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Any Guinness fans here?
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I drink it when out. Low alcohol content means I won't get very drunk on it and I like the taste better than many lagers.
Guinness? Horrid crap!
Real men drink Murphy's
(and i'm not biased just because i live in Cork where it's made...)
Actually, you have a very good point. I know people (not just Corkonians) who swear by Murphy's, arguing that it is a far superior product to Guinness. Part of the problem is that it is hard to source outside of Cork (or Munster).
Anything folk, or anything trad, or anything natural sounding. Even classical, or jazz, nice and slow and smooth. Basically, the sort of music you can imagine yourself relaxing to live, or being quietly enthused by - if that's not too much of a paradox.
I have never seen or tasted this product anywhere but I have been told about it. Basically, Guinness meets the requirements of the German beer-purity law of 1516, which means that it is made entirely from natural products. In the African heat, such products can spoil quickly, and I believe that this version was developed especially to be able to cope with tropical conditions, hence the high alcohol content. If anyone has come across it - or even consumed it - do let us know.
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Ugh... Stella...... Red Stripe, like it alot! Nothing like going to Jamica for the weekend.
When Ma Cake was in hospital having me, she and the other expectant mums were given a tot of Guinness each day to help keep their iron levels up.
Despite this I'm not at all keen on the stuff myself.
Despite this I'm not at all keen on the stuff myself.
I'm drinking a can of Guinness as I write. I'm not an expectant Mum but it is purely for medicinal purposes. I may have another after this one.
Can't stand the stuff normally, no contest between it and a nice cold beer. Though I have a pint on St Patrick's Day and usually just about manage to finish it.
No offense intended I was just offering a erroneous explanation for your preference. By that same argument, the reason I like croissants is because I live in western NY...
Unless that comment you made above was in itself facetious...
Mmmm...I love me some Guinness. When I can't find it, don't have any or just need a change of pace, Negra Modelo is the next best dark beer IMO. (Yeah I know, I'm comparing apples and oranges.)
If you can get smashed off of drinking Guinness alone, then you've got one hell of a big stomach.
A pint or three of Guinness fill me right up, and there's no more room for anything else.
PS -- I still haven't found a place that pours it right here in the states let alone be able to make a clover.
If you can get smashed off of drinking Guinness alone, then you've got one hell of a big stomach.
A pint or three of Guinness fill me right up, and there's no more room for anything else.
PS -- I still haven't found a place that pours it right here in the states let alone be able to make a clover.
I find it hard to believe that Guinness doesn't do more to improve the quality of their product by insisting staff are properly trained to pour it right. Here in Northern Ireland (and I assume the rest of the UK and Ireland), Guinness have a very stringent quality control system which includes a quality team which inspect every premises on a regular basis to ensure that the pub is serving the product properly (clean lines/tap etc), along with training courses for bar staff to ensure they know how to pour it properly.