Let me push that stool in for you: the off-topic thread

Pen Rua

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121374222#Comment_121374222

Name recognition to get people to click into an article, I guess? People know of Guinness stew perhaps more commonly than stew-with-stout?

I've used Leann Folláin in place of Guiness when making stew and enjoyed the results previously.

the beer revolu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121374238#Comment_121374238

Yes, because of articles like this!

Hodors Appletart

paid for article I'd say

Hodors Appletart

I've used Astral Grains from Lineman in place of Guinness this year, in xmas puddings. Well, my mam sent me to the offo to get a bottle of guinness and I told her I'd get something else.

When I got back from the offo she read the label and said it sounded nice, poured whatever she needed into the pudding mix and I told her to have a sip. She liked it, and said she never touches stout because she dislikes Guinness.

the beer revolu

Astral Grains is a fabulous stout.

I'm not a fan of cooking with Guinness. While, to drink, it doesn't taste particularly bitter, when cooked, I find it's often bitter and burnt tasting.

I've probably had better results cooking with any other beer over Guinness but still, it's always Guinness in recipes and articles.

Pen Rua

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1116/1416789-alcohol-bill/

Seems to be more geared toward Deliveroo et al delivering "bags of cans", but wary of what else could be snook in.

BeerNut

A classic case of thinking that making new laws is a viable solution to poor enforcement of ones we already have. I also don't get why they've today "launched" a report which was published last March, with no new information.

The revised heads of bill(s) have been promised by the end of the month. I'm not so worried about what might be snook in, as the abolition of the extinguishment requirement being quietly snook out at the request of publicans.

Hotblack Desiato

It's just the next round of the war on home drinkers.

Some of those lads will deliver more than takeaways or bags of cans, though, if you get me... when drugs become easier and cheaper to get than drink, what do these Einsteins think will happen?

Hotblack Desiato

Prime example of OTT Guinness bolloxology right here:

https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2023/11/23/ordering-guinness-in-london-can-be-risky-two-irish-publicans-have-had-enough/

"We want to have the best Guinness in the UK."

Er are you forgetting Northern Ireland is in the UK?

“So we’ve spent a year perfecting everything. We’ve been meticulous and careful. But I’m not sharing specifics. I can’t reveal our secrets.”

🙄

"And there lies one crucial element: the people. For all the cost and resources, a pint of Guinness cannot be purposefully poured by anyone. It is a skill, perhaps even an art form."

🙄🙄

BeerNut

In fairness, it's a good marketing angle. People will definitely choose that pub over others on the grounds that its pints are somehow sprinkled with authentic leprechaun dandruff.

Pen Rua

Visiting Ghent in a few weeks, and came across this beer shop

https://untp.beer/6v0wJ

Their Untappd seems to be up to date with 100s of beers which is an overwhelming level of choice.

I know I want to seek out lambics / krieks / geuzes we don’t often get in Ireland, and the Trappist breweries also (I see Zundert and Tynt Meadow for example).

When you take a trip to Belgium, what beers / breweries are you actively seeking out?

youcancallmeal

I was in Ghent several years ago, an immensely more enjoyable stay than my time in Bruge which was overrun with tourists. I couldn't tell you what I drank but there was rarely a bad beer to be had if you stuck to traditional stuff. If you aren't already aware of interesting pubs to go to then I'd recommend these 2

Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant - Lovely spot right on the water with a great selection of Belgian beers and good food.

Dulle Griet - Can be extremely busy due to their novelty footwear surrender system but an excellent selection of Belgian beers, they boast over 500.

BeerNut

I tend to buy pretty much everything I can get from Brasserie de la Senne. They rarely disappoint. Its arch-nemesis Brussels Beer Project makes lots of excellent beers too.

Pen Rua

Thanks for that, both. Feel like I need a predetermined game plan before going into that shop...

Hotblack Desiato

https://guinnesswebstore.co.uk/products/guinness-microdraught

A snip at £750!!!

Incidentally if you go looking for this on their Irish site you get redirected to the UK one. Even though that site says it doesn't ship anything outside the UK.

Also the cans are over £3 a pop!

https://guinnesswebstore.co.uk/products/guinness-microdraught-stout-beer-cans-24-x-558-ml

And there I was thiking Nitrosurge gadget and cans are a silly price...

the beer revolu

Considering the effort and expense that people go to to have draught beer at home, this seems a relatively cheap and easy setup to get that bar experience at home. I wouldn't consider it myself, but then I wouldn't consider a keg, cooler, gas and tap setup either - even if it was free!

Considering pub pints are mostly €6 plus, now, €3 doesn't seem so bad. I'm paying over €3 for 440ml craft cans.

Hotblack Desiato

No offence to any Guinness drinkers out there, but that's an apples and oranges comparison. Surely the apt comparison is the exact same liquid just sold in a slightly different can... which actually costs more to make but sells for a lot less

Also €3 is not £3, and if I'm drinking at home I'm paying for my own heat, light, entertainment and washing my own glasses 😉

the beer revolu

My point was that compared to getting a keg, cooler, regulator, gas bottle, tap, pipes and fittings, it seems a lot less hassle and probably expense.

Hotblack Desiato

Slightly less mad money than a home keg setup but still mad money. At least kegs work out cheap per pint apart from the setup costs. You'd be looking at at least €3.50 a can if they sell that here.

L1011

Has Beercloud announced that they've stopped selling non Dead Centre related stuff? All I can see is their range + craft soda (family connection I think) + merch.

I could drink an entire box of Marooned, but was looking at getting something more varied. I used to rotate my box orders between the different suppliers but hadn't been doing it as often; so Craft Central it is then.

Hotblack Desiato

I had a look at their website once and the prices were ridiculous, haven't been back.

FlicFlak

I watched the new Aquaman movie over the weekend, and Guinness definitely paid money for advertising! Theres a scene near the start where Aquaman comes into the house, goes to the fridge and theres a load of cans of Guinness draught in it. He pulls out two cans and him and the father drink them straight from the can!!

Theres more later on in the film, with proper branded glassware aswell!

ciaran76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121690089#Comment_121690089

Even my 10 year old son noticed the amouunt of Guinness in the movie and asked was the movie made in Ireland !

ciaran76

Irish Distillers sells Eight Degrees Brewing back to founders

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/01/irish-distillers-sells-eight-degrees-brewing-back-to-founders/

Black Sheep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121690135#Comment_121690135

Takes me back to the beginning of my craft beer days, seeing their faces there, reminds me of buying beers in The Pod, at a craft festival of some kind..

Geuze

In the beer market, I wonder will the DRS lead to less demand for cans, and more demand for glass bottles?

Black Sheep

Quick question, for those who keep a close eye on beer pricing.

Has the new return scheme also bumped up the price of beer sold in glass bottles... Anyone sneakily add a few cents to that range, not just the cans?

BeerNut

I haven't noticed price changes on any beer. Nowhere is adding the deposit to the stated sale price so there's not really an opportunity to sneak in a raise.

Hotblack Desiato

Then again, prices are gradually creeping up across the board anyway for obvious reasons.

NCS

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121761017#Comment_121761017

There appears to be some... confusion...