Foreign Beers in Carlow pubs

ShayK1

Myself and my g/f were talking about this awhile ago and I said I post it.

I like trying foreign beers, they're usually nicer than what "normal" stuff you find.

Does anybody know if any pubs in Carlow stock foreign beer.

I know Lev and Frye have Heineken export and most places have Corona these days but where else?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

lemongrass, the asian restaraunt near extravision has some lovely asian beers.. but you probably have to buy food as well.

DANNY22XX

Teach Dolmien has some ok foreign Beers

cashback

Carlow is fairly rubbish for foreign beers from my experience. Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg etc on draft then maybe Corona or the odd place would have some Polish bottled beer.
Haven't seen anywhere that sells the likes of Budvar, Staropramen or Hoegarden.

ShayK1

Captain Mords Spiced 42 inch Bum wrote: »

lemongrass, the asian restaraunt near extravision has some lovely asian beers.. but you probably have to buy food as well.

I was aware of that, I've had most of the ones they have if not all. What I'm really looking for is Pubs though

testicle

Anywhere have Erdinger draught?

Super-Rush

O'Loughlins i think.

lilltanya1

I know you can get bottled erdinger and budvar in Mimosa wine bar , they also have a french beer i can't think of the name though.
I'm sure dinn ri must have a few, surely??

Tom10

Ya its pretty bad how few foreign beers (in saying that nearly all beers are foreign in ireland but thats really just semantics) are in Carlow, I've given up on pubs having anything different but even the off licenses aren't great for foreign beers.

Gives me idea for new thread, must try beer of the week where somebody posts a beer and everybody tries it and then posts good or bad, or something similar to that :pac::pac::pac:

Undergod

Yeah, I've got a bit of a taste for German beers, and coming back here after the summer is annoying...

ShayK1

Tom10 wrote: »

Ya its pretty bad how few foreign beers (in saying that nearly all beers are foreign in ireland but thats really just semantics) are in Carlow, I've given up on pubs having anything different but even the off licenses aren't great for foreign beers.

Gives me idea for new thread, must try beer of the week where somebody posts a beer and everybody tries it and then posts good or bad, or something similar to that :pac::pac::pac:

by foreign beers I mean... Non-diegio (SP?) chemical filled crap.
As for beer of the week, I suggest you start with Heineken import.

ShayK1

Undergod wrote: »

Yeah, I've got a bit of a taste for German beers, and coming back here after the summer is annoying...

I like Pils and Export, I'm not a big fan of Weisse beer. There's a german pils in Lidl that's €6.99 for 6x500ml. Its good. Perlenbacher I think its the name.

slimjimmc

Have any of ye tried the local stuff? I don't see much of it in many pubs though.
Not foreign I know, but not Diageo

Undergod

The O'Hara stout is quite nice, as is the wheat beer. That's all I've had.

ShayK1

slimjimmc wrote: »

Have any of ye tried the local stuff? I don't see much of it in many pubs though.
Not foreign I know, but not Diageo

The sad thing about that is I've never see it in Carlow. I've been told that its available in The Porter House but I've never been in one myself. I wonder can you buy some straight from the Brewery?

ShayK1

Undergod wrote: »

The O'Hara stout is quite nice, as is the wheat beer. That's all I've had.

Are either available in a Pub? If so, please tell me where.

Tom10

Never seen them in any pubs, the only place was in O'Briens off-license and in saying that I never even copped that they were from Carlow - worst locally advertised product ever (and their website is piss poor, Hmm can I say piss poor??)

slimjimmc

Most of the larger supermarkets have it, I've got some in Tesco and SuperValue, you just need to look out for it. I'm sure it's available elsewhere in the town too.

patrickc

Teach upstairs is doing o'haras on draught, well they were 2/3 weeks ago anyhow.


I had some of the most amazing beers when away there, it's complete crap here we have in comparison..

Super-Rush

patrickc wrote: »

Teach upstairs is doing o'haras on draught, well they were 2/3 weeks ago anyhow.


I had some of the most amazing beers when away there, it's complete crap here we have in comparison..

Yeah they still are.

You can get Koppaberg cider in the Barrow Bar (or whatever they are calling it this week)

Don1

Nearly all the beers available in Ireland are brewed under licence here and distributed by Diageo or Heineken. AFAIK the only beers that you come across regularly enough that aren't brewed here are Corona and the Import label Heineken, which Heineken Ireland are trying to stop the sale of as the profits go abroad.

Nead21

had Lech in the Barracks last night. they said that they used to stock more foreign beers but they werent being bought, and therefore went out of date.

maybe we're brainwashed into thinking that there's no alternative to over-commercialised beers?

ShayK1

and I had Tyskie lastnight in the barracks with Nead21.
She's hot

patrickc

tyskie on a school night?:pac:

ShayK1

just 2, and btw... schools out for SUMMER!!!!

patrickc

ShayK1 wrote: »

just 2, and btw... schools out for SUMMER!!!!

not for you though!!

hughj

ShayK1 wrote: »

Are either available in a Pub? If so, please tell me where.

Had a pint of it in Galway a while back was really nice on draught

ShayK1

Tyskie and Lech are also available in Dinn Ri. Found that one out this week. I suppose its no surprise really since The Barracks have it.

ShayK1

Erdinger is available in The Med Bar.

Tom10

ShayK1 wrote: »

Erdinger is available in The Med Bar.

Oh my god that is freakin awesome - love that drink sooo much. Definitely another reason for me to drink there then I guess.

Is it on draught or bottle? Not that it really matters

ShayK1

Bottle