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Guinness Hop House 13 - what's the deal?

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    #122
    Effects
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    I figure this happens to Guinness mid strength too. I've had it a few places and it can taste quite different.


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    #123
    dvdman1
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    This hop house flowers whatever...is totally disgusting
    I drank 1 then had to throw a Guinness on top to get the filth off my breath...I don't even drink Guinness but I got lured into a zero choice bar.


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    #124
    BaZmO*
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    dvdman1 wrote: »
    This hop house flowers whatever...is totally disgusting
    I drank 1 then had to throw a Guinness on top to get the filth off my breath...I don't even drink Guinness but I got lured into a zero choice bar.

    You'd swear it was actual poison. It may be a tad boring but it's not that bad.


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    #125
    OldMrBrennan83
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    #126
    Slattsy
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    Been sold out of several bars (Dublin city centre) i've been in over the past month or so. Delighted to see its selling so well.
    I've not been drinking much of it myself, apart from the odd one here and there, but a lot of my mates are getting stuck into it.

    My Father is in the bar game and they cant get enough of it in his place either and he cant get what he wants in. They cant supply the demand.

    Great to see -vivaDiageo


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    #127
    Speak Now
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    Had a pint in Dublin at the weekend, cant believe how terrible it was. It must have been a bad pint, no way it could be that horrible surely.


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    #128
    L1011
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    They're now so rare they're far from "normal". A normal pub doesn't have 8 taps and the same 8 in bottles anymore


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    #129
    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    @L1011

    I keep hearing this on this forum that "zero choice pubs" are far from normal. From my experience (ok I'm only in Ireland at most twice a year these days) most pubs outside Dublin have zero craft beer.

    What's the situation in Maynooth?


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    #130
    the beer revolu
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    Lucena wrote: »
    @L1011

    I keep hearing this on this forum that "zero choice pubs" are far from normal. From my experience (ok I'm only in Ireland at most twice a year these days) most pubs outside Dublin have zero craft beer.

    What's the situation in Maynooth?

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    #131
    L1011
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    Lucena wrote: »
    @L1011

    I keep hearing this on this forum that "zero choice pubs" are far from normal. From my experience (ok I'm only in Ireland at most twice a year these days) most pubs outside Dublin have zero craft beer.

    What's the situation in Maynooth?

    One pub* has Diageo/Heineken/C&C only, the rest have multiple craft taps and all have an acceptable range on bottles.

    *I will admit I haven't been in the GAA club's bar recently enough to include it, so it could be two.


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    #132
    Lovely Bloke
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    The Bachelor is a "Normal Pub", no craft, but they do have, bizarrely, re-badged Murphy's being sold as a house-stout.

    Hophouse 13, Cute Hoor and Orchard Thieves notwithstanding.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #134
    Lucena
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    I hate this kind of sh1te. As a barman, you have to respect the customer's wishes and serve them what they want. If the barman really wants to promote craft beer, it's better to gently educate people who might seem interested (wee sample if customer says, "What's that beer like?") as opposed to this Comic Book Guy sneery attitude.

    It's probably more and exercise in 'I'm better than you' than anything else.


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    #135
    donaghs
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    Slattsy wrote: »
    Been sold out of several bars (Dublin city centre) i've been in over the past month or so. Delighted to see its selling so well.
    I've not been drinking much of it myself, apart from the odd one here and there, but a lot of my mates are getting stuck into it.

    My Father is in the bar game and they cant get enough of it in his place either and he cant get what he wants in. They cant supply the demand.

    Great to see -vivaDiageo

    You don't really drink it, but are delighted to see it selling so well? I don't really follow you here.


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    #136
    BaZmO*
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    Lucena wrote: »
    I hate this kind of sh1te. As a barman, you have to respect the customer's wishes and serve them what they want. If the barman really wants to promote craft beer, it's better to gently educate people who might seem interested (wee sample if customer says, "What's that beer like?") as opposed to this Comic Book Guy sneery attitude.

    It's probably more and exercise in 'I'm better than you' than anything else.
    Yeah it's an awful attitude. Internally I'm a beer snob but only towards beer I drink myself. I've always been conscience not to sneer at what my mates drink. Eventually people will come around. A snobby attitude just makes people not want to change or try something different.


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    #137
    Lovely Bloke
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    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Yeah it's an awful attitude. Internally I'm a beer snob but only towards beer I drink myself. I've always been conscience not to sneer at what my mates drink. Eventually people will come around. A snobby attitude just makes people not want to change or try something different.

    Yep, I'll always try to get my friends to try what I'm having, but they are mostly having Guinness, Bulmers or some macro lager.

    One friend always asks me for a recommendation for a stout or porter and will sometimes drink it, or sometimes not.

    Others will take a sip of an IPA, make a face, and go back to their lager.

    Meh, I spent long enough being a LOI snob and getting nowhere, now I just enjoy what I'm drinking, let others enjoy theirs and if they want to ask questions then I answer them.


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    #138
    Lucena
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Yep, I'll always try to get my friends to try what I'm having, but they are mostly having Guinness, Bulmers or some macro lager.

    One friend always asks me for a recommendation for a stout or porter and will sometimes drink it, or sometimes not.

    Others will take a sip of an IPA, make a face, and go back to their lager.

    Meh, I spent long enough being a LOI snob and getting nowhere, now I just enjoy what I'm drinking, let others enjoy theirs and if they want to ask questions then I answer them.

    LOI?

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    #139
    CramCycle
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    Patww79 wrote: »
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    I'd consider it far more palatable than Hop House.
    My local barman scoffs at anyone who orders it so I tend to avoid it, he's a big crafty head.
    Your local barman must not be cut out for his job. I worked behind the counter for years and would never be like that. Might have a joke with regulars, give my opinion if warranted, but scoffing at customers, that kind of attitude would put me off ever setting foot in the bar again.


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    #140
    Lovely Bloke
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    Lucena wrote: »
    LOI?

    Tipperary Southern & District Football League is where it's at these days! :P

    Hipster!

    I said it before and I'll say it again.

    Craft beer drinkers and LoI fans are peas in a pod. Both are seen as weird consumers of a bit of a left-field product that no-one really trusts.


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    #141
    L1011
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    And yet it used to be the Harp league!


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    #142
    Redsoxfan
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    L1011 wrote: »
    One pub* has Diageo/Heineken/C&C only, the rest have multiple craft taps and all have an acceptable range on bottles.

    *I will admit I haven't been in the GAA club's bar recently enough to include it, so it could be two.

    I assume it's the Roost that is still holding out? Or the Newtown Inn?


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    #143
    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    I assume it's the Roost that is still holding out? Or the Newtown Inn?

    Curious about that myself!

    Does that mean that Brady's and Caulfield's (assuming they still exist) are serving craft beer? They used to be 'old man' pubs when I lived there a good few years back.


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    #144
    GLaDOS
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    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    I assume it's the Roost that is still holding out? Or the Newtown Inn?

    Not a regular, but The Roost hasn't had any craft beer any time I've been in

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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #146
    Lucena
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    @Patww 79

    Not a Heineken or a lager drinker, but surprised by this. I've heard of Guinness varying in quality/taste depending on the pub/time of day/busyness of pub etc... but never lager.

    Is this specific to Heineken, or do all lagers vary from pub to pub?


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    #147
    Redsoxfan
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    Lucena wrote: »
    Curious about that myself!

    Does that mean that Brady's and Caulfield's (assuming they still exist) are serving craft beer? They used to be 'old man' pubs when I lived there a good few years back.

    Sorry for OT..

    Bradys has Franciscan Well, McGargles and I think Kellys Mountain Brew.

    Caulfields (now McMahons) has Kellys Mountain Brew last I saw.


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    #148
    L1011
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    Roost has only macros. Brady's has three or four craft taps in the lounge.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #150
    The Hill Billy
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    I was in my local last night & noticed that the majority of people were drinking HH13. The boss told me that it has gone way beyond the 'honeymoon period' when he expected a bit of a spike in sales, & is now outselling all other draught lagers & is just a shade off outselling Guinness.


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    #151
    Roquentin
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    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    I was in my local last night & noticed that the majority of people were drinking HH13. The boss told me that it has gone way beyond the 'honeymoon period' when he expected a bit of a spike in sales, & is now outselling all other draught lagers & is just a shade off outselling Guinness.

    like it, although many i have met dont


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