# I don't like Guinness. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 25, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-guinness/144837 "2002-12-25T13:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-guinness/144837/81 "2003-01-02T11:07:21Z")
What about “Guinness and Black” - blackcurrant cordial added to a pint, that makes the head go purple (why isn’t there a “barf” smiley?). **Coldy** , I’ve heard that in Ireland, there’s such a high turnover that the Guinness doesn’t have to be pasteurised, but outside the country, it does, hence the quality differential. Thus, IMO, most Guinness served outside Ireland is sub-par, but things have got better in recent years. You can now get a passable pint in England, and parts of the US. I did have to send a pint back in an “Irish” bar in Bloomington, IN, because it was 50% head, and very bitter. Personally, I am looking forward to sampling [Nepalese Guinness](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/298495.stm) the next time I’m in Kathmandu. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-guinness/144837/82 "2003-01-02T11:37:00Z")
Well the Malaysian version of the Black Stuff was pretty bad out of the bottle. I had a taste in Penang forced on me by a local when he found out I was from “Guinness Town” as he called it. It may well have been down to bad refrigeration but it was terrible. I smiled and said it’s was very nice BTW and then ordered some local Tiger beer ; [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-guinness/144837.md?page=4)