Where is the new Guinness Brewhouse?

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The Guinness Brewhouse was launched in October 2005 with Brew 39, then came the delicious Toucan Brew six months later, and after that, in Summer 2006, North Star was launched. (Are my dates right?)

Surely more than six months have passed since North Star was unleashed on the market.

It's not nice, and I want to try the new one.

Does anyone know the story?

guildofevil

Bloody lousy beer. No one likes it, but they are insisting on waiting for it all to be sold, before they do the next one. That's my theory, anyway.

rubadub

guildofevil wrote:

Bloody lousy beer. No one likes it, but they are insisting on waiting for it all to be sold, before they do the next one. That's my theory, anyway.

I would have thought they keep brewing as needed, esp. as they are unsure.

In my local I only got north star once, too drunk to tell if it was good/bad. I ordered it about 4 more times and the barman advised against it, or said it was bad today.

It has to be 6 months gone now, and there was supposed to be a chocolate malt one on the way.

JIZZLORD

i was thinking the exact same thing last week when i was in the pub, i miss the toucan stuff,

BeerNut

Diageo said back in June that they were going to hold off until October for the next one.

My theory is the North Star got longer because it was the first with a dedicated expensive TV ad. They'd want to try and claw back the money they spent on that before binning the product.

wba88

Guinness Midstream is on the way soon

BeerNut

rubadub wrote:

there was supposed to be a chocolate malt one on the way.

Err, isn't all stout made with chocolate malt?

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wba88 wrote:

Guinness Midstream is on the way soon

Do you mean Midstrength. It's on sale in a pub I drink in, Harry Byrne's in Clontarf.

I haven't bought it yet.

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BeerNut wrote:

Err, isn't all stout made with chocolate malt?

Well, yeah, but I think he means a Chocolate flavoured Stout.

I tasted one in The Porter House a few months ago, very nice indeed.

But I couldn't drink it all night, way too rich and sweet.

BeerNut

DesF wrote:

Do you mean Midstrength. It's on sale in a pub I drink in, Harry Byrne's in Clontarf.

I haven't bought it yet.

Half-pint of Guinness; half-pint of water; capful of floor cleaner: hey presto - Guinness Mid-Strength.

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BeerNut wrote:

Half-pint of Guinness; half-pint of water; capful of floor cleaner: hey presto - Guinness Mid-Strength.

Is it actually that bad?

BeerNut

DesF wrote:

Is it actually that bad?

The pint I had in Doheny & Nesbitt was. The texture is spot-on normal Guinness. The taste ain't.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote:

Err, isn't all stout made with chocolate malt?

Some are Murphy’s i think, but Guinness laid down the ground work for a dry Irish stouts as been 70% pale malt 20% un malted barely and 10 roasted barley

The recipe is far from secret you just need to dumb it down in collaboration with a massive marketing budget

monkey tennis

Summer 2006 is over a year ago, lad. TBH, I didn't even know they were still doing North Star, but another novelty wouldn't do any harm.

judas101

the story is that brew 39 (my fave by far) and toucan got a trial of 6 months but theyre giving the last 2 longer (a year) to give ppl a chance to get a taste for it.

the most popular will be made permanent at the end.

monkeyfudge

I also thought Toucan was very tasty... the others do nothing for me.

I was in Madigans on O'Connell Street in Dublin earlier this evening and I noticed that theyy had a little framed certificate showing all the Brewhouse series so far with a 4th empty place for the next one.

Louise77

Folks, brewhouse series is over - will be pulled in December...

noby

Louise, if I recall from other posts you may have 'insider information': are there any other/similar plans on the horizon?

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Louise77 wrote: »

Folks, brewhouse series is over - will be pulled in December...

Well.

They should bring Toucan back.