Tesco Heineken Offer

admiralofthefleet

Tesco are selling a 5ltr keg of heino for €20.99, i saw the ad in a pull-out in the herald so i would presume it applies to all tesco stores; happy days!:)

wba88

€19.99 in centras that sell it

heggie

couple of years ago during a certain festival supervalu i think it was sold these for 7.50!

wba88

yeah i got one a few months back for a tenner in superquinn

Davy

wba88 wrote:

yeah i got one a few months back for a tenner in superquinn

i did too, but i thought the quality wasn't great,, always very foamy. am i alone on this?

machiavellianme

admiralofthefleet wrote:

Tesco are selling a 5ltr keg of heino for €20.99, i saw the ad in a pull-out in the herald so i would presume it applies to all tesco stores; happy days!:)

How is that a bargain? Its nearly always that price or thereabouts? 5 litres worth of cans would come to similar money and isnt half as dishwater tasting. Those minikegs really are a poor substitution for a slab of cans or a proper pint.

Gryzor

davton wrote:

i did too, but i thought the quality wasn't great,, always very foamy. am i alone on this?

i was the same, big pint glasses full of foam...feckin disaster

Basq

machiavellianme wrote:

How is that a bargain? Its nearly always that price or thereabouts? 5 litres worth of cans would come to similar money and isnt half as dishwater tasting. Those minikegs really are a poor substitution for a slab of cans or a proper pint.

You could actually get roughly 12 cans at that price:

12 X 500ml = 6 litres!

Was tempted to buy the keg... as the tap looked nifty!

cyborg

Gryzor wrote:

i was the same, big pint glasses full of foam...feckin disaster

Make sure the keg is in the fridge for at least 24 hours before opening
- no foam guaranteed!

ruprect

cyborg wrote:

Make sure the keg is in the fridge for at least 24 hours before opening
- no foam guaranteed!

Yeah, it says 10hrs on the keg, I think the bubbles get finer or something after a long time. I was trying one last night at room temp and it was all foam, it was good for topping up cans, and glasses that cans were in, just pump a nice head onto a half full glass.

It is expensive though.

Matches

Anyone seen any other good offers for the weekend...? Tesco was bone dry apart from that keg!

I would say they are holding back for the electric picnic shoppers next week.

admiralofthefleet

was there last night but there was feck all else on special in the beer department.
they did have those new gillette fusion razors half price at €7.49 (14.99 full price)

snubbleste

Tesco are offering 20% back in clubcard vouchers on purchases of beer and cider this weekend.
And they have a coupon for double clubcard points in their 'Get Active' booklet envelopes in-store.

patrickc

10 cans of heineken @1.69 =16.99
1 keg 20.99
both 5 litres, think i'll stick will the cans so.

Dr. Nick

Cans of Heineken are gone really, really bad in the past year or more, very hit and miss. Mostly they're flat as a nun's t1t.
I've stopped buying them, apart from the 5% that Dunnes usually have, which are fine.

Basq

I'd agree with Dr Nick completely!

I find the cans are either (as Dr Nick so eloquently put it) "flat as a nun's tit!" or the ones i've been buying in Dunnes recently have often been suffering from the always-dreaded-strong metallic after-taste.

Rowley Birkin QC

Got two of the kegs yesterday, way nicer than the cans after a few hours in the fridge.

Maybe those of you that are getting foam will learn to appreciate the barmans's art.

311

I got cans lately and I thought they were fine ,new style cans though.
I usually drink bottles ,but cans are better value for me now.:)

smashey

#Elites wrote:

but a keg is so much cooler:P

Especially when it has been in the fridge for a couple of hours.

I'm going to buy the keg tomorrow if I can get it. I know the cans are cheaper but approx. 9 pints for €20 isn't too bad.