Booze deals [Megathread]

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

That's p*ss-poor for a bank holiday weekend.

it is...but with the pubs being closed so many people are buying from the shops now that they really don't have to do offers to get you in..:(

bassy wrote: »

dunnes have 24 Heineken slab for 30 euro and bulmers/Carlsberg 24 cans 28 euro.

my local aldi were very poor for drink offers this bank holiday,no slabs of cans.
24 bottles 330ml bud a mad 28 euros that's shockingly priced...…………………………………………………………...

Head to your local off license
Seriously - that is a proper disgrace.

Danger781 wrote: »

Was in Tesco this evening:

• Punk IPA 4 x 33cl Cans :: 8 euro
• Punk Clockwork Tangerine 4 x 33cl Cans :: 8 euro
• 8Degrees Full Irish IPA & Citra IPA 4 x 44cl :: 10 euro
• Various McGargles 500ml 4 for 10 euro

Nothing special.. Picked up 4 cans of the 8Degrees stuff meself

Which tesco?

Same problem with Bulmers 24 for 28 in Tesco and Dunnes. Nothing to say smaller cans, no barcode on cans and only when I got home, I realised smaller can. It may not be much of a difference in size but it is bloody annoying:mad:

fulhamfan wrote: »

Same problem with Bulmers 24 for 28 in Tesco and Dunnes. Nothing to say smaller cans, no barcode on cans and only when I got home, I realised smaller can. It may not be much of a difference in size but it is bloody annoying:mad:

The solution is simple; supermarkets should ALWAYS! print the (second) price €/litre big enough to be readable. But that is unrealistic in this republic, even the Troika who persuaded the Government that we needed USC and LPT couldn't persuade them that we consumers needed protection from "the big & powerful "

Having a few bottles of Estrella this evening. It's lovely

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

440ml cans are usually from the UK from my recollection. Most likely off loadwd by one of the drink wholesalers to Spar/BWG for little or nothing. Were awfully difficult to move where I worked before.

Yep, I checked the tin and they are distributed by Guinness & Co. Belfast. Sneaky bastard cans indeed, once bitten and all that, I have learned a valuable lesson!

dodzy wrote: »

No reason on this earth to package any drink in 440ml. I’ve always called it the “sneaky bastard can”

Actually there was a reason that they were 440ml. I think it was to do with freight weight and the imperial system. A 440ml can weighs 1lb.

sydthebeat wrote: »

my local lidl are doing 6 x 33cl bottles of Super Bock (5.2%) for €6.99

great deal for a lovely drink in this weather

Super Bock is a good lager - much better than the main stream spanish beers, Portuguese (or sold in portugal, and not is spain) I believe

smelly sock wrote: »

12 bottle of moretti 330ml for 15 euro in tesco.

Tesco.ie online have the same deal for Tiger, Budvar, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, and Sol. No sign of Moretti but will keep an eye out in store.

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Actually there was a reason that they were 440ml. I think it was to do with freight weight and the imperial system. A 440ml can weighs 1lb.

Of course it was. And the punter gets screwed. :rolleyes:

a lot of the craft breweries are now using 440ml cans instead of 500ml bottles (Wicklow Wolf and Kinnegar among them). Hoppy beers seem to keep better in cans but not sure why 440ml is the standard.

I know in the case of WW they were sending their beer away to be bottled, whereas they're now canning on-site. Perhaps a 440ml canning machine is cheaper than a 500ml one.

loyatemu wrote: »

Perhaps a 440ml canning machine is cheaper than a 500ml one.

Dunno about the machines but it would be cheaper to can per ml at 500ml since a lot of the metal is in the top section and the base, the walls are wafer thin so adding height does not cost much.

At the same price per ml 440ml would be my preferred size over 330 or 500ml. That would go for cans of coke too, years ago you got "supercans" of coke but that was too big most of the time.

I see there is a club orange and pespi max in 440ml size.