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Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 5 months ago #1

irish party ale Topic Author Offline Posts: 897	Saw this today in my local Dunnes. Its the first time I can remember seeing a (comparitively) non-macro beer priced close to whats charged north of the border. Viva la recession!

Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 5 months ago #2

TheBeerNut Offline Posts: 11663	&quot;Irish Party Ale&quot;:664khef5 wrote: (comparitively) non-macro beer[/quote:664khef5]Ah now here. It's from the biggest ale brewer in the UK: Marston's. Though it's a lovely beer: great to see it for that sort of money, and even better that Dunnes reckon there's a market for this sort of thing. It bodes well for ale in Ireland generally.

Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 5 months ago #3

andrew Offline Posts: 3334	&quot;TheBeerNut&quot;:1p4agyv0 wrote: &quot;Irish Party Ale&quot;:1p4agyv0 wrote: (comparitively) non-macro beer[/quote:1p4agyv0]Ah now here. It's from the biggest ale brewer in the UK: Marston's. [/quote:1p4agyv0] Well, indirectly. I think it's still badged as Wychwood.

Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 5 months ago #4

TheBeerNut Offline Posts: 11663	Yes, they're very careful about maintaining the separate identity of their brands. They sponsored the glassware at the Great British Beer Festival this year and it looked like an F1 driver's jacket with all the logos. But it doesn't make them any less macro. I bet they produce more Wychwood beer than Diageo produces Smithwick's.

Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 5 months ago #5

irish party ale Topic Author Offline Posts: 897	... but less than Heino or Bud...

Hobgoblin 3 for a fiver in Dunnes 15 years 4 months ago #6

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&quot;TheBeerNut&quot;:663tpp26 wrote: I bet they produce more Wychwood beer than Diageo produces Smithwick's.[/quote:663tpp26]

Figures I've seen say 50k barrels per year out of Wychwood, versus 1m barrels from Smithwicks, although the majority of the latter is actually Bud under license and several other beers.

This is against 50m per year from St James Gate, for reference.

I mention it not to be pedantic (well, not [i:663tpp26]just[/i:663tpp26] to be pedantic) but because I've read comments similar to TBN's re:Marston's about Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada not being craft anymore because they're too big, when in actual fact they're still a fraction the size of Bud or Coors.

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