adambrown400: Boy With the Black Stuff (Guinness)

Member Name: adambrown400

Product:	Guinness
Date:	08/07/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smooth

Disadvantages: can't have too many

If there is one drink that I have had to grow into liking, then it is definitely 'Guinness.' Moving from quite weak lagers to bitters in the early 00's, I started to drink the meal in a glass quite regularly due to its distinctive taste and texture.

When on nights out with tomflint and JJJJ, Guinness is usually drunk first by JJJJ and I (tomflint usually drinks bitter shandy as he is usually driving). Guinness does have a tendency to make you feel quite bloated, even though the company used to carry the slogan 'Guinness is good for you.' One of the main problems with Guinness is that it changes the colour and consistency of your excreta (sorry if you are eating your dinner.) Guinness apparently has some health benefits, my Nan used to drink a pint of Guinness a day - and she's over 90!

At my local drinkery, Guinness is served at just the right temperature with a nice cloverleaf on the head. It goes down incredibly well in a nice smooth fluid motion. It used to be that three pints of Guinness was my lot, now I can drink quite a few with not a huge amount of adverse effects (my liver may say otherwise!)

Guinness is usually one of the most expensive pints that you can buy. You can usually gauge the rest of the pub's bar tab and food just from how much a pint of the black stuff is. Don't pay over £3.10 - you're probably being ripped off!

Summary: A Meal in a glass