CONSUME THE HEAD?!?!?! If my tongue was long enough I’d lick the bottom of the glass!
What, I’m the only one?
Guess I’ll have to make it worse and admit I have a slight preference for Beamish. But then, I’m Welsh, not Irish.
now, i’m quite fond of murphy’s, i find it works well over cornflakes when we run out of milk.
what?
WHAT?
since i’ve only ever drunk Guinness outside of ireland once (never again) i can easily believe that other porters travel better.
Guinness is brewed locally in many parts of the World and as drinking preferences change from one place to another the beer differs accordingly.
I think you can quite safely drink Guinness in Sweden, though, as it is imported directly from Dublin and AFAIK we are the only ones that get it unpasteurised.
BTW I remember the first pint of Beamish I ever had. It was heavenly with a slight taste of roasted coffee. Unfortunately, I have never again been served anything similar.
oh i know about the regional variation, my dad’s friend works for Guinness in Nigeria, it has a much higher alcohol content there!
part of the REASON it is brewed locally is also that IT DOESN’T TRAVEL WELL. most of the Guinness in the Uk is straight outta Dublin, and it’s NASTY.
and i’m not drinking anything that costs me 7 euros a glass for only 5 % alcohol! if i’m in Sweden i’ll be having the vodka, schnapps or aquvavit, thanks all the same 
As for Beamish, Murphy’s and Guinness…I have to be in the proper mood…they are not interchangeable. I do like them all though. We seem to only be able to get Guinness on tap here but have a great beer/wine place that carries them all in the pint can.
I like em all–all the way to the bottom of the glass! 
Whenever I travel, I make it a ritual to have a Guiness at a local joint. Guiness is rather hard to come by in China, but I managed to stumble across a bar in the cozy little town of Suzhou (a stones throw outside of Shanghai) that had some bottles in the back. After many miscommunicated attempts at ordering (it was on the English menu, but not the Chinese, so the staff didn’t even know what I wanted to order. I had to go and point at a dusty poster they had over the bar before they understood) I was brought a dusty bottle of Extra Stout. The label was all in Chinese, but it had the trusty logo on the front, so I knew I had found the object of my quest. The waitress
It was a little too syrupy when poured into the glass, and tasted six-ways from rancid when I took a sip, it had obviously sat in the storage room for a loooooooong unrefrigerated time. Nonetheless, I drank it (to my gastronomical distress the next day) because, after all, it was there.
I peeled the unreadable label from the bottle and saved it. I gave it to a Chinese friend back home in the states to translate the label for me. It was apparantly bottled in Singapore in 1998, 3 years before my trip!
On a side note, China has some damn fine local beers and small breweries. I was pleasantly surprised at the variety and quality of the beers there. A very yummy trip (Guiness-poisoning notwithstanding)
No need for that. I’ll show you the right places to go. I have a special barman, who for some reason thinks I’m his very best customer (I’ve overheard him say that to his daughter once).
The regular price for a pint of Guinness 45 SEK (roughly 4.6 EUR), but regulars only play 40 (4.1 EUR). However he has the habit of always pouring me, and whoever happens to be in my company, another pint for free, when I’m about to leave, and he also usually longchanges me. All in all, I’ve had sessions there when I in the end have paid 2.55 EUR per pint.
Flymaster, I take great Umbrage to this statement. After all,
Guinness Gives You Strenght.
And you’re not going to find a better tasting Stout.
Beamish, meh, its a poor substitute, but is miles better than that rancid Cork gravy they call Murphy’s.
I’ve never tried it, because I don’t like it. :rolleyes:
In addition to **AnnaLivia’s[\b] ice cream joint, there is Amy’s in Austin, TX that makes Guiness Ice Cream.
I personally do not particularly enjoy stout beer, but if I drink Guinness, I like the head the best.
Ah, but I have found a better tasting stout. Victory’s Storm King is quite simply one of the best beverages in the world. It’s amazing. I’d take it over a Guinness ANY day of the week. Not that Guinness is bad, of course. It’s a very good beer. Just not the greatest thing in the world.