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Beers,This Saturday,The Duke,All Welcome!

  • 08-07-2011 11:55PM
    #1
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    So I was out for a few pints Wednesday night and I ended up in the Duke (on Duke Street,off Grafton Street,for those not familiar with it) and I was thinking to myself,this would be a rather nice spot for a beering.

    Seeing as we are nearly midway through July and the Noc's are having a double beers next weekend I figure sometime in August would be best.

    So what think'th you dapper gents and lovely ladies of tGC?

    Directions to The Duke

    Beers - When? 12 votes

    Saturday 6th August
    0%
    Saturday 13th August
    58%
    UnknownRacoonQueenPanthrostupidusernameMoragparker kentFewFew 7 votes
    Saturday 20th August
    25%
    UnknownBottle_of_Smoke[Deleted User] 3 votes
    Saturday 27th August
    16%
    18ADHyperbullet 2 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Maguined
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,247 ✭✭✭Maguined


    Is the duke not an extremely narrow and humid pub? If it is the same place I am thinking of then I would of thought that would be a terrible place for a beers?


  • #3
    Malaya Obnoxious Tungsten
    Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Malaya Obnoxious Tungsten


    Saturday 20th August
    Maguined wrote: »
    Is the duke not an extremely narrow and humid pub? If it is the same place I am thinking of then I would of thought that would be a terrible place for a beers?

    as opposed to lafayette??

    anyway i dont know about location but im up for another beers and i better be able to hear at the next one...


  • #4
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Maguined wrote: »
    Is the duke not an extremely narrow and humid pub? If it is the same place I am thinking of then I would of thought that would be a terrible place for a beers?

    Dunno where you are thinking of Mags.Its good sized place with an upstairs part too.


  • #5
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    There was a summer? :confused:


  • #6
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Well the sun is shining where I am so thats good enough for me!


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  • #7
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Don't make it clash with the After Hours beers ya feicer :p:pac:

    I will try and make it though whenever it's on.


  • #8
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Saturday 20th August
    Weekends of the 12th/19th/26th awesome with me


  • #9
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,731 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Sounds like a plan, one I sadly can't be a part of...as I'm revising for/doing college repeats during all of August basically.


  • #10
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Needs poll. :)


  • #11
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Goin drinkin.Will poll tomorrow.:D


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  • #12
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,418 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    hmmm... methinks we just need a meetup thread in general. :p

    if it doesnt clash with the ah beers/or any birthdays coming up for me i'll be there...

    ...as the intro for baywatch goes. ;)


  • #13
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,081 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Saturday 13th August
    Awww Baywatch...:pac:


  • #14
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    hmmm... methinks we just need a meetup thread in general. :p

    if it doesnt clash with the ah beers/or any birthdays coming up for me i'll be there...

    ...as the intro for baywatch goes. ;)

    The good ole days! :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYrRebvFHc


  • #15
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Larianne wrote: »
    Needs poll. :)
    No! No polls. There will never ever be a venue and a time that will suit everyone. It always causes grief and consternation and swopping of plans.
    Much better to announce a pub and a date and leave it at that.
    Then do the same the following month, and the month after that... :cool:

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #16
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Okies,Ive added a poll for each Saturday in August and it will run for 10 days.

    I also like Drav's idea above of having a general meet up thread too for off the cuff outings.Leave that one with me.


  • #17
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Saturday 20th August
    christ please not the 6th, have missed them all over the last year due to being abroad and I get home on the 7th!


  • #18
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Ahh here!

    People are doing that whole voting while unregistered craic again. Or maybe it's only one person.
    Can we agree to go with the night that has the most actual names to it not the one that has the most invisible votes! :/


  • #19
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Saturday 20th August
    and multi answer voting too perhaps? whilst I chose the 13th, the 20th and 27th are cool with me too


  • #20
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    ToniTuddle wrote: »
    Ahh here!

    People are doing that whole voting while unregistered craic again. Or maybe it's only one person.
    Can we agree to go with the night that has the most actual names to it not the one that has the most invisible votes! :/
    Thats what we have always done Tuds!


  • #21
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Otis Driftwood wrote: »
    Thats what we have always done Tuds!


    Oh right! Grand so :pac:


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  • #22
    18AD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭18AD


    Saturday 27th August
    20th/27th are pretty much perfect for everyone*.

    *me


  • #23
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Im not too pushed anyway as all the suggested dates will be grand for me,exciting life I have and all.:o


  • #24
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Bump!
    :)


  • #25
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Otis Driftwood wrote: »
    Bump!
    :)

    I approve of this post.


  • #26
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Okies,poll closes at about 11 bells tomorrow night.Last Saturday in August is currently in the lead (more real people than anon votes so it gets the nod thus far).


  • #27
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Votes have been cast and the last Saturday of the month has been voted in.

    General feedback from the last one was that the ideal night would be starting off somewhere where people could chat/mingle without having to shout at eachother or fight to get to the bar so I propose The Duke off Grafton Street as a start point.

    Its big,has a grand covered smoking area,is pretty much as central as you can get and has great pints.

    Thoughts?


  • #28
    Maguined
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,247 ✭✭✭Maguined


    I was definitely thinking of a different pub as the photos from the website are quite nice so I think its a great choice.

    Great location, plenty of food and other late clubs to go to afterwards so win win. The only thing that could make it even better is if it is nice and cheap for a spirit drinker like myself.


  • #29
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Saturday 20th August
    has someone been there before on a saturday evening? Have a feeling it could be packed and shouting will be neccesary


  • #30
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Saturday 13th August
    Weird I thought last night of suggesting The Duke once the voting stopped on the dates. So +1 from me.


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  • #31
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    has someone been there before on a saturday evening? Have a feeling it could be packed and shouting will be neccesary
    Havnt been in it on a Saturday night however Im in Dublin this weekend so may venture in for research purposes if anyone fancies a reconnisance mission.There is a mahoosive bar upstairs that has trad sessions on Fridays which soak up alot of the crowd,not sure bout Saturdays though.


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