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Mixing Guinness Foreign Extra Stout with Guinness Draught

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    #32
    sofireland
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    I know there was one or two that didn't have that - I know there was a massive difference if the bottle was cold, or just off the shelf.
    Few bottles i had worked really well for me.


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    #33
    BaZmO*
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    Hmmm, where were you guys in the thread about it!! :P

    Must give it another go.


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    #34
    Lovely Bloke
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    Ravelleman wrote: »
    I thought Kilkenny was Smithwicks with a nitro head.

    Weird, a foreign barman in a foreign bar, 2 years ago, made pretty much the same comment to me.


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    #35
    lmtduffy
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Weird, a foreign barman in a foreign bar, 2 years ago, made pretty much the same comment to me.

    For reasons that escape me, in some parts of Europe Smithwicks is marketed and sold as Kilkenny- legitimately I might add.

    Could be the cause of the confusion.


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    #36
    Ravelleman
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    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    Weird, a foreign barman in a foreign bar, 2 years ago, made pretty much the same comment to me.

    Can anyone confirm if there's any discernible difference in taste? The strength may be different but there are several strengths of Heineken available and they're all called Heineken regardless.


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    srfc d16
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    Ravelleman wrote: »
    Can anyone confirm if there's any discernible difference in taste? The strength may be different but there are several strengths of Heineken available and they're all called Heineken regardless.

    I think there is a definite difference in taste between the 2. Personally i much prefer Smithwicks


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    #38
    rubadub
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithwick's#Variations
    Kilkenny Cream Ale is similar to Smithwick's Draught; however, it has a cream head similar to Guinness, and it has a stronger and more bitter taste than Smithwick's. The Kilkenny name was originally used during the '80s and '90s to market a stronger version of Smithwick's for the European and Canadian market due to difficulty in pronunciation of the word "Smithwick's", but it now refers to a similar yet distinctly different beer

    A whole secton on pronouncing it
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithwick's#Regional_pronunciation


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    #39
    Ravelleman
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    I guess I'll believe it when I taste it. Which will probably be never, I won't lie.


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    Insect Overlord
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    There's a bar in Berlin that sells the stuff. It's named, imaginatively enough, Kilkenny Irish Bar. I went for a Guinness myself. :P


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    OldMrBrennan83
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