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Supporting craft breweries

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  • #4022
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Worth noting that a lot of breweries will be in (or just finishing) St.Patricks Day prep at this time of year so will be focusing on getting pallets of their regulars shipped to Europe.



  • #4023
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Both Whiplash and Wicklow Wolf have free shipping from their webstores.



  • #4024
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,333 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Very rarely in town these days, so headed to Against the Grain for the first time in a long time tonight. Shutters were down, so we went to the Beer Temple instead. Asked the barman there about Against the Grain, he told us it's closing down this week. Shame, it was always my favourite GBB pub, but I suppose if I haven't been there much lately, maybe a lot of others haven't been either.



  • #4025
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,474 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    I was only in there last week, and it was busy enough for early on a Wednesday evening I thought.



  • #4026
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,595 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121944126#Comment_121944126

    I gave up on it a few years ago. Staff weren't very good at their jobs, and the place stank like a sewer.



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  • #4027
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,459 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Against the Grain was open over the weekend. So don't think that's right.



  • #4028
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    It seems to be hanging on all right, though apparently there is another company ready to take over the lease.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #4029
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,921 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Would be great if they kept things roughly the same but just not run by Galway Bay.



  • #4030
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Nah, it's going to be an Asian restaurant, I'm told.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #4031
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,148 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Interesting as they only renovated it last year, and not for the better, either imho.



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  • #4032
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Might be a long shot, but I am assuming there are few to no venues / off licenses worth going to very close to Croke Park? Am up for work soon and staying close by, but am not fussed for the 30+ min walk to head into town-town for the likes of Craft Central, Underdog, Fidelity et al in the evening (public transport is not much quicker)

    As an aside, I don't think Underdog actually state on their Instagram their address… so going off Google that it is indeed 199 King St N, Rotunda, Dublin 1, D07 PR5X.



  • #4033
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,413 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Cat and Cage, Juno are the best options probably



  • #4034
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,595 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122023422#Comment_122023422

    Where's Juno? Haven't been to cat and cage in years, didn't know they had a good craft offering now. They do good pizza now too, right?



  • #4035
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,413 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122023639#Comment_122023639

    former Red Parrot on Dorset Street, just a little over the bridge - not sure how good or not the craft offering is, but it'll be more than the two taps in McGraths (O'Haras and Galway Hooker; and one of the staff appears to lipread O'Haras as Carlsberg!)



  • #4036
    Citizen Six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,595 ✭✭✭Citizen Six


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122023654#Comment_122023654

    Ah yeah, I know the one now.



  • #4037
    toffeeshel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭toffeeshel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122023322#Comment_122023322

    Martins in Fairview is about 10/15 minute walk from Croke Park



  • #4038
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    The Big Romance is a good spot, only 5 mins walk to Croke Park



  • #4039
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,921 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122024404#Comment_122024404

    20 minute walk.

    I've done it plenty of times.



  • #4040
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Thanks - we'll see how work goes and if I'm up to the walks out and about.



  • #4041
    JayRoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭JayRoc


    Here's a question for those more knowledgable than I...

    I noticed Tesco have significantly different prices on gargle depending on whether or not the customer has a Clubcard; would the recent rule change about discounts on achohol not apply here?

    No axe to grind one way or the other, just curious.

    I remember my local offie having to do away with their loyalty scheme when all this came in and I was devastated ;)



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  • #4042
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,474 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Can't answer the legal question, but Lidl have been doing the same for months with wine with Lidl Plus. In both stores, they don't count for the points or x of €xx spend.



  • #4043
    Twee.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    I think it's allowed because the discounts are available to anyone with a club card/app and they don't contribute to points schemes. There's no "rewarding" if that makes sense.



  • #4044
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122024413#Comment_122024413

    After several pre-match pints maybe it just feels like 5 minutes to me 😅



  • #4045
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,921 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122030583#Comment_122030583

    Oh I know.

    As a Limerick fan I have become a bit of an expert on the walk to Croke Park in recent times 🤣



  • #4046
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122030259#Comment_122030259

    It's a bit like the late-night pricing in pubs vs the happy hour ban: putting the price up for some people is legal, nay encouraged. As long as the Clubcard price is above MUP, it's legal. Discounts are only illegal when you have to buy more alcohol to get them.

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  • #4047
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,125 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122030803#Comment_122030803

    So, in most bars, beer is considerably cheaper if you buy a pint rather than a half pint. Could this be illegal?



  • #4048
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,895 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Nope, because it's a different product, not a cheaper version of the same product. Like how multipacks in the supermarket are cheaper per can than buying individually: it's allowed because it's a different SKU. Breaking the spirit of the law, I guess, but not the letter.

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  • #4049
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,125 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122034479#Comment_122034479

    Ah, I had hoped that this thing I've been banging on about for years may finally have some standing in law. The price charged in some places for a half pint is outrageous compared to the price of a pint of the same beer!



  • #4050
    squonk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,630 ✭✭✭squonk


    you’d think that discrepancy along with the high price of NA and soft drinks in bars would have been the first measures implemented by those who are so concerned for the nations health.



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  • #4051
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    I picked up a can of Rascals’ Strawberry Milkshake IPA. I noticed it has a logo indicating it is vegan friendly, but the ingredients list mentions lactose.

    I had thought lactose was derived from milk sugars. Is there such a thing as vegan lactose, or am I just putting my ignorance on show for everyone?



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