Decent Pint O Kilkenny

ntlbell

Now, mostly being a Guiness drinker, I know where to find the perfect pint.

Where the hell in Dublin city can you get a nice pint o kilkenny? does it even exist?

gurramok

Anyone know?

Maybe try Mulligans, ages i've been in there but there might be an off-chance it's served there.
If not, tuck into the Guinness

loyatemu

is kilkenny not the same as Smithwicks?

I know Kilkenny used to have a creamy head and Smithwicks didn't but I think they changed Smithwicks a couple of years ago. Personally I think all Irish ales are foamy tasteless crap.

oblivious

loyatemu wrote: »

is kilkenny not the same as Smithwicks?

I know Kilkenny used to have a creamy head and Smithwicks didn't but I think they changed Smithwicks a couple of years ago. Personally I think all Irish ales are foamy tasteless crap.

that foaminess is from the nitrogen its served on , like Guinness

gurramok

loyatemu wrote: »

is kilkenny not the same as Smithwicks?

I know Kilkenny used to have a creamy head and Smithwicks didn't but I think they changed Smithwicks a couple of years ago. Personally I think all Irish ales are foamy tasteless crap.

Depending on your taste...No, Smithwicks is still that brownish/tannish lifeless stuff you get last time i checked, some people like it, some don't, both are brewed in the same brewery.

Kilkenny is a totally different colour and much smoother head Guinness style and is actually quite nice to drink, very similar to John Smith's ale in UK. (try different cans of the stuff from Tesco to taste the similarity)

Strange thing is Guinness brewed Kilkenny stereoptypically for the tourists abroad and it's ended up one of their unintended better inventions in recent years.

To the OP..If you ever head out west, the Kings Head in Galway city serve decent pints of Kilkenny other than in Kilkenny itself!

oblivious

Kilkenny was never originally brewed in Kilkenny

BeerNut

loyatemu wrote: »

Personally I think all Irish ales are foamy tasteless crap.

Get that man a Galway Hooker.
Or a Clotworthy Dobbin, or a Brainblásta, or a Bellringer...

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Get that man a Galway Hooker.
Or a Clotworthy Dobbin, or a Brainblásta, or a Bellringer...

To true

gurramok

Good news for the OP, as of last night Nov 14th ...

Mulligans in Poolbeg St do indeed have Kilkenny on tap for ya

gurramok

Discovered to my pleasant surprise, The Long Stone (http://www.thelongstone.com/ ) on Townsend st around the corner from Pearse st garda station do a delicious pint!

judas101

the stags head do a good pint of kilkenny

legendCP

Anyone know where I can get Kilkenny on draught in Cork?

Been looking for it about a year now to no avail.

Not quite the same out of a can!!!