Supporting craft breweries

breezy1985 · 21-07-2022 11:43AM

Homemade cocktails on tap me ar$e.

Looks like the "kind of" craft beer but mostly just trendy pack em in for a party spots. Fair few UK craft chains operating like that. Some still have great beer selections like Barworks co. or the Mother Kelly's chain but they are not enjoyable places to drink.

BeerNut · 21-07-2022 12:42PM

I guess if you put everything the Porterhouse brews and everything that Grand Cru distributes on draught, you must be heading into the 30s of different beers at least.

Pen Rua · 22-07-2022 12:17PM

It's not everyday my interests of craft beer & motorsport intersect, so it's interesting to see Galway Hooker sign on for an expanded sponsorship deal for a young Galway driver, currently competing in British FIA Formula 4.

https://sportforbusiness.com/galway-backing-for-motorsports-rising-star/

What I never knew was that Galway Hooker is wound up in the Connacht Hospitality group, which operates a good few bars & hotels in Galway. Haven't been to any of them in some time, but would be curious to see what real estate Galway Hooker taps get.

22-07-2022 12:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119367576#Comment_119367576

Could you not at least wait until it's open before slating it?

breezy1985 · 22-07-2022 12:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119372147#Comment_119372147

Sorry but I don't trust anyone who is advertising handmade cocktails on tap. Why would you have such a thing ?

If we can't discuss it before it opens then people should be posting advertising for it before it opens.

irish_goat · 22-07-2022 01:01PM

To be fair, Porterhouse sell a lot of cocktails like strawberry daiquiris, Long Islands and cosmos. It would save them a lot of hassle to just have them on tap. The drink itself won't be any different. .

L1011 · 22-07-2022 04:29PM

A substantial number of places sell pre-bottled cocktails from 1661 now also, as making them from scratch when ordered is not quick and fairly labour intensive

breezy1985 · 22-07-2022 04:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119373505#Comment_119373505

Oh I know lots of places do bottled and tapped cocktails but handmade me ar$e as I said. My professional opinion would be that they are a rip off and are more a replacement for alcopops rather than cocktails.

Never had 1661 so maybe they buck the trend but my abiding memory is of managers laughing their ar$e off with the GP thanks to the amount of under pour you get and the price you can charge.

Brendan Bendar · 22-07-2022 05:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113029138#Comment_113029138

Like most craft beers dude, way too expensive.

Cop yourselves on and you are on a winner.

Hotblack Desiato · 22-07-2022 05:50PM

Stick to your Heineken then.

Brendan Bendar · 22-07-2022 05:59PM

I’ll stick to whatever I feel is good value, dude.

I like to keep it fresh.

Hotblack Desiato · 22-07-2022 06:07PM

It must be very fulfilling to hit up random threads and tell the posters in them how uninterested you are in the activity being discussed in that thread.

Brendan Bendar · 23-07-2022 05:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119373890#Comment_119373890

saying what you think is always fulfilling.

No need to be running with the crowd on these issues.

Craft beer is overpriced……………end of.

Cant see what is objectionable about that opinion.

Hotblack Desiato · 23-07-2022 12:04PM

In Ireland, all alcohol is overpriced but the price/quality ratio is at its very worst for mainstream lager swill.

Craft beer ingredients cost a lot more per pint.

But you're not here to learn anything so why am I bothering?

Citizen Six · 23-07-2022 03:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119375427#Comment_119375427

But you are running with the crowd. The crowd that's happy to drink poor tasting beers, and likes to complain about people who don't. Not everyone wants to buy cheap beer like you do.

BeerNut · 23-07-2022 04:41PM

"Craft beer is overpriced" is such a weird flex when top notch Rye River beer in Lidl costs less than Guinness or Heineken. I can't believe that anyone with this opinion is actually paying attention to what's on sale and how much it costs.

Brendan Bendar · 23-07-2022 08:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119377382#Comment_119377382

I’m afraid you are dead wrong there, my friend, I pay a lot of attention to range and costs.

Next time I’m in Lidl I will check that out.

By the way lads, no need to get defensive about it, just my opinion .

25-07-2022 02:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119372203#Comment_119372203

Are there other features that would stop you going to a pub with a large choice of craft beer on tap apart from "hand-made" cocktails on tap? Not every pub has to comply with the Breezy1985heitsgebot?

I've enjoyed that Porterhouse before though I'm clearly not the demographic they're going for now or likely in the future - but if they keep pouring Wrasslers I'll probably pop in now and again. I'd wish them well in keeping their business going and be able to overlook cocktails on tap as I'm not likely to be ordering them but they obviously feel that some people will and, as pointed out above, it reduces staff time in making them and given the difficulties many pubs are having in getting staff at all is understandable.

Brendan Bendar · 25-07-2022 05:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119377382#Comment_119377382

Hmm ….. checked this out today in the local Supermarket today……not Lidl.

Rye River IPA selling at €7.00 per litre

Stella Artois…..an excellent brew selling @ €3.76 a litre.

Any insight on that ?

Citizen Six · 25-07-2022 05:25PM

Some people don't want to drink Stella, and some people do. Just drink whatever you want.

Tesco has Stella at €4.55 and Rye River at €5.70. No that big a difference. I'd rather spend an extra euro and drink something I prefer.

But if you are happy rummaging in the bargain bins for your beer then good for you. Not everyone wants to do the same thing as you, but you don't seem to get that.

hynesie08 · 25-07-2022 05:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119385982#Comment_119385982

Rye river is cheaper than Heineken in lidl

Allow me to prove you wrong using an example that is completely different from the specific information you gave.

Good work.

hynesie08 · 25-07-2022 05:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119367823#Comment_119367823

You'd imagine the core PH line will be doubled up so that's 18 taps straight away, they'll probably keep the Heineken and bulmers tap so you're into 20 there......

Just hope they don't become a Heineken pub with a few PH taps on the end hidden in the darkness.

And make the bitter on cask permanent.

Viscount Aggro · 25-07-2022 05:48PM

There was a craft beer maker called Mont,

brewery in Manor Kilbride, Wicklow.

Anyone know if its still operating? I cant find anything online.

BeerNut · 25-07-2022 06:11PM

Mont/Manor Brewing has been gone a while.

Brendan Bendar · 25-07-2022 06:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119386041#Comment_119386041

What I do get though is the very sour superior attitude from what I would refer to as the ‘craft beer crowd’.

Why should I ‘support’ any industry which I feel is overpriced?

I most certainly would support local industry provided that support doesn’t involve me being gouged goodo .

Citizen Six · 25-07-2022 08:21PM

You have a chip on your shoulder, that's ok. No one here really cares.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 25-07-2022 10:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119386218#Comment_119386218

No one has asked you to do anything. You're the one that has come into the thread and decided to completely derail it talking shite.

As the other poster said, drink whatever you want, not everyone has to like the same thing and if you don't see the value in something, then stick to what you prefer.