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Title: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: willabur on July 17, 2014, 10:13:36 AM
Hey All,

Anyone have a load of swingtop bottles they want to move on let me know, will be able to collect anywhere in the dublin area and surrounds
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: brenmurph on August 15, 2014, 04:23:51 PM
whats your requirement, size, cost, with or without the flips
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: irish_goat on August 15, 2014, 04:25:17 PM
I say it all the time but check out the craft beer pubs.

The Brew Dock
Against the Grain
Kavanagh'
L. Mulligans
Bull and Castle

They nearly always have some stashed away and will save them up if not.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: brenmurph on August 15, 2014, 04:27:09 PM
expensive to buy....very cheap if u can tap a local craft pub...but I would have thought they'd be well snapped up sees as half the country is brewin these days ;D
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Shane Phelan on August 15, 2014, 04:35:20 PM
Quote from: irish_goat on August 15, 2014, 04:25:17 PM
I say it all the time but check out the craft beer pubs.

The Brew Dock
Against the Grain
Kavanagh'
L. Mulligans
Bull and Castle

They nearly always have some stashed away and will save them up if not.

I asked in the Bull and Castle and the guy refused saying they were for regulars only with a bit of an attitude. Haven't been back since.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: brenmurph on August 15, 2014, 04:39:06 PM
Well done shiny....we havnt been near a certain other very popular craft pub over the same sort of bad attitude from 15 year old manager with  a very unpleasant attitude to his customers.....Customer service with an attitude...what happened the 'smile'....
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: CARA on August 15, 2014, 05:16:52 PM
I think I can guess who youre on about there, is he quite big?
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Fal on August 15, 2014, 05:33:56 PM
It's interesting to hear those stories. Sorry to hijack the thread but twice in different brew pubs this year alone I've witnessed a bar man very rudely dismiss someone ordering a macro beer. I work in the service industry and to me a customer is a customer and ordering the "wrong" beer hardly deserves the criticism they received.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: LordEoin on August 15, 2014, 07:38:03 PM
i know exactly how it feels to be surrounded by craft beers and just want a bloody heineken to give the mouth a rest  ;D
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Qs on August 15, 2014, 08:14:50 PM
Quote from: Fal on August 15, 2014, 05:33:56 PM
It's interesting to hear those stories. Sorry to hijack the thread but twice in different brew pubs this year alone I've witnessed a bar man very rudely dismiss someone ordering a macro beer. I work in the service industry and to me a customer is a customer and ordering the "wrong" beer hardly deserves the criticism they received.

Just don't serve macros if you don't think people should buy them.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Fal on August 15, 2014, 08:25:25 PM
The first time was when I finally persuaded my gf to come to a brew pub with me. She asked for a miller (the horror!) and was told we sorry don't serve that piss! There is a much nicer way to say sorry craft beer only. Needless to say I didn't get to stay for a second pint. Thanks mr bar man!
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: CARA on August 15, 2014, 08:30:18 PM
Might have been me haha
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Post by: Garry on August 15, 2014, 08:31:42 PM
Quote from: Fal on August 15, 2014, 08:25:25 PM
Needless to say I didn't get to stay for a second pint. Thanks mr bar man!

This is the reason I love to see Heineken tap at the bar. I know my buddy's will stay longer than 1 round.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Fal on August 15, 2014, 08:43:16 PM
Cheers Cara, I had to go sup Guinness and listen to her bitch about it all night!!! : )

+1 Gary
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: Qs on August 15, 2014, 09:36:03 PM
Quote from: Fal on August 15, 2014, 08:25:25 PM
The first time was when I finally persuaded my gf to come to a brew pub with me. She asked for a miller (the horror!) and was told we sorry don't serve that piss! There is a much nicer way to say sorry craft beer only. Needless to say I didn't get to stay for a second pint. Thanks mr bar man!

You'd think the staff would be trained to say "sorry we don't have *insert macro* but you should try *insert craft alternative*". When my local craft bar opened almost everyone bar us beer fanatics drank the Fischers Helles they had on top because its what the barman told them to drink. Eventually they branched out. People need gateway drinks.
Title: Re: Wanted: Swingtop Bottles
Post by: mr hoppy on August 16, 2014, 11:41:20 PM
I'll never forget visiting a bar in Montreal - there was an impressive list of local beers I'd never heard of behind the bar - I asked the barman what was good and he said in his best Quebecois accent - wee don't serve any sheet here.

What an asshole. But at least he wasn't lying. :)