Where can I find a pint of Murphy's in Dublin city?

Fox Hound · 25-11-2016 3:17pm #1

Hey Everyone,

So here is my problem, my work colleagues and I have been searching for a pint of Murphy's for the last few months and haven't found any, I have turned to you guys for help,

Every friday we like to go for a few pints to unwind....We have tried every pint known to man but a few of us have never had Murphy's....so we started searching and to our amazement we couldn't find any. we did all the usual stuff to research, like googled it, and it gave us a few names but still, when we went to the pubs Murphy's was nowhere to be found. One girl in my office even got a list of names from the PR company that Murphys should be sold in and today we went to McDaids just off Grafton street to see if they had any....and still No Murphy's. So my goal here with this thread is hopefully find somebody that has drank a pint of Murphy's reticently in Dublin City and could point me in that direction. This would be great help as we are all very thirsty individuals

Cheers,
G

irish_goat · 25-11-2016 3:32pm

The Lord Edward used to do it and I'm pretty sure Jack Nealon's on Capel Street sell it as well.

I'd not get your hopes up though, it's a pretty poor stout.

Fox Hound · 25-11-2016 3:35pm

irish_goat wrote: »

The Lord Edward used to do it and I'm pretty sure Jack Nealon's on Capel Street sell it as well.

I'd not get your hopes up though, it's a pretty poor stout.

Hahaha, Thanks Irish Goat, One guy in here tells us it is nice than Guinness? But we will definitly try these two pubs and hopefully we get it.
I don't even think its about the taste anymore....we have just made it our mission to find the damn stuff,

irish_goat · 25-11-2016 3:35pm

Also, if you have Untappd you can search for Murphy's then click "Find it" and it'll look up nearby pubs that people checked it in at.

mahoganygas · 25-11-2016 3:37pm

Murphy's is a lovely stout.
I prefer Guinness, but I used to love having a Murphy's or two in my local. Haven't seen it years though.

Let's get a list of places in Dublin going. Have a thirst for it now OP!

Fox Hound · 25-11-2016 3:39pm

mahoganygas wrote: »

Murphy's is a lovely stout.
I prefer Guinness, but I used to love having a Murphy's or two in my local. Haven't seen it years though.

Let's get a list of places in Dublin going. Have a thirst for it now OP!

well if we find Murphy's I will update this thread.....Surely I can be the only one that can't find it :-)

BeerNut · 25-11-2016 6:20pm

I'd bet money that O'Neill's of Suffolk Street has it. They have everything.

demanufactured · 25-11-2016 7:30pm

Gregorym2 wrote: »

Hey Everyone,

Every friday we like to go for a few pints to unwind....We have tried every pint known to man but a few of us have never had Murphys

Cheers,
G

Share any interesting beers you've had with the rest of us.

MonkstownHoop · 26-11-2016 9:22pm

Here ya go

MonkstownHoop · 26-11-2016 9:24pm

It's an added bonus for any gigs in the Olympia too

rubadub · 27-11-2016 1:02am

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

It's an added bonus for any gigs in the Olympia too

Can't beat a nice pint glass highly flexible polystyrene receptacle of stout, the hint of taste of injection moulding release agents that grandad loved.

toffeeshel · 27-11-2016 8:57pm

Gibneys of malahide have Murphys on draught

pa990 · 28-11-2016 3:17am

irish_goat wrote: »

The Lord Edward used to do it and I'm pretty sure Jack Nealon's on Capel Street sell it as well.

I'd not get your hopes up though, it's a pretty poor stout.

As a corkonian, I strongly disagree (although I would prefer a Beamish )

Beamish
Murphy's
Guinness

In that order.

Now, having said that there are better stouts.

But for what's readily advailibly on tap locally, .
The above list would be my preferred in order

*awaits backlash from those within the pale

irish_goat · 28-11-2016 10:08am

pa990 wrote: »

Beamish
Murphy's
Guinness

In that order.

I completely agree with that order, but they're all still poor quality.

Beamish is, at least, generally priced accordingly.

Fox Hound · 28-11-2016 11:36am

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Here ya go

We tried Oscars two weeks ago and they didn't do it :-)...But we will try the other places on your list,
Cheers

Losty Dublin · 29-11-2016 10:55pm

The Bank on College Green certainly used to have it on tap; I had a pint of it there albeit some years ago. If they don't then they have O'Hara's which would be close to it as craft beers go.

Herb Powell · 29-11-2016 11:25pm

Beamish is the superior stout among the Big Three.

Murphy's is brewed in the same place now, since both brands were accquired by Heineken, and quite baffingly, is almost always substantially more expensive. It's obviously being pushed as the 'upmarket' brand, with more advertising dedicated to it.

And you know what? It fuccking works!! People eat (or in this case, drink) that shhit up, and shhite on about Murphy's being obviously better. It's an advertising/price thing, I'd be willing to put money on it.

For this alone, I resent it, not to mention it just tastes so close to Guinness anyway. Beamish all the fuccking way.

MonkstownHoop · 29-11-2016 11:49pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

Beamish is the superior stout among the Big Three.

Murphy's is brewed in the same place now, since both brands were accquired by Heineken, and quite baffingly, is almost always substantially more expensive. It's obviously being pushed as the 'upmarket' brand, with more advertising dedicated to it.

And you know what? It fuccking works!! People eat (or in this case, drink) that shhit up, and shhite on about Murphy's being obviously better. It's an advertising/price thing, I'd be willing to put money on it.

For this alone, I resent it, not to mention it just tastes so close to Guinness anyway. Beamish all the fuccking way.

We need to find an establishment that sells all 3 on draught and have a proper comparison :-)

BeerNut · 30-11-2016 10:10am

Herb Powell wrote: »

It's an advertising/price thing, I'd be willing to put money on it.

I've tasted them blind and I prefer Murphy's to Beamish, but there you go: taste varies.

Fox Hound · 30-11-2016 10:42am

BeerNut wrote: »

Herb Powell wrote: »

It's an advertising/price thing, I'd be willing to put money on it.

I've tasted them blind and I prefer Murphy's to Beamish, but there you go: taste varies.

I have also Never Tried Beamish....Is it really that much nicer than Guinness?

yknaa · 30-11-2016 12:43pm

Murphys, Beamish, Guinness in that order for me - but won't quibble with any of 'em if you are in the chair ;-)

rubadub · 30-11-2016 12:52pm

Gregorym2 wrote: »

my work colleagues and I have been searching for a pint of Murphy's for the last few months

Gregorym2 wrote: »

We have tried every pint known to man

Gregorym2 wrote: »

I have also Never Tried Beamish.

so in all these months of trying to find one stout you never thought of trying a beamish?

I still reckon there are loads of people who consider themselves guinness drinkers who have only ever tasted 1 or 2 other stouts, if even. Many would struggle to tell the 3 stouts mentioned apart. Would be great to secretly serve up a guinness in a murphys glass to a self proclaimed guinness drinker, could imagine many of them retching drinking it "knew it would be muck"

maximum12 · 30-11-2016 3:59pm

Gregorym2 wrote: »

I have also Never Tried Beamish....Is it really that much nicer than Guinness?

No and most people wouldn't be able to tell them apart if they didn't know what they were drinking. There's a good chance of telling Murphy's from the other two as it is less bitter and has more of a chocolate flavour.

emco · 30-11-2016 5:48pm

The Palace Bar on Fleet Street usually has it I think.

BailMeOut · 04-12-2016 5:20pm

The bar at the Gaiety Theatre only sells Murphys and not Guinness from what I remember. Reason being is that Murphys comes in the small kegs so they can carry them up the stairs to the bar. Been a while since I was there so this might have changed.

Always thought that Mulligans was very popular with Cork folks so I bet they have good Murphys.

Losty Dublin · 04-12-2016 6:06pm

BailMeOut wrote: »

The bar at the Gaiety Theatre only sells Murphys and not Guinness from what I remember. Reason being is that Murphys comes in the small kegs so they can carry them up the stairs to the bar. Been a while since I was there so this might have changed.
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The Gaiety sells Guinness and other Diageo products. The Olympia carries or has carried Murphy's. Keg size wouldn't make a difference; even a 20 or 30 litre keg is a pig to move without some sort of a lift to aid you.

irish_goat · 04-12-2016 9:23pm

Losty Dublin wrote: »

BailMeOut wrote: »

The bar at the Gaiety Theatre only sells Murphys and not Guinness from what I remember. Reason being is that Murphys comes in the small kegs so they can carry them up the stairs to the bar. Been a while since I was there so this might have changed.
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The Gaiety sells Guinness and other Diageo products. The Olympia carries or has carried Murphy's. Keg size wouldn't make a difference; even a 20 or 30 litre keg is a pig to move without some sort of a lift to aid you.

Bro, do you even lift?

Bull and Castle keg room is on the top floor and there's only one way to get the kegs up. :P

TheDriver · 04-12-2016 9:45pm

I found murphys to be sweeter than Guinness and beamish to have a harder aftertaste. Guinness is more pleasant middle ground

Losty Dublin · 04-12-2016 11:17pm

irish_goat wrote: »

Bro, do you even lift?

Bull and Castle keg room is on the top floor and there's only one way to get the kegs up. :P

Staff in the Gaiety have no hassle moving 50L kegs into their Sky Bar, which is higher than the bar in the O

demanufactured · 04-12-2016 11:38pm

So OP....did you find murphys anywhere...and can you recommend any decent pints to the rest of us?

rubadub · 04-12-2016 11:44pm

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Staff in the Gaiety have no hassle moving 50L kegs into their Sky Bar, which is higher than the bar in the O

You are after ruining a perfectly good bloke in the pub/theatre myth there!

these sell 30L guinness BTW
https://www.brewcrew.ie/shop/beer/guinness-stout-4-2-abv-30l-keg/

this is a 4.1% one, possibly UK market stuff
http://www.ooberstock.com/guinness-4-1-30l-keg

I do see 20L murphys kegs though.

Many concert venues have very limited drinks, always amuses me to hear people when a place does not have their "set in stone" preferred stout (I live in dublin so it's usually guinness) and then hear them change to drink bulmers or heineken, or whatever other limited drink is on sale. I guess in Cork you might get similar people if there are venues that only stock guinness.

Be like gasping for your preferred cola, coke and changing to milk or any random brand of lemonade or "lemon & lime" instead of drinking that utterly vile stuff that some sicko feckers drink, you know that stuff known as pepsi.

Chiarrai19 · 04-12-2016 11:57pm

Oscars on Smithfield square have it on tap. Saw it maybe 2 weeks ago. Sweeter than Guinness,love having a few in Cork

lawred2 · 05-12-2016 12:13am

Murphy's is a fine stout. Richer and creamier than Guinness. In my Leeside days it was a regular for me.. As it's so difficult to get up this way I migrated to Guinness but this thread has given me the will to seek out a Murphy's this side of Christmas.

demanufactured · 05-12-2016 12:25am

Seek out an Oharas instead.

the beer revolu · 05-12-2016 10:31am

rubadub wrote: »

Many concert venues have very limited drinks, always amuses me to hear people when a place does not have their "set in stone" preferred stout (I live in dublin so it's usually guinness) and then hear them change to drink bulmers or heineken, or whatever other limited drink is on sale. I guess in Cork you might get similar people if there are venues that only stock guinness.

Be like gasping for your preferred cola, coke and changing to milk or any random brand of lemonade or "lemon & lime" instead of drinking that utterly vile stuff that some sicko feckers drink, you know that stuff known as pepsi.

This seems to be reserved for "Guinness men".
I guess Beamish and Murphys drinkers are more accustomed to their preferred stout being unavailable. They will bitch and moan and drink Guinness.

It also seems that a Murphys drinker will usually opt for Guinness over Beamish and visa versa.

Very odd bunch, these brand loyal stout drinkers.

Fox Hound · 05-12-2016 3:34pm

demanufactured wrote: »

So OP....did you find murphys anywhere...and can you recommend any decent pints to the rest of us?

Hey demanufactured,
So this Thursday we are on the Hunt for Murphys again, we have gotten some great leads thanks to this Thread and I will keep you all posted in our travels....Saddly at the moment none of us have taste the holy grail that is Murphys :-)

Other Finds tho have been O'hara's which one of my colluges really likes,
then there is the interesting Smithwicks blonde...
Peters pub sells a nice pint of Peroni on tap, but is very expensive which i found out the hard way :-)
McDaids have a nice pint of Guinness and is very cosy...But no Murphys,
we have lots more but I cant think right now!!

Fox Hound · 05-12-2016 5:39pm

List of Murphys Leads so Far:

The Lord Edward
Jack Nealons
O'Neills
The Temple Bar
The Auld Dubliner
Gallagher Boxty House
Oscars
Fitzimons
Olympia
Gibneys
The Bank
The Palace Bar
Gaiety

So this Thursday we will be Trying the Bank...I will keep you all posted,

Cheers,
Greg

Losty Dublin · 06-12-2016 1:47am

Gregorym2 wrote: »

List of Murphys Leads so Far:
The Lord Edward

Jack Nealons

O'Neills

The Temple Bar

The Auld Dubliner

Gallagher Boxty House

Oscars

Fitzimons

Olympia

Gibneys

The Bank

The Palace Bar

Gaiety

So this Thursday we will be Trying the Bank...I will keep you all posted,

Cheers,
Greg

Unless you have tickets for a performance, you won't gain access to the Gaiety or the Olympia.

demanufactured · 07-12-2016 12:38am

Gregorym2 wrote: »

Hey demanufactured,
So this Thursday we are on the Hunt for Murphys again, we have gotten some great leads thanks to this Thread and I will keep you all posted in our travels....Saddly at the moment none of us have taste the holy grail that is Murphys :-)

Other Finds tho have been O'hara's which one of my colluges really likes,
then there is the interesting Smithwicks blonde...
Peters pub sells a nice pint of Peroni on tap, but is very expensive which i found out the hard way :-)
McDaids have a nice pint of Guinness and is very cosy...But no Murphys,
we have lots more but I cant think right now!!

What beers are you into?

Fox Hound · 07-12-2016 10:10am

demanufactured wrote: »

Gregorym2 wrote: »

Hey demanufactured,
So this Thursday we are on the Hunt for Murphys again, we have gotten some great leads thanks to this Thread and I will keep you all posted in our travels....Saddly at the moment none of us have taste the holy grail that is Murphys :-)

Other Finds tho have been O'hara's which one of my colluges really likes,
then there is the interesting Smithwicks blonde...
Peters pub sells a nice pint of Peroni on tap, but is very expensive which i found out the hard way :-)
McDaids have a nice pint of Guinness and is very cosy...But no Murphys,
we have lots more but I cant think right now!!

What beers are you into?

Im easy, Ill tray anything, Beer, Stout, ale...Doesn't bother me :-) what beers are you in to? any beers you would recommend?

demanufactured · 07-12-2016 3:17pm

Gregorym2 wrote: »

Im easy, Ill tray anything, Beer, Stout, ale...Doesn't bother me :-) what beers are you in to? any beers you would recommend?

Pale ales mostly....but enjoying a few different stouts lately.

Blacks kinsale pale ale is my no.1
Also like a pint of oharas pale and and Galway hooker pale ale.

My local steakhouse has murphys stout on tap...grand with a steak.
Oharas leann foilin is a serious stout..well worth a try.
Trouble brewing dark arts porter is also a serious beer.

Can't drink lagers at all anymore.

loyatemu · 07-12-2016 4:30pm

It's definitely in the Olympia, I was there last week and had a pint, it was fine even out of plastic. Obviously you'd need a ticket to whatever gig is on though.

Fox Hound · 09-12-2016 3:43pm

Hey Everyone,

So we went for our weekly outing for Murphy's today, Our First Lead we tried was The Bank on College green,
the scene was set, the place was brewing with Christmas Charm, and the ambiance was complemented by a lady playing piano in the corner,....as I approached the bar man, I could feel the excitement inside me, I asked him "do you sell Murphy's"...His answer seemed to take an eternity...His reply "No, sorry we only do O'Hara's or Guinness"....
We all ended up getting O'Hara's Stout, which I must say doesn't come close to Guinness in my opinion as I felt it to be very strong and bit bitter...However maybe it was just the disappointment of Not getting Murphy's, that left a bad Taste in My mouth, Anyway just to let you all know the bank does not sell Murphys :-) Happy Hunting!!!

BeerNut · 09-12-2016 3:50pm

You were two minutes walk from O'Neill's :rolleyes: This is a rod you've fashioned for your own back

Fox Hound · 09-12-2016 3:58pm

O'Neills will be next week :-) if you are that certain it is there lol

Del2005 · 09-12-2016 3:59pm

Fox Hound wrote: »

Hey Everyone,

So we went for our weekly outing for Murphy's today, Our First Lead we tried was The Bank on College green,
the scene was set, the place was brewing with Christmas Charm, and the ambiance was complemented by a lady playing piano in the corner,....as I approached the bar man, I could feel the excitement inside me, I asked him "do you sell Murphy's"...His answer seemed to take an eternity...His reply "No, sorry we only do O'Hara's or Guinness"....
We all ended up getting O'Hara's Stout, which I must say doesn't come close to Guinness in my opinion as I felt it to be very strong and bit bitter...However maybe it was just the disappointment of Not getting Murphy's, that left a bad Taste in My mouth, Anyway just to let you all know the bank does not sell Murphys :-) Happy Hunting!!!

Have you contacted Heineken to see if they can tell you which pubs buy it off them?

Fox Hound · 09-12-2016 4:06pm

Del2005 wrote: »

Fox Hound wrote: »

Hey Everyone,

So we went for our weekly outing for Murphy's today, Our First Lead we tried was The Bank on College green,
the scene was set, the place was brewing with Christmas Charm, and the ambiance was complemented by a lady playing piano in the corner,....as I approached the bar man, I could feel the excitement inside me, I asked him "do you sell Murphy's"...His answer seemed to take an eternity...His reply "No, sorry we only do O'Hara's or Guinness"....
We all ended up getting O'Hara's Stout, which I must say doesn't come close to Guinness in my opinion as I felt it to be very strong and bit bitter...However maybe it was just the disappointment of Not getting Murphy's, that left a bad Taste in My mouth, Anyway just to let you all know the bank does not sell Murphys :-) Happy Hunting!!!

Have you contacted Heineken to see if they can tell you which pubs buy it off them?

No I haven't, I will give them a shout :-)

BeerNut · 09-12-2016 4:12pm

Fox Hound wrote: »

O'Neills will be next week :-) if you are that certain it is there lol

This was taken last June, but I doubt any of the big names have changed.

Fox Hound · 09-12-2016 4:16pm

BeerNut wrote: »

Fox Hound wrote: »

O'Neills will be next week :-) if you are that certain it is there lol

This was taken last June, but I doubt any of the big names have changed.

Well its the best lead We have gotten so far, Thank you Beer Nut

lawred2 · 09-12-2016 4:21pm

BeerNut wrote: »

This was taken last June, but I doubt any of the big names have changed.

€5.10 for a stout in 2015??

well la-di-dah

BeerNut · 09-12-2016 4:23pm

lawred2 wrote: »

€5.10 for a stout in 2015??

2016. 3rd June, according to the datestamp on my phone.

Where can I find a pint of Murphy's in Dublin city?

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