 venues are omitted. Menu-labelled pints; serving volumes and the beer mix can differ between places.
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Keep the pub fixed
A citywide Guinness average and a citywide lager average need not come from the same places. Here, every comparison has a Guinness price and at least one other named beer at the same pub.
Sometimes it is the cheapest tap
Guinness is tied for the lowest named regular-pint price at 82 of the 682 matched venues. A zero gap is retained, rather than dropped because it does not fit a premium story.
Does Guinness cost more at the same pub?
| Place | Venues | Median | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 682 | $2.00 | $2.24 |
| Victoria | 278 | $2.00 | $2.09 |
| New South Wales | 134 | $1.90 | $1.92 |
| Queensland | 66 | $3.40 | $3.35 |
| Western Australia | 130 | $1.80 | $1.67 |
| South Australia | 58 | $4.00 | $3.81 |
| Melbourne | 223 | $2.00 | $2.09 |
| Sydney | 73 | $2.00 | $2.07 |
| Perth | 103 | $1.80 | $1.64 |
| Adelaide | 54 | $4.00 | $3.86 |
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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
- Regular Guinness Draught pint minus the cheapest identified regular pint at that venue, in AUD. Zero gaps 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
682 distinct venues contribute 682 venue-level figures to this report. 336 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 regular Guinness Draught pint prices with the cheapest identified regular pint at the same venue. Require at least two distinct named products. Subtract the minimum from Guinness, retaining zero gaps.
- 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
PINTR’s “Does Guinness cost more at the same pub?” report found a median of $2.00 across 682 matching venues.
PINTR. “Does Guinness cost more at the same pub?” The PINTR Times. Catalogue snapshot 7 November 2026. https://www.pintr.com.au/articles/data/guinness-same-pub-price-gap
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