Why is the Guinness so so bad

irish_goat

rubadub wrote: »

Has there ever been a report of watered down kegged Guinness?

Like in the media or a statement from Guinness, not "bloke in the pub" or "taximan" talk.

(and yes I know it is meant to be watered down in the brewery so the pedants can settle down)

I don't think it's possible. You would need some sort of pressurised water delivery system as the keg itself is highly pressurised. Plus you would need to take a few pints out first before watering down so it'd be a whole lot of faffing. It would be easier to just water down bottles of spirits if the pub was just looking to make more money.

Big Nasty

The vast, vast majority of the time a 'bad pint' is caused by the condition of the glass. That doesn't necessarily mean the glass was dirty, more likely overuse of detergent or build up of grease on the glass from being used for milk or by people eating with greasy hands.

Bandana boy

Big Nasty wrote: »

The vast, vast majority of the time a 'bad pint' is caused by the condition of the glass. That doesn't necessarily mean the glass was dirty, more likely overuse of detergent or build up of grease on the glass from being used for milk or by people eating with greasy hands.

How do you drink a pint that greasy hands can get on the inside of the glass !

The Specialist

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Apart from it tasting like utter stutter. Amazing what marketing can do for a beer, Budweiser still the most popular beer in the USA and that's almost in the same category as Heineken when it comes to tasting like piss.

Bull****, the marketing has nothing to do with it - It's a very drinkable and enjoyable beer. It's a sin to even mention it in the same sentence as Budweiser (which is utter piss).

Ipso

jonnycivic wrote: »

I know plenty of people that drink guiness and havent had an issue with it. Not all barpersons know how to serve a proper pint in fairness.

How is a proper pint served? Guinness goes in, glass goes to customer? Or am I missing something.

dregin

I've always found that bubbles appear in the head if the pint is poured at a large distance from the mouth of the tap i.e. sitting on the drip tray.

MonkstownHoop

The Specialist wrote: »

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Apart from it tasting like utter stutter. Amazing what marketing can do for a beer, Budweiser still the most popular beer in the USA and that's almost in the same category as Heineken when it comes to tasting like piss.

Bull****, the marketing has nothing to do with it - It's a very drinkable and enjoyable beer. It's a sin to even mention it in the same sentence as Budweiser (which is utter piss).

Hi guys, they are both piss, argument over.

BrokenArrows

Ipso wrote: »

How is a proper pint served? Guinness goes in, glass goes to customer? Or am I missing something.

A lot of Guinness drinkers are very picky about how the pint is poured.
They think that the method of pouring can drastically affect the taste.

All the method of pouring does is create a consistent thickness and smooth bubble free head on the pint. The taste remains the same regardless.

But some people would think a bartender can somehow turn beautiful Guinness into piss by messing up the angle of the pour.

The pouring method has been genius marketing from Guinness.

Mongfinder General

The last time I had a Guinness I ended up sharting and having to off load my jocks in the jacks.

The stuff is volatile. Never drinking it again.

Big Nasty

BrokenArrows wrote: »

A lot of Guinness drinkers are very picky about how the pint is poured.
They think that the method of pouring can drastically affect the taste.

All the method of pouring does is create a consistent thickness and smooth bubble free head on the pint. The taste remains the same regardless.

But some people would think a bartender can somehow turn beautiful Guinness into piss by messing up the angle of the pour.

The pouring method has been genius marketing from Guinness.

Correct, however most of us tend to eat & drink with our eyes. For example if you get a fry and everything is literally dropped on the plate it would immediately turn me off as opposed to a well presented meal, even though the former could have been prepared using better quality ingredients.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Hi guys, they are both piss, argument over.

Yeah. That's what I said.

Krusty_Clown

Mongfinder General wrote: »

The last time I had a Guinness I ended up sharting and having to off load my jocks in the jacks.

The stuff is volatile. Never drinking it again.

Must have been a bad pour. Did you wait the mandatory 2 minutes to allow it to settle? Some reports suggest that that it may be toxic, until the two minute wait has been observed, allowing the toxic elements sufficient time to reach the smooth head layer and dissipate into the atmosphere (which it has been suggested is why Ireland is always so overcast). If you're not going to treat 'the pint' with the right amount of reverence and respect, you should probably get the barperson to add some form of cordial, which has a neutralizing effect on the toxins (blackcurrant being the anti-venom of choice).

Mongfinder General

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Must have been a bad pour. Did you wait the mandatory 2 minutes to allow it to settle? Some reports suggest that that it may be toxic, until the two minute wait has been observed, allowing the toxic elements sufficient time to reach the smooth head layer and dissipate into the atmosphere (which it has been suggested is why Ireland is always so overcast). If you're not going to treat 'the pint' with the right amount of reverence and respect, you should probably get the barperson to add some form of cordial, which has a neutralizing effect on the toxins (blackcurrant being the anti-venom of choice).

Well I've worked in bars so I've seen many a depth charge handed out over the years. Of course I waited 2 minutes. Guinness is a drink for old spunkers whose taste buds have been shot for decades. Stuff had me pebble dashing the jacks for days afterwards. Even the potions peddled by craft beer **** are better than Guinness.

stryker mcqueen

Someone getting ridiculed for drinking bud or Heineken is embarrassing, its what makes the world go round, different strokes for different folks and all that??!!

I've grown up with Carlsberg,Heineken etc and enjoy them , i certainly wont be buying into this craft beer revolution unless they reduce the price, €6.50 for some pale ale Farmer Joe has brewed in his bath in Leitrim, your grand thanks.

Anyway back to Guinness , OP you must have gone off it, Guinness is as tremedous as ever , had a few pints in Cavan a few weeks ago and they were like cream, had a few more in Dublin last weekend and equally delicious, the watered down argument is nonsense, would cost more to maintain the watering down process than to just carry on as normal.


On a final note ........Bud is piss in fairness

rubadub

The whole "bud/heineken/carlsberg is piss" always amuses me. I know a few people who go on like that "its the vilest stuff imaginable, I would rather drink dog piss, blah blah blah".

Then you see them at a BBQ or something and their own beer runs out -or they brought no beer, and they are suddenly lashing it down as its the only one there. Or they are at a gig or other event which only has the "vilest drink imaginable" and they are paying over the odds and swamping them down -and there would be alternatives like wine or spirits or cider or a stout.

Glebee

This video at about 0:12 seconds in reminded me of this thread for some reason