Worst pint of Guinness you've had?

Dord

ansionnachclist wrote:

Bruxelles... aww man. Just thinking of that pint I had makes me sick. I got it in the Rock bar area. Absolutely disgusting. I can't describe it. I had to leg it out of there. yuck.

I agree, the Guinness from Bruxies is terrible. It used to be one of my favourite pubs, with nice pints too until they did up the place a few years ago. :mad:

The nicest pint I've had was in the pub underneath Tara St. Dart Station. It surprised me, I expected it to be ****, but it wasn't...far from it. I can't remember the name of the place. Its a pretty cool looking pub inside too. Nice friendly barstaff also.

biko

A Belfast pub called Robinsons. Mind it was in the middle of the day, not many poured yet.

Trampas

GaRtH_V wrote:

Eamonn Doranns (although its the same with all pints in there)

Fibbers

I would have to 2nd that.

This place is awful

brow_601

seansouth wrote:

Well, I have two nominations.

2. Some bar on Darling Harbour, Sydney. Went up to the bar, saw two lads drinking Guinness, asked them what it was like. Turned out they were two English lads, they told me it was 'alright'. I decided to chance it. Barman proceded to pour flat guinness from a can, then put the container it was in under a soda-stream type machine. :eek:

i was in germnay last week and i went into a german bar which advertised "the perfect pint of guinness".it was the exact same as this, although it wasnt a pint, it was in a 300 ml glass.it took all my strength not to cry at the sight of this.


i quoted wrong, im not bothered fixing it

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GaRtH_V wrote:

Eamonn Doranns (although its the same with all pints in there)

Had quite a nice pint of Miller there the other day

dregin

Quinn's in Dumcondra. I've only ever had one pint of Guinness in there but could only get half way through the pint. Absolutely disgusting.

uberwolf

Dakota.
We returned our first pints due to the size of the head. The improved pints still had a head over 1/3rd of the glass.

monkey tennis

judas101 wrote:

Crawdaddy. *shudders* not a place for the Guinness drinkers.

Should be fairl obvious really, particularly if they still serve it in plastic glasses like they used to. Any time I'm in Crawdaddy, I'll always go for the Warsteiner.

I'd say the worst was a few years back in a London pub. Found out afterward that your man had even poured it in one!

ciaran76

The worst one I ever had was in an Irish bar in Townsville Australia.
The pub was called Flynn's and it was the first pint of Guinness I had since leaving Ireland almost 6 months beforehand.

I nearly cried when I tasted it. It was the 1st Irish bar I had been in since I left and was dying for a Guinness that night. Put me off the idea of drinking Guinness again for a long time.

cianclarke

The Pav in TCD is usually pretty good, but during the summer they sometimes serve in plastic cups which makes it pretty f*cking awful. They have concerns of glass being left on the pitch and broken and that, but still...

CreepingDeath

I used to work in a pub in South Dublin ( some 15 years ago ), where we served "slops". There are drip trays underneath all the taps, and everything falls into them, bulmers, lagers, guinness etc. At the end of the night it all got thrown into the one bucket, and brought outside. We'd put a funnel on a keg, and poured it in. The slops had their own dedicated tap in the lounge.

So the first 3/4 of your pint would be pure guinness, then after it settled, we'd use the other tap to top it up with the slops.

That was 15 years ago, and the auld bastard of a manager has gone... so I can't say if the practice continues today.

If you held the pint up to the light, it would sometimes look more of a smithwicks/ale colour, than guinness.

And no, I won't name the pub, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if the practice goes on in (pulling a figure out of the air here) say 10% of pubs.

Garthicus

Pint served in a Carlsberg glass in the Arlington Hotel (Knightsbridge) PURE MUCK

admiralofthefleet

CreepingDeath wrote:

I used to work in a pub in South Dublin ( some 15 years ago ), where we served "slops". There are drip trays underneath all the taps, and everything falls into them, bulmers, lagers, guinness etc. At the end of the night it all got thrown into the one bucket, and brought outside. We'd put a funnel on a keg, and poured it in. The slops had their own dedicated tap in the lounge.

So the first 3/4 of your pint would be pure guinness, then after it settled, we'd use the other tap to top it up with the slops.

That was 15 years ago, and the auld bastard of a manager has gone... so I can't say if the practice continues today.

If you held the pint up to the light, it would sometimes look more of a smithwicks/ale colour, than guinness.

And no, I won't name the pub, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if the practice goes on in (pulling a figure out of the air here) say 10% of pubs.

that does continue, in a pub in the raheny area, i have first hand experience of it being the person that did it, albeit under orders. the sweeping brush in the top of the keg is funny though

johnnyskeleton

If a barman poors a pint straight it is usually because the patrons don't know what a good pint of guiness is (e.g. lots of tourists). If you give them the death eyes, grumble and make pouring gestures while you order you often get a better pint (or spit, but it's worth the risk).

The worst pints are when you a enjoying yourself in a good pub but your lager drinking mates decide to go to a club and you go with them. In which case, the palace in the old days was the worst.

monkeyfudge

judas101 wrote:

Crawdaddy. *shudders* not a place for the Guinness drinkers.

I made the mistake of ordering a Guinness there just this Thursday evening... absolutely terrible and cost €5 as well.

The Sheaf of Wheat in Coolock was really bad when Graingers took it over... it actually used to be one of the few pubs that Guinness actually owned.. For a long while there all you could get was the Extra Cold stuff and they seemed to make it even colder than normal... They seem to have finally gotten the message though and you can now get regular Guinness again... But for a while there you'd walk in and everyone was ordering the big bottles of Guinness to avoid the Extra Cold stuff....

Next door in Kyles you have to specify if you want 'Old' or 'Cold' Guinness. It's stupid though... if you ask for a Guinness you should just get a Guinness, if someone wants some extra cold sh*te then let them specify it.

irlirishkev

Garthicus wrote:

Pint served in a Carlsberg glass in the Arlington Hotel (Knightsbridge) PURE MUCK

The pint or the hotel..? oh wait, you probably mean both.

I get annoyed when I get a Guinness in anything other than a Guinness glass.. But a frikkin' Carlsberg glass? Wtf??

When I was younger, before Guinness glasses were so popular, I used to have to specify, 'pint of Guinness, in a tulip glass' in my local. If I didn't, I'd get it in a stacker. And it never tastes right out of a stacking glass..

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monkeyfudge wrote:

The Sheaf of Wheat in Coolock

I worked there when it was owned by Guinness. (Did the cellarman job while on Work Experience from Transition Year).

We used to have to collect the slops at the end of the night too, but we'd seperate Guinness/Smithwicks/Lager/Bud, then we'd de-gas four kegs and pour the slops into the kegs, then when the Guinness truck came for deliveries, they'd take away the slops.

God knows what happened to them afterwards.

The place is gone to shíte since Graingers bought it, them people have no idea how to run a pub. The one down in Marino is another joke of a pub tbh.

The Guinness was always nicer in Kyles, even when Guinness owned the Sheaf.

oblivious

DesF wrote:

I worked there when it was owned by Guinness. (Did the cellarman job while on Work Experience from Transition Year).

We used to have to collect the slops at the end of the night too, but we'd seperate Guinness/Smithwicks/Lager/Bud, then we'd de-gas four kegs and pour the slops into the kegs, then when the Guinness truck came for deliveries, they'd take away the slops.

God knows what happened to them afterwards.

The place is gone to shíte since Graingers bought it, them people have no idea how to run a pub. The one down in Marino is another joke of a pub tbh.

The Guinness was always nicer in Kyles, even when Guinness owned the Sheaf.

Maybe it’s the Guinness’s extract they supposable ship around the world!

Hector Carrera

Avoid the ***** Pub, since it is the only pub left in the Village the service and standards have gone to the Dogs, the Bar Staff are actually giving out Dodgy stale Pints with a Fresh Head to Regular Customers who they think will not notice as they have been watching sport on the TV for a number of hours, the sad thing is the owner knows this and then puts on a face of shock when they are caught in the act. (Shame on you Martin)
They have lost 50% of customers to the **** pub.
You have been warned.

Mint Sauce

Anywhere. Some bar in Ibiza, one of the lads in the group bought a half pint just to see how bad it would be, and offered us a sup each, none of us had more than one.

In Ireland. Sister Saras in Letterkenny, although to their defence, it was serveral years ago in one of their private bars, and one of the earlier pulls of the evening.

5rtytry56

In Christmas 1995 at a 21st in St Jude's GAA near spawell Dublin

Grayditch

Any basement venue that has been closed all week.

irish_goat

Zombie thread closed. Would normally suggest people can start a new one but I can't see the point as people seem to treat this thread as an excuse to bad mouth pubs they don't like.