Craft Beer in your clubhouse?

Kevinmarkham

Some more help required from the Boards.ie golfing crew...

I'm trying to find out if clubhouses around the country serve any Irish craft beers... so three simple questions:

1. Do you know of any clubhouse bars serving Irish craft beers and, if so, which beers and which clubhouses?
   
2. Are they bottles or is it on tap?
   
3. Do you drink craft beer and/or would you drink it if it was available in your clubhouse?

Many thanks
K

RoadRunner

Great idea. I hate the beer selection in clubhouses. Hope to hear fota have something nice for us after the round.

1 no
2 n/a
3 yes and defo.

Seve OB

RoadRunner wrote: »

Great idea. I hate the beer selection in clubhouses. Hope to hear fota have something nice for us after the round.

1 no
2 n/a
3 yes and defo.

Sure bring some of yer own craft stuff

Mantis Toboggan

2% Guinness, should be in every clubhouse in Ireland. Can't beat having two pints of the black stuff before driving home!

RoadRunner

Seve OB wrote: »

Sure bring some of yer own craft stuff

I may struggle to fit the clubs + a keg on the back of the bike.

Seve OB

RoadRunner wrote: »

I may struggle to fit the clubs + a keg on the back of the bike.

pm me.

I can bring down the beer for ya

Ollieboy

We sell the light Guinness in the club-house and it's very popular. Guinness makes up 75% of all pint sales in our club.

I'm not really sure if Golf Clubs have enough turnover in drink to enable them sell a wider mix of drinks like craft beers on draft.

thewobbler

Enniscrone had a pretty decent selection of craft ales when I was there in April.

To be honest I reckon the points above about 2% Guinness are more accurate as to what club houses need first.

Everyone needs a driver these days, and he'll be easier convinced to stay if he can enjoy 3 pints over 2-3 hours - albeit at a reduced ABV.

Craft beers tend to be 5% and up. They're not worth it unless you're having a few (along with a driver to take you home).

millerj

I played Clonmel G.C yesterday in their Open Singles for the first time. Actually commented to my playing partner afterwards that they had Caledonia Best Ale advertised on draught which I assumed was craft along with Clonmel 1650 lager. It is only now that I have realised that it is part of C & C Group which pretty much rules craft out. Still though at €3 a pint it would be hard to complain along with €10 for open singles. There are worse ways to spend €13. By the way, Clonmel G.C was in superb condition and far surpassed my expectations.

PARlance

3 No's from me.

Our bar is more hip replacement than hipster.

Can't see there being a great demand for craft beers. In general, the older guys know their tipple and the younger guys don't hang around much.

I could see a few local beers being supported by local clubs but to make it much more than that, the brewery may be best to go down a specialized route with a low % beer.
Call it the "Up & Down".... a refreshing 2 before your next drive.

Dtoffee

Ours has the Franciscan Well 'Rebel Red' ale and its stunning. I'm a regular Guinness drinker and have dropped it in favour of this ale, theres a great cut to it and ideal for a thirsty golfer .... and their pint glasses with the handle are great.

It nearly makes bad golf bareable :P

millerj

Dtoffee wrote: »

Ours has the Franciscan Well 'Rebel Red' ale and its stunning. I'm a regular Guinness drinker and have dropped it in favour of this ale, theres a great cut to it and ideal for a thirsty golfer .... and their pint glasses with the handle are great.

It nearly makes bad golf bareable :P

Kind of sad though that they were bought out by Molson Coors UK & Ireland in 2013..!!

mikepajero182

Concra wood had Irish craft beers in the bar last time I was there. Brehon brewhouse?

sydneybound

No
Both
Yes

The bar is my place, in the UK, makes a decent profit every year. Some members use it as their local.

Seriously could you drink two pints of Guinness 2% and get away with driving home, surely you must be over the limit?

rrpc

sydneybound wrote: »

No
Both
Yes

The bar is my place, in the UK, makes a decent profit every year. Some members use it as their local.

Seriously could you drink two pints of Guinness 2% and get away with driving home, surely you must be over the limit?

The limit here is the equivalent of one pint of beer as far as I know. Since the average pint is about 4-5%, two by 2% is about the same. However your body metabolises about a half pint of normal strength beer in one hour, so if you spend two hours over your 2% pints, one of them will be metabolised by the time you've finished the second.

Allegedly

Mantis Toboggan

rrpc wrote: »

The limit here is the equivalent of one pint of beer as far as I know. Since the average pint is about 4-5%, two by 2% is about the same. However your body metabolises about a half pint of normal strength beer in one hour, so if you spend two hours over your 2% pints, one of them will be metabolised by the time you've finished the second.

Allegedly

That's good enough for me