Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

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Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by escapizm » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:55 pm

Subject says it all, just popped in the Darlo branch and there it was...

Also do a line in HB kit which was interesting.

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by vacant » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:09 pm

This is the price at Wilko's it always has been, always is, and always will be, world without end.

Seriously, last year Wilko's beer kits & enhancer went up in price. The cheap kits went up most (enhancer £3.29 - £4.99, geordie £4.99 to £7.99), Coopers went up a quid and wherry stayed the same. Weird.
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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by escapizm » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:24 pm

Ive paid £17ish i think at my HBS for the wherry :oops:

Lillywhite

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Post by Lillywhite » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:31 pm

escapizm wrote:Ive paid £17ish i think at my HBS for the wherry :oops:
Obviously Wilkos have done a bulk buying deal with Youngs homebrew on the Wherry kit hence the £14.99 price, less VAT adjustment, which has been the same ever since they started stocking it many years ago.

It's a shame that they don't try to stock the other type of Woodforde's kits. :(

Ady1975

Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Ady1975 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:30 pm

it's the BKE price that hurts me the most

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Mogwyth » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:03 pm

Ady1975 wrote:it's the BKE price that hurts me the most
Coopers Aussie Lager £10, BKE £5 total £15 = 38p a pint bargain. What could you get in a supermarket for that price?

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Tramorak » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:04 pm

escapizm wrote:Ive paid £17ish i think at my HBS for the wherry :oops:
I think the extra £2 (for 40ish pints of your favourite tipple) is worth it for the personal service and expertise that your LHBS can offer. I am pretty sure that Wilkos don't have a Home Brew expert in every store.

Dave.

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Mogwyth » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:07 pm

Lillywhite wrote:
escapizm wrote:Ive paid £17ish i think at my HBS for the wherry :oops:
Obviously Wilkos have done a bulk buying deal with Youngs homebrew on the Wherry kit hence the £14.99 price, less VAT adjustment, which has been the same ever since they started stocking it many years ago.

It's a shame that they don't try to stock the other type of Woodforde's kits. :(
On the other hand it's good they don't, leaves some of the market for the HB shops and without hb shops your choice of kits and availability of other stuff would almost certainly diminish.

Ady1975

Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Ady1975 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:25 pm

Mogwyth wrote:
Ady1975 wrote:it's the BKE price that hurts me the most
Coopers Aussie Lager £10, BKE £5 total £15 = 38p a pint bargain. What could you get in a supermarket for that price?
Hey man, I shop at Netto's, you'd be suprised!!! :wink:

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by techtone » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:02 pm

creativewinemaking still have ALL the Woodfordes at £14.99. Buy 4 and a spare washer to get free delivery. (over £60)

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Mogwyth » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:42 pm

Ady1975 wrote:
Mogwyth wrote:
Ady1975 wrote:it's the BKE price that hurts me the most
Coopers Aussie Lager £10, BKE £5 total £15 = 38p a pint bargain. What could you get in a supermarket for that price?
Hey man, I shop at Netto's, you'd be suprised!!! :wink:
Unless it was a super special offer, I wouldn't pour anything down my throat that costs that little in a supermarket.

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Jaz_Allen » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:07 pm

My local Wilko's stocks the Wherry, the Great Eastern and I believe the Admiral's and the Nog, as well as Coopers Lager and Bitter, Edme and Youngs kits, good job really as my nearest HBS is a bus journey then a tram journey, and it seems to close stupidly early on Saturday and isn't open at all on a Sunday.

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Lillywhite » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:18 pm

Jaz_Allen wrote:My local Wilko's stocks the Wherry, the Great Eastern and I believe the Admiral's and the Nog...
If that's the case then I shall approach my local Wilko's to see if they can order in for me a Great Eastern and Admiral's Reserve kit. :wink:

Ady1975

Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by Ady1975 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:21 pm


Hey man, I shop at Netto's, you'd be suprised!!! :wink:
Unless it was a super special offer, I wouldn't pour anything down my throat that costs that little in a supermarket.

:lol: I wasn't being serious, but only just... dented tins and bottles that have had allsorts spilt on them from somewhere or something :shock: are always in the bargain buckets, never more than 50p.

we'll have eaten worse things in our lifetimes than they could ever put in a cheap lager, I still like a cheap sausage from the barby :=P !!

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Re: Wilko's Woodfordes Wherry £14.99 ITS TRUE

Post by rollin danny » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:17 pm

Ady1975 wrote:it's the BKE price that hurts me the most
What I do to save a bit is buy 1 kg dme £6.50 and 1 kg brewing sugar £1.50[i believe you can get it for £1 kg at certain places]Then I spit them 50/50 and that works out £4.oo per kilo .So thats a pound better than bke. :D

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