The random stuff thread

n97 mini · 24-03-2019 9:22pm

Irish beer hunter wrote: »

I'm not sure who you worked with, but have you any idea how many reps SSN has been through?

I can only speak for ourselves. Our guy was perfectly happy to do business with them, not something that can be universally said.

Do you want to elaborate?

BeerNut · 05-04-2019 1:38pm

Stone Brewing's dream of revolutionising German beer is over. They've sold the Berlin brewery to BrewDog.

RonanC · 08-04-2019 4:51pm

Whiplash appears to have moved breweries

BaZmO* · 08-04-2019 4:56pm

Didn't they have a falling out with the last brewery?

Subcomandante Marcos · 08-04-2019 5:12pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Didn't they have a falling out with the last brewery?

That's one way to put it.

They were turfed out of Larkin's because their brewer was being a d*ckhead was the more accurate description.

As an aside, same Brewer when he left his last job they released a beer called Miami J. Google Miami J and see what it's used to fix :pac:

BeerNut · 10-04-2019 3:32pm

Whiplash are bringing the Copenhagen Beer Celebration model of festival to Dublin. Mansion House, 13th July, two sessions, €70, all you can drink.

Hotblack Desiato · 10-04-2019 3:49pm

Sounds like a challenge :cool:

Dellboy54 · 10-04-2019 4:12pm

BeerNut wrote: »

Whiplash are bringing the Copenhagen Beer Celebration model of festival to Dublin. Mansion House, 13th July, two sessions, €70, all you can drink.

Thats gonna be messy....

Subcomandante Marcos · 10-04-2019 4:13pm

I'll be avoiding that like the plague anyway.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 10-04-2019 5:11pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I'll be avoiding that like the plague anyway.

aw diddums did the bwad man no bwad things

Subcomandante Marcos · 10-04-2019 5:12pm

Pearl Silly Stucco wrote: »

aw diddums did the bwad man no bwad things

I'll be avoiding it because it will be full of drunk eejits who think they have to "get their money's worth" within 90 minutes of either session opening.

Fall_Guy · 10-04-2019 5:26pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I'll be avoiding it because it will be full of drunk eejits who think they have to "get their money's worth" within 90 minutes of either session opening.

I'd really like to go but its fair pricey for 4 hours drinking. That's about 4 drinks for me in normal circumstances. I could definitely see myself being one of those drunk eejits trying to get my money's worth

Theres so many breweries who'll be at it that aren't usually available at Irish festivals obviously, but how many could you really manage to sample in 4 hours If having 1/3's, say??

Subcomandante Marcos · 10-04-2019 5:30pm

Fall_Guy wrote: »

I'd really like to go but its fair pricey for 4 hours drinking. That's about 4 drinks for me in normal circumstances. I could definitely see myself being one of those drunk eejits trying to get my money's worth

Theres so many breweries who'll be at it that aren't usually available at Irish festivals obviously, but how many could you really manage to sample in 4 hours If having 1/3's, say??

There'll be lads downing 25cl measures of high abv DIPAs and barrel aged stouts every 15-20 minutes trying to tick as many off Untappd as possible. Messy, messy, messy.

BeerNut · 10-04-2019 5:35pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

There'll be lads downing 25cl measures of high abv DIPAs and barrel aged stouts every 15-20 minutes trying to tick as many off Untappd as possible.

When you don't pay per beer there's no need to drink the whole glass (and I doubt the serves will be as large as 25cl or third-pints). If maximum ticking is the goal, you sip, tick and drainpour. I saw several people doing this at Beavertown Extravaganza.

Subcomandante Marcos · 10-04-2019 5:37pm

BeerNut wrote: »

When you don't pay per beer there's no need to drink the whole glass (and I doubt the serves will be as large as 25cl or third-pints). If maximum ticking is the goal, you sip, tick and drainpour. I saw several people doing this at Beavertown Extravaganza.

You have more faith in recreational alcoholics than I do.

odyssey06 · 10-04-2019 5:49pm

Could you tag team with someone else and go halves on ticket? What's to stop Person A going for afternoon and Person B on same ticket going in evening?

hetuzozaho · 10-04-2019 5:55pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Could you tag team with someone else and go halves on ticket? What's to stop Person A going for afternoon and Person B on same ticket going in evening?

Two diff tickets I thought. 70 per session, no?

BeerNut · 10-04-2019 6:52pm

hetuzozaho wrote: »

Two diff tickets I thought. 70 per session, no?

Yep. I mean obvs, roight?

odyssey06 · 10-04-2019 7:50pm

hetuzozaho wrote: »

Two diff tickets I thought. 70 per session, no?

Yikes... you are right. My mistake - thought it was that price for an all weekend ticket.

RasTa · 10-04-2019 7:56pm

Might fly back if they need any volunteers. Wonder what the pours and numbers are. Cloudwater one was the best I've done. Hop city in 2 weeks. The format is the best imo.

BeerNut · 10-04-2019 9:38pm

RasTa wrote: »

volunteers

Tough one to manage when there's only two sessions on one day. You probably don't want people who drank their way through session one getting behind the bar for session two.

L1011 · 10-04-2019 10:13pm

Where's the licence coming from for the temp extension? That'll decide whether I want to go :pac:

Subcomandante Marcos · 11-04-2019 12:52am

L1011 wrote: »

Where's the licence coming from for the temp extension? That'll decide whether I want to go :pac:

the Republic doesn't work like the North. It's not a licence transferred from a public house, it's the mansion house's own licence used to facilitate the event.

L1011 · 11-04-2019 6:56am

The Mansion House hasn't got a pub licence.

Dellboy54 · 11-04-2019 8:31am

L1011 wrote: »

The Mansion House hasn't got a pub licence.

This lad would beg to differ

https://www.thejournal.ie/nial-ring-pints-dry-4505940-Feb2019/

L1011 · 11-04-2019 10:03am

He lives there, that's just a gaff party!

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 12-04-2019 11:22am

Pretty sure Fire has one

L1011 · 12-04-2019 12:21pm

Pearl Silly Stucco wrote: »

Pretty sure Fire has one

Not unless it's got one so recently it's not on Revenues lists.

RasTa · 12-04-2019 1:05pm

They ain't selling beer

L1011 · 12-04-2019 1:28pm

RasTa wrote: »

They ain't selling beer

Fairly certain that that excuse doesn't wash including precedent from when it was attempted. Sale or supply.

n97 mini · 12-04-2019 1:53pm

The Big Romance can apply for an Occasional Licence to cover the Mansion House.

I'm not sure one is needed though, as beer isn't being sold. It's possible to go the route private clubs do... the ticket buys membership, and only members get given beer.

hetuzozaho · 12-04-2019 9:04pm

I'm sure they have it under control anyway

irish_goat · 13-04-2019 11:43am

I was at a Heineken event there with no paid bar so there's definitely some licence allowing these kind of events.

L1011 · 13-04-2019 6:31pm

Giving away booze entirely and effectively charging for it via a back door are different things. The latter needs a licence no matter how innovative you think you are; and I'd be fairly certain they have one arranged anyway.

RasTa · 14-04-2019 11:06am

What type of license though? If this place isn't a pub

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 15-04-2019 3:50pm

same kind of thing as was needed for the RDS for the festivals there, the pub across the road extended it's licence into the hall for that event afaik.

BeerNut · 15-04-2019 4:12pm

Pearl Silly Stucco wrote: »

same kind of thing as was needed for the RDS for the festivals there, the pub across the road extended it's licence into the hall for that event afaik.

No, the RDS has its own licence as a stadium. The arrangement with Madigan's must have been purely a commercial one.

The Septemberfest in Phoenix Park which ran in 2008 and 2009 used a licence extension from The Porterhouse.

emo72 · 15-04-2019 4:19pm

Lads, do yous reckon that beer festival thingy will be on in Weston airport this year? It was a great day last year.

BaZmO* · 15-04-2019 4:22pm

emo72 wrote: »

Lads, do yous reckon that beer festival thingy will be on in Weston airport this year? It was a great day last year.

It was organised by Brewdog, so possibly not if they have their own bar up and running. It would really depend on numbers I suppose.

Subcomandante Marcos · 15-04-2019 4:34pm

emo72 wrote: »

Lads, do yous reckon that beer festival thingy will be on in Weston airport this year? It was a great day last year.

No, the Brewdog employee that was the brainchild of has since left the company.

emo72 · 15-04-2019 4:44pm

Well that sucks lads.

snowblind · 22-04-2019 11:25am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

That's one way to put it.

They were turfed out of Larkin's because their brewer was being a d*ckhead was the more accurate description.

As an aside, same Brewer when he left his last job they released a beer called Miami J. Google Miami J and see what it's used to fix :pac:

Sounds to me like being turfed out was the actual ddckhead move in this scenario but ok

Subcomandante Marcos · 22-04-2019 11:33am

snowblind wrote: »

Sounds to me like being turfed out was the actual ddckhead move in this scenario but ok

Not really. When you are such a d*ck to the staff at the premisis you are a guest in and force the owners to kick you out, it's definirely you that's the di*khead, not the team of people who tried to accomodate you for months until they eventually snapped. But sure look everyone's out of line except my boy Alejandro.

snowblind · 22-04-2019 6:19pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Not really. When you are such a d*ck to the staff at the premisis you are a guest in and force the owners to kick you out, it's definirely you that's the di*khead, not the team of people who tried to accomodate you for months until they eventually snapped. But sure look everyone's out of line except my boy Alejandro.

Those are pretty harsh claims. I guess that is one side of the story. Calling people dccheads online over private discussions is a bit questionable stuff. Very unlikely that he “forced” them to kick them out, what does that even mean? Jeopardizing your own business due to intentionally getting kicked out, doesn’t sound very convincing to me?

Larkins own beers would not be on the level they are without that guy. They could def use some similar help with branding...

irish_goat · 09-05-2019 9:52pm

Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) and Dogfish Head have just announced they are to merge.

https://www.brewbound.com/news/boston-beer-company-and-dogfish-head-agree-to-merge-in-300-million-deal

BeerNut · 22-05-2019 9:29am

If anyone's at a loose end in Dublin this evening, there are still free tickets for this tasting event in Temple Bar.

mfceiling · 23-05-2019 1:29pm

Finally made it to the Underdog on Dame St last night. Great bar...Sound bar man and a deadly selection of beers.

RonanC · 27-05-2019 10:11pm

RonanC wrote: »

Whiplash appears to have moved breweries

And they've moved again.

L1011 · 10-06-2019 1:49pm

Anyone know anywhere in Santiago de Compostela or Vigo? Over for the week between the two, Google is extra useless here - doesn't even have half the buses so don't expect it has all the bars

irish_goat · 10-06-2019 2:42pm

L1011 wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere in Santiago de Compostela or Vigo? Over for the week between the two, Google is extra useless here - doesn't even have half the buses so don't expect it has all the bars

I find in those sort of places Untappd can be a great help. Search for nearby checkins and see if people have tagged the bars they're drinking in.

Few places to be found by searching on the Untappd website too. See here.

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