Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

BeerNut

54kroc wrote: »

Why is the law comical? Not taking the piss I'm just curious.

It doesn't reflect the reality of what pubs sell and what information consumers need to make informed choices. It reads like the drafter had the concept of pubs patiently explained to them but had never actually set foot in one.

Sugarlumps

Hitting this boozer after work, I presume it's fairly chockablock on a Friday?

n97 mini

BeerNut wrote: »

It doesn't reflect the reality of what pubs sell and what information consumers need to make informed choices. It reads like the drafter had the concept of pubs patiently explained to them but had never actually set foot in one.

A pub near me has the mandatory pricelist, but it's behind the bar on the wall, which is very far from near the entrance. It's been there for 15 years at least. Which shows the level of enforcement of the law.

Maynard

Pints of Shipyard IPA were €1.99 last week.

I'll be back again this weekend.

cunnifferous

Was there tonight, severely disappointed. Asked for at least 5 different beers which were all out of stock. Staff had no idea what they were doing.

Ended up just heading to the dark horse around the corner which, to be honest was well worth the extra euro or two per pint just for the better atmosphere and service.

k123456

have to agree lots of beers out of stock

cruhoortwunk

k123456 wrote: »

have to agree lots of beers out of stock

Which ones were out of stock then?

slayerking

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Which ones were out of stock then?

Just in here now. No Ghostship, London Pride, Shipyard, Devils Backbone. Could be even more out of stock, that's all that I gathered. Gave up on the draft and settled for the six point cans.

Avada

slayerking wrote: »

Just in here now. No Ghostship, London Pride, Shipyard, Devils Backbone. Could be even more out of stock, that's all that I gathered. Gave up on the draft and settled for the six point cans.

Any cask at all? Apart from Tetleys

slayerking

Random_Name wrote: »

Any cask at all? Apart from Tetleys

They do. They have hobgoblin, broadside and doombar.

I tweeted them about the lack of stock and this response...

witherspoons wrote:

with the major uplift in sales we've been caught out. Apologies my good man! All will return this week! & a major ale event!

Sounds promising.

BaZmO*

Are you sure that's not the actress that replied to you?

slayerking

BaZmO* wrote: »

Are you sure that's not the actress that replied to you?

Who knows. All I read was 'MAJOR ALE EVENT'. So we'll see. I'm still happy enough drinking six point/Goose island/Brooklyn/8 degrees etc bottles/cans for 2.45.

Ravelleman

Random_Name wrote: »

Any cask at all? Apart from Tetleys

Tetleys is most definitely not on cask. It's a nitro bitter.

coylemj

Tweeted this evening at 9:44 p.m. from @ThreeTunTavern .....

#fact - we have sold 16 Barrels of Heineken in 3 days. That's 1710gallons or 1408 pints. That's a lot.

Edit: it seems to have been pulled (deleted), I've typed it above exactly as posted on Twitter so please don't pull me up on the gallons/pints error. By my reckoning the numbers stack up if you substitute 176 for the number of gallons. 16 barrels at 11 gallons a barrel is 176 gallons or 1,408 pints.

Avada

Ravelleman wrote: »

Tetleys is most definitely not on cask. It's a nitro bitter.

Ah, my mistake, I havent drank it, just assumed it was because it was on of the €1.99 specials.

It was absolutely packed tonight and about half of their products were sold out. They had no vodka at all and their Jameson was gone.

Its the worst service I've had in there so far, their staff cannot handle crowds.

coylemj

Random_Name wrote: »

It was absolutely packed tonight and about half of their products were sold out. They had no vodka at all and their Jameson was gone.

Its the worst service I've had in there so far, their staff cannot handle crowds.

At those new prices they better have the barricades ready when they open the old Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire, they might even get some of the regulars from O'Loughlins!

Avada

coylemj wrote: »

At those new prices they better have the barricades ready when they open the old Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire, they might even get some of the regulars from O'Loughlins!

They would want to, they just don't have any experienced staff at the moment and it's working to their detriment.

coylemj

‏@ThreeTunTavern at 12:35 a.m. tonight ....

Thank you for a brilliant night! See you at breakfast! #hangoverhoody #noregrets #wetherspoonrevolution

The Hill Billy

coylemj wrote: »

‏@ThreeTunTavern at 12:35 a.m. tonight ....

Thank you for a brilliant night! See you at breakfast! #hangoverhoody #noregrets #wetherspoonrevolution

Promoting responsible drinking. Not.

Lucena

#wetherspoonrevolution

While there may be a little truth in that, it comes across as being very cocky.

Lucena

A point that hasn't really come up so far, AFAIK.

Even if Spoons are a lot cheaper for ever, will this really bring prices down elsewhere? I mean, if Spoons reach 5% market penetration, which is a lot, there are still 95% of pubs that aren't Spoons. It's not like everyone is going to be able to go to Spoons, is it? The other pubs can just accept they'll lose some customers and keep charging 5-6 quid a pint.

blackdog2

Lucena wrote: »

#wetherspoonrevolution

While there may be a little truth in that, it comes across as being very cocky.

Not sure about it being cocky, if they can make it work, and force others (LVA pubs especially) to lower their prices, then maybe it is a revolution. They already have a far better selection than most Irish pubs, and at prices cheaper than off licences.

blackdog2

Lucena wrote: »

A point that hasn't really come up so far, AFAIK.

Even if Spoons are a lot cheaper for ever, will this really bring prices down elsewhere? I mean, if Spoons reach 5% market penetration, which is a lot, there are still 95% of pubs that aren't Spoons. It's not like everyone is going to be able to go to Spoons, is it? The other pubs can just accept they'll lose some customers and keep charging 5-6 quid a pint.

It'll probably force pubs to start having special offers, a particular pint for 2.50 or some sort of meal deal. I don't see pubs rivalling wetherspoons for price any time soon, but its a win-win for the consumer if they do

Chelon

slayerking wrote: »

They do. They have hobgoblin, broadside and doombar.

Doombar eh? Bit of a favourite of mine. Anyone tried it here? If so was it in good nick?

MonkstownHoop

Ale festival on from 17th to 2nd November

coylemj

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Ale festival on from 17th to 2nd November

+1 The Three Tun Tavern ‏@ThreeTunTavern 5:26 p.m. Oct 12th

Psssst...Our first International Ale festival starts this Friday! Spread the word! #CraftBeer #alefest #festival

MonkstownHoop

coylemj wrote: »

+1 The Three Tun Tavern ‏@ThreeTunTavern 5:26 p.m. Oct 12th

Psssst...Our first International Ale festival starts this Friday! Spread the word! #CraftBeer #alefest #festival

Had already planned a visit on the 18th :-)

jsa112

Any word on who the 10 international brewers are ?

oblivious

jsa112 wrote: »

Any word on who the 10 international brewers are ?

Possibly the collaboration beers that where brewed in the UK

BeerNut

jsa112 wrote: »

Any word on who the 10 international brewers are ?

They're listed here. Unfortunately the all-important information about where each beer was brewed is missing.

Edit: via Seaneh, late of this parish -- the full details. And I was looking forward to that ' IJ one too

minidazzler

Random_Name wrote: »

They would want to, they just don't have any experienced staff at the moment and it's working to their detriment.

Paying minimum wage they aren't gonna get experienced staff. They just need the staff not walking out and they are doing quite well. When they move into their cork premises I can guarantee they won't have enough staff so service won't be quick or good, but are people really going there for the service?

Lucena

Yes, people are going for the service. Not the 'How was your day, Sir/Ma'am' nonsense, more the 'not having to fight your way to the bar, and spend ages trying to get the barperson's attention' type service.
If people typically have to spend ten minutes at the bar to get a pint, a lot of them will go elsewhere.

Lucena

coylemj wrote: »

+1 The Three Tun Tavern ‏@ThreeTunTavern 5:26 p.m. Oct 12th

Psssst...Our first International Ale festival starts this Friday! Spread the word! #CraftBeer #alefest #festival

Nice to see the Côte d'Ivoire being represented! :pac:

Squeeonline

Lucena wrote: »

Nice to see the Côte d'Ivoire being represented! :pac:

crappy photoshop.

Technically there are two american flags there too

corkonion

Wetherspoons second premises in Cork is supposedly going into the old Tsb building directly across from Barry's in Douglas, this will really shake things up as Douglas already has a thriving pub scene.

drumswan

BeerNut wrote: »

They're listed here. Unfortunately the all-important information about where each beer was brewed is missing.

Edit: via Seaneh, late of this parish -- the full details. And I was looking forward to that ' IJ one too

This looks really interesting, must amble over some evening

JONJO THE MISER

No word on a Galway location?

oblivious

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

No word on a Galway location?

Its Rathgar the old 108

Avada

oblivious wrote: »

Its Rathgar the old 108

Ermmm, thats not Galway

Avada

minidazzler wrote: »

Paying minimum wage they aren't gonna get experienced staff. They just need the staff not walking out and they are doing quite well. When they move into their cork premises I can guarantee they won't have enough staff so service won't be quick or good, but are people really going there for the service?

I agree and I didn't expect great service, but I also don't expect to wait 20 minutes for a drink, but thats what happened

Houdini212

Any update on the Old Boro in Swords? Surely it would make sense to have it open before Christmas!

oblivious

oblivious wrote: »

Its Rathgar the old 108

what is? Are you saying the 108 is becoming a wetherspoons?

BeerNut

Dónal wrote: »

Are you saying the 108 is becoming a wetherspoons?

It's becoming a Galway Bay bar.

BeerNut

BeerNut wrote: »

It's becoming a Galway Bay bar.

Any link for this?

Kevin the Kid

Well at least its nice to have the variety. You don't have to go in there after all. There is no shortage of Irish pubs.
I would predict that if they are selling pints of beer for under 4 euro that they will be out the door with the younger crowd who are watching their shillings.You can be guaranteed that a pub packed with a younger crowd getting their groove on with cheep drink wont be the souless British pub that people are commenting on on this thread.
Hopefully it will be like a duvet slipping off a bed and the advent of cheep dink is upon us !

BeerNut

Dónal wrote: »

Any link for this?

Link.

oblivious

Random_Name wrote: »

Ermmm, thats not Galway

Ha, sorry mix up

Ravelleman

I wonder what the new food concept for GBB is. My bet is barbecue.

I reckon I'll check out the ale festival in Spoons on Friday. I see you can have a festival ale with any of the food items that come with a drink.

I also realise that I only read the first page yesterday. That's rather a lot of ales. How many will make it to our shores though?

BeerNut

Ravelleman wrote: »

How many will make it to our shores though?

Indeed. Even in the UK these festivals are very randomised. I guess the idea is to keep you coming back to your neighbourhood outlet. Doesn't really work when there's only one in the entire country

Last year CAMRA NI made an arrangement with The Bridge House in Belfast that they were all coming on on one specific Saturday and asked the pub to have the biggest range of festival beers on that day. It worked really well too*. Something to keep in mind for a future Boards beers, maybe.

*as in, I nearly missed my train

poitinstill

been in london a few times for this festival. think the might get 1 or 2 casks of a good few as when it ran out there was always a next-up card on the pump clip that had a different beer.

anything updates on the Cork Paul St opening or the Douglas location i had heard it was the Orchard on s douglas road ?