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Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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    #992
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Had a taste of Brewdog This.Is.Lager in Spoons and it's decent enough, but still a lager. They've also now got Rouge Amber, Lagunitas IPA and Adnams Crystal Rye in bottles. Star of the show however is Devil's Backbone(Virginia, USA) on draught. Really good hoppy IPA and only £2.69 a pint.


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    #993
    oblivious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Star of the show however is Devil's Backbone(Virginia, USA) on draught. Really good hoppy IPA and only £2.69 a pint.


    is that not contract brewed in the UK?


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    #994
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    oblivious wrote: »
    is that not contract brewed in the UK?

    Think it's brewed at Adnams. I was just putting the US bit there so people don't confuse it with Kinnegar's Devil's Backbone.


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    #995
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    New pricelist from TTT. Presume it's temporary but prices are bloody great!

    Maybe someone can grab the image from their fb and post. Do it myself but I'm on mobile so it's too much effort. :D


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    #996
    revz
    Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭revz


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    New pricelist from TTT. Presume it's temporary but prices are bloody great!

    Maybe someone can grab the image from their fb and post. Do it myself but I'm on mobile so it's too much effort. :D

    BzBEkWQIgAERKsi.jpg:large

    From Twitter. That's cheap. Wonder what the guest ales at €2.50 are?


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    #997
    oblivious
    Registered Users Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    revz wrote: »

    From Twitter. That's cheap. Wonder what the guest ales at €2.50 are?

    Its their cask range, some will be Irish but nothing is permanent yet


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    #998
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    €2.95 for the Shipyard Pale Ale makes me very happy! :)


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    #999
    kooga
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭kooga


    €2.50 for a beamish!


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    #1000
    Ravenid
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Ravenid


    Has anyone actually confirmed if the Silver Tassie in Loghlinstown was bought by Wetherspoons?

    They are closed for renovation at the moment, is that Wetherspoons starting to work or are we looking at another attempt to do it up?


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    #1001
    turniphead
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭turniphead


    revz wrote: »
    BzBEkWQIgAERKsi.jpg:large

    From Twitter. That's cheap. Wonder what the guest ales at €2.50 are?

    They've said on their Facebook page that these prices are for the foreseeable future. Nice one


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    #1002
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,071 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    revz wrote: »
    BzBEkWQIgAERKsi.jpg:large

    From Twitter. That's cheap. Wonder what the guest ales at €2.50 are?

    Those are great prices. Hopefully, they make their way to Sligo soon.


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    #1003
    StopWatch
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭StopWatch


    Ravenid wrote: »
    Has anyone actually confirmed if the Silver Tassie in Loghlinstown was bought by Wetherspoons?

    They are closed for renovation at the moment, is that Wetherspoons starting to work or are we looking at another attempt to do it up?

    Nothing to do with Wetherspoons.
    Its going to be a high end wine bar/ restaurant

    And most likely a failure


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    #1004
    Ravelleman
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    The €2.50 guest ales represent a 50c price increase from the last time I was there, though that was due to overstock, I understand. That being said, I welcome the overall price decrease.


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    #1005
    coylemj
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    They were announcing new food items on Twitter earlier today - BBQ Hog burger and a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich but the menu on the website hasn't been updated :confused:

    Meet our new BBQ Hog Burger! Now available on our new menu!
    Introducing the Philly Cheese Steak sandwich! Now available on our new menu!

    BzBhjw4IgAAcbIl.jpgBzBhUvnIMAADdFp.jpg


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    #1006
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Got a sample of the Philly "cheese" steak on Wednesday there. The thing itself was just ok and I've put cheese in inverted commas for a reason there. I don't mind most of the spoon's food but I'd not recommend this one anyway.


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    #1007
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Let's face it, the food is mediocre.

    It's the beer we go for. ;)


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    #1008
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,834 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    The beer looks pretty sub-mediocre to me. No new happy price for the Six Point cans; none of the Lagunitas or Devil's Backbone beers they've introduced to the UK.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #1009
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    BeerNut wrote: »
    The beer looks pretty sub-mediocre to me. No new happy price for the Six Point cans; none of the Lagunitas or Devil's Backbone beers they've introduced to the UK.

    Depends on what guest ales they have going on any given day, I guess. That would make the difference for me.

    In light of what you say it might be a bit disappointing but the same stuff for cheaper is hardly bad. I do quite enjoy Beamish, especially for €2.50. Shipyard is also daecent for under €3.


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    #1010
    Geuze
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    I think these are substantial price changes.

    Beamish 3.95 to 2.50 - a 36% price cut - this is so cheap for south Dublin, I find it difficult to believe

    Murphy's 3.95 to 2.95 - 25% off


    Heineken, Staropramen, Shipyard PA - reduced from 4.75 / 4.95 to 2.95 - that's a 42% price cut.


    As I write this, I simply can't believe these prices are permanent............

    Given 23% VAT here vs 20% in UK, and given rents/property costs/overheads, how can they do it???


    Huge purchasing power? Maybe........


    But why not these prices from opening day???


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    #1011
    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Maybe they decided to run for a couple of months with 'normal' prices to see how business went. If they got a lot of business, then they didn't need to use their UK model of low prices. If business was slow, no worries, they have loads of money behind them and I'm sure that this first site is being studied carefully before they roll out the next pubs.
    It's also easier, in terms of public image, to start out too high and then come down as opposed to the other way round.


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    #1012
    Marcusm
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    irish_goat wrote: »
    Got a sample of the Philly "cheese" steak on Wednesday there. The thing itself was just ok and I've put cheese in inverted commas for a reason there. I don't mind most of the spoon's food but I'd not recommend this one anyway.

    If you'd had it in Phildelphia, you'd have to put "cheese" in inverted commas too; wizz, I believe is the colloquial term.


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    #1013
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Spoons entry pub here is reasonably priced with nice decor and fairly decent clientele. I'd say the idea was to set themselves up this way with intention of defining themselves as a considerable cut above what we might have expected from a Spoons: cheap drink and cheaper clentele in a sticky carpet and poker machine environment.

    Now that they've won us over they can release their true pricing structure and make a serious dent in local trade.


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    #1014
    adamski8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭adamski8


    Lucena wrote: »
    Maybe they decided to run for a couple of months with 'normal' prices to see how business went. If they got a lot of business, then they didn't need to use their UK model of low prices. If business was slow, no worries, they have loads of money behind them and I'm sure that this first site is being studied carefully before they roll out the next pubs.
    It's also easier, in terms of public image, to start out too high and then come down as opposed to the other way round.

    I think it also might have to do with loads of more pubs here opening and now they have better deals in place for the future pubs and hence lower costs where they can now afford to lower prices.


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    #1015
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Or it's all of the above, combined with a sh1tload of free advertisement? Those prices won't go unreported.


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    #1016
    Blut2
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    They're absolutely fantastic prices! Wetherspooon's expansion can't come fast enough. Once theres a few places dotted around the city center serving at those prices it'll put serious pressure on other pubs, hopefully.


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    #1017
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Or it's all of the above, combined with a sh1tload of free advertisement? Those prices won't go unreported.

    Yes, the likes of the Journal can monetise anything as long as it generates a few clicks.


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    #1018
    slayerking
    Registered Users Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭slayerking


    Amazed how cheap it is out here! Shipyard APA on draft 1.99, cask 2.50. No Irish cask on unfortunately, but still. Crazy prices. How is this sustainable.


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    #1019
    BMJD
    Registered Users Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭BMJD


    are they not serving 8 Degrees Knockmealdown Porter any longer?


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    #1020
    slayerking
    Registered Users Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭slayerking


    BMJD wrote: »
    are they not serving 8 Degrees Knockmealdown Porter any longer?


    They had bottles in the fridge with the rest of the 8 degrees stuff. Didnt see it on draft though.


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    #1021
    corkonion
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭corkonion


    Strange that wetherspoons purchased their second Irish premises in Ireland in December 2013 but have not even started to prepare it for opening, though they originally announced a Nov 2014 launch. The old Newport bar in Cork was bought just one month after their initial blackrock purchase. They recently announced that they have purchased a second Cork pub, but no details of where that is..


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