Does anyone here find Guiness.....

[Leo99]

I'm going to Ireland in a year or two. I freakin' hope I'm mistaken.

[Lafortezza]

The Guinness in Ireland is usually very different from the Guinness you get in the States or the rest of Europe. Apparently Australia does good Guinness in places.

Dublin (Ireland's capital city) has so many pubs offering great Guinness but most of them serve to Tourists and/or the weekend crowds so it's more about serving up quantity rather than quality. Guinness in a busy bar or club on a saturday night is slop, it'll will be rushed, not allowed to settle and very overpriced.

What you need to do is to find a small and quiet "old man" type pub where the customers are all regulars and all locals. Galway/Donegal/Kerry will all have these kinds of pubs. But you will get odd looks from the regulars if they don't know you.

The keg needs to be within a short pipe-distance to the taps, ideally directly beneath the taps, and the taps have to be cleaned in a certain way afaik.

And the barman needs to know what the fúck he's doing. This is paramount.

[Lafortezza]

lol I just spent 20 seconds looking at my own avatar.

20 seconds! hell, I missed my action looking at your avatar.

[smokingrobot]

plastic thing = rocket widget.

[nubs]

Pabst is still coasting on its 1893 Blue Ribbon win.

[The Don]

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Pabst is still coasting on its 1893 Blue Ribbon win.

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Ha! If they had a contest for beers which cost < $15 for a 30 pack then I would give it the blue ribbon for 2005.

[tdp]

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


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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.

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

[jakethebake]

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......too dark and heavy? i tried it for the first time last night and i thought of a beer flavored milkshake, it was so heavy. And what the hell is that plastic thing at the bottom of the bottle?

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YSSCKY

[mackthefork]

Better if you go to Ireland for it.

Mack