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So I've just found a 33 year old unopened bottle of Guinness

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  • 17-02-2020 9:40pm
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    onrail
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    Found today in a cattle shed. So many questions:
    • Is it likely to give me superpowers if I take a slug?
    • Does it contain the ghost of Paddy Kavanagh?
    • Will it kill every living thing within a 2 mile radius if opened?

    Only time will tell....


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    NIMAN
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    I'm guessing a dose of the sh1ts might be likely.


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    Die Hard 2019
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    That's worth a fortune


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    [Deleted User]
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    Get on to Diageo’s twitter and see would they be interested in it.


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    sadie1502
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    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    That's worth a fortune

    The ****s or the beer?


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    onrail
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    sadie1502 wrote: »
    The ****s or the beer?

    Or the ghost of Paddy Kavanagh?


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    onrail
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    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Get on to Diageo’s twitter and see would they be interested in it.

    Don't really do the whole twitter thing - fee free to give them a shout on my behalf!


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    slavetothegrind
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    auction it on ebay ta fcuk!


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    onrail
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    auction it on ebay ta fcuk!

    To be fair, I'd say it's worth less than the price of a pint in Temple Bar.

    Seriously fighting off the temptation to open it.


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    triona1
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    Are you single?
    If not don't.


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    KevRossi
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    The farts will be epic.


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    archer22
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    onrail wrote: »
    To be fair, I'd say it's worth less than the price of a pint in Temple Bar.

    Seriously fighting off the temptation to open it.

    Give it a lash, it will either be the nicest Guinness you ever had or it will produce an ominous rumbling sound ten minutes after drinking.


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    theteal
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    Ah it's only a best before date.

    Have at it horse!


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    slavetothegrind
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    ye will have him in bits! Think of that off pint you were served multiplied by 100......

    But if you do drink it we need footage......

    I cared but then i needed entertainment and TRUMPED the caring like a modern day boss!


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    archer22
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    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    ye will have him in bits! Think of that off pint you were served multiplied by 100......

    But if you do drink it we need footage......

    I cared but then i needed entertainment and TRUMPED the caring like a modern day boss!

    Especially the bit where the medics ask him what he has drank or eaten recently and he answers..."only a 33 year old bottle of Guinness doc" :pac:


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    onrail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭onrail


    archer22 wrote: »
    Give it a lash, it will either be the nicest Guinness you ever had or it will produce an ominous rumbling sound ten minutes after drinking.

    I'll sleep on it and make up my mind tomorrow.

    If you don't hear from me in a couple of days, send help.


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    odyssey06
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    onrail wrote: »
    I'll sleep on it and make up my mind tomorrow.

    If you don't hear from me in a couple of days, send help.

    Make out a will and take out some medical and life insurance first.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    poitinstill
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    given its age and unopened..its a half pint so wont kill you. might taste like crap as 4.?% isnt meant to be aged. but someone might like to purchase the bottle in its current condition ( wink) on ebay

    you might make a few bob or you could drink it ( it will taste like guinness watered down or vinegar as the corrosion on the cap may be let in some nasties)

    either way keep us posted. if we dont hear back we will presume the worst


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    imfml
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    Call the Ray D'Arcy show he loves stuff like this


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    Blud
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    I honestly don't see that you have a choice here OP.


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    antodeco
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    Or, keep it for another 67 years and it'll be back in date again


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    STB.
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    onrail wrote: »
    Found today in a cattle shed. So many questions:
    • Is it likely to give me superpowers if I take a slug?
    • Does it contain the ghost of Paddy Kavanagh?
    • Will it kill every living thing within a 2 mile radius if opened?

    Only time will tell....


    The writing on the label of the bottle on the right hand side has the months of the year on it. Below them they have two years, 87 and 88. This is the best before date. This means you should consume it before that.


    If I was given the option of drinking a bottle of that or drink from one of the Guinness Key rings, I'd chose the latter. Unless of course you are partial to yeast worms. Are you ?


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    hurikane
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    STB. wrote: »
    The writing on the label of the bottle on the right hand side has the months of the year on it. Below them they have two years, 87 and 88. This is the best before date. This means you should consume it before that

    Any chance you’d be free to help the WHO with the new corona virus?


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    STB.
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    hurikane wrote: »
    Any chance you’d be free to help the WHO with the new corona virus?


    Just checked the fridge, would only be able to sort them with the weak version. And I doubt that those aging rockers would be interested in anything but the hard stuff.


    CORLIG33-Corona-Light-33cl.jpg


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    amdublin
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    What happened? What happened? Is the op still with us??!


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    irish_goat
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    STB. wrote: »
    Unless of course you are partial to yeast worms.

    What's a yeast worm..?


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    the purple tin
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    Don't open it or the resale value will plummet!
    Your local might like it to display it on the shelf, they will probably give you a pint of stout for it.


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    MarinersBlues
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    onrail wrote: »
    I'll sleep on it and make up my mind tomorrow.

    What was the point in this?
    It just sounds unnecessarily uncomfortable.


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    dubstepper
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    Consume within dashing distance of the toilet.


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    Purple Mountain
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    The farts will be epic.

    He can update us in the etiquette thread.

    To thine own self be true



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    STB.
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    irish_goat wrote: »
    What's a yeast worm..?


    Something that could manifest itself in the bottle if it wasn't airtight.


    Guinness Extra Stout was unfiltered and unpasteurized until the 90s I believe.


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