Booze deals [Megathread #2]

shmeee

kn wrote: »

My local Tesco had the 470ml so its hit and miss on the 500ml.

The Guinness cans in the first Tesco I tried were 470ml, but they still had the drop / delivery date sticker on them which was 28/11/2020 so old stock. Depends on the stock levels of the old stock if they have the new dropped 500ml cans.

I went to a larger Tesco and they had the 500ml new stock in then.

podge018

Tesco Clearwater only had 470ml last night, but Tesco Express at Beneavin had the 500ml.

loyatemu

Sam Russell wrote: »

Was it a shortage of widgets or a shortage of Guinness. Since March, James Gate stopped brewing except to keep the yeast culture true. They are now back in production.

didn't they say it was a shortage of widgets?
was there a suggestion the beer was being brewed somewhere other than Dublin - I though SJG brewed for the whole of Ireland and UK these days...

Seve OB

rubadub wrote: »

A 500ml can ends up with a massive crappy head in a pint glass,

Only if you pour it arseways

Odyssey 2005

loyatemu wrote: »

didn't they say it was a shortage of widgets?
was there a suggestion the beer was being brewed somewhere other than Dublin - I though SJG brewed for the whole of Ireland and UK these days...

Yes they used Covid as an excuse for the shortage of widgets. They had someone on one of the radio programs

morchgally

Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

Thanks

odyssey06

morchgally wrote: »

Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?
Thanks

8 x 500 ml Smithwicks red cans are €12 in Tesco, Supervalu.
(It's about €2 off the usual price for that pack)

Tesco have 4 x 500 ml bottles of the full Smithwicks range in their 4 for €10.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=smithwicks

celticfc

morchgally wrote: »

Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

Thanks

I picked up a couple of 8 packs of Smithwicks (cans) in Dunnes last week for €10.80ish each. That's the best I've come across.

andrew1977

morchgally wrote: »

Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

Thanks

I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.

SkatesOn

Ice Cold Direct in Limerick doing slabs €20 - Carlsberg, Bulmers, Budweiser, Guinness 24 x Cans
http://icecolddirect.ie/beer.html?fbclid=IwAR3sYkHZzv55s_SJr-Uf85etQ-syXy3qVVhn297VazAOd1wJaWg0U9vVbjY

POBox19

Seve OB wrote: »

Only if you pour it arseways

In order to avoid that happening they thoughtfully put the hole on the top.:D

morchgally

andrew1977 wrote: »

I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.

Thanks all for the replies, will check those locations. Smithwicks blonde is very nice too.

DuffleBag

For anyone with Tesco employee friends/family don't forget the 20% off everything starts today.

jonnyatomic

I can 100% confirm Tesco have 500ml Guinness cans with widgets for €20.. just got 2 slabs, also have hop house bottles 20 for €18.

fin12

andrew1977 wrote: »

I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.

If u have a code to go shopping in Musgrave cash n carry, I have seen a 12 bottle pack of smithwicks red for €20 but then u have to add the 21% vat at till but still think it will work out cheaper than the 4 for €10 bottle deal in most deals, I prefer the blonde, that’s almost impossible to get a pint of that in a bar, really annoying.

fin12

Prices from Musgrave cash n carry

Zardoz

DuffleBag wrote: »

For anyone with Tesco employee friends/family don't forget the 20% off everything starts today.

How does that work ?
My buddy works there, I know he gets 10% off .
Can he add some friends to the offer too ?

sully123

morchgally wrote: »

Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

Thanks

I miss Bass. It was a good cheap alternative.

SkatesOn

SkatesOn wrote: »

Ice Cold Direct in Limerick doing slabs €20 - Carlsberg, Bulmers, Budweiser, Guinness 24 x Cans
http://icecolddirect.ie/beer.html?fbclid=IwAR3sYkHZzv55s_SJr-Uf85etQ-syXy3qVVhn297VazAOd1wJaWg0U9vVbjY

Got a slab of Carlsberg & Bud, and delivered in about 45 minutes - how bad!

DuffleBag

Zardoz wrote: »

How does that work ?
My buddy works there, I know he gets 10% off .
Can he add some friends to the offer too ?

They get a card for themselves and one for a family member. 10% turns to 20% from today for a week or so.

And no it's their card or the companion card that needs to be used. Borrow it ;-)

Nollog

The festive drop in aldi today is Bailey's 700ml for 10 euro
Seems bad value...

rubadub

/\/ollog wrote: »

The festive drop in aldi today is Bailey's 700ml for 10 euro
Seems bad value...

what price would be become good value to you?

10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.

Seve OB

rubadub wrote: »

what price would be become good value to you?

10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.

I was getting 2 bottles for 15 bucks a few weeks ago in dunnes

nc6000

jonnyatomic wrote: »

I can 100% confirm Tesco have 500ml Guinness cans with widgets for €20.. just got 2 slabs, also have hop house bottles 20 for €18.

I picked up some Guinness & Heineken - didn't see any slabs of Hop House, might pop up later and get some bottles.

It's great value especially when I'm used to buying Brewdog 330ml 4-packs for around a tenner.

Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.

Atlantic Dawn

nc6000 wrote: »

Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.

Yes last year once Christmas Eve was over there was zero deals up until March or April, well worth getting as much as you can now.

rubadub

Seve OB wrote: »

I was getting 2 bottles for 15 bucks a few weeks ago in dunnes

is this using 10 off 50 vouchers or something? or was it really 2 for €15. If we are going to talk about vouchers then I got a bottle for €0 in tesco the other day!

POBox19

Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

rogeyspoint

nc6000 wrote: »

I picked up some Guinness & Heineken - didn't see any slabs of Hop House, might pop up later and get some bottles.

It's great value especially when I'm used to buying Brewdog 330ml 4-packs for around a tenner.

Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.

Which Tesco store? Thanks

MoodeRator

POBox19 wrote: »

Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

7.95 here, but no idea on cost of postage

Nijmegen

Tesco Liffey Valley €20 slabs of 24 are all 500ml with widgets.

POBox19

MoodeRator wrote: »

7.95 here, but no idea on cost of postage

Dream on...
I tried to order 12 bottles on the site, but they only have 6 in stock. Freight looks like €36 to the North, no RoI option, so they are cheaper here, and a lot less hassle.

rogeyspoint

POBox19 wrote: »

Dream on...
I tried to order 12 bottles on the site, but they only have 6 in stock. Freight looks like €36 to the North, no RoI option, so they are cheaper here, and a lot less hassle.

ROI. Chance of Customs Vat

Sam Russell

rogeyspoint wrote: »

ROI. Chance of Customs Vat

It is excise duty that takes the fun out of it.

Poor_old_gill

POBox19 wrote: »

Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is

Poor_old_gill

POBox19 wrote: »

Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is

Odyssey 2005

Do you're going to buy two bottles...easy there chief :)

odyssey06

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is

Yep, a v nice Rioja.

If buying a few bottles though Tesco have 25 percent off any 6 bottles including miniatures. So you could get Cune Rioja Riserva for 7.50 a bottle.

mistersifter

Nijmegen wrote: »

Tesco Liffey Valley €20 slabs of 24 are all 500ml with widgets.

Did my annual stock up.

Heinekens were best before October 2021 and all so I'm grand for beer up til then


edit: I also noticed that they've put the boxes (20 x 330ml) of Hop House and Corona from 15 euro back up to 18 and 20 euro respectively. And Rockshore is now 20 per slab not 2 for 35.

Nollog

rubadub wrote: »

what price would be become good value to you?

10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.

Well you have the price now, since they didn't publish it in their leaflet, knock yourself out.
I swear I've seen them around €10 all the time.

irishproduce

jonnyatomic wrote: »

Aldi have 18 hop house for €24 all year, I pick up a slab every 2 weeks with the shopping.. it's rarely anywhere else in a slab, I picked up a box of 20 bottles from Tesco a few weeks ago for €15. Don't know if they still have them at that price.

Will stick the head into aldi so. Thanks

Blanco100

irishproduce wrote: »

Will stick the head into aldi so. Thanks

Where are the best deals for slabs of cans or 20 bottles?

Any kind of lager I suppose

headnorth

Tesco

TimHorton

headnorth wrote: »

Tesco

Tesco Staff 20% Discount this week too !

Caranica

Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.

Cloudio9

Caranica wrote: »

Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.

Gunpowder is a great deal, think that's normally around €45-€50 but unsurprisingly sold out when I checked.


How sweet is the Tanqueray ? I hate when flavoured gins taste like alcopops. I like subtle flavoured gins like Boyle's raspberry blush.

Surreptitious

Caranica wrote: »

Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.

I picked up the Beefeater 3 for 50. I like that gin so thought it was a good deal. Haven't tried the Tanqueray.

Caranica

Cloudio9 wrote: »

How sweet is the Tanqueray ? I hate when flavoured gins taste like alcopops. I like subtle flavoured gins like Boyle's raspberry blush.

It's not very sweet at all. The Whitney Neil ones are full of sugar but the Tanqueray is light. Was given it with ginger ale in a pop up gin cocktail bar in Newcastle and loved it. Even my beer and whiskey drinking friend has taken to it so definitely not overly sweet.

POBox19

Any good offers on real gin, i.e. Cork Dry Gin?

theminstrel

POBox19 wrote: »

Any good offers on real gin, i.e. Cork Dry Gin?

23 in Dunnes today for 1L.
Was 20 last week, so not a great deal

franglan

Anyone know how long the 500ml Guinness slabs in Tesco are around for?