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    #182
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,030 ✭✭✭✭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...

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #183
    Losty Dublin
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    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.


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    #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?


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    #185
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users 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.


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    #186
    oblivious
    Registered Users 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 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭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?


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    #188
    irish_goat
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    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


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    #189
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭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.


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    #190
    Lucena
    Registered Users 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.


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    #191
    Hotblack Desiato
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    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?

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #192
    BaZmO*
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    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.


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    #193
    Plates
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭Plates


    Hi all,


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


    Cheers.


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    #194
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,787 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
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    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 :)


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    #196
    Losty Dublin
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    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.


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    #197
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭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.


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    #198
    oblivious
    Registered Users 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


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    #199
    Plates
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    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.


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    #200
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,787 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    JW Sweetman does this sort of thing too.

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    #201
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


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


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    #202
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,787 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    There's generally a token tap or two from one of the other micros.

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    #203
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,280 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Was in the Bull & Castle for the first time in a good while the other night. Wtf have they done with the place? Full of kids, crap chart pop music, pitchers of cocktails and a beer menu that's only a fraction of what it used to be. I can't see myself returning any time soon, which is a shame because I always liked it.


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    #204
    ben.schlomo
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Was in the Bull & Castle for the first time in a good while the other night. Wtf have they done with the place? Full of kids, crap chart pop music, pitchers of cocktails and a beer menu that's only a fraction of what it used to be. I can't see myself returning any time soon, which is a shame because I always liked it.

    That sounds horrendous, myself and herself always like going there as the range of beer has always been great.


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    #205
    Creamy Goodness
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    The selection is still great, however they've chopped it down a bit. There's now a guinness and heineken tap, cask is no longer at the bar or has to be pumped up from the 2 flights from the cellar (haven't ordered cask in there in a long time). As uncomfortable as the long wooden benches were the new seats are awful especially the high seats, me thinks they're designed to get people in and out after 2-3 pints.

    That being said the food is still great, and in fairness their cocktails are fairly heavy hitting ones and not like the watered-down ones you get elsewhere.

    Hopefully they'll realise some of this and with the opening of the beer market hopefully the competition will give them a nudge back in the right direction.


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    #206
    BeerNut
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    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    cask is no longer at the bar or has to be pumped up from the 2 flights from the cellar
    The barrel is kept under the counter upstairs, I'm told. €4.50 a pint for the cask, which isn't bad.

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    #207
    Creamy Goodness
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    ah must have changed since so. I remember Dave telling me that it was pumped up the two flights. I'll retract that now :).


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    #208
    BeerNut
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    In fairness, Dave would know better than I would.

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    #209
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    nah I'm beginning to think my info is out of date tbh. I heard that the first week of them re-opening, he did mention they were planning to bring it back upstairs so I can only assume they've done that :).


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    #210
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,770 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Gone downhill since I left you'se are saying? :pac:

    I still like it but I admit that it's probably mainly for nostalgic reasons and cause I know the staff. The focus has definitely shifted from the beer but they seem to do a roaring trade on the cocktails so I can't imagine they'll change that aspect anytime soon.


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    #211
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Gone downhill since I left you'se are saying? :pac:

    I still like it but I admit that it's probably mainly for nostalgic reasons and cause I know the staff. The focus has definitely shifted from the beer but they seem to do a roaring trade on the cocktails so I can't imagine they'll change that aspect anytime soon.

    A bar that was lets face it renowned for its craft beer selection, stops focusing on the beer etc and focus's instead on cocktails.
    Im confused as to why they didn't stay doing what they were good at and add in the cocktails and do them well as well....I like bars that do good cocktails, they're easy on the eye ;)


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