Booze deals [Megathread #2]

Exactly. Those NZ Sauv blancs are fine if knocking them back but if you actually taste them they're fairly puckering.

Speaking of wine in Supervalu... this is somewhere between a bargain alert and a read the small print notice.

Supervalu (Raheny) had cases of Santa Rita wines 6 for €40, Pinot Grigio and Cabernet Sauvignon.

They are that low price because they are lower alcohol: 9.3% for the Grigio and 8.5% for the Cab Sav.

The red might be better slightly chilled in summer but maybe some intrepid boardsie can give us a review :)

e.g. Santa Rita 120 'Delight' Cabernet Sauvignon 6 Bottle Case

https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/product/1839507000

Just a quick example of an order Im picking up tomorrow. If you search for "alcohol" on the Sainsburys website a checkbox appears to filter for "offers only" so padded out the order with those. 25% off the wine is already applied. When you check out you can then stack the £18 off coupon bringin this order down to £150. Im hoping they do this offer again just before Christmas 🤣.

Yes ive done it a few times now to get the £18 off code. You choose +353 from the country code list then drop the '0' from your mobile number to enter 9 digits in the input box e.g. 871234567

Might be worth a trip For anyone around portlaoise with a blade machine.

Some good deals here on beer and wine

Lidl doing 4 cans of Beamish for €6.79 from next Thursday.

Never seen a 4 pack below €8 before, and I'm in Cark bai so I see and drink tins of Beamish often.

I see Franziskaner is €2 a 500ml bottle in Dunnes at the moment, good value compared to UK non mup where LIDL and Tesco are selling 4 for £6 (€1.72 a bottle). Single bottle pricing is more in UK than Dunnes.

Decent prices, but worth noting that Bulleit is cheaper in Dunnes at 32 at the moment, and Buffalo Trace seems to be 30. Some of the others are more expensive in Dunnes, of course, so it pays to shop around.

Thats the worst side effect I've heard of.

On the bright side, does that mean cheap shite smells / tastes the same as the good stuff to you?

The cheap stuff tastes kinda the same as it always did, but a big part of the pleasure of drinking a more expensive whiskey for me, and I imagine many others, is taking a good sniff of it before tasting, and also appreciating the smells while tasting. I do have a mid-priced bottle of Black's tucked away for Christmas so I'll see if I get anything more out of that than ordinary Jameson / Powers.

It's a pain but it's far from the worst side effect some people have, I never had any symptoms until one day I realised I hadn't lit the gas hob properly but could barely smell the gas. Got a PCR test and it was negative. That was last October.

25% off 6 bottles starts again tomorrow in Sainsbury's. Tesco clubcard prices in NI run until tomorrow so probably something coming up there too.

Anyone been to the UK by ferry in the last while and have any experience of customs to share? The allowances to bring back into Ireland are very small (e.g. only 1 litre of spirits) and just wondering to what extent that's being enforced on the way back. Going out from Dun Laoghaire, not Rosslare, if that makes any difference. Thanks.

https://book.aferry.com/action/search?searchid=11977142602005494936 Stena Line? Dublin Port?

Yes Dublin Port is in the city, and Dun Laoghaire is another place and its port used to compete with Dublin and have ferry services but Stena line pulled out and moved to Dublin.