Guinness In Ireland...

[peetie44]

...tastes better:

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[ThirstyDrunk]

I had a conversation about that on here , I think it was with Ruiner, like three years ago.
Maybe there's something to it. and I would like to find out first hand some day.

[captain gonzo]

I heard it ain't any different....never tried though. Maybe its just cos your in Ireland I dunno.

[Bur]

Dunno about this stuff, but I'll be testing how whisky stuff tastes in Scotland in less than two months. If I can stay undrunk to the point where you can actually taste, instead of just feeling the burn of alcohol. Remains to be seen.

[Mr Boozificator]

It does taste different, but not only in Ireland. Guinness is being brewed in various places around Europe.
I love Guinness, but my favourite stout is Caffreys Black. Unfortunately very rare. The last time I had it was in Spain.

[peetie44]

It does taste different, but not only in Ireland. Guinness is being brewed in various places around Europe.
I love Guinness, but my favourite stout is Caffreys Black. Unfortunately very rare. The last time I had it was in Spain.

Hey, Frenchman...we're talking real beer here...NOT that over-hyped, over-priced red wine y'all serve...

Now, get your ass back over here, safe and sound...don't make us come and get you.

[BBoozer]

Guinness 'might' taste better in Ireland, but really guys, it still is just lemonade. Belgian strong beers are the way to go.

[captain gonzo]

Guinness is a great beer though even if its not strong, Belgian beer is great, Rocheforte 10 is one of my personal favs.

[BBoozer]

Rochefort 10 is great, but you have to be careful with it - it is very potent. Maybe that's part of the appeal of Guinness: you can keep on drinking without getting too drunk.

[JimLahey]

I found Guinness on tap in Bangkok, sure didn't taste like Guinness, but it wasn't bad!

[captain gonzo]

Rochefort 10 is great, but you have to be careful with it - it is very potent. Maybe that's part of the appeal of Guinness: you can keep on drinking without getting too drunk.

Guinness is a great session beer, its something you can drink pint after pint of without getting to any real level of drunkenness. Even with shots of whiskey on the side it doesn't seem to creep up on me that much. Things like rocheforte 10 start to seriously catch up after about the 8th bottle...can keep going but always end up completely twatted.

[BBoozer]

Rochefort 10 is great, but you have to be careful with it - it is very potent. Maybe that's part of the appeal of Guinness: you can keep on drinking without getting too drunk.

Guinness is a great session beer, its something you can drink pint after pint of without getting to any real level of drunkenness. Even with shots of whiskey on the side it doesn't seem to creep up on me that much. Things like rocheforte 10 start to seriously catch up after about the 8th bottle...can keep going but always end up completely twatted.

That's exactly what I mean. I'll agree that unexperienced drinkers will get drunk on Guinness, but for real drunkards like us, it's a beer to drink all day. That said, and getting back on topic, I have no doubt at all that Guinness tastes better in Ireland. My redhead spent a two-week vacation once in Ireland, and she basically survived on Guinness. To this day, she still loves Guinness, every time she drinks it, it brings back memories of Ireland. Of course, this was in her bikers days, before she met me. I have never been to Ireland.

[captain gonzo]

Apparently Guinness in England is made in the same place, so its probably just who pours it. When I've had a real Irish bar maid pour mine before and take time over it it really did taste better. I think thats the bigger issue than the geography.

[Jiggers McCoy]

Surprised RA isn't all up in here about proper pours and suchlike.

I've had Guinness at the tourist spot in Dublin (it's not actually the brewery) other places around Ireland, and many places around the US. Know what? It all tasted like Guinness.

Maybe it was better at only a few days old, but not by much. My theory is that you're so goddamn tired of HEARING and LEARNING about Guinness, by the time you actually get one, it's like steak to a starving man.

Maybe I've scorched my palate with too much whiskey, hot sauce and questionable poon, but I find all the crap about pouring it correctly and it being better in it's country of origin (Guinness is not the only one guilty of this) to be stupid. It's beer, it's gonna taste like beer no matter where you drink it or what you drink it out of.

[Resident Asshole]

Actually I was warned by a bartender in Dublin that the Guinness at the top of the tower tasted more bitter than at any of the pubs. He was right. The pint I had after I toured the brewery was one of the worst I've ever had. Perhaps it is supposed to taste that bitter and so maybe the one I had was "better" but it sure tasted worse to me and it was ironic that the guy who had poured me one the night before told me it would taste better at his bar than up there.

And people can believe what they like, but facts are that Heineken tastes way better where it is made (especially on tap) than it does here. The reason is simple. Green glass only filter out less than half of the light which can and does spoil the beer. Drinking imported beer out of a clear or green bottle is just asking for spoiled beer.