Craft/World beers in Superquinn

bennyob

I posted this on the Bargain Alerts forum but it might be of more interest here.

6 for €12. Includes fullers ESB, Chimay, Duval, Coopers, James Boags...... I can't make out the rest on the leaflet.

drkpower

I got a bunch of these and there are many others available inc Sierra Nevada, Saint Peters (?) as welll as Wells, who do a honey beer, a banana beer and a double chocolate stout, i think. Havent tasted any pf them yet, mind, but looking forward to it.....

Mantel

http://www.superquinn.ie/category/Summer%20Savings/170.4

Looks like they have many of their beers on special offer and some of their American wines. Blossom Hill also on special, a bottle for €5. (under managers specials)

Ham'nd'egger

bennyob wrote: »

I posted this on the Bargain Alerts forum but it might be of more interest here.

6 for €12. Includes fullers ESB, Chimay, Duval, Coopers, James Boags...... I can't make out the rest on the leaflet.

Be careful if you get Boags on this offer, it's €1.80 per bottle normally.

rcaz

drkpower wrote: »

Wells ... double chocolate stout

That's Young's, isn't it?

BeerNut

They're now "Wells & Young", but the Chocolate Stout is still branded with the Young's side of the house, yes.

GristlyEnd

Good offer for the Chimay but just so you know Duvel is €1.95 a bottle in Tesco

drkpower

BeerNut wrote: »

They're now "Wells & Young", but the Chocolate Stout is still branded with the Young's side of the house, yes.

Whats it like?
I'll find out soon but i would like you to say its fcuking orgasmic just so i can look forward to it that little bit more.......

BeerNut

I quite like it. The chocolate can be a bit artificial-tasting, but it's hefty enough in the stout department to carry it. You hear all sorts of opinions on it, so I can't begin to guess what you'll make of it. Enjoy!

Saruman

I quite enjoy it myself.

Technocentral

anyone know what superquinns on the southside have that offer, none of those beers are in superquinn ranelagh anyway?

Technocentral

(if you can find a store that stocks them of course, rang their customer service and the guy wasnt sure)

Adnams Innovation 6.7% 500ml Bottle
Adnams The Bitter 4.5% 500ml Bottle
Affilgem 33cl Bottle
Asahi Japanese Lager 500ml
Chimay Blue Belgian Trappist Ale 330ml Bottle
Crabbies Ginger Beer 500ml Bottle
Curim Gold Celtic Wheat Beer 500ml Bottle
Duvel Belgian Golden Ale 330ml Bottle
Franziskaner Hefe 5%
Fullers London Pride 500ml Bottle
Furstenberg Premium Lager 500ml Bottle
Grolsch Lager 450ml
Hofbrau House Munich Beer 500ml
Krombacher German Pilsner Lager 500ml
O Haras Irish Red Ale 500ml Bottle
Oharas Celtic Stout 500ml Bottle
Paulaner Bottle
Samuel Adams Boston Lager Bottle (355 Millilitre)
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 350ml
St Peters Organic Ale 50cl Bottle
Staropramen Beer 500ml Bottle
Wells Waggle Dance Honey Beer 500ml

BeerNut

Technocentral wrote: »

anyone know what superquinns on the southside have that offer, none of those beers are in superquinn ranelagh anyway?

Sundrive have a disappointing handful.

grenache

Technocentral wrote: »

Adnams Innovation 6.7% 500ml Bottle

Alcoholic sex in a bottle :pac: Pity Explorer isn't part of the deal too.

Thank you so much for posting this up!!!! I shall be dropping into Superquinn in Castletroy tomorrow.

Ham'nd'egger

Technocentral wrote: »

anyone know what superquinns on the southside have that offer, none of those beers are in superquinn ranelagh anyway?

Sundrive, Walkinstown, Knocklyon, Lucan, Blackrock, Ballinteer and Bray should all have them in and probably Greystones and Naas as well if you get out that far. The reason why Ranelagh doesn't have them is probably because it's a smaller shop so it's beer range doesn't have the relevant selection in.

eightyfish

Just asked about the stock - Superquinn should have fresh stock of all world beers in stores by this Friday.

merlynthewizard

We are still an very small minority in Ireland...why is the selection in our pubs so bad?

eightyfish

merlynthewizard wrote: »

We are still an very small minority in Ireland...why is the selection in our pubs so bad?

I was thinking this at the weekend. I was at a wedding in Naas and staying in the (fairly nice) Ospery Hotel. I asked the barman if they had any imported beers and he told me "Oh, we wouldn't be doing that sort of thing." (!?!?!?)

The selection of beers in Dublin has improved hugely in Dublin in recent years, not so much beyond the Pale.

PS- more info on the SQ offer. It includes ALL imported specialist bottled beers, not just the ones on that list, and also includes the porterhouse beers AFAIK.

BeerNut

merlynthewizard wrote: »

why is the selection in our pubs so bad?

Because most beer drinkers deem the selection to be acceptable. Almost none of them will walk out when faced with a poor selection.

johnnyskeleton

merlynthewizard wrote: »

We are still an very small minority in Ireland...why is the selection in our pubs so bad?

Well, as the years progress there are more and more pubs opening which are prepared to serve different beers (I take it by "bad" selection you mean limited selection rather than all pubs having a selection of bad beers). Each of them seems to be doing pretty well out of it.

The biggest surprise to me was O'Neills on Suffolk St which is a fairly well established pub which suddenly decided to sell a different range of beers.

IMO it would be great to see the standard boozer do something like what Wotherspoons do in the UK - serve mostly cheap drinks to those that want them, but also have a few unusual beers to try out. That way, even if they don't have your favourite beer, they will at least have something that you might not have tried before.

Technocentral

Was in Superquinn, Ballinteer earlier, a decent range of the 6 for 12, got some St. Peters Organic ale (yum), Wells Choc stout and o haras red ale.

drkpower

BeerNut wrote: »

I quite like it. The chocolate can be a bit artificial-tasting, but it's hefty enough in the stout department to carry it. You hear all sorts of opinions on it, so I can't begin to guess what you'll make of it. Enjoy!

Just tried it. I have to say i really enjoyed it - as you say, tghere is enough stout there and the chocolate taste isnt overwhelming, you just know its there. I went up to SQ in Swords Pavillion but they were out of it last Monday - is this special going into next weekend?

Also tried the Banana Bread beer; bit sweet for my taste but her indoors loved it.

eightyfish

Picked up 8 x Innovation Pale Ale. Delicious hoppy pale ale with a slightly mapeley after taste. Also 2 x Cruim Gold Wheat Beer - sweet and honeyish for a weissbier. And 2 x O'Hara's Red.

Will be picking up some more Innovation before this offer is finished.

Saruman

I wish they stocked the O'Hara's IPA as I reckon I would be filling a trolly.

drkpower

Anyone know when this offer ends?

Sergeant

Saruman wrote: »

I wish they stocked the O'Hara's IPA as I reckon I would be filling a trolly.

So do I, the stuff is really growing on me, and is the absence of Galway Hooker getting bottled, this is a great substitute.

Frisbee

This offer still going?

Technocentral

Offer is on until Sept. 12 according to their website.

eightyfish

Technocentral wrote: »

Offer is on until Sept. 12 according to their website.

On the bottom of the ad it says valid until 10th August (today). Where'd you see 12th September?

Technocentral

Said it in the shop online section of their website when I looked there 3 days ago is gone now though.

interlocked

ESB for €2, oh yes!, but...........

http://superquinn.ie/StoreLocator/165:mad:

They've some neck saying that they've got stores all over the country

Amazing that they haven't even got a store in either Galway or Cork

Frisbee

Wasn't in their branch in Knocklyon yesterday, went in and none of the staff had heard of it, even when I pointed it out in the magazine..

Turbulent Bill

The Blanchardstown branch has an excellent selection if you're out that direction. I bought a selection about a fortnight ago (not 100% if it's still on), great way to do a home tasting on the cheap.

From the posts above it looks like every craft/world beer is covered, but it's not clear from the signage on the shelves. I might check with the staff next time.

Technocentral

Offer is finished, was really badly organized, when I was in Baldoyle Superquinn it wasn't marked which beers were part of the deal, I asked 2 staff and they didn't know, I don't think Superquinn really give a **** about promoting good beer.

Technocentral

What's with the asterisks when I used a mild swearword in the above post? Bit puritanical for my taste.

eightyfish

Technocentral wrote: »

What's with the asterisks when I used a mild swearword in the above post? Bit puritanical for my taste.

Its automatic. It happens for **** and **** and **** and ********.

Technocentral

C**ts!

BeerNut

Technocentral wrote: »

Offer is finished

Bought 12 beers for €24 (Adnams Innovation and Chimay Bleu) about 45 minutes ago in Superquinn Sundrive.

drkpower

Anyone know if this is still going anywhere else? Particularly Sutton or Killester.

eightyfish

Offer still going in Sundrive. Limited stock left, though. Picked up a Porterhouse selection.

Polar101

Still on in Blanch, got me some O'Hara's Red.. €2.99 normally, so €2 a bottle is fine with me.

It's a bit confusing at it says "selected bottled World Beers", but doesn't list which are included - so I just decided Irish beers are included as well. Porterhouse beers were included too, but they're €2.29 normally so only 29 cents off on those.

eightyfish

Still going in Walkinstown, topped up my supply. Plenty of stock.

Saruman

Polar101 wrote: »

Porterhouse beers were included too, but they're €2.29 normally so only 29 cents off on those.

That's interesting, I am sure they were €1.89 in the Lucan branch. €2.29 is too expensive for these. The celebration stout & Brainblaista might be €2.29 as they're 7% (higher duty).

Ham'nd'egger

eightyfish wrote: »

Still going in Walkinstown, topped up my supply. Plenty of stock.

In Sundrive, they had a list of what beers were covered under both the 6 for €12 World Beer offer and the 6 for €10 nitro keg range as well.

IrishWhiskeyCha

Saruman wrote: »

That's interesting, I am sure they were €1.89 in the Lucan branch. €2.29 is too expensive for these. The celebration stout & Brainblaista might be €2.29 as they're 7% (higher duty).

I think it was only the Plain that was €1.89 and the rest of the range was €2.29.

But I find a lot of these supermarkets have a habit of chancing their arm with offers ...

Big sign saying 3 for the price of 2 ... on closer inspection you may find it only applies to the X and Y yet they have X, Y, Z & W all on the same display ... if you get my drift.

The SuperQUin offer never even listed what was included in the offer but had a sign with a picture which a member of staff obviously guessed at by say it was all those and pointing at the picture, When I asked which ones were included. :rolleyes:

Polar101

IrishWhiskeyCha wrote: »

I think it was only the Plain that was €1.89 and the rest of the range was €2.29.

That's probably right.. I only saw €2.29 bottles, but didn't notice Plain.

€2.29 is pretty steep for a 330ml bottle.

Sergeant

Polar101 wrote: »

€2.29 is pretty steep for a 330ml bottle.

It is, especially when you consider that Aldi are selling 4 bottles of their very fine Traditional Irish Ale for €4.69. Which is also brewed in Ireland by O'Hara's.

I do enjoy the Porterhouse Plain in bottled format it must be said.

Turbulent Bill

Polar101 wrote: »

Still on in Blanch, got me some O'Hara's Red.. €2.99 normally, so €2 a bottle is fine with me.

It's a bit confusing at it says "selected bottled World Beers", but doesn't list which are included - so I just decided Irish beers are included as well. Porterhouse beers were included too, but they're €2.29 normally so only 29 cents off on those.

I had the same problem on Saturday, couldn't work out which were on offer (or someone to ask...). Ended up getting a mix of O'Hara's Red/Stout (great), Adnams Innovation (great) and St. Peter's Organic Ale (meh), got the 6 for €12. I think everything must be in the offer as Innovation is pretty expensive normally.

treacy52

Turbulent Bill wrote: »

I had the same problem on Saturday, couldn't work out which were on offer (or someone to ask...). Ended up getting a mix of O'Hara's Red/Stout (great), Adnams Innovation (great) and St. Peter's Organic Ale (meh), got the 6 for €12. I think everything must be in the offer as Innovation is pretty expensive normally.

That really is great value for Innovation. Usually around 3.50 a bottle I thought. Some of the Adnams beers are really good from what I've tried but innovation is outstanding.

bennyob

Looks like dal is back on. I seen it on a leaflet today.