Slabs of Beer

bailey99

Tesco doing some decent slabs of beer offer in the run up to Paddys Weekend.

Sol is €13 for 12 bottles, Corona is €16 for 12 bottles, Bulmers is €20 for 20 bottles, Canadian Molston have 24 bottles for €20. Heineken and Coors Light are both €22 for 20 bottles.

I remember was it at Xmas there was two of these slabs for €25 or €30 but these offers aren't given anymore. I'd imagine if there were such deals for Paddys weekend that they would have been publicized by now.

TheDriver

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin

Whats molston like BTW?

AlanDeGenerous

TheDriver wrote: »

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin

Whats molston like BTW?

If you drank a Bud and then a Canadian, chances are you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

JustAddWater

TheDriver wrote: »

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin

Whats molston like BTW?

Like a nicer coors light!
I love it but not to say that everyone will. I do think most people would enjoy it though. Buy a bottle and try it before buying a case

deckie27

TheDriver wrote: »

Whats molston like BTW?

Canadian Beer. same company as Coors light

dodzy

Looks at thread and hopes to see 24 cans ( slabs) BA. Instead, just sees bottles :mad:

SoapMcTavish

dodzy wrote: »

Looks at thread and hopes to see 24 cans ( slabs) BA. Instead, just sees bottles :mad:

Yup - same here. A slab means cans to me. Bottles come in boxes ....

AlanDeGenerous

SoapMcTavish wrote: »

Yup - same here. A slab means cans to me. Bottles come in boxes ....

Yeah, I've become used to calling 24 bottles a crate.

connollys

TheDriver wrote: »

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin

Whats molston like BTW?

Bland and tasteless, much like Bud\Coors light.

dodzy

connollys wrote: »

Bland and tasteless, much like Bud\Coors light.

9 post before the "Budweiser police" arrive at the scene today. Slow, or wha ? :rolleyes:

Etnies

Tray or crate.. Slabs must be a country word

JustAddWater

dodzy wrote: »

9 post before the "Budweiser police" arrive at the scene today. Slow, or wha ? :rolleyes:

too much molson

DarkJager

Etnies wrote: »

Tray or crate.. Slabs must be a country word

No they are called slabs - I don't know a single person who calls them trays or crates.

RayCon

^ Trays or crates here.

downesy

Yeah, tray here as well.

Skerries

tray here but I also mention slab just in case as I know it differs from place to place

bailey99

TheDriver wrote: »

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin
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I don't know about that. Its 12 days to Paddys day and there's nothing. And the signs in Tesco are all about the drink prices until 18th March so maybe there's been a clamp down on the multi buys or something.

I'll check Dunnes tonight or tomorrow for promotions or price offers. Super Valu are a couple of euro dearer than Tesco for everything across the board.

Cantona's Collars

Lidl are doing a weekend special: Cans of Bulmers for €1.33 each.It's printed on the back of their latest leaflet.

connollys

dodzy wrote: »

9 post before the "Budweiser police" arrive at the scene today. Slow, or wha ? :rolleyes:

Was asked what it was like, replied with the most honest answer I could. Sorry.

uch

connollys wrote: »

Was asked what it was like, replied with the most honest answer I could. Sorry.

FWIW I think it's Piss aswell, but I'm mainly an Ale/Stout Drinker

Skerries

it's like making love in a canoe, f*cking close to water!

D Trent

DarkJager wrote: »

No they are called slabs - I don't know a single person who calls them trays or crates.

No...............slabs are cans.

And you say crate of bottles

RayCon

€5.49 in Lidl - not a special ... an everyday price.

Laughably the same 4 pack is €8.15 in Dunnes and Tesco ... and a jaw dropping €9.29 in O'Briens :rolleyes:

GY A1

any cans on offer guys

StaticNoise

SuperValu are still doing most large brands of cans at €13 for 8. Best can offer around.

Bottles are wasteful for value. Not as much value per ml as cans. Less litres.

Atlantic Dawn

I'm going to hold off on the resupply until next week, has to be better deals coming up early to mid next week with Paddys day on the horizon.

dodzy

StaticNoise wrote: »

SuperValu are still doing most large brands of cans at €13 for 8. Best can offer around.

That's still poor enough. Maybe we've just been spoiled over recent yrs at festive periods where you would feel hard done by if you couldn't get your paws on slabs of your chosen tipple for 1€ per can.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Ugh, came looking for "slabs of cans" can only see "crates of bottles"

GY A1

StaticNoise wrote: »

SuperValu are still doing most large brands of cans at €13 for 8. Best can offer around.

Bottles are wasteful for value. Not as much value per ml as cans. Less litres.

thats way too dear i think for the main stream stuff,
1 euro a can is enough

ariya

I stocked up on Sol after crimbo. Lidl had them 12 bottles for 8.99.

Saw boxes beers in supervalu but no price on them yet

OldNotWIse

Slab.

JONJO THE MISER

I dont think my local AA branch will be happy with this at all, i hear a few boys are close to fallling off the wagon, this may well just push them off.

mjv2ydratu679c

Bottles come in crates, cans in slabs.

upandcumming

ariya wrote: »

I stocked up on Sol after crimbo. Lidl had them 12 bottles for 8.99.

Saw boxes beers in supervalu but no price on them yet

€15 I think I saw in Mount Merrion SuperValu last night... Shocking expensive.
Shocking shite staff in it too.

biebiebie

Hmm.
Bottles do come in crates. But aren't creates plastic like you see down the pub?

Personally I'd call it a box of [bottled] beer.
Slab or tray would indicate tins, and 24 x at that.
imho

SoapMcTavish

Pallet of Bulmers ?

.G.

biebiebie wrote: »

Hmm.
Bottles do come in crates. But aren't creates plastic like you see down the pub?

Personally I'd call it a box of [bottled] beer.
Slab or tray would indicate tins, and 24 x at that.
imho

Its amazing the consternation this is causing:D

Its quite clearly a box of bottles given that they come in,you know,a box!.And was always called a slab/tray of cans.

TheDriver

TheDriver wrote: »

plenty of time yet for the price war to begin

Whats molston like BTW?

I find molston canadian to be the nicest of the generic mass market beers that are available in bottles. It doesn't have a huge taste I admit but it's nice, clean taste and refreshing. Much nicer imo than whoor's delight, bud, tuborg, calsberg and also better than Heineken. The stuff available here is brewed in the UK, not Canada, but it's still decent.

cheekypup

I'm leaving work now and will get 8 cans of San Miguel for €10 in Eurospar Luacn, absolute pi$$ but will enjoy with a few smokes and Tom Dunne show on Newstalk. I used to say trays but since this recession thing kicked in slabs is more common or schlabs as some of my country friends would say.

GY A1

super valu have 20 bottles bud for 14 euro, but waiting for other cans offers

BandyMandy

Some offers here........... http://www.carryout.ie/special-offers/

dodzy

BandyMandy wrote: »

Some offers here........... http://www.carryout.ie/special-offers/

No value there unfortunately

Plates

AlanDeGenerous wrote: »

If you drank a Bud and then a Canadian, chances are you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

If you drank a Bud, then a Molsen, then a Coors, then a Heineken then a Carlsberg you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. It's all slop.

dodzy

Plates wrote: »

If you drank a Bud, then a Molsen, then a Coors, then a Heineken then a Carlsberg you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. It's all slop.

Troll.

Plates

dodzy wrote: »

Troll.

Really? You think that list of beer is good stuff?

Newgrange Warrior

Forget the slabs and crates. Molston Canadian in tesco is cheaper at present per liter for a good reliable 6 pack.

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=Molson

AlanG

BandyMandy wrote: »

Some offers here........... http://www.carryout.ie/special-offers/

1:50 a can for Guinness is better than usual - Dunnes doing them at a similar price today.

Akrasia

Plates wrote: »

Really? You think that list of beer is good stuff?

Epicurus said over 2000 years ago "“Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little”

If you constantly want the very finest of everything, you'll never be happy. (or more specifically, you'll spend a lot of your time dissatisfied with what there is available to you.)
The mass market beers are perfectly acceptable to the majority of people who can enjoy them for what they are.

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

Epicurus said over 2000 years ago "“Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little”

If you constantly want the very finest of everything, you'll never be happy. (or more specifically, you'll spend a lot of your time dissatisfied with what there is available to you.)
The mass market beers are perfectly acceptable to the majority of people who can enjoy them for what they are.

Well said, must every beer that you drink must be a "craft beer" (a fooking hipster term that I personally hate).
many of these "craft beers" are very heavy in nature which doesn't suit more than having 1 or 2. Also at mabye €3 a pop they're not cheap. Light mass-market beers have their place when you just want a beer or few...

GY A1

any cans on offer over week end guys

TheDriver

glasso wrote: »

Well said, must every beer that you drink must be a "craft beer" (a fooking hipster term that I personally hate).
many of these "craft beers" are very heavy in nature which doesn't suit more than having 1 or 2. Also at mabye €3 a pop they're not cheap. Light mass-market beers have their place when you just want a beer or few...

here here. As much as I love "craft beers" they have shot up in price in last 2 years. I remember bishops finger being 1.50 in lidl 2 years ago and now its 2.29. It is also fashionable to be into craft beers and slate bland beers. However a night on the town scoffing down lots of beer, you can't beat the likes of miller etc