Booze deals [Megathread]

Charlie19 · 01-09-2015 5:59pm

rubadub wrote: »

nice one, will go for 2x miguel with my lidl voucher, and 2x5 packs of donuts to hit the €50, 2 days food & drink.

valid from 30/8/2015 until 8/9/2015

the trays are usually €26 min these days. Says its 4.5%, think some san miguel was weaker.

I got two slabs of the Molson on Saturday night But I paid €32 each:( Still though, with the lidl voucher €54 is not too bad for two trays.

Synode · 03-09-2015 11:06am

Wihoo, looks like the Government won't be able to get minimum alcohol pricing in (the Scots have failed in a bid). Cheap supermarket beer continues (for now)

vicwatson · 03-09-2015 11:31am

Except for Tesco who have sweet fa offers !,

03-09-2015 12:43pm

Right Lads Electric Picnic tomorrow, what's the cheapest place to get a slap of heineken ?Thanks folks !

crustybread · 03-09-2015 2:24pm

Cheap 660ML bottles of Kronenbourg 1664 in Tesco Sandymount. 1.63 a bottle. down from 3.29. Snared a few earlier. Good few left on shelf.

Alicja_T · 03-09-2015 5:57pm

Tesco Galway: I got Finn lager 4x330ml for 3,5e, 4x330ml Colgans wheat beer 4e, Marstons lager and wheat 1,5 per 500ml.

squadro · 03-09-2015 10:27pm

Strolled in to tesco tonight at 9-50 tonight. Spotted bottles of Pilsner Urquell 500ml half price €1.32 down from €2.64.I tell nice tesco lady I be loadin this here wagon and I ain't leaving till ya start sweepin up. Happy days.

BaZmO* · 03-09-2015 10:41pm

I was in Tesco earlier and they had a load of fairly decent deals. Galway Hooker Stout €1.50, 6 pack of Sam Adams €5.75, 4 pack if Hoegarden €3.75, their Revisionist beers €1.50 each, and a few others too.

TallGlass · 03-09-2015 10:47pm

Synode wrote: »

Wihoo, looks like the Government won't be able to get minimum alcohol pricing in (the Scots have failed in a bid). Cheap supermarket beer continues (for now)

Great to hear, beer is priced fairly high to be honest. 5€ a pint and the best deals on 4 cans start at 5€. Compare this to Spain, its nearly double. Same for wine.

L1011 · 03-09-2015 11:01pm

TallGlass wrote: »

Great to hear, beer is priced fairly high to be honest. 5€ a pint and the best deals on 4 cans start at 5€. Compare this to Spain, its nearly double. Same for wine.

The pub - offo difference is down to publicans ripping people off. Our duty is high, but our pub prices are down to publicans. And they wouldn't have been affected by minimum pricing anyway, due to being so high.

hatrickpatrick · 04-09-2015 2:11am

Bought two boxes of Perlenbacher XXL in Lidl yesterday, they had a crapload of it left so anyone stocking up in the morning for EP should check that out if they're passing a Lidl!

Also, I'm not 100% sure about this but the Perlenbacher bottles within are the old-style brown ones, so presumably they taste the same as the old stuff (it's been too long since I've had any of the old ones to remember)

L1011 · 04-09-2015 6:03am

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Bought two boxes of Perlenbacher XXL in Lidl yesterday, they had a crapload of it left so anyone stocking up in the morning for EP should check that out if they're passing a Lidl!

Also, I'm not 100% sure about this but the Perlenbacher bottles within are the old-style brown ones, so presumably they taste the same as the old stuff (it's been too long since I've had any of the old ones to remember)

No glass bottles at EP

RayCon · 04-09-2015 7:57am

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Also, I'm not 100% sure about this but the Perlenbacher bottles within are the old-style brown ones, so presumably they taste the same as the old stuff (it's been too long since I've had any of the old ones to remember)

I had one last night ... yes, they're in the brown bottles and taste much better than the green bottled, French brewed version. :cool:

sb213 · 04-09-2015 10:29am

Well this is fantastic! Kudos to you!

Why have i only discovered this site today?!

sb213 · 04-09-2015 10:31am

Oh i just saw the date on this..... Im a newb haha

bored_newbie · 04-09-2015 11:31am

12 bottles of Santa Cruz (mexican beer) for €10 in Dunnes.

Never tried it before

martyos121 · 04-09-2015 11:40am

bored_newbie wrote: »

12 bottles of Santa Cruz (mexican beer) for €10 in Dunnes.

Never tried it before

Made by the same crowd that produces Dutch Gold and Druids.

Having said that, it isn't that bad. Would buy a box or two for that price.

rubadub · 04-09-2015 11:45am

martyos121 wrote: »

Made by the same crowd that produces Dutch Gold and Druids.

Comans are just distributors, not brewers. They are meant to be going to be bought be heineken, so you might see there brands going into pubs

http://www.newstalk.com/Heineken-Ireland-is-believed-to-be-in-takeover-talks-with-a-major-Irish-drinks-company

Kop Idol · 04-09-2015 11:50am

BaZmO* wrote: »

I was in Tesco earlier and they had a load of fairly decent deals. Galway Hooker Stout €1.50, 6 pack of Sam Adams €5.75, 4 pack if Hoegarden €3.75, their Revisionist beers €1.50 each, and a few others too.

Woh there...back that up a sec !

What Tesco was this in ? Hoegaarden showing as normal €7.95 online with the Revisionist Beers down to €2 each online. That Hoegaarden price is even lower than anything I've ever seen in Lidl. Must be a local deal only. Were they short dated?

hatrickpatrick · 04-09-2015 2:44pm

L1011 wrote: »

No glass bottles at EP

Bollocks, forgot about that. Ah well.

hatrickpatrick · 04-09-2015 2:45pm

RayCon wrote: »

I had one last night ... yes, they're in the brown bottles and taste much better than the green bottled, French brewed version. :cool:

This is strange to me, does it mean that they still make the original ones and just choose not to sell them in Ireland, or does it mean that all of these XXL deals are taken from storage and were brewed ages ago, before they stopped making it?

L1011 · 04-09-2015 2:47pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Bollocks, forgot about that. Ah well.

Think of it as more for those of us who *aren't* going.

arch20000 · 04-09-2015 2:49pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

I was in Tesco earlier and they had a load of fairly decent deals. Galway Hooker Stout €1.50, 6 pack of Sam Adams €5.75, 4 pack if Hoegarden €3.75, their Revisionist beers €1.50 each, and a few others too.

In tesco clondalkin, Estralle damme 6 pack only 4.50. Reduced from 9 yoyos and its gourgous !!

hatrickpatrick · 04-09-2015 3:08pm

L1011 wrote: »

Think of it as more for those of us who *aren't* going.

I'm not heading myself this year, so I'm going to use this deal as an excuse to get a bit of exercise wandering up to the Monkstown Lidls from Sandycove. Reckon I can probably carry two crates of XXL under each arm, and as icing on the cake, that's surely enough of a workout to justify skipping the gym in favour of sipping some of the aforementioned bottles. :cool:

RayCon · 04-09-2015 5:41pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I can probably carry two crates of XXL under each arm

:eek: 16 bottles under each arm !! ... from Monkstown to Sandycove.

hatrickpatrick · 04-09-2015 6:29pm

RayCon wrote: »

:eek: 16 bottles under each arm !! ... from Monkstown to Sandycove.

Well I'll obvious stack the crates in bags, but to be honest (I think because I don't have the strongest grip) I actually find it easier to carry them by sticking the whole bag under my arm and cupping my palm under it. One in each hand = 16 lovely bottles of XXL for just €14.58 :cool:

Just about to head up now, of course the irony I'm fully expecting is that I'll make the half hour trek up to Deansgrange and discover that they've sold out since I was there on Wed

If that's the case, I'll report back here with whatever special offer has replaced them - just so people know, Lidl seem to be doing a rolling "do one cheap drink promotion and immediately start a new one when it sells out" at the moment, because last week they had Argus Strong for €1.50 / 500ml, and the Perlenbacher deal seemed to appear about two days after they sold out of the Argus. So presumably once this sells out, there'll be something else.

casio4 · 04-09-2015 6:44pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I'm not heading myself this year, so I'm going to use this deal as an excuse to get a bit of exercise wandering up to the Monkstown Lidls from Sandycove. Reckon I can probably carry two crates of XXL under each arm, and as icing on the cake, that's surely enough of a workout to justify skipping the gym in favour of sipping some of the aforementioned bottles. :cool:

you need to get one of those cloth trolleys on wheels that our mothers used years ago that would do the job

BaZmO* · 04-09-2015 6:54pm

Kop Idol wrote: »

Woh there...back that up a sec ! What Tesco was this in ? Hoegaarden showing as normal €7.95 online with the Revisionist Beers down to €2 each online. That Hoegaarden price is even lower than anything I've ever seen in Lidl. Must be a local deal only. Were they short dated?

Yeah Tesco Clondalkin. Not shirt dated.....I made sure to check!

Hotblack Desiato · 04-09-2015 10:02pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Yeah Tesco Clondalkin.

Worst dump of a supermarket I've ever been in, the only redeeming feature is the drink offers, but it's often crazily overpriced on certain drinks too for no apparent reason.

hatrickpatrick · 05-09-2015 12:10am

Did it, but sadly I only managed three packs

Still a gigantic amount of XXL left in the Pottery Road Lidl. Asked one of the staff there what the story was with them, he says they basically make gigantic pallets of them a couple of times a year and send them out to the Lidls, so how long they last depends on how many pallets that particular Lidl gets. Interestingly, he also seemed to think that the new Perlenbacher in the green bottles (6/€7.29, still not a bad deal really) is the same beer, just in different packaging - that seems to go against what people here have been saying about it?

In other news, O'Briens in Dun Laoghaire is doing a deal on Corona Extra, can't remember 100% but I think it was 20 bottles for €25 which works out at €1.25 a bottle - not the best deal but given that a six pack of Corona can be up to €12.99 in some stores and offies it's not too bad if that's your beer. Also I could stand corrected on this but iirc, Corona is one of the only beers which didn't dilute in order to combat excise rises, so is potentially still 4.7%?

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