Root beer?

dogmatix

Are there any Root Beer Aficionados out there in Ireland or am I the only one?

I just thought people might like to know that this delicious elixir is currently being sold in the newsagents besides knights of the green barbers in the Dundrum town centre. It's Jones soda brand. In fact that shop must have the biggest range of Jones soda flavours i've ever seen in dublin.

Anyone else out there have an up to date listing of places selling root beer? I find that when root beer pops up in a shop it seels for a few months then vanishes, never to return to that place again.

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The Fresh shops sell a few different types afaik.

Any one seen Canada dry here since the summer of '88?

MJOR

Donnybrook fair do it my other half is obsessed! he loves it... Jones do it too you know that canadian brand that do FUFU berry and cream soda???

Its gonna make a comeback... I think it tastes like deep heat lol:eek:

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MJOR wrote: »

Donnybrook fair do it my other half is obsessed! he loves it... Jones do it too you know that canadian brand that do FUFU berry and cream soda???

I reckon he knows Jones do it, to be fair.

It's the one he talks about in the first post.:pac:

MJOR

DesF wrote: »

I reckon he knows Jones do it, to be fair.

It's the one he talks about in the first post.:pac:

Blonde as I am!! DOh:P

dee8839

Cream soda is like fizzy vanilla milkshake, and root beer tastes like non-alcoholic Sambuka. I think we should leave the Americans to it and stick to good ol' stomach-stripping, tooth-rotting coke!

dogmatix

Moonbaby wrote: »

Any one seen Canada dry here since the summer of '88?

Not one for Canada dry myself - but there was a big marketing push on this beverage around 1994 in Dublin. I still remember those very funny radio ads!

dogmatix

MJOR wrote: »

Donnybrook fair do it my other half is obsessed! he loves it... Jones do it too you know that canadian brand that do FUFU berry and cream soda???

Its gonna make a comeback... I think it tastes like deep heat lol:eek:

I do like the Jones cream soda too. Must check out Donnybrook fair - i've not been down to that store in a few years.

Drove through donnybrook the other week and was amazed at the new rugby stand there. Shows how long i've been outta donnybrook.

Root beer is very much a love it/loathe it drink - there is no grey area with it like say diet coke. I love it as you might have guessed.

shortys94

I think root beer tastes like euthymol lol :P

MJOR

o driscolls in ballinlough in Cork sells it too if you feel like a drive lol

dogmatix

Was down in Cork in May - wish I had known that then!

Ostrom

Is it still available in Dundrum? Any other locations? I'm in Kildare but its worth the trip, been craving one since Boston last August. My OH keeps asking me to describe it but words fail....

dogmatix

Aye - I bought two more bottles in Dundrum on Friday. But there are only about 6 bottles left in that shop and you know what it's like - once they're gone, they will never appear again in that shop.

Ostrom

Dammit.... Almost worth the trip tomorrow. Maybe... :rolleyes:

MJOR

Donny brook fair might be worth the trip

giggsy664

Moonbaby wrote: »

Any one seen Canada dry here since the summer of '88?

in the BMI lounge in Dublin airport :-)



And jones is on sale in dunnes and spar.

odin_ie

Bump!!!

Found a Root Beer seller in Cork city. LA Bagels on Oliver Plunket Street(about half way down the street) is selling Bundaberg Root Beer at €2.75 a bottle. Pretty nice stuff, reminds me of MUG in the US

Ruu_Old

Don't know how you can stand the taste of it! I live in the US and it is readily available unfortunately, even root beer sweets as well.

MarkR

I have a craving now. Dunnes you say? Must check tomorrow!

giggsy664

MarkR wrote: »

I have a craving now. Dunnes you say? Must check tomorrow!

Yes. I do say. And dunnes is cheaper for jones.

And has any other spar (besides swords) gone out of jones?

MarkR

Checked a few dunnes' so far, no luck so far. I've googled them now, so at least I know what to look for.

and maybe

MagicMarker

Jones soda is in Ireland? Awesome!!! i love me some root beer and jones is the best i've had.

MagicMarker

just so you know, you can buy jones soda online, although i don't know if they ship to Ireland, can't be arsed to set up an account and go through with the order.

www.jonessoda.com

giggsy664

Or you can buy political cola.

[url]Http://www.Campaigncola.com[/url]

Its not root beer though

giggsy664

MarkR wrote: »

Checked a few dunnes' so far, no luck so far. I've googled them now, so at least I know what to look for.

and maybe

I has in the one in portmarnock a while back. It had a very limited stock though.

Just down the road from pslc

MarkR

Portmarnock? Might as well be the moon! I can only hope they get it locally soon. Maybe I'll call Fix it Friday. I'll get the nation behind me.

giggsy664

We demand jones.

Or else o.O

dogmatix

Current root beer locations in Dublin (that I am aware of) as of 17th November 2008:

1. That Newsagents in the Dundrum town centre (the one beside Knights barbers on the gorund floor) is still selling Jones root beer for 2.10 a 355ml bottle. they usually have 4 or 5 bottles on the shelf.

2. Fallons and Byrnes - the grocery place on wicklow street (you know the one: essentially a snootified lidl). They are selling 355ml cans of A&W root beer for 1.55.

Agent Smith

Forgive me for bumping a few month old topic, i've been getting my root beer fix from here

works out out about 24-25euro for 24 cans

MagicMarker

Agent Smith wrote: »

Forgive me for bumping a few month old topic, i've been getting my root beer fix from here

works out out about 24-25euro for 24 cans

A&W are great, but it's better when accompanied with one of their Grandpa Burgers... NYOM!

DonJose

I found this thread doing a search for Root Beer, I then googled for Root Beer and came across the following site,

http://www.americansoda.co.uk/uk/American-Soda/Home/Drinks/Regular/IBC-Root-Beer.aspx

They sell IBC Root Beer, so I ordered 24 bottles at £27.97 plus £14.97 delivery, expensive but heres the good part, once I placed the order the "thank you" page said I could order another 24 bottles for £20.95 and the delivery charge remained the same, so in total I got 48 bottles of IBC Root Beer for £63.89 delivered.

FIRE

DonJose wrote: »

I found this thread doing a search for Root Beer, I then googled for Root Beer and came across the following site,

http://www.americansoda.co.uk/uk/American-Soda/Home/Drinks/Regular/IBC-Root-Beer.aspx

They sell IBC Root Beer, so I ordered 24 bottles at £27.97 plus £14.97 delivery, expensive but heres the good part, once I placed the order the "thank you" page said I could order another 24 bottles for £20.95 and the delivery charge remained the same, so in total I got 48 bottles of IBC Root Beer for £63.89 delivered.

Just got the same deal. Many many thanks for your post!!!!! :D:D

FIRE

Many thanks again Donjose. Im enjoing my 2nd root beer today.

Ordered Monday and delivered today at 4pm.

Came well packed in 2 boxes, none broke and is in individual cases of 6.

the beer revolu

Came across Bundaburg root beer and ginger beer in the Spar on McCurtain St. Cork. Stupid price, though €2.80ish a can.

DonJose

FIRE wrote: »

Many thanks again Donjose. Im enjoing my 2nd root beer today.

Ordered Monday and delivered today at 4pm.

Came well packed in 2 boxes, none broke and is in individual cases of 6.

Have to agree that the packaging was excellent and the shipping cost wasn't too bad for 48 bottles. I ordered on Monday and they arrived on Thursday.

Seaneh

For Galway heads, the Ivory Market on prospect hill stock A&W. 1.20 a can.

xavierg

just to let it be known, the asian market on drury street sell a&w rootbeer as well as mountain dew.

Lornen

xavierg wrote: »

just to let it be known, the asian market on drury street sell a&w rootbeer as well as mountain dew.

My friend just told me this a few minutes ago, ment to be selling at a cheaper price than the 1.95 Fallon and Byrne are looking for per can.

DecentBee

Lornen wrote: »

My friend just told me this a few minutes ago, ment to be selling at a cheaper price than the 1.95 Fallon and Byrne are looking for per can.

€1.20 per can. They didn't have it for a good while, but it's back now.

Fresh in grand canal dock sell bundaberg, €1.59 per can.

Lornen

DecentBee wrote: »

€1.20 per can. They didn't have it for a good while, but it's back now.


Fresh in grand canal dock sell bundaberg, €1.59 per can.

1.20 in F&B?!
Did they drop their prices or something? Highly unlikely, was looking at a tiny bag of Goldfish that would cost me 2 bucks in the States and they were selling them at a whopping 4 euro's! That's over 5 American dollars, I know they have to pay for shipping and that but seriously, it's a bit of a rip.

EDIT: Hey sorry, just realised you ment the other shop sold it for the lesser price! Oops! :P

ashleymars

Eddie Rockets sells HANKS root beer now €3 a bottle :-):D

EdgarAllenPoo

Had a can of it recently....awful muck, it's like fizzy gaviscon.