Any specials on Irish whiskies ?

Red Sleeping Beauty

Is anywhere doing any deals on any Irish whiskies at the mo ? I know some places have a few bob off once in a blue moon. Not looking at anything fancier than Powers or whatever.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Off licence beside the Ashleaf in Crumlin here in Dublin has Tullamore Dew for €21 or thereabouts.

Carawaystick

The Kingdom of Spain.
has Jameson Special Reserve 12yo for 12 euros
and ordinary Jemmie for 8 or 9.

Have to look harder to find Powers or Tullamore Dew but they have them there too.

These aren't the types of specials you wanted though.....I'm guessing...

Red Sleeping Beauty

For €12 I'd buy two bottles of that 12 year special reserve.

Powers is usually only sold in Ireland . Apparently they only make just enough for the Irish market and whatever little is left over is shipped abroad but Jameson's the big one.

Brockagh

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Is anywhere doing any deals on any Irish whiskies at the mo ? I know some places have a few bob off once in a blue moon. Not looking at anything fancier than Powers or whatever.

O'Brien's often have specials on the 12-year-olds, like the Powers 12 and the Jameson 12. Also, Tesco might have 10% off their irish whiskey every now and again, sometimes 20%.

Red Sleeping Beauty

I missed out on the special offer on the 12year Powers there at the start of summer

Jaysis, i was in Musgraves today and the price of whiskey (and indeed other spirits) is more or less the same as in the shops/offlicences/supermarkets once you add the vat on (Musgrave's price displays don't include VAT). Some of the prices were actually dearer with the VAT on top than what you'd pay for .

grenache

Fine Wines in Rialto were doing Tullamore Dew for €19.99. They were last week anyway! Think they have a shop on the Malahide Road too.

IrishWhiskeyCha

My Local londis has Blackbush for 27.99 which is an excellent price. 1euro more than the regular price for Jameson and a far superior dram (in my opinion of course)

Supervalue are also good at doing deals and regularly have 10% off.

Red Sleeping Beauty

C'mon , is €28 really a good price ? That's how much it is in most places I thought.

And yeah, I got a bottle of Havana Club 3 year old in SuperValue for €21. Superquinn had the same offer previously. No deals in Musgraves though, feckers. Dunnes had the Bushmills 10 yr single malt on special a while ago at about €33. Missed out on that one too.

IrishWhiskeyCha

Alan Rouge wrote: »

C'mon , is €28 really a good price ? That's how much it is in most places I thought.

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Blackbush was around 28Euro mark when Jameson Paddy Powers were around 24Euro however all whiskey has gone up in the past year and .

Jameson has a RRP of 26.99 Powers 25.99 & Paddy 24.99

Blackbush has an RRP of 29.99

And it is well worth it in comparison to the others

And it's well worth it in comparison to the others.

Unless they have reduced it again in general I thought it was usually around the 30Euro mark & I've seen it at 32Euro in some places.

Red Sleeping Beauty

I could've sworn that I saw Black Bush in Spar for 28. I had a look actually on Sainburys and it's not even any cheaper there Was thinking of picking one up in Newry if it had've been cheaper.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Powers Gold Label is 20quid in Dunnes until Sunday.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Tullamore Dew is €20 and Bushmills Original is €24 in Dunnes
Powers Gold Label is €23.50

If only it was the Black Bush on special

IrishWhiskeyCha

Seems to be a long special on Tullamore ... 19.99 now for a few weeks.

I think it's about time that they started doing proper deals on Whisky.

Long may it last.

grenache

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Seems to be a long special on Tullamore ... 19.99 now for a few weeks.

I think it's about time that they started doing proper deals on Whisky.

Long may it last.

Yep, Mac Liquor Store and Fine Wines shops in Limerick have had Tullamore Dew at E19.99 for over 2 months now. Unusual to see offers like these last so long.

grenache

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Seems to be a long special on Tullamore ... 19.99 now for a few weeks.

I think it's about time that they started doing proper deals on Whisky.

Long may it last.

Yep, both Macs Liquor Store and Fine Wines shops in Limerick have had Tullamore Dew at E19.99 for over 2 months now. Unusual to see offers like these last so long.

Theres €5 off Tullamore Dew in dunnes at the moment.

Cicero

Upsets me to see these prices when I purchased a litre of Jameson for less than £22 last weekend in Newry. What's very strange is that you can purchase Bushmills cheaper in a Northern Ireland supermarket than you can in Bushmills Distillery.

Favorite place to purchase whiskey is at the old Kilbeggan distillery- Lockes 8 year old Single Malt is a great treat towards Christmas- a bit more expensive than than Powers/Jami but worth the extra few quid- should be able to get it in a lot of supermarkets (but not all) - they usually give you a bit of a taste also so find yourself a designated driver!

interlocked

Middleton was £80 in the whiskey shop in Stansted on Tuesday

Red Sleeping Beauty

Redbreast is €32 in O'Briens. The "usuals" are a score each and Powers/Jameson 12yr have a three quid off of them. Supervalu also have Powers, Bushmills and Tullamore Dew on special @ 20quid.

Midleton is €135 in dunnes at the moment. Probably reduced everywhere else as well.

Jay P

Powers is €20 in Dunnes at the moment.

shanel23

They're selling the new Jameson Signature Reserve at Dusseldorf airport for €25 - very nice it is too

Red Sleeping Beauty

Dunnes is doing specials on the whiskeys again ... or rather they're STILL doing specials.

€8 off the powers - €18 for 700mls. There's a few quid off of Paddys, Bushmills and Black Bush. Shamelessly there's either nothing off of the Jameson I don't think. I was in the Dunnes on Henry St and they had a big display with PAddys and Jameson in gift boxes.

I think they'd a few bob off of the Kilbeggan. Wish more of their whiskeys would get promoted. Glasgow airport - two bottles of Tyconnell Single Malt for £30

Alan Rouge

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Dunnes is doing specials on the whiskeys again ... or rather they're STILL doing specials.

€8 off the powers - €18 for 700mls. There's a few quid off of Paddys, Bushmills and Black Bush. Shamelessly there's either nothing off of the Jameson I don't think. I was in the Dunnes on Henry St and they had a big display with PAddys and Jameson in gift boxes.

I think they'd a few bob off of the Kilbeggan. Wish more of their whiskeys would get promoted. Glasgow airport - two bottles of Tyconnell Single Malt for £30

The paddy's offer is over, our IDL rep told me that they have none left in the warehouse in midleton!, but jameson will be on soon offer soon enough I'd say. Jameson 18 YO is worth buying in dunnes at €100 at the moment if they have any left. I think they have delisted it, so I 'll be getting a bottle before they run out

Red Sleeping Beauty

Deleted User wrote: »

The paddy's offer is over, our IDL rep told me that they have none left in the warehouse in midleton!, but jameson will be on soon offer soon enough I'd say. Jameson 18 YO is worth buying in dunnes at €100 at the moment if they have any left. I think they have delisted it, so I 'll be getting a bottle before they run out

I literally saw it on special yesterday. Is it over today then?

IrishWhiskeyCha

Deleted User wrote: »

Jameson 18 YO is worth buying in dunnes at €100 at the moment if they have any left. I think they have delisted it, so I 'll be getting a bottle before they run out

WHen you say delisted ... is it Dunnes or are IDL dropping it.

Can you get a clarification on that please

Would of thought this very strange as they have just produced a lovely balance line up. However fro 125EUro in Ireland it is a Joke. Can be got for half the price in places like Germany and Holland :mad:

IrishWhiskeyCha

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

WHen you say delisted ... is it Dunnes or are IDL dropping it.

Can you get a clarification on that please

It was a mistake on dunnes part, it was temporarily off their stockcards which meant it couldn't be ordered. It's back on again so no worries!

Brockagh

I read on the whiskey society forum (I think) that the brand is up for sale. Not sure how accurate that is.

Red Sleeping Beauty

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

WHen you say delisted ... is it Dunnes or are IDL dropping it.

Can you get a clarification on that please

Would of thought this very strange as they have just produced a lovely balance line up. However fro 125EUro in Ireland it is a Joke. Can be got for half the price in places like Germany and Holland :mad:

Feck that, you can get it cheaper in Northern Ireland! It's a crime that Irish whiskey is most expensive in Ireland cheapest just about everywhere else. There's never really deals or offers on spirits here with the exception of at Xmas or the odd 20cent off of a bottle of vodka

Brockagh wrote: »

I read on the whiskey society forum (I think) that the brand is up for sale. Not sure how accurate that is.

What brand? Jameson
Got a link to the forum?

Brockagh

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Feck that, you can get it cheaper in Northern Ireland! It's a crime that Irish whiskey is most expensive in Ireland cheapest just about everywhere else. There's never really deals or offers on spirits here with the exception of at Xmas or the odd 20cent off of a bottle of vodka



What brand? Jameson
Got a link to the forum?

Paddy. This could be completely wide of the mark, though.

Look at www.irishwhiskeysociety.com.

IrishWhiskeyCha

The offer in Dunnes is a 20% off most of the IDL premium whiskies. Premium in this case means 12yo and over. I've also seen the €19.99 Tullamore offer in various guises around for the last 3 months also.

I think you'll find that there will be more and more deals on whiskey over the next year even vodka is getting the discount treatment this year which I've never really seen before. Sales of whiskey have really fallen in Ireland and it is about time that all brands are properly reduced in Ireland. Not neccessairly to UK levels but to fair levels. Until that happens people will continue to shop across the border.

Jameson will be reduced in dunnes this week, no doubt all the other shops will follow suit

Red Sleeping Beauty

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

The offer in Dunnes is a 20% off most of the IDL premium whiskies. Premium in this case means 12yo and over. I've also seen the €19.99 Tullamore offer in various guises around for the last 3 months also.

I think you'll find that there will be more and more deals on whiskey over the next year even vodka is getting the discount treatment this year which I've never really seen before. Sales of whiskey have really fallen in Ireland and it is about time that all brands are properly reduced in Ireland. Not neccessairly to UK levels but to fair levels. Until that happens people will continue to shop across the border.

More sales are definitely a good thing, and not a bad thing. I assumed the reason they poured so much money and marketing into Jameson was to get that as an entry level brand and a sort of psuedo premium one (with its inflated price) that people would use an everyday but that the ultimate goal was to get people to at least splash out on the Crested 10, 12yr or whatever once in a while.



Tesco have both Jameson and Powers 12yr old on sale @ €30.49.

Brockagh

Alan Rouge wrote: »

More sales are definitely a good thing, and not a bad thing. I assumed the reason they poured so much money and marketing into Jameson was to get that as an entry level brand and a sort of psuedo premium one (with its inflated price) that people would use an everyday but that the ultimate goal was to get people to at least splash out on the Crested 10, 12yr or whatever once in a while.



Tesco have both Jameson and Powers 12yr old on sale @ €30.49.

I think when a company releases a more premium whiskey, the one below it in the range experiences a boost in sales. People tend to go for the second along the line. This happened with Jameson, or was the plan, I think, when they released the Jameson 18. People tend to go for the next whiskey down from the top, for some reason.

IrishWhiskeyCha

Brockagh wrote: »

I think when a company releases a more premium whiskey, the one below it in the range experiences a boost in sales. People tend to go for the second along the line. This happened with Jameson, or was the plan, I think, when they released the Jameson 18. People tend to go for the next whiskey down from the top, for some reason.

That's an excellent point Broc

Alan Rouge wrote: »

More sales are definitely a good thing, and not a bad thing. I assumed the reason they poured so much money and marketing into Jameson was to get that as an entry level brand and a sort of psuedo premium one (with its inflated price) that people would use an everyday but that the ultimate goal was to get people to at least splash out on the Crested 10, 12yr or whatever once in a while.

Tesco have both Jameson and Powers 12yr old on sale @ €30.49.

IDL have gone on a solo run with Jameson again in Ireland. They have realigned the price point of their 3 iconic blends. (Yes PAddy is an iconic blend whether you like it or not )

So before you had 3 equal priced blends there is now a clear differentiation. Paddy 24.99, Powers 25.99 & Jameson 26.99. This is just pure marketing as they are clearly just trying to premiumise Jameson. :mad:

The regular Whiskies should be cheap as chips for regular drinking but have in the last fwe years got very expensive for what they are. The likes of Crested Ten or blackbush should be a a step up i.e. something a bit more special down the pub but still regular drinkers. 12yo's should then be the starting point of a premium brand yet still affordable. Then you should have the 18yo as your once a year special whiskey but at 125Euro that is way over the top and a price point around 75Euro is more apporpriate.

IDL are happy to take single malt price points for their 12yo whiskies yet they won't use that structure for their 18yo. I can get Bowmore or Laphroaig 18yos for Around the 75Euro mark in Ireland. And that is why I refuse to but Jameson 18yo.

Time to cop themselves on. Rant over

Red Sleeping Beauty

Oh I agree 100% with you there, absolutely. As it stands the Irish "entry-level" whiskeys are : Dunphys, O'Briens and Tescos. And they of course should be Bushmills, Kilbeggan and the unholy trinity from IDL. Maybe with Tullamore Dew thrown in there? In fairness Kilbeggan's the cheapest of the lot. It's mad though seeing these special prices going around cause this is how much the stuff SHOULD cost!

€18-20 for Paddy, Powers and Jameson et al
€30 for Powers12 and Jameson12 - that's Tesco's current "sale".


€30 regular price for Black Bush is crazy. It's a great whiskey and it's yummy but not that yummy I don't think, not €30 yummy. My girlfriend got me a Glenfiddich 15yr Solera for less than €30 from Morrisons. Granted that's with the UK's vat and excise.


Back to the Jammy... the "premium" price on it is obviously in part to pay for the sexy (and depresingly bland) advertising. Has anyone else noticed the slightest hint of advertising for POwers? I saw a billboard as well as a little sticky out thing on the Tesco shelves.


Btw the offers i Dunnes and Tesco (and O'Briens for the RedBreast - €30!!) are not to be sniffed at. YOu're basically getting the price of tax knocked off so you're paying what you'd normally pay for it in Newry give or take fiddy cent.

Brockagh

I'd say 99.9% of IDL's advertsing budget goes into Jameson.

brianthebard

Powers is 15.99 in super valu!

IrishWhiskeyCha

brianthebard wrote: »

Powers is 15.99 in super valu!

Now that's impressive ... must be selling for below cost price.

The Duty alone is circa 10Euro per bottle and 2.83 VAT :eek:

So possibly less than 3 euro to cover production transport and retailing.

I'm all for cheaper whiskey but this is ridiculous ... stock up guys as you may never see these prices ever again.

Hairy MustDash

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Feck that, you can get it cheaper in Northern Ireland! It's a crime that Irish whiskey is most expensive in Ireland cheapest just about everywhere else. There's never really deals or offers on spirits here with the exception of at Xmas or the odd 20cent off of a bottle of vodka

With the Excise Duty rates we have to pay in Ireland , Spirits will never be cheap . I work in an offie ,and I can tell you the margin we make on bottles of spirits is tiny, less then 10% in most cases, and particularly brands. This leaves very little room for 'deals'. When you see the big supermarkets selling the likes of jameson for €20 and less, it is madness thats about €3-€4 cheaper then the cost price, direct from Irish Distillers.

Yes spirits in Ireland are too expensive but the reason is not because retailers are creaming it , it's because the government is.!!!
Out of the cost of any bottle of spirits bought in Ireland €14-€15 is TAX !!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


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Hairy MustDash

brianthebard wrote: »

Powers is 15.99 in super valu!

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Now that's impressive ... must be selling for below cost price.

That's over €8.50 below cost price !!!

Here's a snapshot of IDL pricing for Powers!!

brianthebard

Had to update on the powers, its actually 18 quid I am sure I saw it listed as 15.99 on a site before. an extra two quid, still pretty good value though.

Red Sleeping Beauty

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

Now that's impressive ... must be selling for below cost price.

The Duty alone is circa 10Euro per bottle and 2.83 VAT :eek:

So possibly less than 3 euro to cover production transport and retailing.

I'm all for cheaper whiskey but this is ridiculous ... stock up guys as you may never see these prices ever again.

I'm actually getting delerious looking at all of these specials! I'm afraid to go back in to O'Briens in case they're stil selling Redbreast 12yr for €30.50!!!

Hairy MustDash wrote: »

With the Excise Duty rates we have to pay in Ireland , Spirits will never be cheap . I work in an offie ,and I can tell you the margin we make on bottles of spirits is tiny, less then 10% in most cases, and particularly brands. This leaves very little room for 'deals'. When you see the big supermarkets selling the likes of jameson for €20 and less, it is madness thats about €3-€4 cheaper then the cost price, direct from Irish Distillers.

Yes spirits in Ireland are too expensive but the reason is not because retailers are creaming it , it's because the government is.!!!
Out of the cost of any bottle of spirits bought in Ireland €14-€15 is TAX !!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


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If the excise and VAT was lowered would you be passing on the saving to the customer? Would ye f*ck!!

brianthebard wrote: »

Had to update on the powers, its actually 18 quid I am sure I saw it listed as 15.99 on a site before. an extra two quid, still pretty good value though.

Yeah it's €18 in Dunnes as well.

Irish Mist is €20 in Dunnes as is Tullamore Dew (still!) and Bushmills orangeman Label.

You can also get Tyrconnell Single Malt for about €28 I think it was. Connemara Peated Malt was just over 30. Even Middleton VR and the top shelf Jameson stuff has been knocked down. No one could beat Tesco's 20% off of Powers and Jameson 12yr though.

Hairy MustDash

Hairy MustDash wrote: »

This leaves very little room for 'deals'. When you see the big supermarkets selling the likes of jameson for €20 and less, it is madness thats about €3-€4 cheaper then the cost price, direct from Irish Distillers.

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The supermarkets, to my knowledge don't buy it below cost price from IDL. They can knock €8 off the price because it will get people into the store and they will make up that money from other price increases in the store.

brianthebard

What does that make jameson 12yr or powers in tesco so? I've to go by them tomorrow, might pop in if they have the best price atm.

Red Sleeping Beauty

brianthebard wrote: »

What does that make jameson 12yr or powers in tesco so? I've to go by them tomorrow, might pop in if they have the best price atm.

Tesco did have both Powers and Jameson 12yr for €30 (give or take a few pence) and the card said that that was "20% off". Now they're at the same price as Dunnes which is €35 and the card says "10% off".

€30 is about what you'd pay for them in Northern Ireland give or take a Euro, €35 is still too expensive for them I think though.

Jameson 12YO is €30.94 in dunnes as of today.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Deleted User wrote: »

Jameson 12YO is €30.94 in dunnes as of today.

:eek::(

Powers 12yr €30 in O'Briens!!!


This is madness.

brianthebard

Alan Rouge wrote: »

:eek::(

Powers 12yr €30 in O'Briens!!!


This is madness.

**** must get down to o'briens. I'm seriously considering just buying all my booze for the next six months over the next week!

Alan Rouge

Alan Rouge wrote: »

:eek::(

Powers 12yr €30 in O'Briens!!!


This is madness.

Its the same in dunnes too, bushmills and a few others will be even cheaper at the weekend.