Aftershock available anywhere?

ecoli

Basically heading over to US and a friend has a particular fondness for this. After going to all my usual haunts to pick this up couldnt be found anywhere. Have tried O Briens, Molloy's, Devenny's, tesco/dunnes and nothing. Even got on to the distributor but to no avail

Getting desperate at this stage anyone seen anywhere in passing or no anywhere in Dublin I can pick up a bottle (of anything but Red)

Thanks

yoyo

Fairly sure my local Spar shop sells this (Ranelagh), not sure if its the Red one I saw though,

Nick

Ciarrai76

ecoli wrote: »

Basically heading over to US and a friend has a particular fondness for this. After going to all my usual haunts to pick this up couldnt be found anywhere. Have tried O Briens, Molloy's, Devenny's, tesco/dunnes and nothing. Even got on to the distributor but to no avail

Getting desperate at this stage anyone seen anywhere in passing or no anywhere in Dublin I can pick up a bottle (of anything but Red)

Thanks

wonder if it would be in Duty free so you could pick it up in the airport on your way? we stock it in our shop, but that's in Tralee although we do deliver!

lord lucan

They don't sell it in the Duty Free in Dublin unfortunately.

Martyn1989

They have 3 bottles of red after shock behind the counter in Spar Abbey St at the Luas stop, didn't see a price.

Mr Simpson

Fine Wines have it on their website, I assume they have it in-store as well. Pricey at €31.50 though.

rubadub

mmcn90 wrote: »

Pricey at €31.50 though.

I think this is why it is hard to get, few probably stock it due to the ludicrous price and hence low customer base.

I never understood how it ever sold so well -an artificial flavoured vodka/liquer with a much higher price than liquers with genuine extracts in them, like bols stuff or cointreau. Its 40% so stronger than many but the same as cointreau and many vodkas. I remember it really taking off when released in pubs and marketed as 'shots', many are just ignorant of all the liquers which had been there for decades before.

Wyborowa vodka is €15 in tesco at the moment, Finlandia is €15 in supervalu. They are asking for an extra €16.50 for a bit of sugar & E numbers thrown in!

Mr Simpson

Yeah its a ridiculous price. Absolutely manky imho, but each to their own.

Tea_Bag

what's even more disgusting is that its no longer 40%… its been lowered to 30%.

never understood why anyone drank the stuff.

Jumboman

Anyone know if any of the major off licences in Dublin sell it ?

christmas2012

off licenses in limerick sell it everywhere still

Jumboman

Tea_Bag wrote: »

never understood why anyone drank the stuff.

The stuff is like rocket fuel you only need to drink a small amount to get off your head:D

54kroc

Jumboman wrote: »

The stuff is like rocket fuel you only need to drink a small amount to get off your head:D

It's pretty low in alcohol for a spirit though? you should give something stronger a go.

Tea_Bag

Jumboman wrote: »

The stuff is like rocket fuel you only need to drink a small amount to get off your head:D

speak for yourself

Jumboman

Just managed to find an off licence that sells it. It cost me 37euro for a 70cl bottle :eek: also the guy in the off licence said it was the last bottle they had left and they may not be getting it in again.

Its very expensive but it will cost me less than buying it in nightclubs.

Ciarrai76

Jumboman wrote: »

Just managed to find an off licence that sells it. It cost me 37euro for a 70cl bottle :eek: also the guy in the off licence said it was the last bottle they had left and they may not be getting it in again.

Its very expensive but it will cost me less than buying it in nightclubs.

Yikes, that's expensive! We stock it (in Tralee) for €27.99, the bars still buy it off us regularly so we continue to stock it!

Jumboman

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Yikes, that's expensive! We stock it (in Tralee) for €27.99, the bars still buy it off us regularly so we continue to stock it!

At that price it might be worth me making a trip down to kerry and bringing back a few bottles.

Anyone know how much it costs up north ?

Ciarrai76

Jumboman wrote: »

At that price it might be worth me making a trip down to kerry and bringing back a few bottles.

Anyone know how much it costs up north ?

I was thinking it would be roughly about £24, but just looked it up and on the 'my supermarket' comparison site, its showing Tesco & Sainsbury's in the UK selling it for £17.50, with Asda selling it at only £14.75! So if you were going up North, you might be lucky to get for less than £20!

rubadub

Jumboman wrote: »

Its very expensive but it will cost me less than buying it in nightclubs.

I'd be looking for a different drink. I like twix's but if they were 2.5times the price of other bars I would start sampling other bars.

You can buy high quality essences to make your own liquers. I got mine from www.partyman.se years ago though he seems to have very few now.

They were a brand called prestige, and I see the UK agent is still running
http://www.swedishconnections.co.uk/essence/5/prestige-candy-shots

He has a better selection. I see one called 'green frogs' which must be trying to mimic those fat frog cocktails.

Jumboman

rubadub wrote: »

I'd be looking for a different drink. I like twix's but if they were 2.5times the price of other bars I would start sampling other bars.

It may be 2.5times the price but is 10 times the fun:D