Guinness is a good drop.

irish_goat · 20-03-2019 9:50am

Arghus wrote: »

I was talking recently to some guy who was mad for craft brewing. He was almost evangelical about the processeses and the results. According to him, everything else but craft beer was practically radioactive. Brie stout and turkey and ham IPA was where it was at.

Ironically, the only people you ever hear talking about "brie stout" or "turkey and ham IPA" and the like are those who are hard set macro beer drinkers.

Church on Tuesday · 20-03-2019 1:45pm

Arghus wrote: »

Feeling a strong thirst reading this thread...

Guinness was the drink I stuck to when I first started drinking in pubs. I don't really know why; it just seemed like the thing to drink. But I eventually took up drinking bland swill like Heineken and Carlsberg instead. It was all about getting drunk as fast as possible then and those vital few minutes waiting for Guinness were time wasted, or so I thought. Plus, Guinness was heavy - all it would do was slow you down, nice and all as it was. Sure wasn't there Jagerbombs to be drinking.

Then, I started drinking pale ales and all that "crafty" stuff, because they did taste better than the other muck. But, after a few years of that I realised that a lot of those beers taste exactly the same and I was beginning to tire of the endless nonsense that goes with all that accompanying beer-wankery, "brewed with the steam off some nun's fanny for a 100% ergonomic finish". There's only so many ways you can make beer taste really.

I used to drink the odd stout here and there too. And usually I would respond to them in how they compared to Guinness. Tastier, fouler, more chocolately. I liked the Porterhouse Plain Porter for a while. It was smooth and lighter than Guinness and that's what I liked, back then.

But, eventually, like the way a lapsed Catholic finds his way back to the church, I found my way to back to the light and the truth: Guinness. I figure I did my beer appreciation apprenticeship and it turns out my first love was the truest of them all. When I tried that Plain Porter stuff there again a while back I was left partially disgusted; What is this watery shite, I thought, where's the heaviness?

So, yeah, Guinness is beautiful. Good to hear it pour, brilliant to see it settle, wonderful for you to look at and best of all to drink. For a few simple pints and a good night of talking sh!te, trust in Guinness. Without sounding like a dipsomaniac I would encourage people who hate it to just drink more of it - at some point the worm will turn for you. It's lovely stuff.

I was talking recently to some guy who was mad for craft brewing. He was almost evangelical about the processeses and the results. According to him, everything else but craft beer was practically radioactive. Brie stout and turkey and ham IPA was where it was at - Carlsberg and Heineken were for the tragic in this life and people who drank Budweiser should have been killed at birth. I asked him about Guinness. "GUINNESS!, he spat, I wouldn't let that chemical poison pass my lips." He was a guy in his fifties and in many ways seemed quite normal, but, in that moment, I felt sorry for him, because he was so clearly for the fcking birds.

TBF he's not wrong there.

Not sure about the killing part though.

OldMrBrennan83 · 20-03-2019 11:30pm

irish_goat wrote: »

Ironically, the only people you ever hear talking about "brie stout" or "turkey and ham IPA" and the like are those who are hard set macro beer drinkers.

Fact: constant use of the word 'macro' is one of the things that make you lot insufferable which in turn is a very good reason to give the whole craft beer 'scene' massively wide berth.

demanufactured · 20-03-2019 11:40pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Fact: constant use of the word 'macro' is one of the things that make you lot insufferable which in turn is a very good reason to give the whole craft beer 'scene' massively wide berth.

I prefer "craft" beers.
But beer is beer to me., hate the labelling.

There is good beer and bad beer.

I like a pint of Guinness the same as I like a Canadian breakfast stout, just prefer different beers at different times.

I also like a double IPA the same as I'd like a lager at a bbq.

EmmetSpiceland · 21-03-2019 12:00am

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Fact: constant use of the word 'macro' is one of the things that make you lot insufferable which in turn is a very good reason to give the whole craft beer 'scene' massively wide berth.

demanufactured · 21-03-2019 11:08am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Calm the cacks girls

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-03-2019 11:12am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The same ones that can't help themselves and have to call the dreaded "macro" beer "swill".

JohnnyFlash · 21-03-2019 11:20am

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

The same ones that can't help themselves and have to call the dreaded "macro" beer "swill".

You can drop it now, dude. People are allowed have different opinions than you. It shouldn’t bother you so much. Maybe have a pint or two to calm down? Your choice.

demanufactured · 21-03-2019 11:53am

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

You can drop it now, dude. People are allowed have different opinions than you. It shouldn’t bother you so much. Maybe have a pint or two to calm down? Your choice.

Johnny, a pint at this hour?
Your round

_Brian · 21-03-2019 11:54am

Pauliedragon wrote: »

I'm a Heineken drinker but being the day that's in it I went on the black stuff yesterday and it was surprisingly nice. Such an easy pint to drink. I might change my habits.

Remember.
Flush twice
Don’t look back.

Bogwoppit · 21-03-2019 11:59am

Guinness, yeah it’s grand, it is what it is. It doesn’t have a lot of flavour or body but I’ll drink it on a session no problem. It pisses me off that it can vary so much from pub to pub though, that’s pretty poor to be honest and quite often that’s the reason I drink something else, it’s too much of a lottery.

And yeah, the 2 part pour is marketing sh1te lads, get over it. If you pour it properly then it doesn’t matter.

fancy pigeon · 21-03-2019 12:04pm

Love a good pint of Guinness. Thankfully my local in somewhat the arsehole of nowhere serves a fantastic pint of the black stuff and is in walking distance, even last year in the snow it didn't stop me making the unusual trek! The only other place that has come very close is a pub in Milltown in Kildare. Smooth, the right texture and just the right level of cold. Goes down well at any time of the year when presented properly, my own thinking on this

I won't drink Guinness when in Dublin though as I have yet to find an establishment that serves a decent pint, with the exception of this place. If a lot of places in town serve a bad pint I can't blame others for not taking to the drink

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-03-2019 12:25pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

You can drop it now, dude. People are allowed have different opinions than you. It shouldn’t bother you so much. Maybe have a pint or two to calm down? Your choice.

That's a good one when I don't think anyone gets as would up as a beardo seeing someone drinking 'macro swill'.

Bogwoppit · 21-03-2019 12:40pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

That's a good one when I don't think anyone gets as would up as a beardo seeing someone drinking 'macro swill'.

It doubt anyone actually gives a sh1te what you drink.

corner of hells · 21-03-2019 12:40pm

Only in Ireland could an argument break out about alcohol without it actually being consumed in each other's presence.

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-03-2019 12:42pm

Bogwoppit wrote: »

It doubt anyone actually gives a sh1te what you drink.

You'd be very surprised.

You could take Johnny's advice though and calm down a bit.

Bogwoppit · 21-03-2019 12:43pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

You'd be very surprised.

You could take Johnny's advice though and calm down a bit.

I wouldn’t and I’m grand, thanks for your concern though.

Feisar · 21-03-2019 12:47pm

Bogwoppit wrote: »

Guinness, yeah it’s grand, it is what it is. It doesn’t have a lot of flavour or body but I’ll drink it on a session no problem. It pisses me off that it can vary so much from pub to pub though, that’s pretty poor to be honest and quite often that’s the reason I drink something else, it’s too much of a lottery.

And yeah, the 2 part pour is marketing sh1te lads, get over it. If you pour it properly then it doesn’t matter.

I agree for the most part.

On the two part pour though, it allows the cream to come to the top so when it's top it gets that domed head slightly proud of the top of the glass.

Mike Oxlong · 21-03-2019 12:49pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

That's a good one when I don't think anyone gets as would up as a beardo seeing someone drinking 'macro swill'.

Can we have that in English now....

You're about the only one here stamping their feet

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-03-2019 1:03pm

Mike Oxlong wrote: »

Can we have that in English now....

You're about the only one here stamping their feet

Of course. This is what you lot always do so it's hardly going to come as a surprise.

Have a good read back like a good little lad.

Mike Oxlong · 21-03-2019 1:30pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Of course. This is what you lot always do so it's hardly going to come as a surprise.

Have a good read back like a good little lad.

I've read it...I know your posts have an issue with anyone that drinks anything but a pint of plain... but again...you're the only one stamping your feet and trying to justify the ridiculousness of your posts... but do keep it up .. it reminds me of auld Rumpelstiltskin stamping his foot until he disappeared

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-03-2019 2:07pm

Mike Oxlong wrote: »

I've read it...I know your posts have an issue with anyone that drinks anything but a pint of plain... but again...you're the only one stamping your feet and trying to justify the ridiculousness of your posts... but do keep it up .. it reminds me of auld Rumpelstiltskin stamping his foot until he disappeared

I've an issue with what now?

demanufactured · 22-03-2019 2:04pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I've an issue with what now?

Mmmmm pints!

Pissartist · 22-03-2019 2:57pm

mad muffin wrote: »

To me Guinness tastes like sewage water strained through a hobos dirty socks.

Drink sewage much ?

partyguinness · 22-03-2019 3:08pm

I love Guinness but in England I give it a wide berth. In bars it is served too cold and is just nasty. I was out one night in a gang and one lad drinking Guinness (English guy). I was sticking to whatever piss water it was and the lad was trying to convince me the Guinness was lovely...I tried it and I said honestly if I got that in Dublin it would be a classed as a bad pint...like what you would get in a nightclub at 1.00 in the morning.

In the last 2 weekly shops I have bough bottled Guinness for the first time ever and tried the West Indies Porter for the first time...gave me heartburn.

The bottled stuff is not pumped with nitrates and was surprisingly fizzy.

I am now officially middle aged I guess acting like an auld lad with the bottles.

Purple Mountain · 22-03-2019 3:12pm

I'm a woman Guinness drinker.
Lady like in glasses of course!
It definitely is the proverbial acquired taste but once acquired, there's no looking back.

demanufactured · 22-03-2019 4:31pm

partyguinness wrote: »

I love Guinness but in England I give it a wide berth. In bars it is served too cold and is just nasty. I was out one night in a gang and one lad drinking Guinness (English guy). I was sticking to whatever piss water it was and the lad was trying to convince me the Guinness was lovely...I tried it and I said honestly if I got that in Dublin it would be a classed as a bad pint...like what you would get in a nightclub at 1.00 in the morning.

In the last 2 weekly shops I have bough bottled Guinness for the first time ever and tried the West Indies Porter for the first time...gave me heartburn.

The bottled stuff is not pumped with nitrates and was surprisingly fizzy.

I am now officially middle aged I guess acting like an auld lad with the bottles.

I love the west Indies porter.
Tastey drop.

partyguinness · 22-03-2019 4:37pm

demanufactured wrote: »

I love the west Indies porter.
Tastey drop.

I forgot I have another bottle left sitting in the kitchen. It will be empty come 9pm tonight with all this talk. In fact I might stock up on the way home.

EmmetSpiceland · 22-03-2019 4:43pm

partyguinness wrote: »

I love Guinness but in England I give it a wide berth. In bars it is served too cold and is just nasty. I was out one night in a gang and one lad drinking Guinness (English guy). I was sticking to whatever piss water it was and the lad was trying to convince me the Guinness was lovely...I tried it and I said honestly if I got that in Dublin it would be a classed as a bad pint...like what you would get in a nightclub at 1.00 in the morning.

In the last 2 weekly shops I have bough bottled Guinness for the first time ever and tried the West Indies Porter for the first time...gave me heartburn.

The bottled stuff is not pumped with nitrates and was surprisingly fizzy.

I am now officially middle aged I guess acting like an auld lad with the bottles.

I remember during a business meeting years ago with a manager from the UK being advised to only drink Extra Cold when “on the mainland”. He had the same opinion as you on regular Guinness.

Not sure Extra Cold is still around, haven’t seen it in a long time. Always tasted like a bad pint.

jimgoose · 22-03-2019 4:50pm

I drank Guinness for 30-odd years, then when I gave up smoking in October 2017 I discovered that I actually wasn't all that gone on the taste of it. Having said that, the stout is gorgeous in the local, and occasionally I have a few pints of it. I'm on the Carlsberg these days. And, in fairness to them, the Craft Beer Twats aren't quite as twatty and beardy as the Gin ****, although they give them a decent run. :pac:

valoren · 22-03-2019 4:52pm

You know the Guinness is good in a bar when there is a litany of 'settling' pints on the bar waiting to be served.

partyguinness · 22-03-2019 5:53pm

I find being merry on Guinness or Murphy's for that matter the best- I am the funniest happiest guy in the world.

On the very very rare 'gun to the head' occasions I've had to drink lager (Heino or Carlsberg') I've turned into an angry irritable asshole and it just does my head in. Plus I simply do not like lager.

I tend to drink bitters in the UK if I am out but that brings another problem- it changes from pub to pub. What you might find in one pub (pure lottery) that's nice and then have 2-3 is not served in the next bar and then you hope to find a nice bitter (again a lottery). So if you go to 4-5 bars on a night out you will likely end up drinking 4-5 different bitters of varying quality- fast track to a right sick head.

andekwarhola · 23-03-2019 1:57am

I like Guinness and drink it regulary enough, albeit usually more bottles these days, but its more typcial stout taste has been radically downgraded down the years to appeal to lager drinkers and try to keep Guiness commerically topical and it's served extremely cold which will deaden the taste of any stout any more.

It's cool to be honest. It's there when you want to drink it but it's also good that there's more options for people that want to enjoy a more classic stout taste.

I've no wish to jump into any of the tedious, defensive arguments where it's de rigeur to mention beards but some of the 'craft' stouts and/or porters that people are either championing or decrying here are just more faithful to the what classical porter or stout is actually supposed to taste like.

And indeed what Guinness tasted like when our parents drank it and Diageo weren't taking up the cudgels against contemporary more summery drinks.

People should really be getting more annoyed about MUP than what other people are drinking, to be honest. :pac:

Rothko · 23-03-2019 3:07am

Been drinking Guinness for about a year now and it's the finest drink I've tasted. Love it.

bodhrandude · 23-03-2019 3:15am

If only we could get the people who ran Witnness festival to run Electric Picnic we might be able to get a pint of Guinness again, the last time being 2007 when you could get a pint of the black at EP.

mad muffin · 24-03-2019 10:54am

Pissartist wrote: »

Drink sewage much ?

Yes. Yes I do.

McMurphy · 24-03-2019 11:30am

Met up with a few pals down the local last night for a bit of a light supper and a few pints.

I'm normally a lager or a pale ale drinker, but inspired by this thread I opted for Guinness last night and I think I may be converted back to the black stuff.

Really enjoyed them, top notch alright.

KaiserGunner · 24-03-2019 11:54am

Yeah I was out for the afternoon yesterday for a pub lunch and a few pints. Ended up having pints of Guinness. They went down really well to be fair.

Went home early enough and had a 6 pack of Guinness in the fridge waiting for me. Noticeable difference obviously, but I think I’ll have Guinness as my choice of drink for the next month or so. I go through phases of drinking the stuff, is weird.

KevinCavan · 24-03-2019 12:00pm

I have mixed emotions about it. It’s a great drink if you are literally having two pints. If you drank 5 or 6 you would be heading into dangerous territory. Other drinks are safe to have over the course of a night, like lager.

KevinCavan · 24-03-2019 12:02pm

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Yeah I was out for the afternoon yesterday for a pub lunch and a few pints. Ended up having pints of Guinness. They went down really well to be fair.

Went home early enough and had a 6 pack of Guinness in the fridge waiting for me. Noticeable difference obviously, but I think I’ll have Guinness as my choice of drink for the next month or so. I go through phases of drinking the stuff, is weird.

I’d imagine drinking that quantity of the stuff, your bowels would be in bits the next day.

24-03-2019 12:23pm

KevinCavan wrote: »

I have mixed emotions about it. It’s a great drink if you are literally having two pints. If you drank 5 or 6 you would be heading into dangerous territory. Other drinks are safe to have over the course of a night, like lager.

It couldn’t be more the opposite for me. I’ve no issue putting away 10 or 12 pints of Guinness but I’d not get close to that in pints of larger. I’d fair a bit better with cars of larger as they aren’t as gassey as pints but still nothing is as easy to stay drinking for the day (or tastes as good) as good pints of creamy Guinness.

ToddyDoody · 24-03-2019 12:40pm

And, of course, millions of people around the world refer to the white bit as cream.

KaiserGunner · 24-03-2019 12:51pm

KevinCavan wrote: »

I’d imagine drinking that quantity of the stuff, your bowels would be in bits the next day.

Surprisingly not for me. Have been grand this morning. Only feel slightly hungover, but that’s about it.

Acosta · 24-03-2019 12:56pm

Was Guinness for years but stayed in a hotel last year where it was ****e so drank Murphy's for the weekend. I've not been able to go back since. Also i find it a bit less challenging the next morning.

Pissartist · 24-03-2019 12:58pm

I drink a pint of Guinness in 3 swigs, max 4.

Pissartist · 24-03-2019 12:59pm

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Met up with a few pals down the local last night for a bit of a light supper and a few pints.

I'm normally a lager or a pale ale drinker, but inspired by this thread I opted for Guinness last night and I think I may be converted back to the black stuff.

Really enjoyed them, top notch alright.

Dropped any black missiles yet ? Always good for a laugh when hungover

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-03-2019 1:01pm

I shouldn't have it at all as any amount absolutely destroys me, but had a few last night and it was worth it.

At this stage anyway, though I'll probably say different when still dying on Wednesday.

Pissartist · 24-03-2019 1:07pm

I'm gasping for one now reading this

24-03-2019 1:14pm

Pissartist wrote: »

I drink a pint of Guinness in 3 swigs, max 4.

You sound like a piss artist. Guinness isn't to be hurried back, rather supped at a measured pace.

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-03-2019 1:16pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You sound like a piss artist. Guinness isn't to be hurried back, rather supped at a measured pace.

Then it gets warm. Warm Guinness is undrinkable for me.

Guinness is supposed to be drank whichever way you prefer to yourself. Like every drink.

Guinness is a good drop.

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