Guinness

Writing about ales or beers has to be one of the most difficult tasks. We all have our own tastes, and each of us will taste something totally different in the drink. Therefore I admit that I cannot be objective in my opinion of Guinness. Even though I believe Guinness to be one of the finest stouts in the world and perhaps the best overall alcoholic beverage to grace the earth, I concede that there are those that cannot palate the drink of the Gods (well in my theology the Gods drink Guinness with Fish and Chips being the choice of food.) Guinness is sold in many forms - most obvious being the draft Guinness in pubs. However you can find it in cans (draught), ...  Read the complete review

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

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

Guinness Living in Ireland I have very early childhood memories of male relatives supping on pints of Guinness. I always thought it was funny when they ended up with the Guinness moustache after their first drink and I even remember getting a few a myself (although I didn't drink the stuff back then). I first dabbled with Guinness when I started working in a bar. It was a real mans bar and everyone drank Guinness in some shape or another. Back then to be honest I didn't really like the stuff. It was very heavy and was almost like a meal in a glass. I also found I got drunk very quickly on and it's not really practical to drink in busy clubs so I became more of ...  Read the complete review