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  • #152
    jkmanc1974
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭jkmanc1974


    kcimd wrote: »
    kavanaghs(the gravediggers) at the back of glasnevin cemetery. the bar has never changed,no radio,no tv,no music,old wooden tables and benches to sit on. beautiful Guinness,great staff,a place to go to talk and have the craic. small green field outside to bring your drink out and chill out on summer nights. brilliant pub

    Agreed it a great pub...nearly as good as the beggars bush in ballsbridge!

    Brgds
    Johnny


  • #153
    kcimd
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭kcimd


    jkmanc1974 wrote: »
    Agreed it a great pub...nearly as good as the beggars bush in ballsbridge!

    Brgds
    Johnny

    never been,must suss it out sometime


  • #154
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    kcimd wrote: »
    kavanaghs(the gravediggers) at the back of glasnevin cemetery. the bar has never changed,no radio,no tv,no music,old wooden tables and benches to sit on. beautiful Guinness,great staff,a place to go to talk and have the craic. small green field outside to bring your drink out and chill out on summer nights. brilliant pub

    Coming from a former bartender I don't often say this, but the staff there are w*****s. Met some friends there last summer, they were all drinking pints from the pub out in the field but since there was no craft for sale I grabbed a few in Sweeney's around the corner. The bar staff then tried to tell me I could only drink in the field if I bought stuff from their pub, even though it's a public place. I told them this and my mate pointed out that they're being risky letting people drink pints here at all as they're not insured for that anyway. I then pointed out the groups of lads all drinking cans of Bulmers and asked why he wasn't moving them along. He gave up after this but then came back a while later and accused us of doing drugs and threatened to phone the cops. The Gardai did a drive-by a while later but completely ignored everyone.

    All that over a bottle of Galway Hooker.


  • #155
    kcimd
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭kcimd


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Coming from a former bartender I don't often say this, but the staff there are w*****s. Met some friends there last summer, they were all drinking pints from the pub out in the field but since there was no craft for sale I grabbed a few in Sweeney's around the corner. The bar staff then tried to tell me I could only drink in the field if I bought stuff from their pub, even though it's a public place. I told them this and my mate pointed out that they're being risky letting people drink pints here at all as they're not insured for that anyway. I then pointed out the groups of lads all drinking cans of Bulmers and asked why he wasn't moving them along. He gave up after this but then came back a while later and accused us of doing drugs and threatened to phone the cops. The Gardai did a drive-by a while later but completely ignored everyone.

    All that over a bottle of Galway Hooker.

    well I've never had an issue so i can only speak from my own experience there. I've only drank their beer though :-)


  • #156
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Coming from a former bartender I don't often say this, but the staff there are w*****s.

    All that over a bottle of Galway Hooker.

    tbh I havent been in there in years but every time Ive gone I've left with the impression that the bar staff are basically c**ts


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  • #157
    roganjosh
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭roganjosh


    Anyone recommend any decent pubs in Westport? Heading down there this weekend. Lookin for craft beers but not essential.


  • #158
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I've not been, but I hear good things about The Porter House in Westport (unaffiliated with The Porterhouse chain).

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  • #159
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    roganjosh wrote: »
    Anyone recommend any decent pubs in Westport? Heading down there this weekend. Lookin for craft beers but not essential.

    Matt Molloy's & The Jester would be the main spots.
    Plenty of options, a lot of decent boozers.

    Good craic to be had in Westport, good athmosphere always :)


  • #160
    roganjosh
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭roganjosh


    Thanks BeerNut, i'll give it a go


  • #161
    Glebee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,683 ✭✭✭Glebee


    roganjosh wrote: »
    Anyone recommend any decent pubs in Westport? Heading down there this weekend. Lookin for craft beers but not essential.


    Last time I was down I had a great evening/night in a pub called Cosy Joes.. Its been a few years mind but I think its still there. No idea if they would have any craft but id be surprised if any decent pub at this stage should be stocking something. From what i recall there seems to be many decent boozers on Bridge St.


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  • #162
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Slattsy wrote: »
    Matt Molloy's & The Jester would be the main spots.
    Plenty of options, a lot of decent boozers.

    Good craic to be had in Westport, good athmosphere always :)

    Steer well clear of Matt Molloy's if you don't like crowds; it always has a crowd day and night time, few of whom ever seem to be drinking. Hoban's at the Octagon is good for trad sessons; their sessions tend to be more ad hoc than Molloy's in that they are pretty much show up and away they go.

    A fair few pubs in the town carry West Mayo, one of two local brewers suppling the town. They have three beers Toby's carries their porter which is served on tap unchilled, or at least it was the last time I was there :)


  • #163
    roganjosh
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭roganjosh


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Steer well clear of Matt Molloy's if you don't like crowds; it always has a crowd day and night time, few of whom ever seem to be drinking. Hoban's at the Octagon is good for trad sessons; their sessions tend to be more ad hoc than Molloy's in that they are pretty much show up and away they go.

    A fair few pubs in the town carry West Mayo, one of two local brewers suppling the town. They have three beers Toby's carries their porter which is served on tap unchilled, or at least it was the last time I was there :)

    That sounds great, I'll definitely be tracking that down


  • #164
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    In Smyths of Ranelagh right now, had a Heineken but then noticed they have plenty of different choices ..so ordered one of these and it's lovely. But the price stings a bit.

    For those of us raised on Carlsberg and Heineken like me, I'm just going to have to pay more to get a better taste when I go out? The price feels like Temple Bar which I'm not in.

    Just ordered another....



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  • #165
    DLMA23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭DLMA23


    €3.60 a pint for Paulaner in O'Reillys Sub lounge off Tara Street


  • #166
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    Why am I here? That's some difference


  • #167
    adamski8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭adamski8


    You should try an oharas ipa or a galway hooker while your there


  • #168
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    I'm a bit wary about mixing booze but cheers for the tips!

    Edit: I was on the Heineken so what's my point!


  • #169
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Paulaner is 5.5% so more ingredients are likely to have gone into it, and higher duty etc.

    Your carlsberg & heineken would typically be 4.3% in pubs here. So the paulaner is 28% higher. So if your €5.90 paulaner was diluted down to 4.3% a pint would have been €4.61. I have heard it said heineken brew to a higher % and just dilute down to 4.3%.

    Some of these beers come in oversized glasses with a line showing where the pint actually is, so you typically get a proper full pint or more, while your standard heineken & carlsberg in a normal glass is usually a bit under.

    Also go easy on it, a small increase in % can have a much greater effect than you might think. If you drank at the same rate as usual I would expect your blood alcohol level to be more than simply 28% higher than usual.


  • #170
    Ravelleman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    gebbel wrote: »
    Why am I here? That's some difference

    I frequently pay extra for pints simply not to be in O'Reilly's. For me price isn't the most important factor and there are much better options in town. Just look at Sweetmans next door.


  • #171
    DLMA23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭DLMA23


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    I frequently pay extra for pints simply not to be in O'Reilly's. For me price isn't the most important factor and there are much better options in town. Just look at Sweetmans next door.
    Great for nipping into at 5.30 on a Saturday for a couple of budget, quality swifty's before I hit the bus to the Wild Wesht

    I do have a fondness for Sweetman's Pale Ale though in all fairness


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  • #172
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    rubadub wrote: »
    I have heard it said heineken brew to a higher % and just dilute down to 4.3%.

    All the big breweries do that, saves space in the fermentation and conditioning chambers if you can brew an 8%+ beer/cider and then just dilute it back down before packaging. Can't honestly say whether it ultimately has an effect on the end product, but I always find it funny when breweries like Diageo and Bulmers talk about "traditional brewing processes".


  • #173
    oblivious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    irish_goat wrote: »
    but I always find it funny when breweries like Diageo and Bulmers talk about "traditional brewing processes".


    Diageo have been doing it since the 80's, "traditional brewing processes" is the same as how long is a piece of string


  • #174
    KJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


    Does anybody know when or why the Old Boro in Swords closed down?


  • #175
    Tinkersbell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭Tinkersbell


    KJ wrote: »
    Does anybody know when or why the Old Boro in Swords closed down?

    Quick google there says it's closed for renovations, JD Wetherspoon own it now.

    https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swordsdublin.net%2Fold_boro_pub.html&ei=ONxoVODUHuPlsATokIGIAw&usg=AFQjCNERLv_s71aydf0YWUNcMmvXCEu8BQ


  • #176
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    I’m arriving into Dublin this Saturday evening. Meeting up with my brother (and our respective OHs) for a drink around 6.30 and we’ve booked a restaurant from 7.30 on South William Street.
    So my question is, where are good spots to go for a drink (or two, time permitting) before and after. Myself and my OH are into craft beer, but my brother and his OH aren’t.
    I was thinking Sweetman’s before, as I’ve heard it’s not too expensive. Do they sell macros? Can anyone recommend a place after 9pm near S. William Street that won’t be too wedged (Mission Impossible probably on the last Saturday night before Christmas!) that does decent beer? Doesn’t have to be a craft place, but ideally would have, as a minimum, some O’Hara’s or similar.


  • #177
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Lucena wrote: »
    I’m arriving into Dublin this Saturday evening. Meeting up with my brother (and our respective OHs) for a drink around 6.30 and we’ve booked a restaurant from 7.30 on South William Street.
    So my question is, where are good spots to go for a drink (or two, time permitting) before and after. Myself and my OH are into craft beer, but my brother and his OH aren’t.
    I was thinking Sweetman’s before, as I’ve heard it’s not too expensive. Do they sell macros? Can anyone recommend a place after 9pm near S. William Street that won’t be too wedged (Mission Impossible probably on the last Saturday night before Christmas!) that does decent beer? Doesn’t have to be a craft place, but ideally would have, as a minimum, some O’Hara’s or similar.

    Sweetman's do macro and Porterhouse Central is round the corner and they sell bottles of macro stuff as well but their own range has something to satisfy everyone, imo. Bull and Castle is up the round at Christchurch and does lots of craft plus some macro too.


  • #178
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Sweetman's do macro and Porterhouse Central is round the corner and they sell bottles of macro stuff as well but their own range has something to satisfy everyone, imo. Bull and Castle is up the round at Christchurch and does lots of craft plus some macro too.

    Also O'Neills of Suffolk Street, the Bank on College Green and if you want to dare Temple Bar, you could try the Palace or the Norseman.

    Truth be known, most pubs in town will do some beer which will be approaching craft, even if it's a few token bottles.


  • #179
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    If you don't have the BeoirFinder app, or want a bigger view, the online version is here.

    Just change the filter to pubs (pint glass). The only problem is the online version doesn't give you as much info as the app, only the name of the venue.

    If you want somewhere that's not too busy, Brewery Lane above the Merchant's arch tends to have plenty of space and serves both craft and macro.


  • #180
    barryoneill50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭barryoneill50


    Hope this is an appropriate thread for this. Anyone know any good watering holes in Wexford town that stock a good selection of craft ales?


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  • #181
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Simon Lambert on Main Street should fit the bill. They have their own brewery going in soon too.

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  • #182
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    Just a quick note on The 57 Headline at the top of Clanbrassil Street at the SCR junction...

    I go past it on my way home from work, it was closed this evening...

    Scrap the cap!



  • #183
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    I go past it on my way home from work, it was closed this evening...

    Tonight was their staff Christmas party so the pub was closed today.


  • #184
    drohanzy
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭drohanzy


    I'm going to a party in the Old Mill in Tallaght on Saturday night and was wondering what the selection of beer on tap is like there?


  • #185
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    drohanzy wrote: »
    I'm going to a party in the Old Mill in Tallaght on Saturday night and was wondering what the selection of beer on tap is like there?

    According to their FB page they do craft beer

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    That could mean anything though.


  • #186
    oblivious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    According to their FB page they do craft beer

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    That could mean anything though.

    It's an up date of the mid naughties we have "World Beers" :)


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  • #187
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    I've noticed that the Norseman in Temple Bar has gone seriously downhill lately. Little to no rotation, a lot of taps dry.

    I remember going in there a few months ago and they had 4 taps of 8 degrees. Doubles, imperials etc.

    Anyone know whats going on?


  • #188
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    lee_baby_simms wrote: »
    I've noticed that the Norseman in Temple Bar has gone seriously downhill lately. Little to no rotation, a lot of taps dry.

    I remember going in there a few months ago and they had 4 taps of 8 degrees. Doubles, imperials etc.

    Anyone know whats going on?

    Few posts on it here but basically they've been offered money by one of the multinational brewers if they stop selling Irish beer.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057124382&page=320


  • #189
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Few posts on it here but basically they've been offered money by one of the multinational brewers if they stop selling Irish beer.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057124382&page=320

    That's disgraceful. I'm never stepping in there again.


  • #190
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    You have to feel bad for the publicans being under such pressure, caught between the multinationals and those flippin' hipsters and their poncy beers, but unless people vote with their feet, the pubs will always be swayed by the multinationals. I wonder what the multinationals' long-term strategy and reading of the situation is, do they feel they're fighting a rearguard action and they're trying to hold on to their huge market share as long as possible, or do they think the whole craft thing is a passing fad and that in five to ten years we'll have forgotten about it?

    The thing is though, even if craft beer does remain a minority taste, this kind of thing can be bad for business. For example, in a group of five or six people heading out for pints, maybe one or two are into craft beer. In some cases the group will head to the pub selling craft beer because the non-craft fans can still get their normal beer, whereas the craft drinkers are highly unlikely to go somewhere not selling the craft stuff.


  • #191
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Few posts on it here but basically they've been offered money by one of the multinational brewers if they stop selling Irish beer.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057124382&page=320

    Aren't there supposed to be competition laws against dominant suppliers pulling stunts like that?

    Scrap the cap!



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  • #192
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Aren't there supposed to be competition laws against dominant suppliers pulling stunts like that?

    It's just an exclusivity deal so afaik it's perfectly legal.


  • #193
    Plates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭Plates


    Hi all,


    Any recommendations for a pub in Templeogue / Terenure / Rathfarnham area with craft beer on tap?


    Cheers.


  • #194
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Vaughan's in Terenure has a couple of O'Hara's taps. If you can make it to Rathgar, The 108 has a great selection of Galway Bay and guest beers.

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  • #195
    Plates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭Plates


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Vaughan's in Terenure has a couple of O'Hara's taps. If you can make it to Rathgar, The 108 has a great selection of Galway Bay and guest beers.



    Never thought about the 108 - cheers :)


  • #196
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,239 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Vaughan's in Terenure has a couple of O'Hara's taps. If you can make it to Rathgar, The 108 has a great selection of Galway Bay and guest beers.

    Also, the Terenure Sports Club (CYM) has some craft beers in stock and the Yellow House has (Well, they had a year ago when last I called in.) Ó'Hara bottles.


  • #197
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Looking for a recommendation for somewhere that does craft beer and food, for about 15 people for a 30th birthday in dublin city centre, if anyone has any ideas.


  • #198
    oblivious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    Zymurgist wrote: »
    Looking for a recommendation for somewhere that does craft beer and food, for about 15 people for a 30th birthday in dublin city centre, if anyone has any ideas.

    The 57th headlines or Mulligans grocers both good choices with the space


  • #199
    Plates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭Plates


    Zymurgist wrote: »
    Looking for a recommendation for somewhere that does craft beer and food, for about 15 people for a 30th birthday in dublin city centre, if anyone has any ideas.

    Porterhouse or Bull & Castle would be good options too.


  • #200
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    JW Sweetman does this sort of thing too.

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  • #201
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Do Sweetmans stock other craft beers or is it just the in-house range?


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