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Do you like Guiness?

Do you like Guiness?


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Allegedly it's amazing in Ireland. A different drink. If so, why don't they just export that here?

they closed the brewery at park royal in 2005, and since then all the guinness sold in the UK has been brewed in dublin - think there was something in the argument before then

i don't object to guinness, but tend only to drink it if there's no decent beer on offer. and would go for beamish or murphys if there was a choice

i did occasionally drink mackesons if choice was very limited, but now i'm lactose intolerant, it wouldn't be a good idea
 
they closed the brewery at park royal in 2005, and since then all the guinness sold in the UK has been brewed in dublin - think there was something in the argument before then

i don't object to guinness, but tend only to drink it if there's no decent beer on offer. and would go for beamish or murphys if there was a choice

i did occasionally drink mackesons if choice was very limited, but now i'm lactose intolerant, it wouldn't be a good idea
Ok. Over the years from teenage until now I simply couldn't drink beer at all really where as I can drink and fully enjoy porters/stouts and pale ales now. But still not bitters. That remains in the realm of blue cheese that apparently lots of people love but tastes like sweaty socks to me.
 
No it's basically diluted mud, We did the Guiness brewery tour when we went to Dublin and you get a free pint in the bar at the top of the tower. I managed about 2 sips of mine then thought "Jesus even if it's free I can't drink this shit"
 
they closed the brewery at park royal in 2005, and since then all the guinness sold in the UK has been brewed in dublin - think there was something in the argument before then

i don't object to guinness, but tend only to drink it if there's no decent beer on offer. and would go for beamish or murphys if there was a choice

i did occasionally drink mackesons if choice was very limited, but now i'm lactose intolerant, it wouldn't be a good idea
Pretty much this.

There are reasons Guinness is sold very cold these days - it's bloody awful.
Proper stout is best served only slightly chilled.
 
Just remembered - I used to know a couple of guys who worked at the Park Royal Guinness brewery. They didn't drink it and if asked why not would say "You wouldn't if you knew what goes into it".

I did go to Ireland on holiday around that time. Drank "quite a lot" of Guinness, as in those days ale didn't exist there. It was pretty good, and yep, my poo turned black.
 
Just remembered - I used to know a couple of guys who worked at the Park Royal Guinness brewery. They didn't drink it and if asked why not would say "You wouldn't if you knew what goes into it".

I did go to Ireland on holiday around that time. Drank "quite a lot" of Guinness, as in those days ale didn't exist there. It was pretty good, and yep, my poo turned black.
They are probably veggies then as there used to be fish products put into it.
Or maybe nuclear shit. They never said anyway.
 
I drink it when I go to rugby matches sometimes, usually when I’m staying over at a hotel or someone’s house so I can leave a massive black log the next morning in a loo that isn’t my own
 
Just remembered - I used to know a couple of guys who worked at the Park Royal Guinness brewery. They didn't drink it and if asked why not would say "You wouldn't if you knew what goes into it".

I did go to Ireland on holiday around that time. Drank "quite a lot" of Guinness, as in those days ale didn't exist there. It was pretty good, and yep, my poo turned black.
I had mates who worked there when I lived in Harleseden . Played a couple of times for their football team as a ringer. The Guinness was ace there .
 
I think my one major moment of personal growth in 2021 was learning that I like Guinness. I've already had my moment of growth for 2023 by learning that I quite rate Taylor Swift, even late/recent-period Taylor. Anyway, I reckon that Guinness with blackcurrant in might be alright, OP may well have been on to something there.
 
I remember a while back my mum asking me about something she'd seen suggesting that drinking Guinness was a sign of being a racist. I think that falls into the category of "weird things people say on the internet" rather than "weird things my mum made up" but it's pretty bonkers either way.
 
I remember a while back my mum asking me about something she'd seen suggesting that drinking Guinness was a sign of being a racist. I think that falls into the category of "weird things people say on the internet" rather than "weird things my mum made up" but it's pretty bonkers either way.
It's black. Oh my god, how can it be described as that?
 
It's black. Oh my god, how can it be described as that?
It's famous for being popular in Africa and the Carribbean. I genuinely have no idea where this particular hot take came from, I'd say the odds are about 70% "some odd shit that someone on the internet claimed for some reason" and about 30% "just one of those strange things your parents make up".
 
I like it in places where they sell a lot as I think it goes ‘off’ in the barrel quite quickly. So stadiums at rugby matches or in Ireland. When you can get those special cans you put on an ultrasound vibrating plate it can be almost as good as fresh draft. But I haven’t seen one of those for a while.
 
I have a stout story. My father's grandfather (this must be fucking years ago, my dad's been dead a decade) would always get the pub to bottle him a stout to go home with. After he went to sleep his wife would go downstairs, open it and pour herself a glass, drink it, then fill the difference up with water and seal it.
The next day he'd drink it with his dinner and say "It never tastes the same you know?" (according to my dad) :D
 
i don't object to guinness, but tend only to drink it if there's no decent beer on offer. and would go for beamish or murphys if there was a choice
This - It's a long time ago now, but when I left college I worked in Dublin for a couple of months. Guinness was OK, but I much preferred Murphy's.
 
I like a pint of Guinness, here its mainly cans though although some of the Brit bars have those surger machines. Both Sagres and Superbock do stouts and they are popular at this time of the year. The Portuguese artisan beer scene is rife with stouts, imperial stouts, milk stouts, chocolate stouts, coffee stouts, stouts with chilli, cream of pastel de nata stouts etc.
 
I had a phase of drinking not-lager and I used to choose Gillespie's or Murphy's over Guinness. Had a can of Guinness a few months back and found it hard to get through tbh.
 
I’ve drunk Guinness since I was old enough to get served in pubs (about 14). The stuff in my local in Ireland was poured half and half from 2 kegs - one cold and one room temperature. A pint took 20 minutes to pour and settle and had a thick consistency you could almost take a bite out of. The time taken meant that you ordered your second pint at the same time you received your first but it was worth it. When I first moved to England in the late 80s I found the Guinness to be fucking awful so moved to drinking bitter for a bit. I did find you could get a decent pint in certain places like Liverpool (who got their stout from Dublin) but everywhere else it was poured too fast and too cold. About the mid-90s (around the time of those Rutger Hauer ads about taking time) my mate worked in a pub and went on a course on how to pour it “properly”. He said they were given a wee speech on how English drinkers are used to quickly pulled beer and wouldn’t wait for 20 minutes so they decided that 2-3 mins was the longest time allowed. I think it did improve a bit after that and I started drinking it again. Mind you, it’s been so long since I’ve had a “20 minute” pint, I’m probably used to what passes for it over here.
I love the variations - especially the stronger versions from Nigeria or the Caribbean - brewed with sorghum and clocking in about 8%. If I see an African run offy or I’m at the carnival I pop in and see if they have it. My mate who lived in Ghana said that, after giving blood there, you get a pint of the 8% stuff. Way to go! 😎
 
Irish guy used to run the bar at my Karate club.

Told me he kept the cellar at the exact temp needed for Guinness and fuck all the other barrels.

He poured the first ever Guinness I liked.
Super rich, creamy and smooooth. It was almost like coffee.

Ever Guinness since has been a disappointment even if I like it.
I can't think of any other drink that varies so much on where you get it from.
 
I’ve drunk Guinness since I was old enough to get served in pubs (about 14). The stuff in my local in Ireland was poured half and half from 2 kegs - one cold and one room temperature. A pint took 20 minutes to pour and settle and had a thick consistency you could almost take a bite out of. The time taken meant that you ordered your second pint at the same time you received your first but it was worth it. When I first moved to England in the late 80s I found the Guinness to be fucking awful so moved to drinking bitter for a bit. I did find you could get a decent pint in certain places like Liverpool (who got their stout from Dublin) but everywhere else it was poured too fast and too cold. About the mid-90s (around the time of those Rutger Hauer ads about taking time) my mate worked in a pub and went on a course on how to pour it “properly”. He said they were given a wee speech on how English drinkers are used to quickly pulled beer and wouldn’t wait for 20 minutes so they decided that 2-3 mins was the longest time allowed. I think it did improve a bit after that and I started drinking it again. Mind you, it’s been so long since I’ve had a “20 minute” pint, I’m probably used to what passes for it over here.
I love the variations - especially the stronger versions from Nigeria or the Caribbean - brewed with sorghum and clocking in about 8%. If I see an African run offy or I’m at the carnival I pop in and see if they have it. My mate who lived in Ghana said that, after giving blood there, you get a pint of the 8% stuff. Way to go! 😎
Yes the Nigerian and Caribbean stuff is very good
 
I know it’s mass-produced blah blah but a good pint of Guinness is truly magical 🤤
 

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