Do you like Guiness?

[Spion]

I used to go to pub in Brum that was run by a trio of shuffling old Irish pensioners and they did 3 pours. I do remember their Guinness being tasty, but given it is mass produced keg beer that might have been to do with the temperature which is possibly the only variable that could make a difference (beyond simply having clean pipes)

 

[Spion]

Barmen who do a clover pattern in the head are wankers btw.

But you'll let barmaids off because they're lasses?

 

[tommers]

I used to go to pub in Brum that was run by a trio of shuffling old Irish pensioners and they did 3 pours. I do remember their Guinness being tasty, but given it is mass produced keg beer that might have been to do with the temperature which is possibly the only variable that could make a difference (beyond simply having clean pipes)

Well, the whole point of nitrokeg is that it takes away any variation between pubs etc.

The McDonald's of beer.

 

[tarannau]

There used to be two theories to keeping Guinness perfect:
1) Clean pipes on the same days as the lager cleaning cycle
2) Not cleaning the pipes at all, believing the drink to have some mystic self-cleaning properties

TBH it doesn't really make much difference ime. Guinness was always more fogiving of poor cellarmanship than, say, a cheap lager which would taint and lose fizz faster.

 

[Spion]

Well, the whole point of nitrokeg is that it takes away any variation between pubs etc.

The McDonald's of beer.

Sure. But temp and cleanliness will make a difference

 

[fogbat]

Barmen who do a clover pattern in the head are wankers btw.

I used to draw nobs

"Oh, sorry, that clover's gone all wrong again..."

 

[tarannau]

My shamrocks always looked like an outline of Africa for some reason.

 

[sleaterkinney]

FWIW you can pour a 'perfect' Guinness in one pour, even without adjusting gas pressure in many cases.

It's basically a marketing gimmick. It's the same 70/30 nitrokeg mix used for other shite beers like John Smith's smooth and Caffreys.

Won't you just end up with a massive head?.

 

[keithy]

actually get more head by doing part pour

 

[marty21]

I really fancy a pint of guinness now no idea why

 

[keithy]

me too

 

[ChrisC]

beamish is also nice, has a slight fruity edge imo.

I used to like Beamish Red. What ever happened to that?

 

[fogbat]

I really fancy a pint of guinness now no idea why

me too

Electrogirl's new job: part of the Guinness Marketing Team

 

[tommers]

Electrogirl's new job: part of the Guinness Marketing Team

They're everywhere.

 

[marty21]

Electrogirl's new job: part of the Guinness Marketing Team

I think she should dress up like a big pint of guinness and hand out leaflets and stuff

 

[DotCommunist]

wear one of them stupid guinness hats twats wear on patricks day. St. Patricks day will in the not to distant future be re-branded as Guiness Day

 

[marty21]

<Takes off guinness hat>

 

[Dr. Furface]

I luvs it. In fact, I just had a pint at lunchtime!

 

[Dr. Furface]

I used to like Beamish Red. What ever happened to that?

It was too much like Guinness but not as good. There's room for only one black beer on most bars and everyone knows it's name.

 

[ChrisC]

Yes but it was Red!

 

[tarannau]

The sad thing is that Guinness managed to get suckers people to swallow the idea that this nitrokeg pish is a properly authentic Oirish stout drunk by leprechauns and the like since the 15th century. Even in the 90s Guinness was still selling Guinness Classic or Original - hand pulled cask conditioned stout, much more similar to a real ale.

It's amazing how successful their marketing has been.

 

[Cobbles]

It's probably the best of all the formulaic brew-it-anywhere industrial beers, merely because lagers are brewed to taste utterly insipid so that they appeal straight from the first gulp.

At least Guinness tastes of something other than coldness and high pressure CO2/nitrogen, whether it's brewed in Ireland or Ghana........

 

[Dr. Furface]

The sad thing is that Guinness managed to get suckers people to swallow the idea that this nitrokeg pish is a properly authentic Oirish stout drunk by leprechauns and the like since the 15th century. Even in the 90s Guinness was still selling Guinness Classic or Original - hand pulled cask conditioned stout, much more similar to a real ale.

It's amazing how successful their marketing has been.

Yes, obviously nobody drinks it simply because they happen to like the taste of it!

 

[Fedayn]

Putting blackcurrant in it should be a capital offence.

 

[tarannau]

Who said that people didn't drink it because they didn't like the taste of it? No accounting for taste, as the inexplicable popularity of Mickey Bubbles, Simply Red and many others shows.

The disappointing thing is that keg Guinness doesn't even have that much of a distinctive taste. And even less so now as they try and attract younger drinkers in developed markets by serving the drink ever colder.

 

[tommers]

next in... the reason why magnier's is poured over ice!

 

[tarannau]

It's because the Oirish don't have fridges silly.

And they also unable to stop their cider being 'stained' by what seems to be the food colouring from Tango.

Thankfully the 'cider as the new alcopop' bandwagon seems to be dying down now

 

[tommers]

The Irish don't have fridges? Where do they keep the ice?

It's another USP innit? And the cold deadens the taste, same as Guinness extra cold, foster's extra cold et al. (not that there's much taste in foster's anyway)

http://wheresthesausage.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/magners_cider_s.html

oh, I only read the first line of that article before linking it. It mentions Guinness further down too.

 

[kained&able]

next in... the reason why magnier's is poured over ice!

I hate ice in my alkimohol.


dave

 

[Herbsman.]

Erm, I don't know if you know, but I drink Guiness now.

I don't know what 'Guiness' is. Is it a new drink? I quite like Guinness, which is a rather tasty stout.

Probably the least tasty stout I've tried apart from double chocolate stout, which just tasted like chocolate. But it's better than nothing.