Traveling through Dubai

[medic Affiliate Member Find all posts View Profile Close medic]

For the last 5 years I have been traveling through Dubai on my way home from Afghanistan/Iraq and I usually go and sit in this one bar in the airport and have a few beers since Afghan/Iraq is a dry country. I usually just drink Guinness because that is all I know.

Yesterday while I was sitting there and having a bit more knowledge about beer I had a few of these......

They are exactly the same price as a Guinness draught (+- R130) but taste much better but at 8.5% I had to limit how much I drink because waiting in the airport for 9 hours on a buzz is no jokes

[StevenD (Slainthe) Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevenD (Slainthe)]

I have sat in that Irish pub a few times en route between Riyadh and SA. The sad thing is that they know they can charge an absolute premium for their drinks because they have a total monopoly.

I also don't recall having seen Leffe Blonde there, so they must have increased their range...nice.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Both very good & well known beers

[SimonB Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close SimonB]

At 130 clams a bottle it's about the same price as sparking water. [emoji16]

[StevenD (Slainthe) Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevenD (Slainthe)]

Yeah, it really sucks over there that water and beer are double the price of petrol...

[medic Affiliate Member Find all posts View Profile Close medic]

The sad thing is the price of the food is exactly the same price. Everyone says that duty free is cheaper but apparently not in Dubai.