Aldi - O'Shea's Irish Ale

Webster29 · 05-11-2012 12:48AM #1

Who makes O'Shea's Irish Ale/Stout for Aldi? Have a suspicion it's the Carlow Brewing Company - the fine makes of O'Hara's.

Seaneh · 05-11-2012 01:05AM

It is Carlow, think it says it on the labels.

Webster29 · 05-11-2012 09:57PM

Thanks. Checked the label but only says it's produced in Ireland for Aldi. Interesting that the same company makes own brand beers for both Aldi and M&S.

bamboozle · 06-11-2012 09:54AM

its very tasty also

BaZmO* · 07-11-2012 11:46PM

Webster29 wrote: »

Thanks. Checked the label but only says it's produced in Ireland for Aldi. Interesting that the same company makes own brand beers for both Aldi and M&S.

There a quite a few companies that make own brand products for different companies. The companies just specify the recipe.

As for O'Sheas, it's made by Carlow alright. It used to be in a smaller 330ml bottle called Aldi Traditional Irish Ale with Seamus O'Hara's pic on the back. Then they re-badged it to O'Sheas. I spoke to Seamus at the All Irish Beerfest and he confirmed that it's the same recipe and just a different bottle. Beautiful beer it is too!

GLaDOS · 07-11-2012 11:49PM

How does the price compare to O'Hara's?

BaZmO* · 07-11-2012 11:52PM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

How does the price compare to O'Hara's?

I think (but I'm not a 100% sure) it's €1.79 a bottle. Which imo is fantastic value considering how good a beer it it.

GLaDOS · 08-11-2012 12:26AM

Sounds like good value, will check it out next time I'm in an aldi

Seaneh · 08-11-2012 12:43AM

Tesco and dunnes have done a price matvh and have O'Hara's Stout and Red for €1.78 each. Which is also fantastic value.

Colonel Sanders · 08-11-2012 12:54PM

Seaneh wrote: »

Tesco and dunnes have done a price matvh and have O'Hara's Stout and Red for €1.78 each. Which is also fantastic value.

Is the Stout Leann Follain or their other Irish Stout?

the beer revolu · 08-11-2012 01:22PM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Is the Stout Leann Follain or their other Irish Stout?

Oddly, Leann Follain tends to sell at the same price as their other beers.

BaZmO* · 08-11-2012 01:28PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Oddly, Leann Follain tends to sell at the same price as their other beers.

That always surprises me. I thought price was generally related to %?

BEERNUT!!!?!?

irish_goat · 08-11-2012 01:38PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

That always surprises me. I thought price was generally related to %?

BEERNUT!!!?!?

It should, stronger beers require more ingredients to get the % up and then after that they get taxed more. I'd assume O'Hara's put a higher price on it but the supermarkets price alongside the rest of the range because they reckon Irish drinkers won't factor the higher alcohol content into the price.

BeerNut · 08-11-2012 01:41PM

Beer pricing is (no pun intended) a dark art and all sorts of things are factors. If a beer is expensive, and you point this out to the person selling it, they'll give you answers like it's the strength, or it's the distance it has to travel, but really there are loads of other factors at play, like how much people will pay for it and how the brand's perception is affected by even temporary changes in retail price.

I don't think it's really possible for someone outside the trade to take the price of any commodity and deconstruct it into its constituent elements.

the beer revolu · 08-11-2012 01:43PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

That always surprises me. I thought price was generally related to %?

It is usually, for the reasons IG stated but there is nothing to stop the producer/wholesaler/retailer from taking a hit on some of the stronger beers and making a bigger margin of the weaker beers.

BaZmO* · 08-11-2012 01:44PM

But I thought the duty/tax was calculated on a percentage basis?

the beer revolu · 08-11-2012 01:45PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

But I thought the duty/tax was calculated on a percentage basis?

It is - that's only one element of the price you pay.

BaZmO* · 08-11-2012 01:53PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

It is - that's only one element of the price you pay.

True. As Beernut says, unless you're the manufacturer there's now way to deduce what the costs are.

Ruben Remus · 08-11-2012 04:43PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Oddly, Leann Follain tends to sell at the same price as their other beers.

Not in Tesco it doesn't. The 'regular' O'Hara's stout and red ale (4.3% ABV) are €1.79 each, the pale ale (5.2%) and Leann Follain (6%) are both €2.79, though they can sometimes be purchased in a 5 for €10 deal. I think it's the same in Dunnes.

the beer revolu · 08-11-2012 04:50PM

Ruben Remus wrote: »

Not in Tesco it doesn't. The 'regular' O'Hara's stout and red ale (4.3% ABV) are €1.79 each, the pale ale (5.2%) and Leann Follain (6%) are both €2.79, though they can sometimes be purchased in a 5 for €10 deal. I think it's the same in Dunnes.

Oh, I stand corrected.
I was going by seeing them all together in the 5 for €10 deal.
Bradley's in Cork also sell them all @ 4 for €10 - all the time

Seaneh · 08-11-2012 06:42PM

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Is the Stout Leann Follain or their other Irish Stout?

The Irish Stout and Red ale only.

Seaneh · 08-11-2012 06:46PM

In Dunnes and Tesco the Irish Red and Irish Stout are price matched to Aldi's O'Shea's Red and Stout, so unless Aldi up their prices Dunnes and Tesco will always match it I imagine.

Which means you can always get 5 bottles of the Irish Stout or Red for €8.95 in any Tesco, Dunnes or Aldi (although Aldi is a different recipe).

Happy days.

BenEadir · 14-09-2013 08:42PM

Just discovered O'Shea's Irish Pale Ale and Red Ale in Aldi and I'm very very happy to be drinking something which has real flavour and isn't imported!!

Haven't tried the stout yet but will do so in a few days.

Ben

king size mars bar · 14-09-2013 08:46PM

O Hara's, the best thing to come out of Carlow, keep up the good work!

poitinstill · 14-09-2013 09:28PM

" Just discovered O'Shea's Irish Pale Ale and Red Ale in Aldi and I'm very very happy to be drinking something which has real flavour and isn't imported!!

Haven't tried the stout yet but will do so in a few days "

all 3 are very good and last i checked were sub 2 euro a pop? tesco /dunnes can struggle to hav 5 for 10. ( on a larger range granted) but for permenant prices brilliant. good one is dunnes is kaiserdom 6 for 7.
k.

adamski8 · 14-09-2013 11:20PM

O sheas ipa is a different recipe altogether to oharas says seamus ohara himself. Still all brewed by them though

huskerdu · 15-09-2013 10:04PM

I, too am a fan of the O'Sheas Irish Pale Ale. My minor whinge for the day, is that it is hard to get a lot of the time.
The three O'Shea beers ( Stout, red ale, pale ale) are packed in mixed cases, with 4 of each in each case.

In all 3 of my local Aldis, the Pale Ale sell much better than the other 2 beers. The shelves will be full of Red ale and Stout
and the staff are often reluctant to open another box for me to get some Pale Ale when the shelves are full.

I have asked staff why they cant get more and I have not got any response.

I know I should make a proper complaint / comment to Aldi management some day soon,

Anyway, that is my first world problem today.

BenEadir · 10-10-2013 09:50AM

Hi all,

My local Aldi (Sandyford) hasn't had either of the O'Sheas ales or stout for almost two weeks. "Temporarily out of stock" is what the sign says over the shelf.

Anyone know if these wonderful ales are soon to disappear all together? It's not like Aldi to stay out of stock of a well selling product for long. Is all not well between Aldi and O'Hara's???

Ben

BeerNut · 10-10-2013 09:55AM

The stout won a Blas na hÉireann award at the weekend so I'd be surprised if it was suddenly taken off.

Ravelleman · 10-10-2013 11:23AM

I've found Aldi to be inconsistent in stocking the O'Shea's beers. It must sell quite quickly - something I'd be inclined to believe.

earlytobed · 10-10-2013 01:32PM

adamski8 wrote: »

O sheas ipa is a different recipe altogether to oharas says seamus ohara himself. Still all brewed by them though

Is it the same recipe or not? BAZ reckons Seamus O Hara told him it is the same recipe

Aldi - O'Shea's Irish Ale

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