Mainiac Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 This here is a good beer. Blacker than Al Jolson's face and just a slightly bitter nutty after taste. I like it very much It is a good mix between a stout (flavor) and a light lager (refreshing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 LordEoin posted about this a while ago and tried to make a clone. Not sure how successful he was. I haven't seen it in bottleshops out my way yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 got my interest.. will track it down i think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Mmmmm Guinness Lager! The attempt was nothing like it, but it was great tasting and went down well -pilsner kit, s23, choc grain, EKG an Fuggles- if I make it again it will be with black roast malt and no chocolate. Tried one the other day, but it was a year old and all the hops had faded leaving it with just a strong chocolate grain taste. Earlier in the week I bottled a lagered Irish stout kit + s23 + Saaz. It'll be nothing like the Guinness lager, but it's tasting very promising. I just opened one out of curiosity, and it's good. Weirdly 'belgian' tasting. A bit of time and carbonation and it'll be sweet[joyful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Hey Eion, I just tried a Guinness yesterday for the first time. I gotta' say it's a nice beer! It has a full roasty flavour with and wonderfully clean, crisp finish! I had my hand on a 6-pack of it today in the bottle shop but at the last momment I went for something else. Bad choice[pinched] ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...'story Horse? Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Must keep an eye out for this Black Lager, have not seen it here yet. Guinness do have a list of epic fails in the 'other' department though. Remember Guinness Light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 and 'guinness ice' or 'zero' or whatever it was called. it just killed the taste of.. well.. guinness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...'story Horse? Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Ahh Guinness Zero. Heard about that - but don't think it was available on the Northside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 When I was a student who liked to party and shout I first tasted a famous Irish Stout 2 pints down and I felt full Like I'd eaten half a bull. I filed the experience in my brainy tome Until work sent me to my ancestral home. The first beer down was a Murphy's brew And the next night a Beamish barley stew. I waited and waited and put up a fight To taste the most famous beer that's as black as night. I exclaimed "Holy sh1t! This beer is great". And with it I had sealed my fate, To order a Guinness in every pub I enter. And with it be resigned to remember That the stuff we get here is a poor copy And by jove! it gets me a little stroppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Warren, is that you? I enjoyed Guinness in Dublin but I didn't try the extra cold stuff. I don't understand why you would want to drink it (or any beer) that cold. In Sydney I find the Guinness is good at the Mercantile Hotel in the Rocks. It could be because they turn it over regularly. Not sure, I just know it taste better there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phAT YAK Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Have not tasted this beauty yet but I am very keen, on the other hand the Monteiths black beer is very nice and found myself trying to wring out the last drop from the 330ml bottle[kissing] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I might be leaving myself open to wet-willies, wedgies, and the dreaded 'rear admiral' here, but I've never been blown away by Guiness. Tried it many times from cans and on tap at various establishments. I always found it a bit watery compared to chewing on a Coopers or Southwark stout. Mind you, I always order one just to watch it settle in the glass. [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I might be leaving myself open to wet-willies, wedgies, and the dreaded 'rear admiral' here, but I've never been blown away by Guiness. Tried it many times from cans and on tap at various establishments. I always found it a bit watery compared to chewing on a Coopers or Southwark stout. Mind you, I always order one just to watch it settle in the glass. [cool] I agree. I enjoy a Guinness but it doesn't blow me away. Coopers stout craps all over it. Sheaf stout is better too. I won't ask what a rear admiral is [unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Don't know. We'll have to ask this guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I might be leaving myself open to wet-willies, wedgies, and the dreaded 'rear admiral' here, but I've never been blown away by Guiness. Tried it many times from cans and on tap at various establishments. I always found it a bit watery compared to chewing on a Coopers or Southwark stout. Mind you, I always order one just to watch it settle in the glass. [cool] The Guinness in the cans and on tap is a different brew to the Guinness Extra Stout which while it may not have quite the richness in flavour as say, Coopers, it is more flavoursome and fuller bodied I find. I don't buy Guinness on tap much anymore for exactly that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 mmm Coopers Best Extra Stout. It is one of the richest flavours I've experienced in a stout. I tried the Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout a few weeks ago which is meant to be a cracker. I was quite disappointed. Although a different style, Coopers Stout shites all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 The best Guinness I've tasted was my own [love] but to put this comment in perspective, I'm yet to go to Ireland and taste the real thing. [pinched] Based on a recipe out of a Wheeler and Protz book, Brew Your Own Real Ale at Home. 3.9kg Pale Malt .49kg Roast Barley .49kg Flaked Barley 37g Challenger 25g Target Mash at 66C for 2hrs, boil for 2 hrs with hops thrown in at start of boil. Final volume to 23 litres but no yeast mentioned. I rounded the grain numbers up to 4kg, 0.5kg and 0.5kg. Shortend the boil to 90mins. With the one hop addition at 60mins, 40g PoR. Fermented at 20C with WLP004 (White Labs Irish Ale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 The best Guinness I've tasted was my own [love] but to put this comment in perspective' date=' I'm yet to go to Ireland and taste the real thing. [pinched'] Based on a recipe out of a Wheeler and Protz book, Brew Your Own Real Ale at Home. 3.9kg Pale Malt .49kg Roast Barley .49kg Flaked Barley 37g Challenger 25g Target Mash at 66C for 2hrs, boil for 2 hrs with hops thrown in at start of boil. Final volume to 23 litres but no yeast mentioned. I rounded the grain numbers up to 4kg, 0.5kg and 0.5kg. Shortend the boil to 90mins. With the one hop addition at 60mins, 40g PoR. Fermented at 20C with WLP004 (White Labs Irish Ale). Great, thanks Paul. Looks like I've found one of my next brew recipes [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainiac Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 I like Guinness and the toucan coopers is one of my favorites too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'm glad this post hasn't gone to Siberia due to my poetry. I think that's the first poem I've written in about 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...'story Horse? Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 There is a 'Stoke Oatmeal Stout' over here which is pretty dam good, but too expensive to ever replace my own. Not sure if you get it over there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 ive done the Guiness tour at the brewery/storehouse... it was tastey... ive also done the Heinekin tour.. and the coopers tour.. hands down the coopers tour wins that prize.. but as for the stout.. it does taste pretty good in Ireland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I thought the Guinness tour was pretty boring. The only good thing was the Guinness at the end. I much preferred the Heineken tour. The Jameson Distillery tour was really good though (as was the whiskey). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I thought the Guinness tour was pretty boring. The only good thing was the Guinness at the end. I much preferred the Heineken tour. The Jameson Distillery tour was really good though (as was the whiskey). totally agree! the Guinness "self" tour was pretty much crap with video screens doing all the info. The Heinekin one was a bit better... and the Jamos tour.. hehhehe.. LOVED it! i did that straight after the Guinness tour. Coopers tour is by far the better of the 3 Brewery tours ive done. purely for the fact your IN the REAL brewery. not some electronic screens in a warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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