Patience, oh patience. Not a second goes by, without a look, a moment, a pause. She stands under the tap, drips slowly penetrating her creamy white top, as the husky brown settles into a dark black oasis of pure ecstasy, waiting to be finished and handed over to its rightful owner. She stands on the bar, with an anxious glance, I wait. Wait for her to settle once more, so as to enjoy the ambience as well as her somewhat taught, slightly sour taste, but with an aromatic back kick which lingers long, long after the last drop has been so eloquently consumed from the flagon of glass. Yes, I like my Guinness! Now Sir Arthur Guinness founded ...  Read the complete review

Guinness well what can I say ? Before I become emotive, let us just say that I recognise that Guinness is not to everyone’s taste. Very few of the girlies like it for a start, and it is also reckoned that you need at least a ‘touch of the Blarney’ in your ancestry before you will really enjoy it. I can really believe that since my father couldn’t stand it, neither could his brother and neither could my maternal grandfather. But my mother’s two brothers (my Uncle J and Uncle F mentioned in previous opinions) loved it as much as I do and so does my son. You see my maternal grandmother was from County Cork and that explains a lot. ...  Read the complete review

Guinness has been around me all my life, though not in alcoholic form! From the several Guinness Book of World Records, to the Guinness Rugby Premiership, I've known of this famous Irish product for a very long time but never really got round to trying it properly for a long time. I've always wanted to try it though, I'd heard nothing but good from it. Growing up around the local pubs I'd see the infamous posters around everywhere. It didn't help looking at photos of the Guinness brewery in Dublin when family visited there many years ago now. Guinness is popular throughout the World and is probably Ireland's most famous export. I don't know many people who ...  Read the complete review

I started drinking Guinness very recently and was at first laughed at by my mates for having such old man's taste! - But the thing is I've never seen Guinness as an old man's beer, I've always regarded it as an anyone's drink. So basically I carried on, and now it's pretty much all I drink when out of town. -TASTE- Allowing the beer to settle momentarily, you lift the glass to your bottom lip, break through the head and sip generously. A cool, rich, smooth liquid infiltrates your tongue and neck, slipping down effortlessly into the depths of your stomach. It cures your worries, deteriorates your ...  Read the complete review

There is usually always one drink I can depend on if everything else in the bar falls short of what I find to be drinkable, and that is Guinness. I think Guinness has a similar reputation as Marmite; You either love it or hate it! For years, up until a few years ago, I was firmly in the hate camp; I couldn't understand how anyone could drink something this bitter, it made me cringe! But then one night I forced myself to drink it as I was certain I was missing out on something; The smell, is very alluring to my nostrils. I can always detect a slight coffee smell behind the obvious and apparent toasted malt. Very ...  Read the complete review