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Guinness/Tulip glasses

  • 27-08-2020 4:56pm
    #1
    hurleronditch
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks

    Having a few people over this weekend (within guidelines!!) and I just realised the majority are Guinness drinkers and I have no “borrowed” pub glasses any more since I’m a grown up and moved into my own house during lockdown, no more rental property mish mash of glasses!

    Does anyone know anywhere in south or west Dublin I could easily buy a handful of pint glasses for having somewhat drinkable cans of Guinness at home? I’d only want probably 4 so a bulk supplier is probably no good, just if anyone knows if any of the supermarkets stock them. I checked my local SuperValu and LIDL today but nothing. I know sometimes Guinness have sold a promo pack with a glass or two alongside an 8 or 12 pack but I haven’t seen them in a while.

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I generally find Dunnes is the best for glassware, if you have a large one near you. Other wise try a big hardware or homewares shop in any of the retail parks.

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  • #3
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Charity shops tend to always have beer glasses. You find the odd interesting one in them too.


  • #4
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Second for Dunnes - I recently picked up some tulip pint glasses, 4 for €6 I think. No etchings in the bottom/widget thing so perfect for Guinness and other beers that don't like widgets.


  • #5
    hurleronditch
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭hurleronditch


    Thanks everyone, got a tidy 4 pack in Dunnes Cornelscourt as suggested for €6


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    To add to this:

    You need three things to maximise the cans potential and the most important is the glasses or the head just comes out weird.

    I'd further add to try put the cans in the freezer for an hour from cold, get them extra cold as it keeps the head fresher for longer and the fridge doesnt seem to replicate the pub temp(it gets warm way faster).

    And finally do the 180 degrees dump pour with the can close to the surface and pull it up as you go, dont touch the pint while it settles. It takes a good while to settle which what helps the head to get the bubbles out.

    Literally the only time I've had bubbles doing the above was when I picked it up and moved it.

    Doing the above you do get consistently good heads without bubbles and a nice cold, fresher taste for longer.

    I've been drinking the cans at home for two months now and enjoying them far more since I started to do the above.


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  • #7
    Invincible
    Registered Users Posts: 6,110 ✭✭✭Invincible


    gilberto_eire wrote: »
    To add to this:

    You need three things to maximise the cans potential and the most important is the glasses or the head just comes out weird.

    I'd further add to try put the cans in the freezer for an hour from cold, get them extra cold as it keeps the head fresher for longer and the fridge doesnt seem to replicate the pub temp(it gets warm way faster).

    And finally do the 180 degrees dump pour with the can close to the surface and pull it up as you go, dont touch the pint while it settles. It takes a good while to settle which what helps the head to get the bubbles out.

    Literally the only time I've had bubbles doing the above was when I picked it up and moved it.

    Doing the above you do get consistently good heads without bubbles and a nice cold, fresher taste for longer.

    I've been drinking the cans at home for two months now and enjoying them far more since I started to do the above.

    No harm to have the glasses in the fridge too!


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Invincible wrote: »
    No harm to have the glasses in the fridge too!

    I've never tried that but anything to get it extra cold is a bonus.

    I forgot to add, wash and dry the glass after each can. I use two glasses and wash them after the second one (cutting down on cleaning).


  • #9
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    The colder stout is, the less you can actually taste it.


  • #10
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    andekwarhola wrote: »
    The colder stout is, the less you can actually taste it.

    Not much to taste in a pint of Guinness anyway.


  • #11
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,110 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Carrolls gift shops have them, can also order online.
    https://www.carrollsirishgifts.com/guinness-logo-2-pack-pint-glass-set-with-embossed-harp/35655.html


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  • #12
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    gilberto_eire wrote: »
    You need three things to maximise the cans potential and the most important is the glasses or the head just comes out weird.
    For me the most important is matching glass size to the liquid amount.

    They were said to have spent millions on developing the can system. Do people honestly think that after all that effort the head engineers involved said that the perfect amount to fill a 568ml glass was to use 500ml of guinness!? not a fcuking hope, the shite looking heads from cans is proof enough. You see youtube videos where it looks reasonable enough BUT they do not show it settled, since when it does you have a massive head.

    Get what you consider a perfect pint from a pub and let it go flat and measure it properly, there is no way its only 500ml gone into that pint glass.

    Pour a half inch of guinness into your glass first and then try a can ontop, you have to get the amount right for the glass (many unmarked ones are not 568ml). When I get a nice head it looks like its going to overflow the glass, looks like a very thin head but as it settles it grows into a perfect size for me. A proper dome on the top sitting above the rim of the glass, when the dome is formed it seems to cling and compress the head and makes it nice and thick & creamy.

    Unlike these youtubers who aggressively pour the can and think its great as it reached the top of the glass, but its manky airy foam.


  • #13
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Use the wrong glass, they will love that.

    2013-08-24+11.07.24.jpg

    or Ikea are the cheapest

    https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/lodraet-beer-glass-clear-glass-50209337/


  • #14
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    RasTa wrote: »
    Use the wrong glass, they will love that.

    2013-08-24+11.07.24.jpg

    or Ikea are the cheapest

    https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/lodraet-beer-glass-clear-glass-50209337/

    The one on the right look better.


    It does not matter what glass it comes in.
    Its Guinness, a mass produced stout, every can tastes the same, or at least they should do.


  • #15
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,800 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Mr Price in Northwood in Dublin are selling Budweiser new design pint glasses for 99 cent each... not on the website as I just checked but my housemate picked me up a couple there a couple of days ago...

    Obscenely good value as they aren’t the pub use excess..actually quite heavy nicely designed glassware.

    Here is the only pic I can find as strangely not on their site...

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71gc4XygwHL._AC_SL1500_.jpg


  • #16
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,850 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Jesus, that carpet! :eek:

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