Killarney Thread

dobman88

siblers wrote: »

Porterhouse near Mike's takeaway is probably your best bet.

Nope, I used to work there. That place is lucky to have Guinness never mind craft beer :pac:

xxyyzz

Unfortunately Kerry is a bit of a craft beer wasteland. The best you'll find on tap is Tom Crean's and that is just rebranded Tennants. There are a few good offies alright and a few places might sell a few bottles of O'Hara's. It's a shame people aren't willing to open their minds a bit more with decent beer IMHO, the quality is so much better than the Diageo swill.

Skidrow

xxyyzz wrote: »

Unfortunately Kerry is a bit of a craft beer wasteland. The best you'll find on tap is Tom Crean's and that is just rebranded Tennants. There are a few good offies alright and a few places might sell a few bottles of O'Hara's. It's a shame people aren't willing to open their minds a bit more with decent beer IMHO, the quality is so much better than the Diageo swill.

Seems to be a wasteland for jazz/blues also.:mad:

dobman88

xxyyzz wrote: »

Unfortunately Kerry is a bit of a craft beer wasteland. The best you'll find on tap is Tom Crean's and that is just rebranded Tennants. There are a few good offies alright and a few places might sell a few bottles of O'Hara's. It's a shame people aren't willing to open their minds a bit more with decent beer IMHO, the quality is so much better than the Diageo swill.

Yeah, I got into crafts about 6 months ago when I told my Dad I was bored with lager and he recommended Smithwicks Pale Ale. And I loved it. I have started trying more beers recently and most of them are going down nicely.

Some of the beers I've tried to date that are all available in Killarney are:

Smithwicks Pale Ale, Smithwicks Winter (limited edition), Donegal Blonde Ale, Dungarvan helvic gold, O' Haras Pale Ale, King Goblin special reserve 6.6% (a Swedish beer, strong but goes down easy), O' Haras Irish Red, IPA, and a Kinsale Pale.

Ones to try soon are: Bishops Finger, Smithwicks Long Summer (limited edition), Sierra Nevada and a range of stuff from Galway Bay brewery including "of foam and fury" which I haven't seen in town yet but I have a friend bringing them down when he visits.

I also went looking round town this eve and Courtneys is the only place for crafts and foreign beers. A lot of places have Smithwicks Pale but that's it.

Any recommendations on beers to get in the offy to try out??

dobman88

Skidrow wrote: »

Seems to be a wasteland for jazz/blues also.:mad:

I've never heard of jazz or blues played anywhere in Killarney, sorry. Some good traditional bands playing the town if you like that music? Or good rock/pop bands in McSorleys bar and in the Grand but nothing jazz/blues related afaik.

siblers

dobman88 wrote: »

Nope, I used to work there. That place is lucky to have Guinness never mind craft beer :pac:

Was in there about a month ago and they seemed to have O'haras and some other irish and german stuff that I didn't see around elsewhere but i'm a cider man so I wasn't paying much attention.

Choice of ciders in Killarney is pretty crappy too, was in Henesseys in Tralee sat night and they had a pretty superb selection of beers and ciders.

Does anywhere in Kerry play jazz/blues?

xxyyzz

dobman88 wrote: »

Yeah, I got into crafts about 6 months ago when I told my Dad I was bored with lager and he recommended Smithwicks Pale Ale. And I loved it. I have started trying more beers recently and most of them are going down nicely.

Some of the beers I've tried to date that are all available in Killarney are:

Smithwicks Pale Ale, Smithwicks Winter (limited edition), Donegal Blonde Ale, Dungarvan helvic gold, O' Haras Pale Ale, King Goblin special reserve 6.6% (a Swedish beer, strong but goes down easy), O' Haras Irish Red, IPA, and a Kinsale Pale.

Ones to try soon are: Bishops Finger, Smithwicks Long Summer (limited edition), Sierra Nevada and a range of stuff from Galway Bay brewery including "of foam and fury" which I haven't seen in town yet but I have a friend bringing them down when he visits.

I also went looking round town this eve and Courtneys is the only place for crafts and foreign beers. A lot of places have Smithwicks Pale but that's it.

Any recommendations on beers to get in the offy to try out??

Check out drinkstore.ie. It has the best selection of beers in the country IMHO.

Sierra Nevada is a good one to try to get started on American style pale ales. I particularly like Brewdog's punk IPA also. There are dozens of different pale ales out there at the moment, it's a very popular style. The American ones tend to be a lot more bitter than the Irish and English ones.

Brooklyn lager is very good for a Vienna style beer.

If you like German beers, Supervalue were selling Schneider weisse which is great stuff. Tap 5 would be my favourite style, but they are all good. Be warned, a bottle of it will put you on your arse.

If you like stouts, give Mikkeller's beer geek breakfast a try. It's made with coffee and oats and tastes like an espresso. You'll never go back to Guiness

There are hundreds of them out there, once you get sick of one you can move on to another.

whisky_galore

Skidrow wrote: »

Seems to be a wasteland for jazz/blues also.:mad:

A musical monoculture of Come out you Black and Tan/Wagon Wheel/Sweet Home Alabama.

Keeps Macra and the hen parties happy I suppose.

xxyyzz

whisky_galore wrote: »

A musical monoculture of Come out you Black and Tan/Wagon Wheel/Sweet Home Alabama.

A chill just went down my spine.

whisky_galore

Beer-wise, my biggest let down was the so-called 'Porterhouse'....'Oh great, they're after opening up here'

'Oh.........crap'

dobman88

whisky_galore wrote: »

Beer-wise, my biggest let down was the so-called 'Porterhouse'....'Oh great, they're after opening up here'

'Oh.........crap'

Yeah, I only heard about THE Porterhouse after that one in town opened.

I guess I will have to suffer through Courtneys for the crafts.

whisky_galore

dobman88 wrote: »

I guess I will have to suffer through Courtneys for the crafts.

Don't forget your earplugs so.

dobman88

whisky_galore wrote: »

Don't forget your earplugs so.

If your username implies you enjoy whiskey, the Malton have an extensive range in their bar now. They have trained some staff on the finer points of whiskey tasting too. May or may not be of interest to you.

whisky_galore

Haven't been in there drinking since it was the GS Hotel, good to know that.

mirrors

Hey can anyone tell me anything
about killarney castle on mill road?

xLisaBx

Anyone have any suggestions as to where I could try get a summer job? I need to save money for college after the leaving!

stop animal cruelty

xLisaBx wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions as to where I could try get a summer job? I need to save money for college after the leaving!

Danny mann are looking for food & bev staff, tbh most hotels in killarney would...any experience??

xLisaBx

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

Danny mann are looking for food & bev staff, tbh most hotels in killarney would...any experience??

No experience at all, couldn't really work all year with studying. Was thinking Easons but don't know how I'd go about applying

stop animal cruelty

xLisaBx wrote: »

No experience at all, couldn't really work all year with studying. Was thinking Easons but don't know how I'd go about applying

hotels would be hiring this time of year, for the summer only...tbh l reckon Eason's would be more so looking for people full time, ya they might that on a student but you would have a greater chance of getting a job in a hotel...

xLisaBx

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

hotels would be hiring this time of year, for the summer only...tbh l reckon Eason's would be more so looking for people full time, ya they might that on a student but you would have a greater chance of getting a job in a hotel...

I'll send out the CVs next week to the hotels, thanks for the advice

dobman88

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'll send out the CVs next week to the hotels, thanks for the advice

I work in the malton and they hire loads of students for summer work. It might only start as weddings and banquets but the hotel is so busy you will end up getting full time. Also, when you go back to school they will keep you on at weekends if you're any good.

Get your CV into every hotel in town. All hotels are crying out for students, regardless of experience. Just remember there are 100's of students doing the same good luck

dobman88

whisky_galore wrote: »

Haven't been in there drinking since it was the GS Hotel, good to know that.

Yeah, I took a whiskey delivery today. That's what made me think of it.

They started on the whiskey when they opened the Wine Rooms but it didn't work well as a mix. So instead they renovated and extended the bar and dedicated a whole area to whiskeys. Very popular with the American visitors. It really is a huge selection, more than enough to get nicely toasted

xLisaBx

dobman88 wrote: »

I work in the malton and they hire loads of students for summer work. It might only start as weddings and banquets but the hotel is so busy you will end up getting full time. Also, when you go back to school they will keep you on at weekends if you're any good.

Get your CV into every hotel in town. All hotels are crying out for students, regardless of experience. Just remember there are 100's of students doing the same good luck

Thank you how did you hand in your cv? Like who to address it to and hand it to etc?

dobman88

xLisaBx wrote: »

Thank you how did you hand in your cv? Like who to address it to and hand it to etc?

I didn't hand in a CV, they approached me to offer me a job but you can drop a CV into reception addressed to Kathleen Cronin, HR Manager.

stop animal cruelty

dobman88 wrote: »

I work in the malton and they hire loads of students for summer work. It might only start as weddings and banquets but the hotel is so busy you will end up getting full time. Also, when you go back to school they will keep you on at weekends if you're any good.

Get your CV into every hotel in town. All hotels are crying out for students, regardless of experience. Just remember there are 100's of students doing the same good luck

Is it a tough place to work? I can imagine it being crazy busy....

FourFourRED

xLisaBx wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions as to where I could try get a summer job? I need to save money for college after the leaving!

Dealz are taking CV's but make sure you speak to a manager and give off a good impression, make them remember you, or it will be binned.

xLisaBx

Aodhagan wrote: »

Dealz are taking CV's but make sure you speak to a manager and give off a good impression, make them remember you, or it will be binned.

Ok thank you I will

dobman88

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

Is it a tough place to work? I can imagine it being crazy busy....

Yeah it's tough at the start. But once you get the run of the place it's easy. There is a system in place for absolutely everything so it just takes a little time and concentration to learn them.

And yeah, crazy busy. Open 12 months a year so that says it all really.

dobman88

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

Is it a tough place to work? I can imagine it being crazy busy....

Yeah it's tough at the start. But once you get the run of the place it's easy. There is a system in place for absolutely everything so it just takes a little time and concentration to learn them.

And yeah, crazy busy. Open 12 months a year so that says it all really.

mirrors

Anyone know anything about the Flesk Castle?