Which Dublin Aldi has the O'Shea Pale Ale?

GermanicGalore

Hi there,

I saw on beoir.org that there is now a pale ale from O'Shea's. Apparently, someone spotted it in a Limerick Aldi. Anyone seen it anywhere in Dublin? The Palmerstown one only does the normal ale.

Thanks

Tube

Being brewed in Bagenalstown I suspect O'Hara's are only supplying Aldi's southern depot (so far). I've not seen it in any Aldi in the greater Dublin area.

Hopefully things will change.

Geuze

I assume that all Aldi stores stock the exact same range of goods, no?

Tube

No, I think there is a certain (very small) amount of regional variation, due to the location of depots.

poitinstill

its in Cork too... very very nice by the way.. very similar to OHara's own ipa

neilthefunkeone

Saw it in Aldi Nutgrove about a week ago.. Should have grabbed a bottle!!

Seaneh

I wonder how it will compare to the O'Hara's Pale.
Which is, quite simply, fantastic!

Hope it's €1.79 a bottle!

Tube

Probably more sessionable due to the lower abv.

laros

Hope it's €1.79 a bottle!

It Is....
Just picked some up in tullamore, bright green label

Seaneh

Picked up 4 from Aldi Headford Road Galway, will sample one later

From what I've read it seems to be more an English style pale as opposed to the American style of O'Hara's Pale.

Interested to taste them side by side too

Benny_Cake

None in Aldi Naas or Celbridge so far. I love O'Haras Pale Ale so I'm hoping to try this soon, may have to swing by Lucan.

Seaneh

Gets a big "meh" from me to be honest.

Not bad but as long as I can get 5 O'Hara's IPA for 10 yoyos in tesco (or even 4 for 10 in local offies) I won'y bother picking it up again.

irish_goat

None in Parnell St last week. Will check back today.

Creamy Goodness

Aldi in Bray has it in case you're out this way. Aldi is quite new so you may have over looked it.

MHalberstram

Aldi in Castletroy Limerick has it.

ciaran76

Clonee Aldi have some just picked some up.

ciaran76

Well for €1.79 a bottle it's very good. Better than Smithwicks Pale ale.

It would not be far from O'Haras Pale ale but the bitterness lingers alot more for me.

I would buy this again no problem.

MHalberstram

It is nothing like O'Hara's. It's horrible.

stuchyg

picked some up in Aldi in Blessington and plenty left. V nice for my money, much nicer than the other O Hara ale

Tube

Had some this evening. Reminds me a bit of bottled Galway Hooker: More like an English pale ale with subdued hops and crystal malt flavour evident, than an out and out hoppy APA.

blueshed

NONE in Clane or Maynooth today

veetwin

Good selection of O'Sheas in Coolock Aldi yesterday

Doodah7

Plenty in Blessington...

blueshed

ciaran76 wrote: »

Clonee Aldi have some just picked some up.

got some today in Clonee, just about = they had 15 btls left but not advertised and at the back of the shelf with the stout in front of them.

donaghs

Got some in Rathmines. Very tasty and an amazing price of €1.79!

Maybe not as much of a powerful citrus hoppy taste as the O'Hara's IPA but still a great beer that holds its own with others. 4.3% ABV. Long may it last.

blueshed

still none in Maynooth

GermanicGalore

Hi everyone,

thanks so much for all the responses.

I was surprised last night to see it in the Coolock Aldi.
It's quite mild (some might say it's bland). It's easy drinkable, but overall it won't be my favourite.

kenmc

have it in sandyford too. very drinkable beer, maybe not quite as zingy as OHaras IPA but certainly worth having on stand.

Mr Benevolent

Tastes suspiciously like Galway Hooker. And I've gone off Galway Hooker.

donaghs

Think its like Galway Hooker too. Which for me is a good thing, although prefer O'Hara's overall. Aldi Rathmines sold out, for now.

damomeasa

Had loads in the Belgard Rd Aldi today. Great for the price, but I would still prefer O'Haras.

BaZmO*

Had some the other night and imo it's essentially O'Hara's IPA in every sense except for the big upfront hop kick. Which would make sense for the price of it. Lots of hops in a beer tends to come at a price.

I thought it was lovely btw. It'd make a great session beer.

Ruben Remus

BaZmO* wrote: »

Had some the other night and imo it's essentially O'Hara's IPA in every sense except for the big upfront hop kick. Which would make sense for the price of it. Lots of hops in a beer tends to come at a price.

I thought it was lovely btw. It'd make a great session beer.

Had my first bottle last night and I'd agree with that assessment. It's good value at €1.79.

mayto

Had a bottle of this last night and loved it. Lovely american C hops in the aroma and it goes down too easy . Nice session strength as others have said but plenty of hops there too. Nice to have a local beer free of chill haze and actually tastes nice.

Aglomerado

I had one of these a few days ago and I loved it too... the first impression I got was a taste of Turkish delight! Yum.

Technocentral

Had a bottle of this earlier for the first time, delicious and well worth 1.79, not quite as hoppy as O Hara's version (maybe 10 or 15% less) but just as delicious if not more so! Fair play to Aldi, not many Irish companies supporting Irish breweries, will stock up on this for Crimbo.

BaZmO*

Technocentral wrote: »

Fair play to Aldi, not many Irish companies supporting Irish breweries,

Really? What about Dunnes, Superquinn, Molloys, Carry Out, Drinkstore, Deveneys, etc. and all the Craft Beer Pubs and indeed, all the regular Pubs supporting Irish breweries?

BeerNut

Joe Macken's chain (Jo'Burger, CrackBird, Bear) uses only Irish companies where possible so the beer is all White Gypsy and Eight Degrees.

BaZmO*

BeerNut wrote: »

Joe Macken's chain (Jo'Burger, CrackBird, Bear) uses only Irish companies where possible so the beer is all White Gypsy and Eight Degrees.

And they also have Llewellyn's cider

schemingbohemia

BaZmO* wrote: »

Really? What about Dunnes, Superquinn, Molloys, Carry Out, Drinkstore, Deveneys, etc. and all the Craft Beer Pubs and indeed, all the regular Pubs supporting Irish breweries?

Maybe I'm going to the wrong Dunnes (Cornelscourt) but their Irish craft beer selection has been brutal any time I've been in. In saying that it's a couple of months since I was last there so maybe things have improved an awful lot.

Scortho

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Maybe I'm going to the wrong Dunnes (Cornelscourt) but their Irish craft beer selection has been brutal any time I've been in. In saying that it's a couple of months since I was last there so maybe things have improved an awful lot.

Its still brutal! rows and rows of piss and then a tiny little shelf of craft beers and Erdinger/krombacher etc.

Tesco's in celbridge have a whole aisle devoted to craft beers and your non-mainstream ones.

Technocentral

BaZmO* wrote: »

Really? What about Dunnes, Superquinn, Molloys, Carry Out, Drinkstore, Deveneys, etc. and all the Craft Beer Pubs and indeed, all the regular Pubs supporting Irish breweries?

I should have been more specific, I meant commissioning a beer from an Irish brewery, as far as I know Aldi are the only supermarket doing it apart from I think M&S, not sure even if they do .

BaZmO*

Technocentral wrote: »

I should have been more specific, I meant commissioning a beer from an Irish brewery, as far as I know Aldi are the only supermarket doing it apart from I think M&S, not sure even if they do .

I know what you meant, hence the

I think Beernut would be the man to know if there were others.

I think L Mulligans are collaborating with 8 Degrees on the Brown Bag Project, and Keogh's crisps used Dungarvan's Blackrock Stout for a while, not sure if they're still doing them though.

BeerNut

Yeah, the M&S Irish Stout is by Carlow.

FXB's have a house beer brewed by Carlow and in Cork Benny McCabe's pubs have a beer he gets Franciscan Well to make for him, while the Market Lane and associated outlets have their stout brewed by White Gypsy. Neachtain's in Galway has a house beer brewed by Hooker (or it used to; hopefully it still does: it's lovely), The Crown in Belfast used to have a house beer by Whitewater but I don't know if that still exists under the new management. And I think Dice Bar still has Revolution Red which they brew at Trouble.

BaZmO*

See I told ya!

BeerNut wrote: »

Neachtain's in Galway has a house beer brewed by Hooker (or it used to; hopefully it still does: it's lovely)

Had it a couple of months back and I concur, lovely beer.

Seaneh

BeerNut wrote: »

Yeah, the M&S Irish Stout is by Carlow.

Neachtain's in Galway has a house beer brewed by Hooker (or it used to; hopefully it still does: it's lovely),

Two, Bonaparte Stout and the summer ale Nectar.

BaZmO*

Seaneh wrote: »

Two, Bonaparte Stout and the summer ale Nectar.

What about Opus II Dark Wheatbeer? That's the one I was talking about.

Seaneh

BaZmO* wrote: »

What about Opus II Dark Wheatbeer? That's the one I was talking about.

ha. totally forgot the Opus II. that's 3!

baconsarnie

Aldi in Cavan also has the pale ale

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Scortho wrote: »

Tesco's in celbridge have a whole aisle devoted to craft beers and your non-mainstream ones.

Not sure exactly what defines "craft", so personally I prefer to use "micro" as it has a clear definition, but Tesco Celbridge now has a very poor selection. Same with Maynooth. Completely dumbed down and no hoppy good stuff any more.

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BaZmO* wrote: »

What about Opus II Dark Wheatbeer? That's the one I was talking about.

My understanding was that Opus II was no more. I wasn't a huge fan of it.