Epic Beers, March 7th, 2009, Dusseldorf.

Tom Dunne

As many of you know, we take our beer very seriously right here on BGRH. Well, as serious as you can, being overweight, balding, of advancing years and prone to spending your evenings drinking pretend beers in a virtual bar on the internet. Over on the Nocturnal forum, they only get started after dark.

In our collective never ending quest for good beer and having a good time, I present to you, possibly the most epic beers ever.

Where: Mc Laughlins Irish Pub, Kurze Straße 11, 40213 Düsseldorf. Here
When: Saturday, 7th of March, 2009
Time: 7:30pm

How it works: You book your own flights. You book your own accommodation. We all meet and have a good time. I have the perfect venue in mind.

Why Dusseldorf? Fairly cheap to get to, relatively cheap to stay in, cheap to get around/eat and most importantly, good beer. There is also a Temple Bar type area, with plenty of bars/restaurants.

Getting there: Aer Lingus fly direct to Dusseldorf, twice a day. Ryanair fly to Weeze Airport, which is approx. 80km from Dusseldorf, but served by good bus/rail links according to their website.

Why talk about this so far in advance? Both Aer Lingus and Ryanair do the occasional sale, so if one comes along, we are ready to pounce and book cheap flights.

Also, generally speaking, the longer in advance you book, the cheaper.

Everybody is welcome, and I mean everyone.

Some useful links:

www.Hotels.com - for hotels - read the reviews.

www.Hostelworld.com - budget accommodation

www.tripadvisor.com - for impartial reviews of places

Zaph

No, I won't

Much better

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Zaph wrote: »

Much better

Ahem. I don't know what you are talking about.

Random wrote:

They're "only" €126 on Aer Lingus at the moment. How cheap do you want them to go?

Much lower.

They were showing up around €90 two weeks ago when Aer Lingus had a sale on.

orestes

No, I won't

*coughs politely*

Excuse me, I believe you have forgotten someone

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

orestes wrote: »

*coughs politely*

Excuse me, I believe you have forgotten someone

Ahem, don't know what you are talking about.

(sorry )

Moonspell

No, I won't

I iz packing already

orestes

No, I won't

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Ahem, don't know what you are talking about.

(sorry )

It's all good, buy me a pint in Germany and we will forget all about it

Epic isn't even gonna begin to over this

ChewChew

Atari Jageruar

Er. .. It's just been confirmed that I most definitely will NOT be at this event

Zaph

No, I won't

ChewChew wrote: »

Er. .. It's just been confirmed that I most definitely will NOT be at this event

Boo!

DenMan

No, I won't

I'm on board.

Zaph

No, I won't

DenMan wrote: »

I'm on board.

Not according to the poll you're not.

DenMan

No, I won't

Now I am (properly).

Thanks for that Zaph.

Ginny

No, I won't

flights for one with Aer lingus is 90 or so yoyos, is half that with Ryanair.

trout

No, I won't

Oh ja!
Ich werde da sein.
Ich werde Schweinefleisch essen und trinken viel Bier.

BKtje

Not sure yet if i'm in but will see

smashey

Ryanair currently have this for €45 return departing Friday and returning on Monday.

/edit; The return flight is a tad early.

Ginny

No, I won't

Yeah saw that myself Aer lingus is at a more respectable time but double the price

justsomebloke

No, I won't

cool will be at this, however are we lookign to try and get accomadation in roughly the same location?

justsomebloke

No, I won't

cool have booked tickets.

am flying out with ryanair and coming back with aerlingus on their evening flight

ROLL ON THE BEER

ryoishin

a BGRH beers where my foreign condensed milk would be accepted!

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

ryoishin wrote: »

a BGRH beers where my foreign condensed milk would be accepted!

Ah, about that.

Given we will be flying and there are limits on hand-luggage, we will be implementing an "away rule" in relation to the condensed milk.

Watch this space.

Cazlou

Hopefully I'll be in for this, I'll know next month either way:D

The Recliner

No, I won't

Beer - Check

Germany - Check

Good company - Check

I will deffo be there

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Joe the Plumber wrote: »

cool will be at this, however are we lookign to try and get accomadation in roughly the same location?

What, like the same city? Yeah, probably.

The place we will be having this is in the Old Town, or Alt Stadt. So somewhere within reach of that would suit. Remember, as it is the Temple Bar equivalent, actually staying in the Alt Stadt will probably be more expensive.

Ginny

No, I won't

SO excited, looking up hotels now, I'm assuming city centre or city centre North should be fine as they're the main options on expedia.

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Ginny wrote: »

SO excited, looking up hotels now, I'm assuming city centre or city centre North should be fine as they're the main options on expedia.

Yeah, I was there earlier this year and we stayed in the city center. A Best Western hotel, three star, nothing fancy, but did the job.

I'll see if I can dig out the name of it.

Ginny

No, I won't

Ah yeah theres a best western here So far the asashi (sp)
http://www.expedia.ie/pub/agent.dll/qscr=dspv/nojs=1/htid=523918
and the mitte have the 2 nights for around €160,
http://www.expedia.ie/pub/agent.dll/qscr=dspv/nojs=1/htid=10521
I'll go check the BW now.

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Ginny wrote: »

Ah yeah theres a best western here So far the asashi (sp) and the mitte have the 2 nights for around €160, I'll go check the BW now.

I think my In-Laws stayed in the Asashi. Is it a Japanese themed hotel? If so, they loved it.

Ginny

No, I won't

Yup it is, looks lovely too, the mitte is rated the 6th best in Dusseldorf too.
Both nice places to nurse epic hangovers

smashey

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Japanese themed hotel?

Does that mean squat toilets? :cool:

Ginny

No, I won't

Best Western Ambassador is €77 a night with buffet breakie.

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

smashey wrote: »

Does that mean squat toilets? :cool:

No, the receptionist is called Sushi.

smashey

Tom Dunne wrote: »

No, the receptionist is called Sushi.

As in "fish".

Ginny

No, I won't

Exp by Holiday Inn is €145 with full breakkie too.
http://www.expedia.ie/pub/agent.dll/qscr=dspv/nojs=1/htid=1088216

P.C.

No, I won't

My 2c:

Hotels.com - for hotels - read the reviews.

Hostelworld.com - for more student accomadation - again, read the reviews.


Ed: I might regret this if there are no rooms for me. I am waiting for a new passport before I can book tickets - three to six moths wait. :eek:

citytillidie

Hmmm Birthday beers In Germany i could be so tempted

Splinter

No, I won't

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Ah, about that.

Given we will be flying and there are limits on hand-luggage, we will be implementing an "away rule" in relation to the condensed milk.

Watch this space.

can i suggest a pack of denny? i am most certainly interested in this

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Right, I've updated the first post with a map to where the proposed venue is.

I don't want to name it yet, as I haven't contacted them yet. But that should give people an idea where it is, so they can book accommodation.

ChewChew

Atari Jageruar

Tom. . .. ever get anywhere with the airoplane thingy idea yokey?

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

ChewChew wrote: »

Tom. . .. ever get anywhere with the airoplane thingy idea yokey?

No, I had to get back to them with a confirmed date.

Which I have now, so watch this space.

ChewChew

Atari Jageruar

Tom Dunne wrote: »

No, I had to get back to them with a confirmed date.

Which I have now, so watch this space.

awesome!

Moonspell

No, I won't

ChewChew wrote: »

Tom. . .. ever get anywhere with the airoplane thingy idea yokey?

Tom Dunne wrote: »

No, I had to get back to them with a confirmed date.

Which I have now, so watch this space.

Sweeett

Lucy Lu

No, I won't

Decided I best sign up for this before Tom and some of the other Brothers give out to me

LostinBlanch

Just got a Ryanair email about a sale, so I checked out the cost of return tickets to Weeze airport.

Going out Saturday at 08.25 arriving 11.10, returning Monday at 07.00 arriving Dublin 07.45. Cost the princely sum of €45.03. Looks like the job's a good un. :cool:


EDIT: It's Ryanair so usual T's & C's apply

Blitzkrieger

Very tempted to make this my first boards beers outside of Cork. The only thing putting me off at the moment is having to travel to Dublin for the flight...

DenMan

No, I won't

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Very tempted to make this my first boards beers outside of Cork. The only thing putting me off at the moment is having to travel to Dublin for the flight...

Cork to Dublin=256KM. When you take into consideration you will be par-taking in a weekend of drinking in Dusseldorf surrounded by like minded individuals then it more than makes up for it. Take the plunge. You won't be disappointed.

justsomebloke

No, I won't

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Very tempted to make this my first boards beers outside of Cork. The only thing putting me off at the moment is having to travel to Dublin for the flight...

or you could try something a bit more different. Instead of going to dublin why don't you fly into amsterdam and get a train from there?

Blitzkrieger

Booked a flight out of Dublin. Feck it - I'll just drive.

The last time I was in Dublin it took 8 hours to drive home. I've been reluctant to go up since...

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Just checked the Aer Lingus site - the flights are showing as €79 return for this weekend. I don't think you will get them any cheaper than that.

Now, where's that credit card.....

Tom Dunne

No, I won't

Just saw an add on TV - these prices are valid up until the 8th of December.

Today's travel update was brought to you by Brian Garry Road Haulage - for all your heavy transport needs.

DenMan

No, I won't

Cheers Tom.

It's gonna be an awsome gathering. Can't wait.