Guinness

wakka12 · 10-02-2016 12:46AM

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I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

Jan Laco · 10-02-2016 12:49AM

When I was a kid I imagined Guiness to be half way between ice cream and coca cola. Boy was I wrong!

dasdog · 10-02-2016 12:57AM

As stout goes it is pretty bland compared to say a strong imperial. But foreign export is nice and Guinness stout from a bottle, with the gas completely removed (which takes a bit of rendering work) and not chilled is a nice drink.

Nitrogen scutter hole draught is served so cold in pubs I can barely taste it. It sells on a creaminess psychology and decades of some of the worlds best marketing e.g., Guinness is good for you.

PARlance · 10-02-2016 01:37AM

wakka12 wrote: »

I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

Dying for a pish anyway.....if for some reason he didn't break the seal, which I doubt. Or dying when he seen that he spent €100 odd on the stuff in one day.

But he would be probably not die from drinking 17 pints over an extended session. Not unless he ate 2 bananas after each pint... then he would be no more.

bodhrandude · 10-02-2016 01:46AM

The Scots can do some nice stouts too, I remember fondly drinking in the Wintergill's pub in Kelvinbridge Glasgow and they had a stout called Alloa Light, it was blacker than Guinness with a lovely creamy head but very, very smooth. I don't know if you can get this now but there was a version of it in small bottles called Alloa Sweetheart Stout.

Luke92 · 10-02-2016 08:14AM

wakka12 wrote: »

I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

I've drank over 12 (from about 13:00 to 01:00) and while I was very drunk, I don't think I was close to death drunk.

Gringo180 · 10-02-2016 08:19AM

Large bottle of Guinness in a half pint glass is the finest.

Liam McPoyle · 10-02-2016 09:03AM

Best Guinness.

1) Casey's Bar, Newtownforbes, Co Longford

2) Nearys Bar, Chatham Street, Dublin

3) Toners, Baggot Street, Dublin

NiallBoo · 10-02-2016 09:05AM

Business Cat wrote: »

Best Guinness.

1) Casey's Bar, Newtownforbes, Co Longford

2) Nearys Bar, Chatham Street, Dublin

3) Toners, Baggot Street, Dublin

What would you say constitutes a "good pint"?

NiallBoo · 10-02-2016 09:10AM

wakka12 wrote: »

I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

It's common to drink over 12+ hours on Paddy's day, which makes this doable (if not exactly wise).

OldMrBrennan83 · 10-02-2016 09:11AM

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The One Doctor · 10-02-2016 10:29AM

Awful crap.

Literally.

TheNap · 10-02-2016 10:40AM

Everytime i go to the pub now i look around at people drinking lager / cider and look down on them, shake my head and look at my Guinness with a mix of pride and lust.

Im a Guinness snob. Im a Guinness snob and proud.

Sam Kade · 10-02-2016 10:45AM

TheNap wrote: »

Everytime i go to the pub now i look around at people drinking lager / cider and look down on them, shake my head and look at my Guinness with a mix of pride and lust.

Im a Guinness snob. Im a Guinness snob and proud.

I wasn't able to drink much larger 5 pints and I was done until I got the taste of Guinness. It takes time to get used to it as it is so heavy. Not the best for a flat stomach though.

razorblunt · 10-02-2016 11:14AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

The Scots can do some nice stouts too, I remember fondly drinking in the Wintergill's pub in Kelvinbridge Glasgow and they had a stout called Alloa Light, it was blacker than Guinness with a lovely creamy head but very, very smooth. I don't know if you can get this now but there was a version of it in small bottles called Alloa Sweetheart Stout.

There's a Belhaven Black doing the rounds here too, quite a bitter kick to it but not bad at all.

farmchoice · 10-02-2016 11:27AM

wakka12 wrote: »

I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

no it can be done alright i once drank 25 pints of Guinness, it was over the course of 12- 13 hours. it was the high point of my capacity for drinking, i was 33 i think and in my pomp as a drinker. when i was younger i could do ''spectaculars'' like a pint of whiskey off the head ( i was very very lucky that didn't kill me). of late my capacity is way down 7-8 pints now and i'm in bits the next day, hardly able to function so its very rare i do it.

on Guinness itself, there was a time when the quality could vary dramatically from pub to pub and there was no doubt that Dublin pubs had the highest quality, it didn't travel well.

now a days there is much less of that and the quality is much more uniform.

OldMrBrennan83 · 10-02-2016 11:32AM

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Custardpi · 10-02-2016 11:53AM

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As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would put it when Dublin pubs are good, they're very very good, but when they're bad they're horrid. You just have to seek out the diamonds in the rough. Depending on the time of day & what you're after places like Kehoes of South Anne St, Mulligans of Poolbeg St & The Long Hall of Aungier St can be great spots for a pint or four.

10-02-2016 12:01PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Mulligans on Poolbeg Street.
Bowes on Fleet Street.
Chaplins on a street wots name I don't know but it's around the corner from Mulligans.
Ryans on Camden Street.
Toners on Merrion Row.
Kehoes on South Anne Street.
Ha'penny inn - Beside the, well, Ha'penny bridge.
O'Donohue's on Merrion Row (used to be my favourite pint, but someone mentioned earlier it wasn't great the last day they were there).

All those places are in the city and will serve you up a lovely pint of Guinness. I wouldn't generally drink Guinness in a "Bar" if you know what I mean by that. Pubs only. I'm sure I've missed plenty.

I was told recently, by someone who works for Diageo cleaning the pipes etc, that Guinness are really fussy about looking after their own pipes, and that a bad pint is down to the detergent that the pub uses. I've no idea if that's true, but it was iiiiinteresting.

TheNap · 10-02-2016 12:16PM

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Mulligans on Poolbeg Street.
Bowes on Fleet Street.
Chaplins on a street wots name I don't know but it's around the corner from Mulligans.
Ryans on Camden Street.
Toners on Merrion Row.
Kehoes on South Anne Street.
Ha'penny inn - Beside the, well, Ha'penny bridge.
O'Donohue's on Merrion Row (used to be my favourite pint, but someone mentioned earlier it wasn't great the last day they were there).

All those places are in the city and will serve you up a lovely pint of Guinness. I wouldn't generally drink Guinness in a "Bar" if you know what I mean by that. Pubs only. I'm sure I've missed plenty.

I was told recently, by someone who works for Diageo cleaning the pipes etc, that Guinness are really fussy about looking after their own pipes, and that a bad pint is down to the detergent that the pub uses. I've no idea if that's true, but it was iiiiinteresting.

Guinness call out to pubs every few weeks to check the pipes / temperture etc.

OldMrBrennan83 · 10-02-2016 12:21PM

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10-02-2016 12:43PM

TheNap wrote: »

Guinness call out to pubs every few weeks to check the pipes / temperture etc.

Yep - I know that part is true, but I don't know about the detergent bit? Plausible like.

10-02-2016 12:45PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Had toooo many of them there Saturday just gone and some marvelous chats with Welsh Rugby Fans

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kfallon · 10-02-2016 12:46PM

Stag's Head & Palace Bar are well renowned (or used to be) for their Guinness!

Custardpi · 10-02-2016 12:50PM

What I've been told by several barmen is that if you want your Guinness to taste right, keep a head all the way down & leave the characteristic rings on the glass then you need to handwash the glasses. Not sure about exactly what washing up liquids you can or can't use for that. Certainly you'd struggle to get a decent pint in the kind of places which use the industrial style dishwashers to clean the glasses.

AgileMyth · 10-02-2016 12:50PM

wakka12 wrote: »

I think you would have died
Thats like 9l of guinness we have about 5 litres of blood in our body

A friend of mine once drank 22 pints of Guinness. Not on a bet or anything, we were working in a bar and he was off that day, came in early and left late.

Same guy used to sink 3 or 4 in the half hour after finishing work though.

PARlance · 10-02-2016 12:57PM

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Had toooo many of them there Saturday just gone and some marvelous chats with Welsh Rugby Fans .

You won't get a quaaar pint in there!

*the Bull Mick, barman from the Savage Eye, is loosely based on the owner.

kfallon · 10-02-2016 01:42PM

PARlance wrote: »

You won't get a quaaar pint in there!

*the Bull Mick, barman from the Savage Eye, is loosely based on the owner.

Yeah heard the same, think he had a falling out with him when he was doing a gig or two in there and so decided to invent a character based on him!

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