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Colonel Sanders

O'Hara's range back in the 5 for €10 deal in Tesco

There was a shelf full of pale ale at lunch in Dundrum. 1 left after work (which made up one of my 5!)

Ravelleman

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

O'Hara's range back in the 5 for €10 deal in Tesco

There was a shelf full of pale ale at lunch in Dundrum. 1 left after work (which made up one of my 5!)

Might try tomorrow.

runswithascript

So much to choose in special offer at Tesco this evening, I'm not sure where to start.

I was thinking of maybe starting with London Pride, Honey Dew, or maybe even a mix as I have never had either and both seemed mentioned here more than once.

Any reason not to mix different types of beers? What are your favourites on special at Tesco at the moment?

Seaneh

My personal favourites in the special at the minute are all Irish.

Whitewater's Clothworthy Dobbin, O'hara's Pale Ale and Leann Follain would be my top 3 in the offer.

Fullers Black Cab is nice, as is Whitewater's Belfast black, J.W. Lee's Moonraker is a lovely beer for a chilly evening, a big beer at 6.5 abv but you could drink a few of them before you realised it! Hobgoblin is nice too....

runswithascript

Seaneh wrote: »

My personal favourites in the special at the minute are all Irish.

Whitewater's Clothworthy Dobbin, O'hara's Pale Ale and Leann Follain would be my top 3 in the offer.

Fullers Black Cab is nice, as is Whitewater's Belfast black, J.W. Lee's Moonraker is a lovely beer for a chilly evening, a big beer at 6.5 abv but you could drink a few of them before you realised it! Hobgoblin is nice too....

Damn it! So much to choose from but I guess that's a good thing! I'll be like a kid in a sweet shop.

Colonel Sanders

dusf wrote: »

Damn it! So much to choose from but I guess that's a good thing! I'll be like a kid in a sweet shop.

No reason to just stop at the 5

runswithascript

Bought six beers last night but unfortunately only one Hobgoblin.

This is a ruby beer that I had never tasted before, and I just want to recommend it to anyone who also has not tasted it.

€1.99 a pop at your local Tesco.

Colonel Sanders

dusf wrote: »

Bought six beers last night but unfortunately only one Hobgoblin.

This is a ruby beer that I had never tasted before, and I just want to recommend it to anyone who also has not tasted it.

€1.99 a pop at your local Tesco.

Quite nice alright

runswithascript

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Quite nice alright

Any other beers there you could recommend?

I mistakenly bought a few bottles of whatever beer they have that's similar to Franziskaner Heffe, milky to the eye and far too sweet to the taste for my liking.

Are all wheat beers like that?

People have mentioned O'Hara's, and I almost bought some until I read it was stout.

Is it like Guinness stout then?

BaZmO*

dusf wrote: »

Any other beers there you could recommend?

I mistakenly bought a few bottles of whatever beer they have that's similar to Franziskaner, milky to the eye and far too sweet to the taste for my liking. I think they are wheat beers.

People have mentioned O'Hara's, and I almost bought some until I read it was stout.

Is it like Guinness stout then?

Tbh, you're going to get varied recommendations here. So my advice to you would be to just avail of the 5 for €10 offer and buy a few different ones and just make up your own mind.

That said, Proper Job is a recent addition and it's top notch.

runswithascript

BaZmO* wrote: »

Tbh, you're going to get varied recommendations here. So my advice to you would be to just avail of the 5 for €10 offer and buy a few different ones and just make up your own mind.

That said, Proper Job is a recent addition and it's top notch.

I'll look out for Proper Job, and I take your point about trying beers for myself, but if I find Franziskaner and the other wheat beer from Tesco I tried last night both disgusting (although I of course drank them all ), it might be a good idea for me just to avoid wheat beer entirely.

donnacha

dusf wrote: »

Bought six beers last night but unfortunately only one Hobgoblin.

This is a ruby beer that I had never tasted before, and I just want to recommend it to anyone who also has not tasted it.

€1.99 a pop at your local Tesco.

have always it out of the bottle. ended up drinking a fair bit on cask at deveneys beerfestival on saturday - it was the winner of the night for me.

Zebra3

dusf wrote: »

Any other beers there you could recommend?

I mistakenly bought a few bottles of whatever beer they have that's similar to Franziskaner Heffe, milky to the eye and far too sweet to the taste for my liking.

Are all wheat beers like that?

People have mentioned O'Hara's, and I almost bought some until I read it was stout.

Is it like Guinness stout then?

If you're picking 5 for a tenner in Tesco, try O' Hara's Leann Follain-their choc stout and even if you're not into wheat beers, try Arcobräu Dunkel, a dark wheat beer.

Focalbhach

Does anyone know if the Porterhouse beers are still going for €1.50 in any Tescos round Dublin now that the 5 for €10 is back, or has that finished for good?

Mr Benevolent

Focalbhach wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Porterhouse beers are still going for €1.50 in any Tescos round Dublin now that the 5 for €10 is back, or has that finished for good?

I've seen them for €1.50 in Clare Hall.

Seaneh

Haven't been Galway Tesco for ages

Ravelleman

Tesco Dundrum now has more or less the full range of the 5 for €10 beers.

Saruwatari

Picked up a few things from the 5 for €10 range in Tesco Maynooth; Clotworthy Dobbin, Courage Directors, Wells Banana Bread Beer and River Cottage Stinger.

Haven't had them all yet but the Stinger was surprisingly nice, worth a look into!

Also did anyone spot the Erdinger Oktoberfest pack that Supervalu had in their weekly deals pamphlet a few weeks ago? I went down to my local but they didn't have it, not even on the day one of the staff told me they'd be getting another order in on. Really wanted that glass, hahah. :pac:

KJ

McHughs have the Oktoberfest pack.

flas

got the 5 for 10euro offer in tesco phibsborough,had trouble buying them as the women(pair of them) behind the counter tried to charge me full price,i said about the offer,they first said that you cant mix and match,it has to be the same bottles,i then informed them i have mixed and matched the 5 for 10 beers loads in their shop..so they tried telling me then that the beer i was getting was not in the offer so i brought them over to show them the yellow stickers where the beers were that clearly stated the beers in question were in the deal!

i have had trouble in there before with the women when buying these beers,they dont have a clue what they areselling,the lads who work in there are grand,always able to tell you about offers and stuff coming into store!

ended up getting a bottle free after protestin!so im gona enjoy this free bottle of clotworthy dobbin!!

BaZmO*

flas wrote: »

got the 5 for 10euro offer in tesco phibsborough,had trouble buying them as the women(pair of them) behind the counter tried to charge me full price,i said about the offer,they first said that you cant mix and match,it has to be the same bottles,i then informed them i have mixed and matched the 5 for 10 beers loads in their shop..so they tried telling me then that the beer i was getting was not in the offer so i brought them over to show them the yellow stickers where the beers were that clearly stated the beers in question were in the deal!

i have had trouble in there before with the women when buying these beers,they dont have a clue what they areselling,the lads who work in there are grand,always able to tell you about offers and stuff coming into store!

ended up getting a bottle free after protestin!so im gona enjoy this free bottle of clotworthy dobbin!!

You should send an email to the manager complaining.

All the women had to do was to scan the bottles in and the discount would've been automatically applied.

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Same happened to me in Tesco Clearwater in Finglas.

Fart

BaZmO* wrote: »

You should send an email to the manager complaining.

All the women had to do was to scan the bottles in and the discount would've been automatically applied.

Well that's the way most of those grocery retail shops are run. The blokes do most of the hard labor on the shop floor then you have the checkout girls who never leave their seat and don't know what's on special or what they have stocked*.

This happened to me before, but I eventually got them to move and got it sorted.

*in most cases I've seen.

Zebra3

When I buy the 5 for 10€ in my local Tesco, I just use the self-scanning tills and they always deduct the savings.

KJ

Superquinn have added to their 6 for 5 deal. They now have Dungarvan Black Rock Stout and Galway Hooker. I picked up 6 today.

Big Nasty

KJ wrote: »

Superquinn have added to their 6 for 5 deal. They now have Dungarvan Black Rock Stout and Galway Hooker. I picked up 6 today.

I was in Superquinn Ballinteer last Saturday and they were very understocked with many of the normal beers on offer missing. Unusual and hopefully a one-off.

Seaneh

McCambridges in Galway now have Dungarvan beers at 4 for a tenner.

You can mix and match with the O'Hara's range too, which are also 4 for a tenner.

BaZmO*

I'm in Galway tomorrow night. Suggestions?

Seaneh

Salt House.

BaZmO*

Seaneh wrote: »

Salt House.

Seems to be the main one alright. That and Oslo. Cheers.

Also, I think I put this in the wrong thread.....whoops!