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Good Drink Bargain Alerts!

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    #812
    The Drunken Destrier
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭The Drunken Destrier


    adamski8 wrote: »
    Should they be more than 2.50e anyway?? Great beer but they are only 330ml

    They are usually €2.79. I don't think that's too bad (not great either), considering I usually spend over €3 for a 330ml of craft from UK, USA etc.
    Would be fantastic if they made it a regular, might drop the price too.


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    #813
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    Franziskaner 4 for 5 euro again in lidl.until 6th of April.
    Discount at till, I got 8 bottles yesterday for €10 :D


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    #814
    rudboy
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭rudboy


    emo72 wrote: »
    I think it was. It might not have been labeled correctly but all them charge the same. Picked 12 bottles up for 15 euro in leixlip yesterday. Never tasted it before, hope it's nice!

    In there today, no deal on for some reason, picked up 3 anyway :p


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    #815
    tinner777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭tinner777


    rudboy wrote: »
    In there today, no deal on for some reason, picked up 3 anyway :p

    defo still on, picked up err a few yesterday :) was in killarney though


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    #816
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    rudboy wrote: »
    In there today, no deal on for some reason, picked up 3 anyway :p

    As far as I know this always happens, it's 4 for 5 and comes up as a deal at the till whether it's advertised in the store or not, if you only get 2 or 3 they scan at full price!


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    #817
    rudboy
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭rudboy


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    As far as I know this always happens, it's 4 for 5 and comes up as a deal at the till whether it's advertised in the store or not, if you only get 2 or 3 they scan at full price!

    Well that's bloody annoying:mad:


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    #818
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    rudboy wrote: »
    Well that's bloody annoying:mad:

    Take it out on them by going back and stocking up tomorrow!


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    #819
    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    Take it out on them by going back and stocking up tomorrow!

    Yes, let them profit from your mistake.


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    #820
    bennyineire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,470 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    I doubt very much they are making a profit on selling these at 4 for a fiver, surly a loss leader


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    #821
    Ravelleman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ravelleman


    bennyineire wrote: »
    I doubt very much they are making a profit on selling these at 4 for a fiver, surly a loss leader

    Dunno, they have pretty big buying power. Economies of scale and all that.

    That's the extent of my business knowledge though so we can flip a coin between loss leaders and economies of scale.


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    #822
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,379 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    bennyineire wrote: »
    I doubt very much they are making a profit on selling these at 4 for a fiver, surly a loss leader

    I imagine the breweries sell to supermarkets at cheap prices on the condition that it is sold cheaper to customers. This is why I reckon you get such big discounts on 24xcans at christmas of the big brands. Its little different to handing out vouchers for products like pizzas or chicken nuggets.

    They investigated below cost selling of beer in the UK market a year or so ago, as an alternative to introducting minimum pricing. It was found that only a few obscure low volume selling beers were sold below cost. This must have infuriated all the publicans who could then get no-one to believe their bullshit stories/claims of how they cannot compete due to rife below cost selling, and why their prices are so high. I imagine its a similar thing here.


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    #823
    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Ravelleman wrote: »
    Dunno, they have pretty big buying power. Economies of scale and all that.

    That's the extent of my business knowledge though so we can flip a coin between loss leaders and economies of scale.

    Considering that type of beer usually sells for 80/90 cents a bottle in Germany, it's possible that they're making a similar profit to German supermarkets, with the 30/40 cent difference going on transport costs.


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    #824
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    Either way it's without doubt the best deal on decent beer we regularly see in this country, gonna hit them up for a case on the way home!


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    #825
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    There are bargains to be had, all one needs to do is look...

    http://www.drinkstore.ie/Porterhouse-Wrasslers-XXX-Full-Stout-330ML-813823010022/

    http://www.drinkstore.ie/Sierra-Nevada-Celebration-2012-350ML-083783228212/


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    #826
    SamAK
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭SamAK


    Vratislar Czech Lager is 1.29 per 500ml bottle in Tesco.

    Working through a couple now...very nice I think, crisp and fresh! Good price too, was going to get a few Tiger (two for a fiver) but was swayed by the price difference.


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    #827
    MonkstownHoop
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭MonkstownHoop


    SamAK wrote: »
    Vratislar Czech Lager is 1.29 per 500ml bottle in Tesco.

    Working through a couple now...very nice I think, crisp and fresh! Good price too, was going to get a few Tiger (two for a fiver) but was swayed by the price difference.

    I remember it was 95c :(


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    #828
    Lemag
    Registered Users Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    Bushmills 10 Year Old €38 in Dunnes


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    #829
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 13,048 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Dungarvan Black Rock is currently a pleasing 4 for €10 in Supervalu at the minute. Other selected craft brews are €2.50 each, including O'Hara's Red and Curim and some Well's and Young brews.


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    #830
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    lidl balbriggan franziskaner €1.99 500 ml bottle,went into buy perlenbacher came out with these instead.The perlenbacher has jumped in price,And is now priced at €7.49 for six


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    #831
    alexanderomahon
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭alexanderomahon


    In Tesco got 8 x 500 ml Guinness for 11 yo yoes. Works out about 1.38 per can. Not bad me thinks


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    #832
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    alexanderomahon wrote: »
    In Tesco got 8 x 500 ml Guinness for 11 yo yoes. Works out about 1.38 per can. Not bad me thinks

    That's not bad,when those 8 packs of draught came out they were 14 or 15 quid no matter where you bought them,may is only around the corner and Guinness sales probably drop around now and cider sales Will probably start to rise.


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    #833
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 13,048 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    alexanderomahon wrote: »
    In Tesco got 8 x 500 ml Guinness for 11 yo yoes. Works out about 1.38 per can. Not bad me thinks

    Is there not a "bad drink bargain alerts" thread? :pac:


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    #834
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,844 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Is there not a "bad drink bargain alerts" thread? :pac:

    I have no particular love for Guinness but very few people would describe it as a bad beer unless it's to get a reaction from Guinness drinkers.


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    #835
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,316 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Guinness Extra Stout is a much nicer beer than Guinness Draught.

    I had a Dark Arts Porter recently, wasn't impressed, I would have preferred a GES to it.

    Edit: the only time I've ever seen GES on offer is at Christmas in Dunnes or Tesco with a slab of 24 offer. Normally you can expect to pay well over 2 euro for a can or bottle, which is too much for what it is and is rather galling when you often see multipacks of draught Guinness going for 1.50 a can on offer.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #836
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I have no particular love for Guinness but very few people would describe it as a bad beer unless it's to get a reaction from Guinness drinkers.

    Guinness Draught is a bad beer, by far the blandest "stout" on the market.

    Extra Stout is a different matter.


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    #837
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,544 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Guinness Draught is a bad beer, by far the blandest "stout" on the market.

    Extra Stout is a different matter.

    Just because something is bland, does it necessarily mean it's "bad"?


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    #838
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Just because something is bland, does it necessarily mean it's "bad"?

    Ah here, by that logic Coors and Bud aren't bad beers either.


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    #839
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Ah here, by that logic Coors and Bud aren't bad beers either.

    They're not though. They're inoffensive and bland. A bad beer is a beer you couldn't drink because it tastes awful.


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    #840
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    They're not though. They're inoffensive and bland. A bad beer is a beer you couldn't drink because it tastes awful.

    Is bland not a bad quality?


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    #841
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Is bland not a bad quality?

    Not really. It's all about personal preference. Whether us beer snobs like it or not, most people prefer bland inoffensive beer, doesn't make it a bad beer though.


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