# Guinness -- Different Taste in Ireland

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-different-taste-in-ireland/206152 "2003-10-07T21:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-different-taste-in-ireland/206152/41 "2003-10-09T16:34:11Z")

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For those following this random exchange, Buckfast is one of our most beautiful local beverages, also affectionately known as _‘Lurgan Champagne.’_

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**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-different-taste-in-ireland/206152/42 "2003-10-09T16:36:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> \*\*And me and my brother really livened up my sister’s birthday party with some Special Brew a few years ago… \*\*

_All together:_ I love yooou; yes I doooo; an’ I know that you love-a-me too…

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-different-taste-in-ireland/206152/43 "2003-10-09T21:17:48Z")

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I really think its a proximity to brewery thing. ( Beer must not travel well)

Ex. 1: in NH this summer, I had the best Sam Adams (light) that I’d ever tasted. It was Amazingly good. When I got home, I bought some from a local liquor store and it was Average…nowhere near as good as it was in NH.

Ex2: I’ve had Guinness here in the US since my college days. The new pressure can is a nice step upward…but it was always a little too sour. Two summers ago I visited western Ireland (ROI) and was Amazed at how delicious the tap brand of Guinness could be. Heavenly Liquid Refreshment…and not sour at all. While a trip to the ROI is a bit expense for just a glass of good beer, if your travels find you there, it would be silly to waste the opportunity.

PS- Its also home to the Worlds Best Potstill Whisk(e)y,  
‘Connemara’, which is unavailable in the US.

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