Booze deals [Megathread #2]

Seve OB

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Jeez man you’re being pedantic as f*ck here.

A law was brought in to stop short term offers and shops just made their offers slightly longer.

It might not be the exact definition of a loophole but you know what posters are getting at when they refer to it as such.

The morale of the story is: people were worried that booze offers would be restricted going forward and are now happy that shops have found a workaround

Firstly it’s not being pedantic, I’m just stating the facts.
Secondly, the law was really feck all to do with short term offers.
If the government thought that shops would “find a workaround” of 3 day offers, they would have made the law a month. A 4 day offer is basically no different. Saying that shops have been so ingenious that they found a loophole is..........well it’s not exactly brain box material!

It was all about vouchers and ultimately booze costing more.

So I saw above that Tesco have a bottle of JD for €20 now. This price was available for basically the whole of December and while it’s good, back then you could use a voucher, so the real price was €16.

So yea, booze offers are still restricted.

Earendil

Jaysus would yis just stick up the booze offers and leave it at that.

tallaghtfornia

Earendil wrote: »

Jaysus would yis just stick up the booze offers and leave it at that.

Yes we are here for the cheap booze prices

SkatesOn

dodzy wrote: »

Who gives a shîte. Seriously, what compels people to talk so much crap on threads, incessant debating on this and that, lending SFA to the content.

Anyone spot Bud slabs on their travels for less than €27 ?

Is there someone doing them for €27?

tennis12

SkatesOn wrote: »

Is there someone doing them for €27?

Aldi do

Also have 8 x 500ml Guinness cans for €10

Atlantic Dawn

SkatesOn wrote: »

Is there someone doing them for €27?

Carlsberg, Heineken and Guinness are €26 in Tesco if any use.

phester28

Are they 500ml guinness

TheDriver

phester28 wrote: »

Are they 500ml guinness

In tesco, yes

dodzy

phester28 wrote: »

Are they 500ml guinness

26€ per slab of 500ml. Until 21/2.

okidoki987

Lidl wine offers.
Soave down from €5.89 to €4.89, Prosecco Spumante down from €12.77 to €9.99.
Seems to be popular as little or no stock left in the Lidl stores I was in today.

sully123

Bockles a whiskey €20 in tesco.
Jameson, JD, Bush, Powers.

coldfire1x

sully123 wrote: »

Bockles a whiskey €20 in tesco.
Jameson, JD, Bush, Powers.

Dunnes doing the same for Jameson, Bush, Powers, Paddys

murphyebass

Makers Mark bourbon is down to €35 I think it was I paid in Tesco.

Gave it a go tonight. It’s nice. Not sure I’d pay more than that for a bottle but decent value at that price.

fulhamfan

tennis12 wrote: »

Aldi do Wil be very lucky to find as none in EW or Coolock

bot43

Got the last 2 bottles of Ha’penny in Wilton the other day.

Had a few last night. Very sharp taste initially but once you get over the initial jolt it’s quite nice. Only drawback is i had crazy carpet mouth after it in the night.

SkatesOn

bot43 wrote: »

Got the last 2 bottles of Ha’penny in Wilton the other day.

Had a few last night. Very sharp taste initially but once you get over the initial jolt it’s quite nice. Only drawback is i had crazy carpet mouth after it in the night.

So in summary, besides the initial very sharp taste and the carpet mouth after taste, it's quite nice?

mamaz

murphyebass wrote: »

Makers Mark bourbon is down to €35 I think it was I paid in Tesco.

Gave it a go tonight. It’s nice. Not sure I’d pay more than that for a bottle but decent value at that price.

Sorry to add chat - but if Makers was priced at like €27 it'd end up in my trolley more often. Even on sale €35 feels like a bit much for me and it's normal price of like €45 is a no no

bot43

SkatesOn wrote: »

So in summary, besides the initial very sharp taste and the carpet mouth after taste, it's quite nice?

Sharp isn’t a bad thing

murphyebass

mamaz wrote: »

Sorry to add chat - but if Makers was priced at like €27 it'd end up in my trolley more often. Even on sale €35 feels like a bit much for me and it's normal price of like €45 is a no no

I think it’s a 35 dollar bottle in America so yeah €45 is overpriced.

€27 it’d be a constant in my trolley too. Doubt that’ll happen though.

I tried Buffalo Trace last night too which is on sale for €35 ish in SuperValu at the moment. A lot more mellow but with nice flavours going on. A nice contrasting dram to Mark.

After my youth drinking JD it’s nice to see there are nicer bourbons that don’t need to be mixed.

zell12

Lidl app on 25/02
have e2 off the Chile Merlot Reserva Privada 12.5%

um7y1h83ge06nx

murphyebass wrote: »

After my youth drinking JD it’s nice to see there are nicer bourbons that don’t need to be mixed.

Sometimes you can get the likes of Eagle Rare and Woodford Reserve for about €40 at times in O'Brien's. I would rate both of them a good bit higher than Maker's Mark or Buffalo Trace. Well worth a go.

murphyebass

Tristian Echoing Stepmother wrote: »

Sometimes you can get the likes of Eagle Rare and Woodford Reserve for about €40 at times in O'Brien's. I would rate both of them a good bit higher than Maker's Mark or Buffalo Trace. Well worth a go.

I’ve had Woodford. Bit less flavour than Buffalo Trace imo.

Haven’t had Eagle Rare. Will keep an eye out. Thanks

mamaz

Tristian Echoing Stepmother wrote: »

Sometimes you can get the likes of Eagle Rare and Woodford Reserve for about €40 at times in O'Brien's. I would rate both of them a good bit higher than Maker's Mark or Buffalo Trace. Well worth a go.

Will keep an eye out for Eagle Rare - cheers.

ACitizenErased

Anyone spotted any supermarkets selling Murphys? Haven't seen them anywhere

fin12

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Anyone spotted any supermarkets selling Murphys? Haven't seen them anywhere

Dunes stores in Blackpool and I’ve seen them in Tesco aswell.

andrew1977

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Anyone spotted any supermarkets selling Murphys? Haven't seen them anywhere

Tesco stock a 6 pack of it , expensive though , think it’s around 14 to 15 euro .

murphyebass

andrew1977 wrote: »

Tesco stock a 6 pack of it , expensive though , think it’s around 14 to 15 euro .

Saw beamish in Dunnes the other day for €2 a can roughly as well which similarly to Murphys I’d probably prefer to Guinness but with a slab of Guinness going for only €24 why the hell would ya buy anything else right now!

Seve OB

murphyebass wrote: »

After my youth drinking JD it’s nice to see there are nicer bourbons that don’t need to be mixed.

Common mistake but JD is not a bourbon.

murphyebass

Seve OB wrote: »

Common mistake but JD is not a bourbon.

aha we have a whisk(e)y nerd amongst us. In a bargain alerts section of all places.

I absolutely did not make a mistake calling JD a bourbon. Tennessee whisky, bourbon, fcukin tomato tomato. All marketing.

sceach16

murphyebass wrote: »

aha we have a whisk(e)y nerd amongst us. In a bargain alerts section of all places.

I absolutely did not make a mistake calling JD a bourbon. Tennessee whisky, bourbon, fcukin tomato tomato. All marketing.

Jack Daniel's is not a bourbon - it's a Tennessee Whiskey


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