Pub pours Conor McGregor's whiskey down the toilet

Heat_Wave

Link can be found here

As much as I dislike Conor McGregor, every time I read a story like this I sigh. I sigh at the absolute desperation of these pubs/restaurants who try to gain free publicity at the expense of someone else.

We see it time and time again, owners of restaurants hitting back at TripAdvisor reviews etc. by using social media in a lame attempt at 'trying to be funny' to generate publicity for themselves. These things are never funny. The above storyline is yet again another example.

Heat_Wave

Heat_Wave wrote: »

I sigh at the absolute desperation of these pubs/restaurants who try to gain free publicity at the expense of someone else.

And they succeeded. You're only fanning the flames.

GBX

Sure they probably paid for it already. Wasting money just binning it. Sell it and dont restock. Bad attempt at publicity when its gonna cost your business money.

liosnagceann75

GBX wrote: »

Sure they probably paid for it already. Wasting money just binning it. Sell it and dont restock. Bad attempt at publicity when its gonna cost your business money.

Has anyone tried it?

GBX

liosnagceann75 wrote: »

Has anyone tried it?

Tried which? The whiskey - not me anyway. But he has people lapping it up when apparently its a bad low quality whiskey.

Jerichoholic

I tried it, it's fine. A bit sweet. Nothing special.

This pub is pathetic though, looking for attention and that's all.

the beer revolu

liosnagceann75 wrote: »

Has anyone tried it?

It's grand.
Nothing special but not half as bad as people like to make out.
It's a bit overpriced for the quality.

TheValeyard

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's grand.
Nothing special but not half as bad as people like to make out.
It's a bit overpriced for the quality.

Still tasted better than Paddy whiskey. But I wouldn't be recommending it to anyone.

Assetbacked

The whiskey is good for washing cash I understand.

17togo

Heat_Wave wrote: »

Link can be found here

As much as I dislike Conor McGregor, every time I read a story like this I sigh. I sigh at the absolute desperation of these pubs/restaurants who try to gain free publicity at the expense of someone else.

We see it time and time again, owners of restaurants hitting back at TripAdvisor reviews etc. by using social media in a lame attempt at 'trying to be funny' to generate publicity for themselves. These things are never funny. The above storyline is yet again another example.

But is it not the same as mcgregor going around acting like a scumbag promoting himself on social media to get him to where he is today? It's the new way of marketing and doesn't cost anything, except the price of the whiskey. Hopefully the pub gets a few more customers out of it, and a few more pubs do the same and don't restock the stuff.

the beer revolu

TheValeyard wrote: »

Still tasted better than Paddy whiskey. But I wouldn't be recommending it to anyone.

Yeah, people love to hate paddy, too.
It's really not such a terrible whiskey.

Jerichoholic

17togo wrote: »

But is it not the same as mcgregor going around acting like a scumbag promoting himself on social media to get him to where he is today? It's the new way of marketing and doesn't cost anything, except the price of the whiskey. Hopefully the pub gets a few more customers out of it, and a few more pubs do the same and don't restock the stuff.

That and winning fights. And also being a genius at promoting those fights.

jester77

Well, they had already paid for it... so I guess McGregor gets the last laugh there

L1011

Its close to drain cleaner quality as it is; so they at least found a use for it.

sbsquarepants

Jerichoholic wrote: »

That and winning fights. And also being a genius at promoting those fights.

It's been quite a while since he won a fight. He didn't even floor that auld lad in the marble arch.

He's just a rich classless scumbag.

Heat_Wave

17togo wrote: »

But is it not the same as mcgregor going around acting like a scumbag promoting himself on social media to get him to where he is today? It's the new way of marketing and doesn't cost anything, except the price of the whiskey. Hopefully the pub gets a few more customers out of it, and a few more pubs do the same and don't restock the stuff.

It’s not at the expense of someone else though. In fairness to McGregor, like him or dislike him, he worked his way up to where he is now.

This pub is making a pathetic attempt at trying to gain publicity at someone else’s expense.

ILoveYourVibes

Heat_Wave wrote: »

I, he worked his way up to where he is now.

can he work his way into a prison cell for a while?

riffmongous

I thought at first it was going to be that attention seeking fella from Dublin, only thats a cafe not a pub

Lackadaisical

To be quite honest I think the celebrity endorsed whiskeys and gins have turned what was staring to become an interesting market into something more like the perfume industry with celeb brands.

It’s been great with micro distilleries and also various specialists finishing and aging whiskeys and coming up with nice products and there’s been a real vibrancy to the Irish spirits sector again, after a long history of languishing, but this kind of celebrity private labels are just going make it into a tack fest.

Can you imagine wines emblazoned with French pop culture icons? Just wouldn’t happen.

There’s a bit of a risk of turning the old classic that is Irish whiskey into what the old classic brand Burberry became.

boombang

As obvious as it is as an attention grab (the OP is certainly right about this), I think the sentiment is well justified. I wouldn't want to support McGregor.

Just a shame seem to have filmed in 240 resolution: one of the bar girls looks alright.

Ultrflat

Proper order, He hit an older man because he didn't want to drink his "drink" if you can call it that.


Also the state of the brands website pixelated images, compressed to fvck.

Marty Xavier

You'd want to be a proper dick to order this anyway.

Ultrflat

Marty Xavier wrote: »

You'd want to be a proper dick to order this anyway.

Their brains probably got a Proper Wisken.

begbysback

Jerichoholic wrote: »

That and winning fights. And also being a genius at promoting those fights.

Has he not lost his last 2 fights?

Also his marketing team should ask him to step aside.

Abel Ruiz

Why does anyone under 40 that drinks whiskey, have to announce how much they know about the product???
Drink it and shut up, bunch of hippies!

Allinall

Heat_Wave wrote: »

It’s not at the expense of someone else though. In fairness to McGregor, like him or dislike him, he worked his way up to where he is now.

This pub is making a pathetic attempt at trying to gain publicity at someone else’s expense.

I don't see what the problem is with a business getting free publicity

How is it at someone else's expense? It's free publicity for McGregor as well.

By all accounts it has worked a treat.

Hector Savage

Is that lad gonna sew him for the box ?
or has he been paid off ?

Marty Xavier

Jesus in fairness you're man took the punch well, I thought Conor had power?

Abel Ruiz

Hector Savage wrote: »

Is that lad gonna sew him for the box ?
or has he been paid off ?

Yep.
Because he had to get stitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!

padd b1975

Abel Ruiz wrote: »

Why does anyone under 40 that drinks whiskey, have to announce how much they know about the product???
Drink it and shut up, bunch of hippies!

Real Whiskey Twats.

Utter Consternation

Assetbacked wrote: »

The whiskey is good for washing cash I understand.

Excellent way to launder even the dirtiest of cash.

Allinall

Abel Ruiz wrote: »

Why does anyone under 40 that drinks whiskey, have to announce how much they know about the product???
Drink it and shut up, bunch of hippies!

They're the same ones that eat raw steaks.