24 Bottles Grolsch Half Price in O'Briens - only €12!

Wineman

24 x 30cl Grolsch Bottles will be half price in O'Briens from Monday 22nd March @ €12 each

cojomo2

Hi,

Is this about to go out of date yeah?
Thanks

cojomo2

wineman, any update on this? I'd love to stock up but not if its gonna be past its best before 2 weeks after I get it like the cans.

Cheers

Wineman

cojomo2 wrote: »

Hi,

Is this about to go out of date yeah?
Thanks

30th April - of course they would be good for a long time after that...

cojomo2

Wineman wrote: »

30th April - of course they would be good for a long time after that...

thanks:)

Raiser

Only catch is that you have to pick up the bottles yourself

crushproof

Whoa....that's amazing, sooo much beer!

"I am proceding on foot...call in a code 8"
"WE NEED PRETZELS...REPEAT, PRETZELS!"

RATM

I've heard before that best before dates on beer aren't quite as crucial as food. There was a time recently when beer didn't have gone off dates- it was brought in by the EU cos beer is now considered food by EUcrats as it has yeast in it.

But from what I hear drinking beer past its sell by date won't kill you and it still tastes okay, I've never had any myself but perhaps someone here has?

dvpower

RATM wrote: »

I've heard before that best before dates on beer aren't quite as crucial as food.

"Best Before" dates aren't important. "Use By" dates are.

mayordenis

RATM wrote: »

I've heard before that best before dates on beer aren't quite as crucial as food. There was a time recently when beer didn't have gone off dates- it was brought in by the EU cos beer is now considered food by EUcrats as it has yeast in it.

But from what I hear drinking beer past its sell by date won't kill you and it still tastes okay, I've never had any myself but perhaps someone here has?

Depends on beer to beer, as alchohol precentages and what is used in the making of the beers vary wildly.

Good properly made beer will generally taste good for many years, some beer which continue fermentation in the bottle will change characteristics much like wine, potentially get better with age - to a point.

Anyway most beer will be fine at least a while after the date at least, I wouldn't stick Grolsch in your cellar expecting to whip it out as vintage in a couple of years though :pac:

cojomo2

I have experience with Guinness , about 4 months gone out if date, it was hit and miss, most of them were mingun but the odd one was okay... I heard that it's more to do with the widgets though, that they fail to go off or the gass in them is useless if they are too far past their bb dates.. Don't know if that's true thou...

Anyway I think the grolsch will be ok for about 10-12 weeks past it's bb date, if u wanna stock up for longer than that, tesco have 24x33cl bottles Stella(5%) for only €15 and nowhere near their bb dates.

Offside

Went into today and it was all stacked up and the girl told me for some reason the discount hadnt come onto the system yet so couldn't give em to me for 12, said they should be on tomorrow, annoyin when i could see it and because im goin out tonight..

adamski8

Wineman wrote: »

24 x 30cl Grolsch Bottles will be half price in O'Briens from Monday 22nd March @ €12 each

not 33cl? if its only 30cl so its only like 22 regular bottles then.

Offside

adamski8 wrote: »

not 33cl? if its only 30cl so its only like 22 regular bottles then.

In fairness, find another 24 30cl bottles for 12 euro and come back and complain then!

adamski8

Offside wrote: »

In fairness, find another 24 30cl bottles for 12 euro and come back and complain then!

just inquiring not complaining

Tockman

Damit, none in Limerick store. Will have to do with the cans for rest of week

Gillington

Anyone seen if theres any left in either Bray shops?

breeno

I picked up 72 bottles for €36 in Templeogue earlier! Still had plenty left too. Very good deal

annie.t

got it for myself yesterday evening, not bad beer

there was good few left in Newbridge store

Cheers

adamski8

about 30 cases in glasnevin branch today

broker2008

Loads of cases in Rathgar. Only just saw this thread now and yes they are best before 30th April. Wanted them for brother's birthday party in June, I'll just have to tuck into them now. An age since I have had one. Not great I have to say. Would have been better buying 12 beers for €12 of something that I liked.

I think shop should have to state the short BBD.

Wineman

Gillington wrote: »

Anyone seen if theres any left in either Bray shops?

The Quinsboro Road store in Bray has hundreds of cases...

Sappy404

By any chance are these the swing-top bottles? They're handy for home-brew!

Gillington

Wineman wrote: »

The Quinsboro Road store in Bray has hundreds of cases...

Cheers Wineman,got a load last week!

Sappy404 wrote: »

By any chance are these the swing-top bottles? They're handy for home-brew!

Nah they're normal bottlecap 30ml bottles

TM

Gillington wrote: »

Nah they're normal bottlecap 30ml bottles

30ml?!?! Rip-off!

rubadub

adamski8 wrote: »

not 33cl? if its only 30cl so its only like 22 regular bottles then.

True, but bear in mind most beers, guinness included, are brewed to a high % and then diluted back down. This grolsch is 5% and many other longnecks are 4.3%, so if you diluted the 300ml grolsch to 4.3% it would be more than 330ml. You can look at it as 600ml for €1, which is 20% more than a can, and over 15% stronger than most cans which are around that price, not to mention most people prefer bottles.

Plenty left in ballybrack.