Guinness (The Drink)

Had some lovely pints in Bowes Lounge last weekend, great hidden gum

Apparently the 0.0 cans in pubs is not selling at all I've heard from a Diageo Technician. Selling 15 half kegs of draught 0.0 though in the Bell in Blanch alone. Had two yesterday while I'm off the sauce not a bad pint can definitely taste the difference though wouldn't have anymore than 2 or 3

Edited by irelandfan - 16 Mar 2023 at 3:33pm

Had a pint of Guinness last week then on my 2nd pint switched to Murphy's for a change.  Remember it being sweeter than Guinness but this was like drinking an ashtray.

Baldrick wrote: The only ones that I thought were as nice but different to Guinness are the porterhouse one, Plain, Wrasslers and the Oyster which is lovely.  Been a while since I had them.  Had Beamish at the weekend again in Cork and felt it was bland, not bad but bland and Murphys is not good in my view.  Guinness is the nicest along with the Oyster but there is loads I have not tastes but most craft stouts are way too strong and bitter.

The only ones that I thought were as nice but different to Guinness are the porterhouse one, Plain, Wrasslers and the Oyster which is lovely.  Been a while since I had them.  Had Beamish at the weekend again in Cork and felt it was bland, not bad but bland and Murphys is not good in my view.  Guinness is the nicest along with the Oyster but there is loads I have not tastes but most craft stouts are way too strong and bitter. 

just drink the f**king thing 

I enjoy a pint of Guinness. But the nicest pint of stout I ever had was called The Black Pig, from an Irish brewer called The White Hag. Unreal tasty and so smooth. 

Edited by GoneToShowgies - 08 Feb 2023 at 9:20pm

Cabra Hoop wrote: Artie Ziff wrote: BigStrongMan wrote: People who complain about the price of pints really need to stay out of pubs. It’s not 1982. You walk into a boozer you know you are in for a shakedown.  A year or so ago, my oul lad had some sheet from the 60s he owned which showed some pricing of goods and his salary.  So I worked out the average salary back in the day and compared the prices of today and the price of a pint was surprisingly the same as is today.  When I started work in the mid 80s a 3 bedroom house in a lower middle class part of Dublin like Artane was 3-4 times the annual salary, now that house is 10-12 times the annual salary. Interest rates were very high un the 80s alright but a high interest rate on a small mortgage is comparable to lower rates on a massive mortgage.

€5 in Clancys is a bargin. City Centre too, they'll take all the customers from the pubs around them.