Guinness Extra Stout and Foreign Extra Stout - best value?

Geuze

I know that O'Briens chain are the best value for FES, at 2.35 for a 33cl bottle.

My query is about Extra Stout.

(1) I have see a 6pack of 33cl bottles for 9.90, in TESCO and Dunnes - is that the best price available?

(2) In terms of 50cl cans of Extra Stout, what is the typical price?

This deal at 1.80 seems good:

(3) Are 568ml bottles of Extra Stout sold at retail anywhere? Or only in pubs?

A quick search on Google suggest that Carryout sell them, although 3.65 seems a bit high

ablelocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058338423/guinness-extra-stout-and-foreign-extra-stout-best-value

have seen the large bottles in O'Briens from time to time can't rem the pricing though.

Generally i go for the 6x330ml when i want stout and it's usually around €10 for 6.

Never had the cans though - is it as good from the can as it is from the bottle?

BeerNut

It's the same liquid whether from a bottle or can.

donaghs

€1.80 a can in Tesco seems a good price. Always seems to be a good bit more than €2 anywhere i see it.

Geuze

I called into a TESCO this evening, no sign of 50cl cans for 1.80.

They were 3.20.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834605#Comment_121834605

would not agree.a bottle of guinness tastes completely different to a pint of draught and it's the same liquid.would not drink a pint of draught.no desire to try a can

BeerNut

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835453#Comment_121835453

Nobody mentioned Draught. Carbonated Guinness, as depicted in the two screenshots above, is going to taste (and feel) different from nitrogenated Draught Guinness. But carbonated Guinness from a bottle tastes identical to carbonated Guinness from a can. You can test this with a triangle test.

Geuze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121835453#Comment_121835453

This discussion is not about draught nitrogenated Guinness.

It is about Extra Stout.

The point made was that Extra Stout in a can is the same liquid as Extra Stout in a bottle.

I intend to visit O'Briens tomorrow and purchase some Foreign Extra Stout at 2.35 per 33cl bottle.

But I have a lip on me for some Extra Stout also.

Oddly, the price on www.tesco.ie is now 2.90, see screenshot below. Although I swore I saw 3.20 on the shelf yesterday.

donaghs

Six 330ml Guinness extra bottles are €9 with a club card in Tesco at the moment. Which is cheaper than normal:

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/en-IE/products/252145327

Geuze

Thanks.

Now I have a lip for the West Indies porter, to purchase tomorrow afternoon.

I could get to a TESCO, Dunnes, O'Briens, Carry-out.

Although when I look under Stout & Porter on the O'Brien's website, it's not listed.

What shop is my best bet?