BBC: Boards Beer Cork

dahamsta

Since we have a few unscrupulous people dropping by cos of That Photo Thread, might as well try and organise a Cork Beers again. The Dubs are showing us up good-oh. Dates and venues please, dates and venues.

adam

rymus

I'd have to say the Franciscan Well... I've gotten rather addicted to rebel red. Finally a Cork beer... never thought it would (might) happen!

yellum

The odd thing is I've been to 4-5 Dublin boards beers and maybe 1 in Cork. Sad.

daveirl

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deRanged

why not have it somewhere nice, like the Gateway?
I've also met way more boards people in Dublin.

Brian (not a fan of the well)

Stark

If it's this weekend or the weekend after I'll come along.

Apologies to yellum by the way for replying to a thread where there's a post from him.

dahamsta

I like the beer garden in the Well but not the bar. The Gateway isn't bad, but it'll be jointed at the weekend. Everywhere will be.

adam

Stark

The Well would get my vote.

dahamsta

I guess I don't get a vote cos I'm a mod, so that's 2-1 to the Well so far. I like Monday's cos there's usually a cool trad group in the corner, but I suppose you're all young people that like Fridays and Saturdays?

adam

I don't like trad, ok? They have a guy with a trumpet, which makes it untrad-like.

rymus

You don't get a vote? Ahh c'mon now.. you have to give a vote. Being a young person I'd have to say Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays would be good for me. In fact I'd prefer a day other than Friday or Saturday 'cos one of my pet hates is wading through crowds just to have a few pints.

I only threw the well in there first because I haven't been there for a bloody long time (since the Octoberfest in fact) but I wouldn't turn down a pint anywhere... except maybe that dodgy underground place at the end of Shandon St.

daveirl

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Stark

Well if you want people to come from outside Cork for it, you'd have to make it Friday or Saturday.

dahamsta

True, but I don't see a whole lot of people from outside of Cork posting here. If they are, they should post now and let us know.

adam

Kold

If it's on a weekend I might drop by... course I'm 18 and might be intimidated by u scary old fogies... unless ye bring ye're sexy daughters... Howbout an brog?

dahamsta

Originally posted by Kold
Howbout an brog?

<adam stifles a scream>

rymus

Originally posted by daveirl
Tell me more, I'm deeply intrigued!

At the taxi office on the end of shandon st (adjacent to the fountain, stone circle thing on the footpath) theres a door just around the corner as youre heading down the quay towards St. Mary's church. At least I think that's st. Mary's. It's a fairly inconspicious looking door and theres a set of stairs going down into the bar. It's a really small place and when myself and my friend went in there the whole place turned and looked at us. All 7 or 8 of them. Highly intimidating stuff. About 10 mins later an old dodgy looking man came over to us and informed us that it was a 'members only' bar and it would cost us €20 each to drink there. Needless to say, no money changed hands. Although we did only have one pint there before moving somewhere safer...

Great experience though!

dahamsta

I went in there one night and got the same needle-scratching-across-the-record reaction. I wasn't ask for €20 but we only stayed for one pint and the lad I was with is rather large. I thought it was more funny than intimidating. All we were short was a couple lads in the corner duelling with banjos.

adam

parsi

Never been there but did go to the taxi office there a few times .. wiating outside.. drunk shouting abuse.. feeling vaguely worried (what with the North channel being so close).. Guards arrived.. more abuse.. haul yer man into van.. sound of a few whacks.. off they go.. everything back to usual end-of-Shandon_St quietness... that's the downside of the Well (that and the foreign students who insist on smoking 14 fags at a time in the bar and get odd when you open the door for a bit of air)

Kold

Kinda intimidated, would ANYone be NEAR my age?

rymus

i dunno if it makes me an old git or not... but I'm 23

dahamsta

I like looking at 18yo girls Kold, if that's any help.

Anyway, I'm in Dooblin this weekend, and someone's trying to organise linuxy pints for Thursday, and Fridays are /always/ awkward for me, but apart from that I'm available for everyone's pleasure, taunting and general wickedness. If we could organise ONE night out, we could make it reg'lar after that like. So basics first: weekdays or weekends, counting from this post. Majority rules.

I vote weekdays.

adam

rymus

I second the weekday vote

yellum

weekday. Never here on weekends.

Kold

weekend, school on weekdays

yellum

Originally posted by Kold
weekend, school on weekdays

we'll write you a sick note.

Molly

Only just found this, weekday would be better and am just slightly older then kold.

Tazzle

Don't do it Molly.

sound_wave

a boards beer!!..always said i would go to one of them..
i vote weekday except mon/wed...rugby training,sure i could go after rugby training, so i vote weekday.

is it on in the well yeah? nice beer & nice place as well!
Count me in! im 20 by the way so you wont be alone Kold :cool: ha!

b3t4

I'm tempted but would there be any other females there??

A.

Tazzle

What be those :ninja:

dahamsta

Bring some.

I'm busy this week, so we'll organise it for next week. Or feel free to organise it amongst yourselves, I'm not the boss of you.

adam

rymus

definately next week... Moving house at the moment so it's not exactly a great time to go drinking

yellum

Wednesday the 11th ?

dahamsta

Fine by me. Mine's an Erdinger.

scojones

bah, would have to be a weekend if i were to make it ( only in cork at the weekends ). I have a deadline for the 12th, and i'm off the antrim on friday the 13th for a week. 0o0o0o0 sp00ky. Arses to that anyway

dahamsta

So beat the deadline and take a day off.

Kold

Bah, I should be studying.. but I'll prob drop in for one or two...

scojones

Originally posted by dahamsta
So beat the deadline and take a day off.

Oh i can beat the deadline Adam, but i have to be there to give the presentation

Will anyone be around this weekend for a few beers?

rymus

did anyone go for a few last night? I got home, crashed on the couch and completely forgot about the bloody thing. Those are the perils of not having internet access at home and being able to check boards every ten mins

yellum

*clicks fingers*

Dang I knew there was somewhere I was meant to be.

Kold

You guys never set a date... Im assuming it was at the franciscan?

dahamsta

Yellum suggested a date and I said I'd be there, but no-one else followed up. Yellum would've IM'd me if he was going, so I didn't go. I'd be on again for this week, say Wednesday or Thursday. The Well is prolly easiest, most people here seem to know it.

adam

Kold

Im up for toosday if y'all are

parsi

I'm an oldie (35) .. don't know any of ye.. but wouldn't mind meeting up in the Well for a pint...

Kold

If ye're all good with tuesday put up a big announcement thread

dahamsta

Right, I'll go, and if none of ye turn up, sod ye. Time please?

yellum

Tuesday 7.56pm

dahamsta

Christ, I won't be able to make it until 7:57! Will that be ok?!

yellum

Fine, damn you, I'll have to juggle a load of appointments now.

dimerocks

i say lets drink them under the table. to the brog!!!!!!!

Kold

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