Does anyone here find Guiness.....

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Better if you go to Ireland for it.

Mack

[/ QUOTE ]

Very true. The best beer I ever had was a Guinness in the Dublin airport after about 6 months dry. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[BOTW]

Guinness is the best widely available beer. <--that is a period, there.

To appreciate beer you should:

a) Know how to take the "short tour" at the brewery(s)
b) Drink a Guinness in Ireland
c) Find a warm Pabst under the seat, proceed to drinking while telling your buddies, "This ain't so bad. Want some?"
d) Be able to recognize what beer(s) you drank via the taste of the vomit
e) Have said, at least once, "You sure you can't fit another in the beer bong?"
f) Have done a keg stand for at least 30 seconds
g) Have bought beers based on the amount of alcohol per dollar (Steel Reserve 40s and Icehouse usually fair well here)
h) I can't remember the rest

[ChipWrecked]

[ QUOTE ]
Pabst is still coasting on its 1893 Blue Ribbon win.

[/ QUOTE ]

My late uncle, rest his soul, was a devoted PBR drinker (with ice, presumably so he didn't have to taste it).

Standard line while walking in his door was:

"Wanna beer?"

"I'd love one, but I'll have a Pabst anyway."

[Shajen]

I don't like Guinness either.

The awesome thing about beer is there are literally thousands to choose from. You'll find yours.

[britspin]

Do you guys have Guinness extra cold? It's good. I prefer it to the normal Guinness in Summer.

This is heresy, but I don't care.

[Shajen]

I honestly don't know. As I said, I don't like the taste of Guinness, so I don't actively look for variations of it.

People's tastes are always different...

[RunDownHouse]

Just to clarify, Guinness has a unique mouth-feel because beer gas (nitrogen and CO2) is used instead of straight CO2.

[samjjones]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Also, let's not forget about black and tans, half guiness, half harp.


[/ QUOTE ]

Actually, that is called a "half and half". Black and Tan is Bass Ale on Bottom, Guinness on top.

I drink Black and Tans regularly and one of my pet peaves is upon ordering when the server asks whether I want that with Bass or Harp.

[/ QUOTE ]
This is incorrect.A true back and tan is Guinness and Harp,both Irish beers.The Bass version is an American thing.

[/ QUOTE ]

Q: What is a Black & Tan?

A: What is a Half-and-Half?
The answer depends on who you ask. The all-Guinness Black & Tan is Harp's Lager and Guinness. (Harp's is brewed by Guinness at Dundalk). Many consider the classic Black & Tan to be Bass Pale Ale and Guinness. (To some Irish, they appreciate the fact that the Irish comes out on top!) However, Bass Ale is not as available in Ireland as it used to be, and either Harp or Smithwicks is generally used. However, there are many variations involving a stout or porter and another lighter coloured beer, either lager or ale.

A half-and-half is often just another name for a Black & Tan. However, in many North American Irish pubs, the Bass/Guinness combination is called a Black & Tan, while the Harp/Guinness combination is called a Half-and-Half.

To quote Brendan E. Molloy b.molloy@ic.ac.uk: according to "The Guinness Drinking Companion" by Leslie Dunkling:

Black and Tan = Guinness and Mild
Half and Half = Mild and Bitter

The above book (now sadly out of print) was published by Guinness Publishing and if anyone knows they do! The full Oxford English Dictionary also mentions these mixtures (look under Beer, Ale, Drink, etc.). With the decline of Mild in the UK these names are dropping out of use. In Dublin, where Mild is no longer available, you will get Guinness mixed with Bitter if you ask for a Black and Tan. Some publicans serve other combinations so it is best to check before you buy.
[Note: Mild is a sweet 'Tan' coloured beer., that is typically light in alcohol.]

However, Guinness promotional advertising refers to a Black & Tan as being the Bass and Guinness version. Ken Papai described the ads as follows:

Here is the Guinness Import Company © 1992 ad on their beer card/beer coaster that they distribute at pubs and beer shows:
THE TRUE COLORS OF HALLOWEEN (picture of black & tan in a pint glass)
Guinness (picture of a harp, the Guinness trademark and logo)
Bass Ale (Bass logo)
BLACK & TAN

Cut/Paste from some Guinness website

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Do you guys have Guinness extra cold? It's good. I prefer it to the normal Guinness in Summer.

This is heresy, but I don't care.

[/ QUOTE ]

What are you talking about? Most Americans drink pretty much all our beer cold all the time.

[diebitter]

There are many beers drunk in Britain and Ireland that are drunk warm, and better for it.

But that American fizzy piss you call beer needs to be cold otherwise you could taste it and you'd either honk up or realise it's flavoured water, and that buzz you get is caused entirely by the placebo effect. It's okay cold, with pizza, though.