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Why does nobody ever drink Beamish?

  • 20-02-2020 1:46pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭


    Any time I'm hitting the pub in Dublin, I never see anyone ordering or drinking Beamish. What's up with that? Even people from Cork that I know don't seem to like Beamish while it's from there.

    The only time I've seen people drink Beamish is if there's no guinness (like in wetherspoons) or actually in Cork (and even there murphy's is more popular).


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,136 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I order it. Not all the time, but if I see it in an uninteresting lineup I will

    The price actually puts people off I suspect - it's seen as what poor auld lads drink in many pubs.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Few more reasons;
    • Very few pubs outside of Munster sell it
    • It gets next to no advertising
    • Whilst it's from Cork, it's made by Heineken, this would put some people off
    • There's better craft stout alternatives
    • Guinness drinkers would find the flavour is stronger than they're used to


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭machaseh


    L1011 wrote: »

    The price actually puts people off I suspect - it's seen as what poor auld lads drink in many pubs.

    But cheaper is better right?
    irish_goat wrote: »
    Few more reasons;
    • Very few pubs outside of Munster sell it
    Not in the dublin pubs I go to, it is available in most pubs I visit here in Dublin.
    [*]It gets next to no advertising
    [*]Whilst it's from Cork, it's made by Heineken, this would put some people off
    I didn't know that. Guinness is brewed by Diageo which isn't much better than Heineken though.
    [*]There's better craft stout alternatives
    I wouldn't call Beamish a craft stout really. Craft stouts like Ulster Stouts are an entirely different category.
    [*]Guinness drinkers would find the flavour is stronger than they're used to

    I suppose so. It does have a strong flavour.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    I get it from time to time, very few places in Dublin have it though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    Is it worth a go? Never gave it a shot myself.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    CrankyHaus wrote: »
    Is it worth a go? Never gave it a shot myself.

    100% variety is the spice of life and all that jazz.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭antfin


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Few more reasons;
    • Very few pubs outside of Munster sell it
    • It gets next to no advertising
    • Whilst it's from Cork, it's made by Heineken, this would put some people off
    • There's better craft stout alternatives
    • Guinness drinkers would find the flavour is stronger than they're used to

    Murphy's is also brewed by Heineken in the same brewery as Beamish so there's not really any ideological reason to prefer one over the other.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭machaseh


    Also, for some reason any time I order murphy's in dublin it tastes like absolute sh1te, hardly drinkable.

    While the one I had in cork tasted lovely.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    machaseh wrote: »
    Also, for some reason any time I order murphy's in dublin it tastes like absolute sh1te, hardly drinkable.

    While the one I had in cork tasted lovely.

    Was the tap in Dublin in frequent use or did it have cobwebs resting on it?

    The obvious answer has already been answered, marketing and availability.
    If both of these were present we would see many people drinking Bemish, it's at least on par with Guinness when it comes to taste.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭harr


    I prefer Murphy’s over beamish but would only order Murphy’s in Munster other than that it’s Guinness.
    But a good pint of Murphy’s is superior to Guinness in my book.
    I honestly don’t know anyone who Drinks beamish.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,136 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    machaseh wrote: »
    But cheaper is better right?

    Psychology isn't that simple. "Ah, that's cheap ****e, I can afford the good stuff..."


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    machaseh wrote: »
    Not in the dublin pubs I go to, it is available in most pubs I visit here in Dublin.

    It's available in the pubs you go perhaps, but a casual drinker will tend to drink the same beer from pub to pub. So if Beamish is not available they'll drink Guinness and then when they go to a pub that serves Beamish they'll likely just stick to Guinness.
    antfin wrote:
    Murphy's is also brewed by Heineken in the same brewery as Beamish so there's not really any ideological reason to prefer one over the other.

    I wouldn't say there's much Murphys sold in Dublin either though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭machaseh


    irish_goat wrote: »
    It's available in the pubs you go perhaps, but a casual drinker will tend to drink the same beer from pub to pub. So if Beamish is not available they'll drink Guinness and then when they go to a pub that serves Beamish they'll likely just stick to Guinness.



    I wouldn't say there's much Murphys sold in Dublin either though.

    Beamish is sold in Lloyds near o connel street, in the former pub Swiss Cottage, in the Silver Penny (wetherspoons, it does not have a contract with guinness, same goes for all other wetherspoons) and I'd swear I've seen it in many others as well but as I also hardly ever drink it I never really pay much attention.

    Murphys is widely available in all of the touristy Temple Bar pubs (where most dubs wouldn't really go so I can understand you wouldn't know that). It is not available in regular dublin pubs.


  • Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If a pub has it I’ll drink it, but it’s hard got now. Would always buy it in Delaneys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭DelmarODonnell


    I would say well over half of pubs around the city centre seem to have Beamish. If I am in a pub with just Diageo/Heineken taps, I'll always plump for Beamish. I find it a more enjoyable pint than Guinness and the usual 50c to a €1 lower in price is a great bonus.

    J O'Connells in Portobello does 3 pints for 11 euro and you get two tokens to use for your other pints - although I'd usually drink the Rascals on tap in there.

    I did a pub crawl in the Liberties over Christmas, went as follows:

    1. Lord Edward - Beamish consumed
    2. The Clock - Beamish consumed
    3. The Lark Inn - Beamish on tap but actually had a Wicklow Wolf and Four Provinces on tap
    4. The Liberty Belle - Beamish Consumed
    5. Fallons - No Beamish

    Think the cheapest Beamish was Lark Inn at 3.80

    Was in Limerick the following day and had Beamish in every pub where there was no local independent beer alternative.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I love it, Cant get it anywhere (on tap) in this neck of the woods, last time I had some was in Bridget Burkes in Tallaght, so yeasty mmmmmm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,203 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    My local has it, in Dublin, it was the last of the pints that was getable for under 4 euros and that’s only as of about 3 or 4 years ago... too. It was popular with some of the pensioners and a friend of mine drank it as he just preferred the taste. I used to find the quality a bit hit and miss so stuck with Guinness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,033 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    I drink it, although it's available in few pubs in Galway.

    Murphy's, High street = I think 4.30, versus I think 4.60 for Guinness
    Carroll's, Dominick street = 4.00
    PJs, Lower Salthill = I think 3.60 or 3.80


    I don't see Murphys anywhere in GY, although somebody told me that Murphy's pub have all three stouts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,368 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Geuze wrote: »
    I drink it, although it's available in few pubs in Galway.

    Murphy's, High street = I think 4.30, versus I think 4.60 for Guinness
    Carroll's, Dominick street = 4.00
    PJs, Lower Salthill = I think 3.60 or 3.80


    I don't see Murphys anywhere in GY, although somebody told me that Murphy's pub have all three stouts.

    Murphy's is sold in An Pucan, Darcy's and the Skeff as of a few days ago. That's only to name a few.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,787 ✭✭✭Feisar


    L1011 wrote: »
    Psychology isn't that simple. "Ah, that's cheap ****e, I can afford the good stuff..."

    Bulmers used to be an alcho's drink, upped the price and now it's great tack!

    First they came for the socialists...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    was in a bar near work last friday and had a few pints of beamish

    can confirm it was grand

    4.20 a pint too so that was nice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    I drink it when on sessions in Cork. I'm rarely hungover after it which is a bonus!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭nthclare


    I haven't drank in 17 years, but there was nothing nicer than a beamish keg that was brought across the road from the brewery, installed in situ and a pint less travelled goes down well I'll tell you.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭John Hutton


    Tempted to try it but while a pub I go to has it I never see anyone drink it, so it's bound to be rank?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    nthclare wrote: »
    I haven't drank in 17 years, but there was nothing nicer than a beamish keg that was brought across the road from the brewery, installed in situ and a pint less travelled goes down well I'll tell you.

    A keg bounced across the road is gonna be shook up as much as one sent up the country on a truck though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    nthclare wrote: »
    I haven't drank in 17 years, but there was nothing nicer than a beamish keg that was brought across the road from the brewery, installed in situ and a pint less travelled goes down well I'll tell you.

    The Spailpin Fanach near the old brewery in Cork was famous for that. Nearest pub to the brewery now is the Constellation on Watercourse Road which I have yet to visit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭One_More_Mile


    Drink it all the time. Better than Guinness and Murphy's imo. Price is a bonus. Not sure I'd drink it outside of Munster mind, the same for Murphy's


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,148 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Always a decent go on it in most pubs in Bray.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 442 ✭✭freak scence


    Drink it all the time. Better than Guinness and Murphy's imo. Price is a bonus. Not sure I'd drink it outside of Munster mind, the same for Murphy's

    whys that now ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,698 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    I've drank it for years and the only reason I drank it in the first place is I was in the pub with my grandfather and I was in college and drinking bulmers(which was cutting the stomach out of me) and I tried it and liked it. The few times I've been in Dublin in recent years I'd drink Guinness but even though I'm from cork and Murphys is made in cork I wouldn't drink it in a fit. I had a few pints of it a few years ago and the burnt taste off it wasn't nice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,834 ✭✭✭Useful.Idiot


    I'd drink it more often if I saw it about more places. Had a pint last time I was in Cork and it was delicious. I love Guinness but Beamish may be tastier.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭sprucemoose




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,004 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    If I'm in the lord Edward area I'll grab beamish, think it's better than the Guinness in there, or if I see there's a fair flow on the line.



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