Spoons give Heineken a kick

[Padraich]

So... what do you all think?

Spoons are stopping selling Heineken and Murphys across their 926 pubs in UK & Ireland cause they wouldn't supply The Forty Foot.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/wetherspoon-axes-heineken-after-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-pub-row-1.2031075

[Bubbles]

Wow. £60 million worth of business down the drain... that's purchasing power for you.

[dcalnan]

So now will wetherspoons not serve any stouts as beamish is owned by Heineken as well, and they only served them as Guinness wouldn't give them a cheaper price.

[molc]

I do like that they're putting the pressure on at least, but they could be a monster in the making yet.

[Padraich]

Who knows...

Heineken UK is seeking resolution according to Reuters; and I'd imagine that the Dutch owners will have something to say as the Heineken share price dropped 1% as soon as this was announced today while Spoons were trading flat.

Interesting times.  I can see a case study in here some place for the economists and business heads of the world.  Brand value vs purchasing power.

[irish_goat]

So now will wetherspoons not serve any stouts as beamish is owned by Heineken as well, and they only served them as Guinness wouldn't give them a cheaper price.

Hopefully they'll get a decent stout in now.

[Bubbles]

I do like that they're putting the pressure on at least, but they could be a monster in the making yet.

Indeed. A sober reminder that if a super-chain like 'Spoons has that amount of power over a brewing giant like Heineken, imagine the power they have over smaller craft breweries.

[Rossa]

This might have a knock on effect for Irish grain farmers and malsters.

[Hop Bomb]

We did a blind taste test at a recent bjcp night & Beamish rocked the dry stout category with 42ish points on average. With Guinness & Murphys both scoring low 20's on average iirc.

[Shanna]

We did a blind taste test at a recent bjcp night & Beamish rocked the dry stout category with 42ish points on average. With Guinness & Murphys both scoring low 20's on average iirc.

Always felt it was highly underrated due its more fuller flavour than its more well know Irish cousins that seem to have adjusted the flavour to appeal to a wider audience.

Shanna

[brenmurph]

Always been a fan of beamish and on numerous blind tests it always does well

[Bubbles]

Is it nice out of the bottle? I much prefer bottled stouts to nitro.

[DEMPSEY]

When I first ever started drinking stouts it was Beamish that I preferred. 

[molc]

Related question, has anyone tried the smithwicks pale ale? Was given it a pub at the weekend and it wasn't too bad I thought.

[Greg2013]

So JDW undercut the price of a pint but why do Heineken care about that ? After all are they not already after getting paid for the beer ?

On a side note i never liked Beamish or Murphys ,far too sweet for a stout on both and i always felt they were a lot thinner bodied than Guinness tbh.