Ibid's beers, beer, and good city centre establishments for students

europerson

Ibid wrote:

We go drinkies when we go back.

Seconded.

ApeXaviour

Right... I've invited myself along to this. B.ie polar has gone drinking enough with the physics crowd, I'm goin bloody drinkin with the bess crowd.

*cough* organise a TCD Board Beers. Pre-Freshers' Week. And another for Freshers' Week.

Time Magazine

ApeXaviour wrote:

Right... I've invited myself along to this. B.ie polar has gone drinking enough with the physics crowd, I'm goin bloody drinkin with the bess crowd.

I think an Ibid House 36 Boards Beers Initiation Party of Fame for Time Eternal Party is in order.

Actually yes. A Freshers' Week Drinkathon in my new house sounds fantabulous. Up for it Dec/BESSheads/others?

Ibid

Ibid wrote:

I think an Ibid House 36 Boards Beers Initiation Party of Fame for Time Eternal Party is in order.

Actually yes. A Freshers' Week Drinkathon in my new house sounds fantabulous. Up for it Dec/BESSheads/others?

Owwwww... to get myself in shape for said beers (and to get me through another day at work) I hit the bottle pretty hard last night..

My line of work does not improve when hungover

But I'm all for free beer in Endas gaff!

ApeXaviour

Ibid wrote:

I think an Ibid House 36 Boards Beers Initiation Party of Fame for Time Eternal Party is in order.

Actually yes. A Freshers' Week Drinkathon in my new house sounds fantabulous. Up for it Dec/BESSheads/others?

Indeed, your on campus room should be Christened, and christened well. I'll rope dead_ed into it, not a difficult task really, all that needs doing is to mention C2H5OH word.*



*EDIT: Dammit! I keep forgetting ed is a chemist of sorts.

Boston

On the one hand that Ibid chappy hates me, on the other, free beer is free beer.

ApeX

ApeX wrote:

C2H5OH

Alcohol!!

I win! I win!

What do I win?

Awayindahils

Ibid wrote:

I think an Ibid House 36 Boards Beers Initiation Party of Fame for Time Eternal Party is in order.

Actually yes. A Freshers' Week Drinkathon in my new house sounds fantabulous. Up for it Dec/BESSheads/others?

Alcohol

Time Magazine

Deleted User wrote:

But I'm all for free beer in Endas gaff!

Who said anything about free?

But yes, beer in Enda's gaff sounds good. I think.

shay_562

Enjoyment of drinking weighed against voluntarily spending time in Ibid's company...it's a tough one. But yeah, odds are I'll come along; I don't plan on being quite as dead this Freshers' Week.

Tricity Bendix

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. My love life just got a whole lot more complicated. Oh dear.

On the plus side its circa five o'clock and I am absolutely, positively, wondrously drunk.

In fact, I'm not sure just how badly I screwed up (pun intended) last night. I can only remember bits and pieces. All I know for certain is that I downed an entire bottle of vodka by myself.

Looking forward to Freshers' Week drinkies.

Time Magazine

shay_562 wrote:

Enjoyment of drinking weighed against voluntarily spending time in Ibid's company...it's a tough one. But yeah, odds are I'll come along; I don't plan on being quite as dead this Freshers' Week.

I think a 'till 12 drinking session, followed by a trip to Doyle's is in order.

ApeXaviour

Have you not removed Doyle's from your list yet? It's incredibly monotonous. At least don't plan to go there, that way you'll only end up going 2/3 times

Better and more exotic bars that require little extra walking be abouts.

Boston

ApeXaviour wrote:

Have you not removed Doyle's from your list yet? It's incredibly monotonous. At least don't plan to go there, that way you'll only end up going 2/3 times

Better and more exotic bars that require little extra walking be abouts.

Agreed.
The long stone for instance.

Ron DMC

Or the newly refurbished, and actually open Lincoln's Inn.

Boston

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

Or the newly refurbished, and actually open Lincoln's Inn.

what? news to me, must go for a pint there at some stage. Do they still ahve pool tables?

Ron DMC

Nope. It's all fancy like.
Part of the Thomas Read chain of pubs so it's all pricey and stuff.
http://www.lincolninn.ie/

Boston

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

Nope. It's all fancy like.
Part of the Thomas Read chain of pubs so it's all pricey and stuff.
http://www.lincolninn.ie/

And thats ment to be the new student bar, assholes the lot of them.

Crash

Tis expensive enough - nice for a "bring someone at the end of an evening out", not a "lets go have a few jars" kinda place.

also, we must go try the place on baggot st. that has taps at the tables

&#231

&#231 wrote: »

also, we must go try the place on baggot st. that has taps at the tables

Tell me more of this place...

Ron DMC

&#231 wrote: »

also, we must go try the place on baggot st. that has taps at the tables

As far as I know it's a stick in your credit card/laser card and pull away to heart's content type thing. And we all know how dangerous that can be.

I reckon a few jars in Enda's followed by vigorous encouragement for him to continue the Brew 36 tradition for the year is our best option, but let's keep providing more ideas for a post campus destination.

My next suggestion: Gingerman

ApeXaviour

Captain america's does an all pints for three euros (including cider, for those of that inclination) with student ID last time I was there.
Fibbers is a fantastic place for the late nights, i.e. very good doyles replacement. It has well priced beamish ale and bavaria etc good music, fun and nice crowd (if lacking fashion sense). And the'll you a bottle of buckfast and hand you a pintglass... Oooooooooh I really like fibbers. Always much happier there than doyles.
Then a cork lad here in denmark told me about this place George Bernard Shaws on Richmond st, on thursday nights they also apparently serve buckfast, in a pitcher, with ice. Okay maybe it's just me who want's to try that.
The porterhouses are also good late bars. Okay so they're expensive, but you get around that by ordering the 500ml bottles of delicious belgian Aventinus (9% abv), really makes it a pretty cheap and tasty night out.

I think I might split the beers element out of this thread when I get time.

ApeXaviour

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

My next suggestion: Gingerman

The writer's block series of beers there, while tasty (apart from the lager) are quite badly brewed (too high a temperature, makes for faster brewing but more methanol and higher fusel oils) and leave you with a truly dreadful headache ridden hangovers. They're the only good thing about that place really, apart from the atmosphere, all you're average market beers are quite pricey there for it not to be a late bar or have a dancefloor.

Ron DMC

They serve you them in pitchers. What more can you ask for?
Plus there's the exciting game of steal a book off the shelves that inevitably starts after a couple of the aforementioned pitchers.

Crash

The Bernard Shaw is rented at the moment by the guys who run the bodytonic DJ nights, iirc. so it becomes a really really good DJ venue at times, with good booze.

Edwardius

ApeXaviour wrote:

The porterhouses are also good late bars. Okay so they're expensive, but you get around that by ordering the 500ml bottles of delicious belgian Aventinus (9% abv), really makes it a pretty cheap and tasty night out.

Errr, I think that's from Der Vaterland.

ApeXaviour

Dead Ed wrote:

Errr, I think that's from Der Vaterland.

So it is... I must have assumed it was belgian because it was strong, didn't have that weird ß in it and had a funny glass:

hmm I suppose that is kinda long tulip shaped, deutsch-esque.

Ronny Mitchell wrote:

They serve you them in pitchers. What more can you ask for?

Not wanting to end my life the following day? Less chance of going blind? I can give you a good number of reasons along this line. I agree it's relatively a good pub otherwise, except for the price of the non-poisonous/non-headache-juice market beers.

shay_562

Fibbers is a fantastic place for the late nights, i.e. very good doyles replacement.

Hmm, mixed feelings. On the one hand, cheap drink, free mixers (at least on their €3 drinks nights), decent music and good atmosphere. On the other hand, the layer of vomit and piss on the floor (especially in the basement part) is kinda gross, and I find the crowd can be quite annoyingly poserish at times (though maybe that's just the people I've been there with).

I kinda like Messrs (good atmosphere without feeling too crowded), but from what I remember it's on the pricey side of pubs.

low

fibbers is really really ****.

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

ApeXaviour wrote:

Fibbers is a fantastic place for the late nights, i.e. very good doyles replacement. It has well priced beamish ale and bavaria etc good music, fun and nice crowd

Are you taking the ****ing piss?...

Boston

Nah he aint. Fibbers is all about who you go with and who you are. You're experience of the place will be dictated by what sub group you fall into of those that frequent the place. It does have an undeniable rep for there being alot of trouble. I have little interest in going to fibber, mainly due to the people I risk running into, those Dec does have the right idea.

The stags head is cheap apparently these days. Or perhaps that city bar place which became so popular in yesteryear.

paperclip

Where do you bring visitors from out of country on a night out in Dublin? Which pubs are cheapish and still have a good vibe? Preferably with live music?

Boston

paperclip wrote:

Where do you bring visitors from out of country on a night out in Dublin? Which pubs are cheapish and still have a good vibe? Preferably with live music?

You're taking the piss, live music usual means expensive, its not like the country where they have to provide such things to be attractive. Also its a pain in the arse. Anyone every been in the porterhouse when live music has been on? jesus forget conversation.

Edwardius

Fibbers is a beautiful place.

ApeXaviour

low wrote:

fibbers is really really ****.

A subjective statement. But I suppose it comes down to what you rate as important in an establishment.

For me, decor does not factor in the slightest. Things like price, type of drinks, atmosphere, size (i.e. not overcrowded), music and locality (distance to get there) are what matters. In these, fibbers wins hands down.

All the times I've gone it would usually have been later, and with a large group of friends, so obviously there's an association factor in there too. Though anyone I've met there were always friendly.

low

Taste is certainly subjective, but some people simply have bad taste.

Fibbers is as we both agree both badly decorated and dirty and smelly. Now, admittedly, this isn't of huge signficance when all you want is some where with good company and good prices for good craic. However.

Fibbers, on the two occasions I've been unlucky enough to venture there, does play good music but also, terrible clichéd music. I can just about stomach smells like teen spirity in doyles but in fibbers, with the type of people that go there, songs such as SMTS and RATM really really really get on my nerves.

Who drinks there? In my opinion you've got 2 types of people, 17 year old girls dressed in silly but revealing cloths and 30+ guys with long hair and long coats. These are 2 types of people I've no particular interest in sharing a table with. Fibbers reminds me of emo people's bebo pages. It makes me cringe.

Size, granted fibbers has two floors. And I've never been there when it was crowded, but don't they charge in on the weekends? Surely this is something you should consider (despite alcohol being cheapish). I don't like the lighting on the dance floor, it makes people's teeth look like cheese.

Locality? Fibbers must be one of the pubs furthest away from the Hamilton that Trinity people frequent. However, it is on my side of the liffey so suits me.

I agree people are friendly. I'd counter they're a bit too friendly though. This again is a matter of taste I suppose.

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

On the plus side, the interior's dark enough that you can't see the ghoulish pockmarked rejects that inhabit its corners.

Crash

Fibbers not overcrowded? you gotta be ****ing kidding me. most of the times i've been in there its been insanely packed.

Oh and last time I was there 2 different guys tried to start a fight with me. got kinda sick of that after a while.

ApeXaviour

I'm sensing a subtle anti-fibbers sentiment...

Crash, we seem to have entirely different experiences of the same place. I've never not been able to find a seat. Nor have I seen anything that resembles an act of aggression (bar the odd mosh pit), which always surprises me given the location. I've seen violence in Doyles a good few times, and that place is sweatbox/BO central, especially on a friday night. Plus they extort you on the drink prices.

Crash

Now, I have had good nights in fibbers as well, just the last few times the pain in the ass element of the place outweighs the good stuff.

good: 1)beer and beer prices.

bad: 1) The large majority of the clientele are ****wits. absolute and utter ****wits. Spending any time downstairs, you'll see about a million and one people (especially the girls) who you just want to slap across the back of the head for being ridiculuous.
2)The overcrowding. if you go there on a 3 euro drinks night, the place is ****ing packed. Being a smoker is a non option cus the smoking area etc. is so ridiculuously busy its not even funny.
3)The smell. Parts of it smell ****ing awful.

Now i'm not exactly defending doyles here - I spend a fair bit of time there, but I wouldnt be its biggest fan. But fibbers is a pain in the arse in my opinion.

Boston

ApeXaviour wrote:

I'm sensing a subtle anti-fibbers sentiment...

Crash, we seem to have entirely different experiences of the same place. I've never not been able to find a seat. Nor have I seen anything that resembles an act of aggression (bar the odd mosh pit), which always surprises me given the location. I've seen violence in Doyles a good few times, and that place is sweatbox/BO central, especially on a friday night. Plus they extort you on the drink prices.

Fibbers does have the reputation, but you're right about doyles. Even i've been involved in crap in there

snorlax

longstone is cheap and near doyles/ messers

regi

oh I come drink, can I?

Boston

Certainly can.

I remember on of these events, we went from the longstone, to messers to QBar. That was a fun night.

Agent Smith

i'm sure i can bring all officey crap if you like


stapler anyone?

snorlax

Boston wrote:

Certainly can.

I remember on of these events, we went from the longstone, to messers to QBar. That was a fun night.

Indeed! I think we went somewhere after qbar too...that place oppossite Eamon Dorans.

Agent Smith

di-fontains? or club m?

snorlax

what happened to Cuckoo btw?

snorlax

agent smith wrote:

di-fontains? or club m?

Pal Joey's i think. it's actually kinda tacky inside.

snorlax

snorlax wrote:

what happened to Cuckoo btw?

She's alive

Was at her birthday a few weeks ago, she's doing well.