Bilbao Beers

Rigor Mortis · 09-05-2018 11:18am #1

Does anyone fancy meeting up for a few Saturday afternoon beers?

Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a decent spot. The OLSC guide is suggesting the Fanzone. The atmosphere might be good but the glasses may be a bit on the plastic side.

09-05-2018 11:56am

Rigor Mortis · 09-05-2018 12:13pm

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molloyjh · 09-05-2018 12:13pm

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Synode · 09-05-2018 12:22pm

We were planning on hitting the fan zone but if there's something else happening we'll come along

LostArt · 09-05-2018 12:30pm

Synode wrote: »

We were planning on hitting the fan zone but if there's something else happening we'll come along

Same

errlloyd · 09-05-2018 1:02pm

I imagine I'll be in the fanzone. Might go to the Heildberg match though.

P_1 · 09-05-2018 1:03pm

errlloyd wrote: »

I imagine I'll be in the fanzone. Might go to the Heildberg match though.

Isn't that on in Gaxto? My flight gets me in ridiculously early so I'm toying with the idea of renting a bike and doing some exploring in the morning

lotmc · 09-05-2018 1:06pm

OLSC Guide has been published

https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/leinster/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/08210153/bilbao-2018-final-08052018-2018.pdf

Come on you boys in bilbao!

Eponymous · 09-05-2018 1:07pm

I'm inclined to steer clear of the fanzone tbh.

You can drink Heineken anywhere. Would prefer to have some local brews while on a bit of a wander.

errlloyd · 09-05-2018 2:15pm

P_1 wrote: »

Isn't that on in Gaxto? My flight gets me in ridiculously early so I'm toying with the idea of renting a bike and doing some exploring in the morning

Yeah, I think that's a half hour on the metro, but not certain.

legohouse · 09-05-2018 2:53pm

Is anyone going to the challenge cup final on Friday as well?
Got 2 tickets as it will give a heads up on best bars near the stadium for Saturday

But a boards beer meetup somewhere is great idea

randomname2005 · 09-05-2018 3:18pm

Eponymous wrote: »

I'm inclined to steer clear of the fanzone tbh.

You can drink Heineken anywhere. Would prefer to have some local brews while on a bit of a wander.

Good local brews might be hard to come by in bars, as most bars will sell Amstel, Estrella, Daum, etc. If you fancy some bottles of local brews, check out
La Catedral de la cerveza https://www.lacatedraldelacerveza.com/
When I lived there, they had a great selection of local Basque beers. Casco Viejo (old town) will probably be hopping and you can get the Metro from there to San Mames closer to the game time.

Have a pintxo for those of us stuck here.

Guy:Incognito · 09-05-2018 5:25pm

We're toying with the idea of going to the continental shield game at 12 on Sat.

We're road tripping from alicante tomorrow with an overnight in a town about 2 and a half hours from Bilbao.

Are many heading to the challenge cup?

errlloyd · 09-05-2018 5:31pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Are many heading to the challenge cup?

Tbh, I am bit pissed off with how expensive Challenge Cup tickets are. Empty stadium in a city with thousands of fans, sure make it next to nothing. 35 euro is the cheapest available ticket now, which is more than you'd pay for a North South stand for Leinster v Munster in the RDS next week.

Shemale · 09-05-2018 5:37pm

Bilboa Baggins Beers, sounds good

Buer · 09-05-2018 5:56pm

Bilboa Beers: it ain't last orders til it's last orders.

Synode · 09-05-2018 6:05pm

The weather isn't looking great at all

Guy:Incognito · 09-05-2018 6:20pm

Synode wrote: »

The weather isn't looking great at all

This time next year, with the same forecast you'd be thinking " Jesus that's cracking weather for the final "

legohouse · 10-05-2018 9:39am

errlloyd wrote: »

Tbh, I am bit pissed off with how expensive Challenge Cup tickets are. Empty stadium in a city with thousands of fans, sure make it next to nothing. 35 euro is the cheapest available ticket now, which is more than you'd pay for a North South stand for Leinster v Munster in the RDS next week.

Got 2 tickets for €35ea from a Wasps fan, they are decent seats but I guess it is a european final so not gonna be a giveaway

So who is going on Fri? We'll be the ones in leinster jerseys in block 113

hobie21 · 10-05-2018 9:49am

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Does anyone fancy meeting up for a few Saturday afternoon beers?

Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a decent spot. The OLSC guide is suggesting the Fanzone. The atmosphere might be good but the glasses may be a bit on the plastic side.

I used to live around Bilbao and the best bar for the craic and to watch rugby is the Wicklow Arms

P_1 · 10-05-2018 6:17pm

Wicklow arms as a starting point then ladies and gents?

acer911 · 10-05-2018 10:25pm

hobie21 wrote: »

I used to live around Bilbao and the best bar for the craic and to watch rugby is the Wicklow Arms

Is the Wicklow Arms not super tiny? The Molly Malone is around the corner from it in any case! What time are people planning on starting at on Saturday?

Eod100 · 10-05-2018 11:45pm

errlloyd wrote: »

Tbh, I am bit pissed off with how expensive Challenge Cup tickets are. Empty stadium in a city with thousands of fans, sure make it next to nothing. 35 euro is the cheapest available ticket now, which is more than you'd pay for a North South stand for Leinster v Munster in the RDS next week.

Nabbed 2 for about 28e with booking fee there. Up in the Gods id say. Be interesting to see how full it is tbh..

Eod100 · 10-05-2018 11:50pm

Synode wrote: »

The weather isn't looking great at all

Friend is over there since yesterday, said it's warm enough today and could be as hot as 25 degrees tomorrow.

Dial Hard · 11-05-2018 12:21am

Eponymous wrote:

I'm inclined to steer clear of the fanzone tbh.

It's also not exactly what you'd call beside the stadium. Odd choice of location imo.

Eponymous wrote:

You can drink Heineken anywhere. Would prefer to have some local brews while on a bit of a wander.

Exactly. Which is why I never really saw the appeal of...

hobie21 wrote:

I used to live around Bilbao and the best bar for the craic and to watch rugby is the Wicklow Arms

acer911 wrote:

Is the Wicklow Arms not super tiny? The Molly Malone is around the corner from it in any case! What time are people planning on starting at on Saturday?

... going to a foreign country and heading straight to the nearest Irish bar.

We're heading for Diputazio Kalea and essentially doing a pintxo & wine crawl to the stadium. Cannae wait!

P_1 · 11-05-2018 7:12am

Anyone on the 5 55 aer lingus flight tomorrow morning?

Synode · 11-05-2018 11:09am

Eod100 wrote: »

Friend is over there since yesterday, said it's warm enough today and could be as hot as 25 degrees tomorrow.

It's to steadily get worse with temperatures dropping significantly and a fair bit of rain early on Saturday

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/bilbao

Eod100 · 11-05-2018 11:18am

Synode wrote: »

It's to steadily get worse with temperatures dropping significantly and a fair bit of rain early on Saturday

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/bilbao

Hopefully most of rain is before kick off! I know Bilbao being in the north gets a lot of rain but reading some of the articles out there you'd swear Irish people weren't used to a bit of rain!

degsie · 11-05-2018 11:54am

P_1 wrote: »

Anyone on the 5 55 aer lingus flight tomorrow morning?

The pilot hopefully...:cool:

prawnsambo · 11-05-2018 11:59am

Eod100 wrote: »

Hopefully most of rain is before kick off! I know Bilbao being in the north gets a lot of rain but reading some of the articles out there you'd swear Irish people weren't used to a bit of rain!

There'll be showers around kickoff apparently, but I don't think they'll be anything major. Quite chilly though at 11º and a 22km wind.

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