Good Drink Bargain Alerts!

picachu

stimpson wrote: »

I got the John’s Lane recently and was disappointed.

Redbreast and Greenspot are solid. I’d pay the extra few Bob for the Yellowspot though.

Agree on the Yellowspot - possibly the best whiskey in Dunnes. (Aside from the Middleton) €73 after using a voucher

ctlsleh

stimpson wrote: »

I got the John’s Lane recently and was disappointed.

Redbreast and Greenspot are solid. I’d pay the extra few Bob for the Yellowspot though.

Agree on the John’s Lane, i was also disappointed found it very very short, I was expecting a much longer finish

It’s hard to beat Redbreast at that price

odyssey06

For "Singles Day", Wines of the World - Irish online wine retailer, has 11% off with code WOTW11.
Minimum order 6 bottles but they have mixed case deals of 6 bottles for €60 - €70 euros.

Some very nice wines in the mix.
https://www.winesoftheworld.ie/pre-mixed-cases

jos28

I picked up the 70cl bottle of this for €20 in Supervalu this afternoon

picachu

Ciroc vodka for €30 in O'Briens - great deal

Seanba

cython wrote: »

Suspect it's a local clearance of short dated (Feb 2021) stock but Molloys in Clonsilla selling 6x 500ml bottles of Trouble Brewing Dark Arts for a tenner.

I only took 6 (this time....) so still a few left

Be careful with Molloy's they discount out of date IPAs. This is a beer that needs to be drunk fresh or you're wasting your money (or half your money!)

BeerNut

Seanba wrote: »

This is a beer that needs to be drunk fresh or you're wasting your money (or half your money!)

Gotta say, I'm not a subscriber to the notion that IPA must be fresh or don't bother. I suspect that story started as a con job from American brewers trying to ensure their product shifts quickly. If it's discounted, try it first, then decide whether it was worth it or not.

Seanba

BeerNut wrote: »

Gotta say, I'm not a subscriber to the notion that IPA must be fresh or don't bother. I suspect that story started as a con job from American brewers trying to ensure their product shifts quickly. If it's discounted, try it first, then decide whether it was worth it or not.

I don't buy into those theories. What retailer would buy beer with a short sell by date from breweries if they didn't have to? They risk being stuck with out of date beers Why don't they use that trick to sell all beers quickly? I have unwittingly tried some of Molloy's out of date beers, some were ok but a few mingers also. I've drank enough of them to know that they're better fresh.

the beer revolu

Seanba wrote: »

I don't buy into those theories. What retailer would buy beer with a short sell by date from breweries if they didn't have to? They risk being stuck with out of date beers Why don't they use that trick to sell all beers quickly? I have unwittingly tried some of Molloy's out of date beers, some were ok but a few mingers also. I've drank enough of them to know that they're better fresh.

That trick is used by all sorts of breweries.
I remember Svyturys first coming in to Ireland with a 3 month best before date on it. It was policy and nothing to do with beer freshness.
On request, they lengthened it to 6 months for Ireland.

I believe it's common with Japanese breweries, too.

cython

Seanba wrote: »

Be careful with Molloy's they discount out of date IPAs. This is a beer that needs to be drunk fresh or you're wasting your money (or half your money!)

Well and good, but Dark Arts is a porter, so regardless of the veracity or otherwise of freshness and its relevance to IPAs as has been discussed, similar claims don't really exist for that style of beer....

tphase

West Cork single malt, €30 in Lidl. Blended version is a few € cheaper

loyatemu

BeerNut wrote: »

Gotta say, I'm not a subscriber to the notion that IPA must be fresh or don't bother. I suspect that story started as a con job from American brewers trying to ensure their product shifts quickly. If it's discounted, try it first, then decide whether it was worth it or not.

there's a big difference between fresh and months old, but it seems to vary from brewery to brewery - WW's beer is amzing fresh, a few months later and it's lost a lot of it's zing. 8 degrees and Kinnegar are more consistent - I don't know why, I thought one of the points of moving to cans was to keep hoppy beers fresher.

Losty Dublin

cython wrote: »

Well and good, but Dark Arts is a porter, so regardless of the veracity or otherwise of freshness and its relevance to IPAs as has been discussed, similar claims don't really exist for that style of beer....

I got some of these Dark Arts on the special offer a few weeks ago. It certainly wasn't short dated nor were they off. The only evident difference in these bottles is a new label, which is austere in comparison to the regular packaging you'd expect from Trouble Brewing. Besides that it's business as usual from the lads at Kill.

um7y1h83ge06nx

O'Brien's are doing 5 bottles of Guinness Foreign Export for €10. Lovely stuff, a far bigger tastier drink than standard Guinness.

Colking

Talisker for €30 a bottle in Tescos from tomorrow.

Starlord_01

Use code HAMPER50 for 50% off the Guinness gift sets: https://shop.guinness-storehouse.com/collections/frontpage

irish_goat

Free Smithwicks sample if you have Google Assistant/Alexa.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058135144

BeerNut

Four posts in a row of Diageo spoiling us

MonkstownHoop

Starlord_01 wrote: »

Use code HAMPER50 for 50% off the Guinness gift sets: https://shop.guinness-storehouse.com/collections/frontpage

Pricey stuff

DelmarODonnell

Starlord_01 wrote: »

Use code HAMPER50 for 50% off the Guinness gift sets: https://shop.guinness-storehouse.com/collections/frontpage

Even with the 50% off, that is pushing the boundaries of being a bargain alert.

They will still sell some full price to unsuspecting well intentioned mothers, struggling for presents to buy her son, who opens his present on Christmas day morning to utter indifference.

BeerNut

Litre bottles of Power's are €25 in Tesco until 6th December. I've found the booze burqa behind the counter in the smaller Tescos handy in situations like this. Having to ask keeps the impulse shoppers away from the bargains. Thanks, killjoys!

odyssey06

O'Briens Whiskey sale:
* Powers 3 Swallow €30
* Bushmills Black Bush €26
* Kilbeggan blended €20
* Method & Madness Single Grain €40
* Jameson caskmates range €29
* Teeling small batch €33.60
* Teeling Blackpitts €53
* Buffalo trace bourbon €32
* Eagle Rare 10yo bourbon €40
* Slane whiskey €28
* Sexton whiskey €35
* Tyrconnel single malt €34

Black Sheep

Michter’s is reduced in Celtic Whisky Shop.

The straight rye is the one to go for, the best of the bunch and a whopper.

stimpson

Redbreast reduced to €57 in Dunnes. Add a 10 off 50 voucher and it's €47. I couldn't say no at that price. They had nice Redbreat gift bags in Blanchardswtown - you may have to ask for them.

tphase

Tullamore Dew Xo Rum Cask €27.54 in SuperValu down from €34.43.
Priced at €51.95 in the Celtic Whiskey Shop :eek:

the beer revolu

tphase wrote: »

Tullamore Dew Xo Rum Cask €27.54 in SuperValu down from €34.43.
Priced at €51.95 in the Celtic Whiskey Shop :eek:

They appear to be flooding the market with this whisky. They must have shed loads of it!

tphase

the beer revolu wrote: »

They appear to be flooding the market with this whisky. They must have shed loads of it!

it's our patriotic duty to help them out then.....

Blackjack

tphase wrote: »

it's our patriotic duty to help them out then.....

Is Tullamore not owned by Grants now?

the beer revolu

Blackjack wrote: »

Is Tullamore not owned by Grants now?

Yes.

Mimon

Any decent offers for craft beers? Doesn't seem to be any outstanding offers anywhere.

TheDriver

Mimon wrote: »

Any decent offers for craft beers? Doesn't seem to be any outstanding offers anywhere.

The best I do is 4 for tenner in Dunnes and then use a 10 off 50 voucher so you can get blacks or o haras etc for 2 a bottle.
Currently Tesco have similar vouchers on the go.

BeerNut

SuperValu is currently doing two bottles of Leann Folláin at €4.92, for anyone who thinks Tesco's 4 for €10 is too rich for their blood.

stimpson

TheDriver wrote: »

The best I do is 4 for tenner in Dunnes and then use a 10 off 50 voucher so you can get blacks or o haras etc for 2 a bottle.
Currently Tesco have similar vouchers on the go.

I have about 5 of these bloody vouchers. Every time I try and use them they give me more.

phunkadelic

Craftcentral.ie are good. Lot's of 4 for €10 and 4 for €12 offers. Good selection of limited edition beers too.
€5 delivery nationwide

sharkman

Anyone know anywhere that stocks cans of Guinness Surger ???

bored_newbie

phunkadelic wrote: »

Craftcentral.ie are good. Lot's of 4 for €10 and 4 for €12 offers. Good selection of limited edition beers too.
€5 delivery nationwide

If you had to recommend eight beers tof all varieties from that website....



*edit* budget around €30 :-)

BeerNut

sharkman wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere that stocks cans of Guinness Surger ?

I don't think they're sold in Ireland. I'm not even sure if they still exist in the UK.

sbsquarepants

sharkman wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere that stocks cans of Guinness Surger ???

What is it?

BeerNut

sbsquarepants wrote: »

What is it?

It's an ultrasonic beer foamer, designed to recreate draught nitrogenated beer but from a can. It was developed for bars without a draught set-up but for some reason they made the system available to punters too. It requires special cans.

2ndcoming

Available in the UK definitely (amazon etc), I've also seen them in France. Both times I've seen them they were in hospitality settings that wouldn't have the demand or desire to get a proper install but wanted something that looked a bit more professional than just serving up a can. They were a big improvement on gone off Guinness from dirty lines you might often get in both countries.

Don't believe they've ever been marketed in Ireland.

Seve OB

520ml.
I’m in.

stimpson

2ndcoming wrote: »

Available in the UK definitely (amazon etc), I've also seen them in France. Both times I've seen them they were in hospitality settings that wouldn't have the demand or desire to get a proper install but wanted something that looked a bit more professional than just serving up a can. They were a big improvement on gone off Guinness from dirty lines you might often get in both countries.

Don't believe they've ever been marketed in Ireland.

I had one in England a few years ago and it was the best pint I’ve had outside Ireland ever.

Hotblack Desiato

2ndcoming wrote: »

Don't believe they've ever been marketed in Ireland.

I was served up a can of surger once in a bar in... Dublin :eek:

Looked and tasted perfect, if I hadn't seen the pint 'pulling' process I'd have been none the wiser.

BandMember

BeerNut wrote: »

It's an ultrasonic beer foamer, designed to recreate draught nitrogenated beer but from a can. It was developed for bars without a draught set-up but for some reason they made the system available to punters too. It requires special cans.

Why would they not make this product available in Ireland? If it's as good as it sounds, surely it should be their "normal/regular/standard" Guinness in a can?

irish_goat

BandMember wrote: »

Why would they not make this product available in Ireland? If it's as good as it sounds, surely it should be their "normal/regular/standard" Guinness in a can?

Irish people have enough notions about Guinness without adding another element to it.

BeerNut

BandMember wrote: »

Why would they not make this product available in Ireland? If it's as good as it sounds, surely it should be their "normal/regular/standard" Guinness in a can?

You have to buy a separate machine to make it work. The widget cans we get are self-contained perfect recreations of draught Guinness. Unless anyone here can provide sensory data otherwise...

rubadub

BeerNut wrote: »

The widget cans we get are self-contained perfect recreations of draught Guinness. Unless anyone here can provide sensory data otherwise...

I am not sure what machine of test device will do it, but if there is a foam density detector it should show them up as being less dense.

I have said it many times, the 500ml can is totally unsuited to a 568ml (or 500ml glass). I expect the development team came up with the perfect recommended volume (I estimate between 530 & 540ml) to fill a 568ml guinness glass with (the shape of the glass at the top will also have an impact). I expect they were tearing their hair out in utter disbelief when somebody in another department said "no way, the can MUST be 500ml".

"but but but, the can has to grow in size to fit the widget!!!! why not grow just a tad more and have a volume that will replicate a pub pint head, nice dome on top, if you put just 500ml in the can it will be a massive non compact head, we spent years on this!!! it will look like utter shite!!, the foam will have a totally wrong consistency!".

"nope 500ml, thats the rule"

The surger cans are 520ml, an improvment but that is still not enough, as you can see in videos. I have said before I would challenge the best barman in the world to pour a decent guinness using only 500ml of guinness into a 568ml glass, be it from a can or a finely tuned kegged system, it simply cannot happen (unless you have low standards or no actual sensation of the head)

In threads like this people go on about taste, I am certainly not saying there is a difference in literal taste if you let beers go flat and taste them with no head. If you go to one mcdonalds you might get a horribly dished up big mac that looks appalling, another can actually look like marketing pics (I have got them). Liquidise them both up and they might well taste the exact same. In this case its more like having a cream donut, one with perfectly whipped cream in it, and the other with it barely whipped at all, or whipped until its like butter. The head or cream is the nicely textured "icing on the cake". The cake underneath may taste the same (I reckon few will argue this but many presume they ARE arguing it without asking for confirmation!), but if the head/cream texture means absolutely nothing to you then lucky you! it does to other people, which should be utterly obvious.

Besides texture looks DO make a difference, and in the case of guinness the condition/texture of the head certainly makes a difference to me. If you did that nonsense upside down pour of a 500ml can into a 568ml glass, and did another careful pour of a 500ml can into a 500ml glass (you would have to leave some in the can) then I am 99% sure I could tell them apart, even if blindfolded. If you syringe off guinness below the head then not a hope of it! Even if I could not tell them apart blindfolded but prefer one over the other non-blindfolded then whats the issue? I am not usually wearing a blindfold! its like dyed blue potato is meant to be less preferred by fully sighted people, with good reason, you do not hear of similar mocking of people who care about the presentation of food, so why not a drink? many are wowed at cocktails or food which is presented well, even if they cannot tell the difference blindfolded. Most people going on about "good pints" pubs mean this but do not explicitly say it, or maybe not even know why they prefer it, but then get mocked and sneered at, they might well just mean it is better looking.

And once again, to get a decent domed compact head in a 568ml glass is quite simple, you pour a bit into it first from 1 can, then top up with a full 500ml can, it likely works with a 470ml can. I reckon a 470ml can might be very suited to a 500ml glass.

BeerNut

rubadub wrote: »

I am not sure what machine of test device will do it

A triangle test will do it.

DelmarODonnell

rubadub wrote: »

I am not sure what machine of test device will do it, but if there is a foam density detector it should show them up as being less dense.

I have said it many times, the 500ml can is totally unsuited to a 568ml (or 500ml glass). I expect the development team came up with the perfect recommended volume (I estimate between 530 & 540ml) to fill a 568ml guinness glass with (the shape of the glass at the top will also have an impact). I expect they were tearing their hair out in utter disbelief when somebody in another department said "no way, the can MUST be 500ml".

"but but but, the can has to grow in size to fit the widget!!!! why not grow just a tad more and have a volume that will replicate a pub pint head, nice dome on top, if you put just 500ml in the can it will be a massive non compact head, we spent years on this!!! it will look like utter shite!!, the foam will have a totally wrong consistency!".

"nope 500ml, thats the rule"

The surger cans are 520ml, an improvment but that is still not enough, as you can see in videos. I have said before I would challenge the best barman in the world to pour a decent guinness using only 500ml of guinness into a 568ml glass, be it from a can or a finely tuned kegged system, it simply cannot happen (unless you have low standards or no actual sensation of the head)

In threads like this people go on about taste, I am certainly not saying there is a difference in literal taste if you let beers go flat and taste them with no head. If you go to one mcdonalds you might get a horribly dished up big mac that looks appalling, another can actually look like marketing pics (I have got them). Liquidise them both up and they might well taste the exact same. In this case its more like having a cream donut, one with perfectly whipped cream in it, and the other with it barely whipped at all, or whipped until its like butter. The head or cream is the nicely textured "icing on the cake". The cake underneath may taste the same (I reckon few will argue this but many presume they ARE arguing it without asking for confirmation!), but if the head/cream texture means absolutely nothing to you then lucky you! it does to other people, which should be utterly obvious.

Besides texture looks DO make a difference, and in the case of guinness the condition/texture of the head certainly makes a difference to me. If you did that nonsense upside down pour of a 500ml can into a 568ml glass, and did another careful pour of a 500ml can into a 500ml glass (you would have to leave some in the can) then I am 99% sure I could tell them apart, even if blindfolded. If you syringe off guinness below the head then not a hope of it! Even if I could not tell them apart blindfolded but prefer one over the other non-blindfolded then whats the issue? I am not usually wearing a blindfold! its like dyed blue potato is meant to be less preferred by fully sighted people, with good reason, you do not hear of similar mocking of people who care about the presentation of food, so why not a drink? many are wowed at cocktails or food which is presented well, even if they cannot tell the difference blindfolded. Most people going on about "good pints" pubs mean this but do not explicitly say it, or maybe not even know why they prefer it, but then get mocked and sneered at, they might well just mean it is better looking.

And once again, to get a decent domed compact head in a 568ml glass is quite simple, you pour a bit into it first from 1 can, then top up with a full 500ml can, it likely works with a 470ml can. I reckon a 470ml can might be very suited to a 500ml glass.

The Guinness ****e talk has gone too far. You may aswell just stop drinking it, I think it is getting you too worked up, thinking about all the possibilities of the pint/pour/presentation going wrong.

MonkstownHoop

Is this a drinks bargain thread?