Booze deals [Megathread #2]

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Gunpowder is a great deal, think that's normally around €45-€50 but unsurprisingly sold out when I checked.


How sweet is the Tanqueray ? I hate when flavoured gins taste like alcopops. I like subtle flavoured gins like Boyle's raspberry blush.

The tanqueray flavoured ones are top of the range, nice and subtle without being overpowering. The orange one pictured is slightly better than the lime flavoured one, I think it's rangpur limes or something like that. They're lovely, both of them, much better than some of the other guff out there. The Ha'penny Dublin gin is probably my fave at the moment, but their rhubarb one is atrocious.

If you're looking for more pointers, the Gordon's lemon one (€18 - €20 everywhere) is surprisingly good, seeing as the regular Gordon's is muck. The italian Malfy gins are excellent as well. The Lemon one is everywhere, think it was €30 in Tesco. They sell a blood orange one as well, which I got off Amazon for Black Friday and have never seen for sale over here.

ActingDanClark wrote: »

Have availed of the Tesco gin bargains- can anyone point me in the direction of value slabs of tonic water?

I get all my tonics off amazon as well. The prices for some of the premium ones over here are eye watering. The best, in my opinion, is the Fever tree elderflower one. That's normally still dear enough on Amazon but cheaper than, say, Tesco (€4.40 per litre).

The ones I've bought and used over the past year or two:

Fentiman's Valencian Orange - 8x500ml - £11.50 (£2.80 per litre)
London Essence Company - Bitter Orange & Elderflower, 24x200ml - £20 (£2.40 per litre, though wait til it's available via prime)
Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger - 24x200ml - £18 (£2.65 per litre - currently out of stock)
Double Dutch Pomegranate and Basil - 24x200ml - £19 (£2.50 per litre - also out of stock)

Sorry, only one of them is technically available, but keep an eye out and you can pick them up when they're on special. Failing that, Lidl do a bottle of Elderflower cordial, which you can use a drop of with their cheapo tonic and is very good.

Edit: Forgot to add, most of them delivered to Ireland. One, I think, had to go through Parcel Motel, but I'm fecked if I can remember which one.
Edit no 2: I prefer the 200ml bottles as they're perfect for a balloon glass with ice and a slice and a double gin. If you're not too bothered, the next best is the 500ml bottles. I'm not mad on the 150ml cans, but they can be cheap enough at times. Think they're 16 for a tenner in Tesco.

tonytiger81 wrote: »

Are there any 500ml Guinness slabs left in Clare Hall? I might venture out that way later

I bought one last night and there was maybe 40 left at that stage.

Grumpypants wrote: »

Has anyone tried the 470 Guinness, was in Lidl and came close to getting the 2 Guinness and Carlsberg slabs for €33. But haven't heard anyone say something good about it.

My auldfella wouldn't be fussy about anything, not much of a drinker but has the odd can or two, especially at Christmas. Wouldn't be online much either, so he's as close to a blind taste test as you can get.

He didn't know anything about them until I mentioned it. Actually, he said it first. He said the can he had at the weekend was smaller than the pint glass. He thought it had leaked or he'd opened a Norn Iron can by some method. I mentioned they were trying out a new size, and didn't say anything else. I asked was it the same and he said no, it settled too quick and it wasn't anything near as silky smooth as it usually is. I'll probably try one at some stage and try to keep an open mind.

It's him I went back up for tonight. I ended up getting one in Artane Castle, they'd none on the floor but the young lad was most obliging and fetched me one from the stores. I could hear them rattling all the way up the toothpaste aisle.