The Bar Towel

cratez wrote:

Bar_Hop wrote: Bar Hop and The Only both do $5 pints on Sunday and WVRST does $5 pints on Monday.

Yeah, these limited ("select" OCB taps) one-day offers are pretty modest compared to the dirt cheap, everything on tap, multi-day deals in the States, but still decent value considering many draughts in T.O. run for $7.50 or higher.

And as I mentioned above, it's probably unreasonable for us to expect our good micro bars to offer American-style happy hours when they face higher costs and taxes and have more regulations to comply with.

Just using keg prices as an example, I know of several OCB draught beers that cost hundreds of dollars to purchase, whereas Bell's seasonal kegs sell for ~$100 in retail (i.e. including the store's markup). If a bar pays $80 for a keg of Bell's Octoberfest vs. $250 for Spearhead HSPA, that undoubtedly makes a difference in whether or not they can afford to offer rock bottom drink deals.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see $3 pints of Karma Citra at my local every Mon-Thurs, but I'm guessing the bars would already be offering this if they could do it without losing their asses. Presumably they can't.

ritzkiss wrote: At The Only it is all their taps on for $5 which can include Peche Mortel, etc...although they don't serve those beers in a pint glass. Still, $5 for a 16oz snifter of Peche...

And that's $5 with the tax in! Best craft deal in town I say.