Booze deals [Megathread #2]

We were talking about that on another thread and while it's hard to tell how things will pan out it's interesting to speculate.

My own hunch is that craft beers won't go up much.

The market for craft beer is people already drinking beer trading up so to speak.

If the people already drinking ordinary beers are paying more for them they will have less money to experiment with craft beers.

It's in the interest of craft brewers to recruit new customers so they will try to incentivise retailers to keep prices at a sensible level.

Thanks to all my fellow booze lovers for this thread, a joy to behold to discover or post a bargain .

just finished watching the darts ,will have a couple of more cheap cans tonight , back to work on Wednesday, my cheap 50 cent a can harp lager secured today will go down a treat ,once I’ve dried out for a week or two from the xmas consumption.

Looking forward with great anticipation and hope of a good Northern Ireland bargain beer alert, fingers crossed .

No, but Musgrave's have always been more expensive than retail shops anyway. I'd be there every few weeks and have never bought alcohol there as it was rather expensive.

prices jump on stuff like smirnoff, guinness, heineken etc, as they have been greatly reduced.

Some products very rarely get discounted, and if they are it is a small % unlike what we see with cases.

The cheap ciders would fall into that category, which is why I was surprised that they would be priced so high above MUP, it is not just rounding.

Rosies was being sold off for 30cent a can in dunnes it is a "4 for a fiver" cider. I think the 2L was about five euro before, it shows as €4.12 back in 2020

I see dutch gold, karpackie and prazsky cans reduced to 440ml, they also have flashed labels, the dutch gold is 4 for a fiver, it would have to be 3.6% to be sold at a fiver. I can't make out the label but it could be 3.5%. I think the karpackie would also have to drop in % to be the flashed price.

that should see you through till Paddy's day

Wouldn't need to as thread already here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058183383/booze-deals-nirl-edition#latest

Good bye cheap booze

You were one of the greats

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but could you please pinpoint what are the principles you mention here? I'd like to try to understand your reasoning here.

Luckily I have a contact that goes to the north regularly. Got 1 litre Tanqueray £18, Johnny Walker Black label £18 and a bottle of Woodford Reserve £20.

Johnny Walker Black was €46 in most shops down here. Woodford reserve €44.

I can see smaller cans and lower alcohol coming for the 500ml cans and 330ml btls going to 300ml.

i just wanna say thanks to all who have posted offers/deals, etc here.

I’ve had many a great night on the back of your labour!

A special mention to zell who has played a blinder here over the years.

a lad I work with lives in the north so he’ll be getting a crisp 20 once every 2 months and a shopping list