Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

Ravelleman

BeerNut wrote: »

If anything can change their minds it's Wetherspoon's. If I were retired and living in Blackrock, I'd be in for my 11am pint of €3 Adnam's Bitter every day I was capable of getting out of bed.

It's funny, as all the English people I know find my excitement about Spoons hard to believe.

oblivious

Ravelleman wrote: »

It's funny, as all the English people I know find my excitement about Spoons hard to believe.

I am sure there a few Irish people who find amusement in English people getting excited about Temple bar

rubadub

Are there any other rumours of where they might open next?

I reckon they would do really well in dalkey, and I imagine some of the pubs there might be willing to sell now.

BeerNut

rubadub wrote: »

Are there any other rumours of where they might open next?

In addition to Dún Laoghaire and Cork, Swords seems all but confirmed and I saw a rumour today of Waterford.

Ravelleman

oblivious wrote: »

I am sure there a few Irish people who find amusement in English people getting excited about Temple bar

At least Spoons is cheap. And I don't think they make any claims to authenticity.

Colonel Sanders

Ravelleman wrote: »

It's funny, as all the English people I know find my excitement about Spoons hard to believe.

I had an argument with someone a few weeks ago who said they sold "crap beer". After telling him how the last one I was in had 4 casks & a fridge full or world beer it turned out his beef was he couldn't get a pint of Heineken & had to "settle" for Stella

I'm guessing the same person probably pays far more on average for his Heineken than the average Weatherspoons punter pays for a far superior product

BMJD

rubadub wrote: »

Are there any other rumours of where they might open next?

I heard Tallaght is on their radar

BeerNut

BMJD wrote: »

I heard Tallaght is on their radar

Everywhere is on their radar. There will be branches in Dublin city centre too, if the price is right.

Heroditas

The Foxhunter in Lucan must be on their radar. It ticks all their boxes.
Also, it would be one in the eye for the Louis Fitzgerald group who opened their "craft beer and gastro" pub in the village that only has Galway Hooker and Five Lamps on tap (as well as the usual bland) :rolleyes:

Mr Simpson

Heroditas wrote: »

The Foxhunter in toucan must be on their radar. It ticks all their boxes.
Also, it would be one in the eye for the Louis Fitzgerald group who opened their "craft beer and gastro" pub in the village that only has Galway Hooker and Five Lamps on tap (as well as the usual bland) :rolleyes:

There goes that toucan again

Heroditas

Mr Simpson wrote: »

There goes that toucan again

F**king c**t of an Ipad. It's not as if I haven't typed Lucan enough times on it over the last year or two!

Gran Hermano

Ireland goes from being one of the few countries in the world not having English pubs to now having a chainfull.
:-)

Heroditas

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Ireland goes from being one of the few countries in the world not having English pubs to now having a chainfull.
:-)

I suppose it's a fitting form of revenge, seeing that we've inflicted some God-awful Irish themed bars on the world.

Big Nasty

Heroditas wrote: »

I suppose it's a fitting form of revenge, seeing that we've inflicted some God-awful Irish themed bars on the world.

Especially in Lucan - tis full of them!

Gran Hermano

The Toucan Arms.

Heroditas

Big Nasty wrote: »

Especially in Lucan - tis full of them!

I hope you get served a pint of Coors Light this weekend!

rubadub

Heroditas wrote: »

I suppose it's a fitting form of revenge, seeing that we've inflicted some God-awful Irish themed bars on the world.

Like this one in singapore.

Tube

Heroditas wrote: »

The Foxhunter in Lucan must be on their radar. It ticks all their boxes.

Current owners paid a huge amount of money for it, so they'll probably be looking to sell it for half a huge amount. And half a huge amount is....

Heroditas wrote: »

Also, it would be one in the eye for the Louis Fitzgerald group who opened their "craft beer and gastro" pub in the village that only has Galway Hooker and Five Lamps on tap (as well as the usual bland) :rolleyes:

Lucan County (beside Lucan Spa Hotel) has a fantastic selection of beer, including one of the best selections of sours in Dublin. It helps that they let us (see sig) pick a lot of the beers the beers they stock.

Heroditas

The "current owners" are probably the bank so it'll be sold for a pittance.

Yeah I really need to get my bum out to the County. When I first moved out this direction I'd heard that it was a rough spot from some people but that's obviously nonsense.
It's just a bit far to walk there but the bus stops right outside the door so I guess I need to visit it some time.
What do they have on tap?

Tube

I think, though I'm not 100% sure, that it's still privately owned.

LC is served by a bus every 10 minutes, like you say outside the door. They have *a lot* of stuff, 2/3 of which is in bottles, for which they don't charge a premium.

Our monthly homebrew meets are in the lounge, and tbh it has taken a while to figure it out but now I can't recommend the place enough.

Chelon

Tube wrote: »

I think, though I'm not 100% sure, that it's still privately owned.

LC is served by a bus every 10 minutes, like you say outside the door. They have *a lot* of stuff, 2/3 of which is in bottles, for which they don't charge a premium.

Our monthly homebrew meets are in the lounge, and tbh it has taken a while to figure it out but now I can't recommend the place enough.

Crucial question is do they do anything on draught?

Tube

Chelon wrote: »

Crucial question is do they do anything on draught?

GH, O'Hara's Stout, 5 Lamps, Pilsner Urquell, Trouble Ór (or whatever it's called now). The bottles are all reasonably priced, and are comparable to the draught prices.

Chelon

Tube wrote: »

GH, O'Hara's Stout, 5 Lamps, Pilsner Urquell, Trouble Ór (or whatever it's called now). The bottles are all reasonably priced, and are comparable to the draught prices.

Ok thanks, but I meant real draught, not keg

Ravelleman

Chelon wrote: »

Ok thanks, but I meant real draught, not keg

You meant cask.

Chelon

Ravelleman wrote: »

You meant cask.

Same thing?

irish_goat

New beers in today. 2 for £5 is brilliant.

Ravelleman

irish_goat wrote: »

New beers in today. 2 for £5 is brilliant.

Much envy.

Geuze

I presume this deal is on offer in NI??

Let's attempt to predict Dublin prices from that...............

VAT is 23% here as against 20% in NI.

Excise duty is broadly similar, I think, though I'm not 100% sure, as the Irish Revenue website isn't clear if the figures are up to date.

Today's exchange rate is 82pence.

500/82 = 6.10 euro.

I will be generous, and add 25% for the slightly higher VAT, higher wages, higher overheads.

6.10 + 25% = 7.625 euro

Adding 30% for higher costs here brings us to about 8 euro.

How much are these 355ml US bottles / cans in a Dublin pub?

rainbow kirby

Probably more accurate to compare the base prices with London rather than NI - but even in the one up the road from me in Highgate, a rather posh area, it's still only a little over 3 quid for a 330ml bottle of Punk IPA.

Nearly made me sick when Against The Grain wanted nearly €7 for a pint of it when I was back home for Christmas.

Tube

Chelon wrote: »

Same thing?

Draught = keg or cask.

Cask as you know is rare enough in Ireland, and dare I say it, is more of an English tradition.