Guinness was a Fall/Winter beverage for me when I lived up North. There's nothing like a Guinness at the 19th hole after a Saturday of golf in October. Autumn leaves, friends and college football with a Guinness in hand...
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I don't like it...
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i do like Guinness, in whatever form, but it is not the best stout - best one i've had is Meantime stout, mmmm god i wish i was drinking it right now
oh and guinness export is good, that's 7.5% for those of you keeping score at home.
I love Guinness, esp the Extra Stout from the bottle. Eht's Mother's melk! Bud, Coors light, Miller lite, etc. are all fermented corn water< not even beer
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Not my fave dark - but a good one!
It's gotta be draft. Stuff is like honey!
Not into the bottles and cans with the little rattley doo-hickey.
Prefer a Maritime Nightwatch Dark outta Seattle = good stuff, Maynard!!
Black Butte Porter are awfully good too!
It's gotta be draft. Stuff is like honey!
Not into the bottles and cans with the little rattley doo-hickey.
Prefer a Maritime Nightwatch Dark outta Seattle = good stuff, Maynard!!
Black Butte Porter are awfully good too!
oh and guinness export is good, that's 7.5% for those of you keeping score at home.
NEED!
As for American vs European stout - Well, I don't know too much about American stout, but I'd urge everyone to try Samuel Smith's as a good Guiness alternative, nowhere near as filling but plenty flavourful, and if you can get your hands on it, Duham Brewery's Temptation. It's an Imperial strength stout, roughly comparable to the Brooklyn Brewery Chocolate stuff. Yummy.
I can do the Draught, but not a big fan of Extra Stout. Just not a big fan of extra bitter beers... don't really like IPA's, either.
Agreed. I tasted the two side by side and easily preferred the Draught.
for some reason, I do like IPAs though.
I started homebrewing in 1989 and I've made more batches of stout than all other types of beer combined. Guinness in a bottle was my go-to beer when I was drinking store bought and they didn't really fill me up until a few bottles after the first six-pack.
Then about 5 years ago, stout lost it's specialness. Now I'm into lighter bodied beers like brown ales and porters.
BTW, if you want to drink a really chewy beer that is more food than beverage, this is the stuff:
Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
You could patch your driveway with it.
Then about 5 years ago, stout lost it's specialness. Now I'm into lighter bodied beers like brown ales and porters.
BTW, if you want to drink a really chewy beer that is more food than beverage, this is the stuff:
Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
You could patch your driveway with it.
I loves me some Guinness, especially when it is poured by an Irish bartender in an Irish pub. There's an art to pouring the perfect pint.
I started homebrewing in 1989 and I've made more batches of stout than all other types of beer combined. Guinness in a bottle was my go-to beer when I was drinking store bought and they didn't really fill me up until a few bottles after the first six-pack.
Then about 5 years ago, stout lost it's specialness. Now I'm into lighter bodied beers like brown ales and porters.
BTW, if you want to drink a really chewy beer that is more food than beverage, this is the stuff:
Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
You could patch your driveway with it.
Good stuff! Their Oatmeal Stout is really good also.
I've had some good Guinness locally and in Ireland, but never seen anything like a decent pint of it served further afield. That said, some of the American stouts I've drunk on recent trips have been very, very good.
It seems to me that you can get much better beer now in the US than you could when I first visited, quite a few years ago. At that time, all the beer I got was pretty much tasteless fizzy water - now you serve some really great brews over there.
It seems to me that you can get much better beer now in the US than you could when I first visited, quite a few years ago. At that time, all the beer I got was pretty much tasteless fizzy water - now you serve some really great brews over there.
Exactly!! Times have changed. I think that many of the smaller breweries are making stuff that is very over hopped but much of what's now available is really good. I used to love hoppy beers but I prefer a good, straight up pilsner or something with a lot of malt now. For some reason hoppy beers give me a headache these days
Here's the thing about draft Guinness that most people don't understand, and why it tastes so different than most beers. Instead of using CO2 as a gas, it uses Nitrogen gas. This is why it has the velvety texture and not that bubbly carbonated texture most people expect when they pull on a beer. If it wasn't for visible nitrogen bubbles, people might think it's flat.
Also, Guinness is a dry stout like Murphy's or Beamish. Comparing it to Imperial Stout, Oatmeal Stout, Chocolate Stout, sweet stouts, etc, is apples and oranges and makes no sense. They are completely different styles of beer. As far as dry stouts go, Guinness rules the roost (in sales and rep at least [and taste in my book]) with Beamish and Murphy's close behind.
If you don't dig the nitrogen beers, skip the Boddington's tap handle as well.
Also, Guinness is a dry stout like Murphy's or Beamish. Comparing it to Imperial Stout, Oatmeal Stout, Chocolate Stout, sweet stouts, etc, is apples and oranges and makes no sense. They are completely different styles of beer. As far as dry stouts go, Guinness rules the roost (in sales and rep at least [and taste in my book]) with Beamish and Murphy's close behind.
If you don't dig the nitrogen beers, skip the Boddington's tap handle as well.
Really?!?
The only reason why we export fosters so much is because no aussie is dumb enough to drink it. We have quite a few camels in the middle of australia and there lies the fosters plant, yes its made from camels piss. Glad you enjoy it.
Sorry guys, for a hard earned thirst, you need a big cold beer and the best cold beer is vic, victoria bitter... and corona.
Maybe the "chew" factor has something to do with it, but I always find myself nursing a Guinness much longer than, say, a Sam Adams.
Of course, if I was drinking either, I probably had no say in what we were drinking and would just shut up and get silly.
