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Booze deals [Megathread #2]

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭shmeee


    kn wrote: »
    My local Tesco had the 470ml so its hit and miss on the 500ml.

    The Guinness cans in the first Tesco I tried were 470ml, but they still had the drop / delivery date sticker on them which was 28/11/2020 so old stock. Depends on the stock levels of the old stock if they have the new dropped 500ml cans.

    I went to a larger Tesco and they had the 500ml new stock in then.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭podge018


    Tesco Clearwater only had 470ml last night, but Tesco Express at Beneavin had the 500ml.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,104 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Was it a shortage of widgets or a shortage of Guinness. Since March, James Gate stopped brewing except to keep the yeast culture true. They are now back in production.

    didn't they say it was a shortage of widgets?
    was there a suggestion the beer was being brewed somewhere other than Dublin - I though SJG brewed for the whole of Ireland and UK these days...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,064 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    rubadub wrote: »
    A 500ml can ends up with a massive crappy head in a pint glass,

    Only if you pour it arseways


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    loyatemu wrote: »
    didn't they say it was a shortage of widgets?
    was there a suggestion the beer was being brewed somewhere other than Dublin - I though SJG brewed for the whole of Ireland and UK these days...

    Yes they used Covid as an excuse for the shortage of widgets. They had someone on one of the radio programs


  • Registered Users Posts: 43 morchgally


    Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,130 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    morchgally wrote: »
    Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?
    Thanks

    8 x 500 ml Smithwicks red cans are €12 in Tesco, Supervalu.
    (It's about €2 off the usual price for that pack)

    Tesco have 4 x 500 ml bottles of the full Smithwicks range in their 4 for €10.

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=smithwicks

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    morchgally wrote: »
    Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

    Thanks

    I picked up a couple of 8 packs of Smithwicks (cans) in Dunnes last week for €10.80ish each. That's the best I've come across.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭andrew1977


    morchgally wrote: »
    Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

    Thanks

    I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

    Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.


  • Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭SkatesOn


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    Ice Cold Direct in Limerick doing slabs €20 - Carlsberg, Bulmers, Budweiser, Guinness 24 x Cans
    http://icecolddirect.ie/beer.html?fbclid=IwAR3sYkHZzv55s_SJr-Uf85etQ-syXy3qVVhn297VazAOd1wJaWg0U9vVbjY


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭POBox19


    Seve OB wrote: »
    Only if you pour it arseways


    In order to avoid that happening they thoughtfully put the hole on the top.:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 43 morchgally


    andrew1977 wrote: »
    I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

    Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.

    Thanks all for the replies, will check those locations. Smithwicks blonde is very nice too.


  • Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭DuffleBag


    For anyone with Tesco employee friends/family don't forget the 20% off everything starts today.


  • Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭jonnyatomic


    I can 100% confirm Tesco have 500ml Guinness cans with widgets for €20.. just got 2 slabs, also have hop house bottles 20 for €18.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    andrew1977 wrote: »
    I am a Smithwicks fan myself, the bargains on it is always few and far between.

    Obriens offlicense do 5 of the 500ml bottles for 10 euro , i find it a nicer taste than from the can.

    If u have a code to go shopping in Musgrave cash n carry, I have seen a 12 bottle pack of smithwicks red for €20 but then u have to add the 21% vat at till but still think it will work out cheaper than the 4 for €10 bottle deal in most deals, I prefer the blonde, that’s almost impossible to get a pint of that in a bar, really annoying.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    Prices from Musgrave cash n carry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,878 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    DuffleBag wrote: »
    For anyone with Tesco employee friends/family don't forget the 20% off everything starts today.

    How does that work ?
    My buddy works there, I know he gets 10% off .
    Can he add some friends to the offer too ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭sully123


    morchgally wrote: »
    Has anybody seen promotions on Smithwicks?

    Thanks

    I miss Bass. It was a good cheap alternative.


  • Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭SkatesOn


    SkatesOn wrote: »
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    Ice Cold Direct in Limerick doing slabs €20 - Carlsberg, Bulmers, Budweiser, Guinness 24 x Cans
    http://icecolddirect.ie/beer.html?fbclid=IwAR3sYkHZzv55s_SJr-Uf85etQ-syXy3qVVhn297VazAOd1wJaWg0U9vVbjY

    Got a slab of Carlsberg & Bud, and delivered in about 45 minutes - how bad!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭DuffleBag


    Zardoz wrote: »
    How does that work ?
    My buddy works there, I know he gets 10% off .
    Can he add some friends to the offer too ?

    They get a card for themselves and one for a family member. 10% turns to 20% from today for a week or so.

    And no it's their card or the companion card that needs to be used. Borrow it ;-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,505 ✭✭✭Nollog


    The festive drop in aldi today is Bailey's 700ml for 10 euro
    Seems bad value...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    /\/ollog wrote: »
    The festive drop in aldi today is Bailey's 700ml for 10 euro
    Seems bad value...

    what price would be become good value to you?

    10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

    If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,064 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    rubadub wrote: »
    what price would be become good value to you?

    10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

    If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.

    I was getting 2 bottles for 15 bucks a few weeks ago in dunnes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭nc6000


    I can 100% confirm Tesco have 500ml Guinness cans with widgets for €20.. just got 2 slabs, also have hop house bottles 20 for €18.

    I picked up some Guinness & Heineken - didn't see any slabs of Hop House, might pop up later and get some bottles.

    It's great value especially when I'm used to buying Brewdog 330ml 4-packs for around a tenner.

    Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,413 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    nc6000 wrote: »
    Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.

    Yes last year once Christmas Eve was over there was zero deals up until March or April, well worth getting as much as you can now.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Seve OB wrote: »
    I was getting 2 bottles for 15 bucks a few weeks ago in dunnes

    is this using 10 off 50 vouchers or something? or was it really 2 for €15. If we are going to talk about vouchers then I got a bottle for €0 in tesco the other day!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭POBox19


    Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭rogeyspoint


    nc6000 wrote: »
    I picked up some Guinness & Heineken - didn't see any slabs of Hop House, might pop up later and get some bottles.

    It's great value especially when I'm used to buying Brewdog 330ml 4-packs for around a tenner.

    Tesco's trick seems to be to bump the prices right up between Christmas and New Year's - they did this last year anyway. No offers on slabs.




    Which Tesco store? Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    POBox19 wrote: »
    Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

    7.95 here, but no idea on cost of postage


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    Tesco Liffey Valley €20 slabs of 24 are all 500ml with widgets.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭POBox19


    MoodeRator wrote: »
    7.95 here, but no idea on cost of postage


    Dream on...
    I tried to order 12 bottles on the site, but they only have 6 in stock. Freight looks like €36 to the North, no RoI option, so they are cheaper here, and a lot less hassle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭rogeyspoint


    POBox19 wrote: »
    Dream on...
    I tried to order 12 bottles on the site, but they only have 6 in stock. Freight looks like €36 to the North, no RoI option, so they are cheaper here, and a lot less hassle.


    ROI. Chance of Customs Vat


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    ROI. Chance of Customs Vat

    It is excise duty that takes the fun out of it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,895 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    POBox19 wrote: »
    Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

    Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,895 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    POBox19 wrote: »
    Marqués de Cáceres on offer for €10 a bottle in Nolan's Clontarf.

    Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Do you're going to buy two bottles...easy there chief :):)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,130 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Is it a nice wine? I’ll take a walk down there in the morning if it is

    Yep, a v nice Rioja.

    If buying a few bottles though Tesco have 25 percent off any 6 bottles including miniatures. So you could get Cune Rioja Riserva for 7.50 a bottle.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,185 ✭✭✭mistersifter


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    Tesco Liffey Valley €20 slabs of 24 are all 500ml with widgets.

    Did my annual stock up.

    Heinekens were best before October 2021 and all so I'm grand for beer up til then :D


    edit: I also noticed that they've put the boxes (20 x 330ml) of Hop House and Corona from 15 euro back up to 18 and 20 euro respectively. And Rockshore is now 20 per slab not 2 for 35.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,505 ✭✭✭Nollog


    rubadub wrote: »
    what price would be become good value to you?

    10 is about as low as it ever goes. Can't recall it going for less and if it did it would have been snapped up in an instant and likely low volumes.

    If you don't like the taste then fair enough, a lot of the cheaper own brands are made with "wine" and some whiskey. That wine is typically cheaply brewed sugar water.

    Well you have the price now, since they didn't publish it in their leaflet, knock yourself out.
    I swear I've seen them around €10 all the time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    Aldi have 18 hop house for €24 all year, I pick up a slab every 2 weeks with the shopping.. it's rarely anywhere else in a slab, I picked up a box of 20 bottles from Tesco a few weeks ago for €15. Don't know if they still have them at that price.

    Will stick the head into aldi so. Thanks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    Will stick the head into aldi so. Thanks

    Where are the best deals for slabs of cans or 20 bottles?

    Any kind of lager I suppose


  • Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭headnorth


    Tesco

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭TimHorton


    headnorth wrote: »
    Tesco

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    Tesco Staff 20% Discount this week too !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭Cloudio9


    Caranica wrote: »
    Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.

    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Caranica wrote: »
    Those gins are unbelievably cheap. I love the Tanqueray Seville Orange one, it's usually €40-45! A bargain indeed at 25.

    I picked up the Beefeater 3 for 50. I like that gin so thought it was a good deal. Haven't tried the Tanqueray.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Cloudio9 wrote: »
    How sweet is the Tanqueray ? I hate when flavoured gins taste like alcopops. I like subtle flavoured gins like Boyle's raspberry blush.

    It's not very sweet at all. The Whitney Neil ones are full of sugar but the Tanqueray is light. Was given it with ginger ale in a pop up gin cocktail bar in Newcastle and loved it. Even my beer and whiskey drinking friend has taken to it so definitely not overly sweet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭POBox19


    Any good offers on real gin, i.e. Cork Dry Gin?


  • Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭theminstrel


    POBox19 wrote: »
    Any good offers on real gin, i.e. Cork Dry Gin?

    23 in Dunnes today for 1L.
    Was 20 last week, so not a great deal


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭franglan


    Anyone know how long the 500ml Guinness slabs in Tesco are around for?


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