Booze deals [Megathread #2]

Atlantic Dawn

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup wrote: »

when did this happen? I don't think I noticed anything but I'll drink Dutch Gold if it's on offer

It was tweeked when they rebranded the cans around 1 year ago, I preferred the old version.

banie01

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It was tweeked when they rebranded the cans around 1 year ago, I preferred the old version.

Yep, it is changed since around then.
I found the old version a bit meh, the newer one I'd have over most other lagers tbh.
Not too hoppy and an easier sup.

Grand sub for D4 heino heads I suppose :P


*I say as a Heineken drinker :pac:

oceanman

rubadub wrote: »

this was still on in my tesco last night, it was a quota of 4 per customer, and rockshore and carslberg were also in the mix n match offer, so could only risk 1 guinness is you were wary.

I really hope these people I saw claiming they are pouring their guinness away are just bullshitters, give it to somebody else. I usually drink my guinness straight from the can! just as I do with most beers.

guinness straight from the can?

kn

oceanman wrote: »

guinness straight from the can?

You only see that in the Town Park!!!

murphyebass

My final verdict on the 470ml cans after several of them.

It’s not perfect but seriously people have lost the plot if they think it’s massively different.

This is the best offer I’ve seen in a long long time.

If you like your Guinness stock up for the love of god.

oceanman

murphyebass wrote: »

My final verdict on the 470ml cans after several of them.

It’s not perfect but seriously people have lost the plot if they think it’s massively different.

This is the best offer I’ve seen in a long long time.

If you like your Guinness stock up for the love of god.

guinness drinkers dont take easily to change though. less so with larger drinkers.

murphyebass

oceanman wrote: »

guinness drinkers dont take easily to change though. less so with larger drinkers.

Larger drinkers?

POBox19

Tesco Clare Hall now stocking 500ml Guinness slabs €20 each, 4 per customer.

oceanman

murphyebass wrote: »

Larger drinkers?

sorry...typo

Surreptitious

I'm a larger drinker. Should cut down really.

oceanman

Surreptitious wrote: »

I'm a larger drinker. Should cut down really.

yeah could do with cutting down a bit myself! lol

murphyebass

oceanman wrote: »

sorry...typo

Sorry couldn’t help myself. It’s a common spelling mistake to be fair.

oceanman

POBox19 wrote: »

Tesco Clare Hall now stocking 500ml Guinness slabs €20 each, 4 per customer.

thats a great price for 500ml slabs.

jonnyatomic

Aldi have 18 hop house for €24 all year, I pick up a slab every 2 weeks with the shopping.. it's rarely anywhere else in a slab, I picked up a box of 20 bottles from Tesco a few weeks ago for €15. Don't know if they still have them at that price.

irishproduce wrote: »

Are Lidl the only ones doing the 2 for 33e offer?
They have 18 hop house cans for 25e as well although it wasn't advertised anywhere.
Is anywhere else doing the hip house cans on sale? Anyone spot them?

TheDriver

POBox19 wrote: »

Tesco Clare Hall now stocking 500ml Guinness slabs €20 each, 4 per customer.

I didn't think there was 500ml slabs this year?

Quackster

cadaliac wrote: »

Powers 70 cl for €18 in Tesco.
1 ltr is €25.
Great value that.

Same price in Dunnes.

POBox19

TheDriver wrote: »

I didn't think there was 500ml slabs this year?

They are there ok, double checked, 500ml ok, best before 29/8/21.

deisedav

irishproduce wrote: »

Are Lidl the only ones doing the 2 for 33e offer?
They have 18 hop house cans for 25e as well although it wasn't advertised anywhere.
Is anywhere else doing the hip house cans on sale? Anyone spot them?

Picked a slab of the hop House in lidl earlier only by chance didn't see it advertised . Aldi have it in stock a fair bit but haven't seen it there for the last few months

blindsider

POBox19 wrote: »

Tesco Clare Hall now stocking 500ml Guinness slabs €20 each, 4 per customer.

If anyone spots any of these in Cork....? :D:D

ActingDanClark

Amazon: green spot £31.50 or £29.93 s&s

Seve OB

cadaliac wrote: »

Powers 70 cl for €18 in Tesco.
1 ltr is €25.
Great value that.

Quackster wrote: »

Same price in Dunnes.

No.
Dunnes is €30 for 1 litre

Atlantic Dawn

TheDriver wrote: »

I didn't think there was 500ml slabs this year?

I think they are warehouse stock Tesco had kept back and now offloading, I also spotted plastic wrapped Heineken today with a marginally shorter BB date than the cardboard boxes they are using the last few months. Guinness apparently not manufacturing any 500ml 24 packs until the new year.

Quackster

Seve OB wrote: »

No.
Dunnes is €30 for 1 litre

Sorry, meant €18 for 70cl.

Blanco100

Is the Lidl 2 slabs for €33 finished now?

Was it just Carlsberg and Guinness?

Atlantic Dawn

Blanco100 wrote: »

Is the Lidl 2 slabs for €33 finished now?

Was it just Carlsberg and Guinness?

Yes just those 2, finished now. Hope is kicks off again next weekend.

sidcon

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Amazon: green spot £31.50 or £29.93 s&s

Link? Not finding this

Quantum Erasure

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes just those 2, finished now. Hope is kicks off again next weekend.

Got 2 slabs Guinness 2 slabs Carlsberg friday, at the rate it's going there'll be nothing left for the visitors Stephens's day...

zell12

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes just those 2, finished now. Hope is kicks off again next weekend.

Yep.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115587808&postcount=178

ActingDanClark

sidcon wrote: »

Link? Not finding this

You'll have to input a UK address for this price

go4it

go4it wrote: »

...Does anyone knows what's the quota on the 20e slabs? plan on using the 25off100 voucher ( 5 slabs )...

The sign in Dunnes alcohol quarter ( right next to the 20e slabs) said 'customer quota may apply' - took 5 slabs of same brand for 75e ( used 25_off_100 voucher )

headnorth

Tesco

casio4

headnorth wrote: »

Tesco

Are we sure they are 500mls? Can anyone confirm?

Atlantic Dawn

casio4 wrote: »

Are we sure they are 500mls? Can anyone confirm?

Yes 100% confirmed.

LimerickCity

casio4 wrote: »

Are we sure they are 500mls? Can anyone confirm?

I was at Tesco in Limerick this morning and can confirm 100%. Bulmers is 440ml, all of the others Heineken etc are 500ml.

They also have Coors 24 for €24 x 500ml.

kn

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Got 2 slabs Guinness 2 slabs Carlsberg friday, at the rate it's going there'll be nothing left for the visitors Stephens's day...

St Stephens day visitors are Verboten so you may as well finish them off!

shmeee

LimerickCity wrote: »

I was at Tesco in Limerick this morning and can confirm 100%. Bulmers is 440ml, all of the others Heineken etc are 500ml.

They also have Coors 24 for €24 x 500ml.

My Local Tesco is only 470ml cans for €20.

Daisies

LimerickCity wrote: »

I was at Tesco in Limerick this morning and can confirm 100%. Bulmers is 440ml, all of the others Heineken etc are 500ml.

They also have Coors 24 for €24 x 500ml.

Which Limerick shop is this?

Sam Russell

shmeee wrote: »

My Local Tesco is only 470ml cans for €20.

The Merrion Centre Dublin 4 had the 500ml version for €20 today. One less now - not too many left, and judging by the size of the pile, not many to start with.

Invincible

Was in Tesco

Hennessey 700ml €30
Bailey's 700ml €13
Guinness 24*500ml €20

Seems they put up the first 2 from Friday.

shmeee

shmeee wrote: »

My Local Tesco is only 470ml cans for €20.

Got em.

Picked them up in Cashel, Tipperary.

About 12 or so on the shelves.

500ml cans, used a 10er off €50 voucher so got a cracking deal.

All can slabs €20 BTW.

Ohmeha

Tonnes of 500ml Guinness for €20 in Clarehall Dublin tonight so I'd say the larger Tesco stores will have stock now

My holdout against the 470ml and their crappy widgets paid dividends with a new 5 off 25 voucher bagging two for €35

rubadub

Invincible wrote: »

Was in Tesco

Hennessey 700ml €30
Bailey's 700ml €13
Guinness 24*500ml €20

Seems they put up the first 2 from Friday.

The bailey was 10 and smirnoff was 20 on sunday. I was wondering if they would jack them up today. My voucher did not become valid until today, while all the previous ones started on a sunday.

I wonder if the 2 guinness for 35 has also stopped.

oceanman wrote: »

guinness straight from the can?

Yes, I drink most beer from the can. I am particular enough about the head on the guinness, A 500ml can ends up with a massive crappy head in a pint glass, I enjoy it more from a can rather than poured like that. If you stick a half inch in the glass first it solves it but is hassle. If people have 470ml cans they are not happy with they should try it.

TheDriver

30 470ml slabs and 3 500ml on floor in front of them. The untrained eye wouldn't know the difference. I suspect the core Guinness drinker will spot the right one.
Noticed individual cans are 24 for 20 euro.
Offer of 2 for 35 gone.
Nice to hear the rattle from the slab.

I did buy a 470ml last week, it isn't bad but lacks the heavy head. Grand for cheap price.

LimerickCity

Daisies wrote: »

Which Limerick shop is this?

It was in Coonagh. They had lots as you can see from the pic. That was just after eleven this morning.

loyatemu

presumably the great widget shortage of 2020 is over so. First the virus, now this - roll on 2021!

Sam Russell

loyatemu wrote: »

presumably the great widget shortage of 2020 is over so. First the virus, now this - roll on 2021!

Was it a shortage of widgets or a shortage of Guinness. Since March, James Gate stopped brewing except to keep the yeast culture true. They are now back in production.

TheDriver

Sam Russell wrote: »

Was it a shortage of widgets or a shortage of Guinness. Since March, James Gate stopped brewing except to keep the yeast culture true. They are now back in production.

Or chancing some live market research? which backfired.....

Sam Russell

TheDriver wrote: »

Or chancing some live market research? which backfired.....

I cannot believe it was shortage of widgets. It takes a lot of research to produce Guinness Lite, and I'd imagine it takes a lot of research to take the widget out. Probably as much, if not more, to put it in.

So, yes, that wonderous Diageo Marketing Dept that brought us Guinness Lite. Another brewing high point.

kn

My local Tesco had the 470ml so its hit and miss on the 500ml.

Mervyn Skidmore

I'll miss the 470ml cans, they exposed taste buds that people never knew existed. Hopefully Guinness will sell a 499ml can with widget just to exercise some minds again.