KenjiOgiwara Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) Guiness in Dublin is way more creamy, coffee'esque and less acidic than I've had it anywhere else. Absolutely lovely Edited May 3, 2019 by KenjiOgiwara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Guiness in Dublin is way more creamy, coffee'esque and less acidic than I've had it anywhere else. Absolutely lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 A really really well presented guinness is right up there with a mid ranking Brains Dark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I have to say one of my life memories, was sat atop a hill overlooking a national park in Kenya, drinking a Kenyan guinness. I felt slightly mean, there were three cold bottles of guinness and four of us. This was resolved by drinking them before bod number four rocked up. It was like the start of a joke, an irishman, a scot and a welsh sat in a bar... we declared it celtic corner and drank to our mutual healths the oher guy - who turned up late - got a right huff on him when he worked out what had happened we consoled him with a luke warm bottle of pop we'd put aside so he didn't miss out completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) At the chance of coming across as trying to be Brians BFF, it's the best beer experience I've had and I've had a lot of it haha. Think I've got to have a few more tonight just cause how great it was. Apparantly the Guiness owned microbrewery on site is opening tonight with new beers. Might go there. Edited May 3, 2019 by KenjiOgiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 You don't see Caffrey's in bars/pubs much nowadays do you? It used be ubiquitous when I first started going to pubs as a teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, Xela said: You don't see Caffrey's in bars/pubs much nowadays do you? It used be ubiquitous when I first started going to pubs as a teenager. I used to drink that when it first came out....late 90s i think. As smooth as water.....then i stepped outside to walk home.....*BANG*.....my legs had turned to jelly ! Awful hangover the day after. 5.2% abv.....although they toned it down to about 4.7/4.8 later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 The Coors buy out of Bass basically did for Caffreys. That and everyone else caught up with pumping mixed gas (60/40) through keg ales and undercut them. They couldn't chuck it out fast enough at one point in the 90's though I remember that. 22 minutes ago, mottaloo said: Awful hangover the day after. Nitrogen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2019 Nitrokeg is poison. Avoid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Nitrokeg is poison. Avoid. I do have a soft spot for nitrokegs like Worthingtons Creamflow or Tetleys Smoothflow. I know I know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2019 31 minutes ago, Xela said: I do have a soft spot for nitrokegs like Worthingtons Creamflow or Tetleys Smoothflow. I know I know! You do indeed know. It's horrible shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Nitrokeg is poison. Avoid. As Paracelcus said, a can or 6 is perfectly safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Xela said: I do have a soft spot for nitrokegs like Worthingtons Creamflow or Tetleys Smoothflow. I know I know! Reported. Mods, please deal with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted May 4, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) Yeah, it's different. In a blindfold test, I wouldn't identify it as Guinness. Less 'creamy', somewhat sharp tang to it. A decent stout, worth trying, but it hasn't shot into my 'top stouts' chart. My favourite bottled Guinness remains the West Indies Porter. Edited May 4, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted May 4, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2019 Blue Chimay, powerful stuff *hic* 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Haven't done any beer reviews recently, but had these over the bank holiday and they were both excellent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 28, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 28, 2019 Tonight I’ve had a couple of bottles of this. Very nice too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 29, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 29, 2019 I'm on the Bath Gem tonight a perennial favourite of mine, only the one before bed mind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Rookie error. Having a night away in my motorhome in the wilds of the peak district. All setup and then realised I didn't bring any booze with me. No wine nothing. Rummaged in a cupboard and found 2 old tins of Boddingtons. I am a **** idiot apparently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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