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Pen Rua · 19-05-2021 02:02PM

Well that's an order of lime & mango sour, fruited witbier, a West Cost IPA, a normal witbier, a pale ale and an NEIPA on the way.

BonnieSituation · 19-05-2021 02:13PM

Pen Rua wrote: »

A (bloody :pac: ) fruited witbier, with blood orange & blood peach.

https://twitter.com/whiplashbeer/status/1394946417567977472

So there was only 2 releases?

Twee. · 19-05-2021 02:21PM

Horse Power IPA, first brewed last summer, is also back in this drop

but1er · 19-05-2021 03:21PM

just picked up the 6 can set. This IPA game not cheap lads.

BonnieSituation · 19-05-2021 04:20PM

I'm trying to resist.

19-05-2021 04:40PM

I ordered lots of Antipodean today

Pen Rua · 20-05-2021 09:02AM

Pen Rua wrote: »

GBB releasing a non barrel aged imperial stout next week.

https://twitter.com/galwaybeer/status/1392456701622824965?s=21

Bradley's in Cork got 12 cans of this in, and sold out almost immediately.

20-05-2021 04:30PM

Wasn’t the whole Curious Society thing meant to be a few cheap simple beers in multi packs? They’ve near a bigger range than their main brand now.

BeerNut · 20-05-2021 04:52PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Wasn’t the whole Curious Society thing meant to be a few cheap simple beers in multi packs? They’ve near a bigger range than their main brand now.

Today they said

Larkin's wrote:

after a little quiet period we're getting ready to launch a new Larkin's project.

20-05-2021 05:02PM

I prefer the CS stuff than the Larkins anyway. The latter could really do with an artwork revamp too.

Pen Rua · 20-05-2021 05:05PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Today they said

Starting off with an IPA under the Larkin's banner.

https://twitter.com/larkins_brewing/status/1395386362799566854

BonnieSituation · 20-05-2021 05:05PM

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I prefer the CS stuff than the Larkins anyway. The latter could really do with an artwork revamp too.

Seems it's a case of ask and you shall receive

youcancallmeal · 20-05-2021 05:34PM

BeerNut wrote: »

Today they said

An NEIPA that says IPA on the can, right up your street :pac:

BeerNut · 20-05-2021 05:41PM

youcancallmeal wrote: »

An NEIPA that says IPA on the can, right up your street :pac:

I largely take it for granted. TheBeerRevolu is the one who needs transparent aluminium :P

the beer revolu · 20-05-2021 06:37PM

youcancallmeal wrote: »

An NEIPA that says IPA on the can, right up your street :pac:

That's more my bag than BN.
Wrecks my head. A NEIPA is about as similar to an IPA as a red ale is to a stout.
They need completely different names.

Look, you've gotten me going again!

youcancallmeal · 20-05-2021 07:00PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

That's more my bag than BN.
Wrecks my head. A NEIPA is about as similar to an IPA as a red ale is to a stout.
They need completely different names.

Look, you've gotten me going again!

Ah I knew it was one of ye. It's a valid argument to be fair, just doesn't bother me so much as long as I like whatever is in the can

l14masasddadsg · 21-05-2021 05:11PM

Pen Rua wrote: »

Bradley's in Cork got 12 cans of this in, and sold out almost immediately.

There were a couple left still in the fridge in Matsons in Grange earlier this afternoon, might be worth asking if you can't see them because there was only room for a small few in the spot they were in the fridge.

€10 though, saucy enough!

MonkstownHoop · 21-05-2021 06:54PM

l14masasddadsg wrote: »

There were a couple left still in the fridge in Matsons in Grange earlier this afternoon, might be worth asking if you can't see them because there was only room for a small few in the spot they were in the fridge.

€10 though, saucy enough!

Would you know if O'Briens are stocking it? No car for a week and weather will limit my beer radius

youcancallmeal · 21-05-2021 10:41PM

Pen Rua wrote: »

A (bloody :pac: ) fruited witbier, with blood orange & blood peach.

https://twitter.com/whiplashbeer/status/1394946417567977472

Tried all the new Whiplash non NEIPA beers this evening. Fruits Salad(Sour), Let it Bleed(Fruited Witbier), Alma(Witbier), Covered in Dust(West Coast IPA). All very nice except the fruited witbier which wasn't my style, that Belgian yeast doesn't play nice with all that raw orange imo. The West Coast IPA was my favourite, quite sweet but with nice bitterness in the aftertaste. The sour was decent but passion pool has kind of ruined a lot of sours for me with how good it is. Anyway it's great to see Whiplash put out good beers other than NEIPA and strong stout/porter. Would like to see them take on more variations of West Coast IPA and sours

adrian522 · 22-05-2021 03:28PM

Any idea why Whiplash don't ship on Fridays? Ordered on Thursday but still no sign of it being shipped. Might stick with craft central in future.

If your order is placed before midday, Monday to Thursday, it will be dispatched the same day. Orders made after midday on Thursday are shipped the following Monday.

MonkstownHoop · 22-05-2021 03:34PM

Anyone else find the Fran Wells 4 pks are a disaster, filled to the brim and spray everywhere when opened

nialldinho · 22-05-2021 03:54PM

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Anyone else find the Fran Wells 4 pks are a disaster, filled to the brim and spray everywhere when opened

I had this problem with a white hag phantom 4 pack from Lidl too! Very annoying!

Twee. · 22-05-2021 04:20PM

adrian522 wrote: »

Any idea why Whiplash don't ship on Fridays? Ordered on Thursday but still no sign of it being shipped. Might stick with craft central in future.

Saves the beer sitting in a courier warehouse all weekend, and it's in our chilled storage instead! The 12 cutoff is as late as we can leave it to make sure we can dispatch same day,although if we can we'll get as many orders through as possible, even past the 12 mark.

limnam · 22-05-2021 04:22PM

Craft central have some serious delivery times.

I've often ordered fairly late in the evening at get delivered in the morning.

They must be giving DPD back handers :pac:

adrian522 · 22-05-2021 04:23PM

Surely it can be sent at some point on Friday though?

If I'd known order on Thursday would not be delivered until Tuesday at the earliest I'd have ordered from somewhere else.

feylya · 22-05-2021 04:54PM

adrian522 wrote: »

Surely it can be sent at some point on Friday though?

If I'd known order on Thursday would not be delivered until Tuesday at the earliest I'd have ordered from somewhere else.

It's all to do with the quality of the beer, as Twee said above. Considering that most Whiplash beers atm are heavily hopped or fruited, you need those to say in cold storage until they reach your glass. If they're sent out on Friday, they'll sit in a box, in a random warehouse, possibly in direct sunlight for 48+ hours since UPS don't normally deliver on a weekend.

adrian522 · 22-05-2021 05:22PM

Direct sunlight in a warehouse? That's a new one on me.

UPS deliver on Saturdays. Send Friday and deliver on Saturday, what would be the issue with that?

To be honest I misread the same day shipping and I assumed worse case it would be next day shipping. Given the amount I'm paying for the beer and for the delivery I'd expect a quicker turnaround.

Maybe I'm expecting too much.

Twee. · 22-05-2021 06:04PM

limnam wrote: »

Craft central have some serious delivery times.

I've often ordered fairly late in the evening at get delivered in the morning.

They must be giving DPD back handers :pac:

They might have multiple collections throughout the day as well, as opposed to just one at the end of the day, and as they're a shop and their only MO is to be a shop, they may have more resources to get through more orders quicker!

adrian522 wrote: »

Surely it can be sent at some point on Friday though?

If I'd known order on Thursday would not be delivered until Tuesday at the earliest I'd have ordered from somewhere else.

If you ordered any of this week's releases, they're not even available in the vast majority of retailers until next week.

adrian522 wrote: »

Direct sunlight in a warehouse? That's a new one on me.

UPS deliver on Saturdays. Send Friday and deliver on Saturday, what would be the issue with that?

To be honest I misread the same day shipping and I assumed worse case it would be next day shipping. Given the amount I'm paying for the beer and for the delivery I'd expect a quicker turnaround.

Maybe I'm expecting too much.

UPS don't deliver everywhere on Saturdays, I think it depends on the location. They can do an "added service" for guaranteed Saturday delivery, but this cost would be passed on to every consumer and would bump the shipping cost to an unfeasible amount.

Open to correction, but I think we have the lowest shipping rates compared to other online retailers.

Given the amount you're paying for the beer, and the work we put in to making it, we want it shipped as fresh as possible!

adrian522 · 22-05-2021 06:22PM

Twee. wrote: »

If you ordered any of this week's releases, they're not even available in the vast majority of retailers until next week.

I'm not sure what point you are making here. If I'd have known I'd be waiting until next week I'd have ordered my beer elsewhere. I should have read the detail of the FAQ before ordering.

Twee. wrote: »

UPS don't deliver everywhere on Saturdays, I think it depends on the location. They can do an "added service" for guaranteed Saturday delivery, but this cost would be passed on to every consumer and would bump the shipping cost to an unfeasible amount.

I've had Saturday deliveries from most couriers over the last year and I wouldn't have been paying a premium for it. This includes An Post, DPD and UPS.

Twee. wrote: »

Open to correction, but I think we have the lowest shipping rates compared to other online retailers.

I'm not sure, seems to be around the same price as other places.

Twee. wrote: »

Given the amount you're paying for the beer, and the work we put in to making it, we want it shipped as fresh as possible!

:cool:

L1011 · 22-05-2021 07:24PM

Stuff sent on a Friday will usually arrive Monday at least; rather than Tuesday for a Monday shipment - and the warehouses are usually pretty cold. Most of my beer orders are probably close to drinking temperature when they arrive!

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