Does this get anybody elses goat

Frank the tank
Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
edited June 2009 in The bottom bracket
Went in my local last night to discover they no longer sell Guinness only Guinness extra cold. What is it with all this extra cold sh1t, Guinness should not be extra cold it should be Guinness temp, The only benefit I can see is I'll have to drink bitter/real ale which has fewer calories (as a rule) so I might lose a smidgion of weight.
Tail end Charlie

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I've just had two pints of proper guinness at the club...



    8)
  • Gavin Gilbert
    Gavin Gilbert Posts: 4,019
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(

    I thought all Guinness was brewed in Dublin, I'm sure that's what they said when I went to the brewery. May be wrong though. Certainly no place in this world for extra cold, I must say I was pleasantly suprised when I tried a pint of Guinness red a few weeks ago.
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  • Gavin Gilbert
    Gavin Gilbert Posts: 4,019
    The Nigerian variant is popular in West London. 'Lo for why I don't know.

    The Guinness plant in Park Royal closed in 2005. I lived just south of it's location and when the wind was blowing from the north it stank.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(

    You wont see any now. The Beamish brewery shut down a couple of months ago and production moved to the nearby Heineken-owned brewery. As that already produces Murphys, the decision has been taken to retrict Beamish to the Irish market.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Guiness is now (since they started brewing only in Dublin) a drink of choice in pubs that don't otherwise have proper beer. I went into a crap pub in Hedon last week and resorted to the Guiness - and they only had Extra Cold available. I didn't say "Do I look like a moronic chav who left his brains in the toilet because if not why the hell would I want that extra cold crap" but should have. Had to have a Stella instead :roll:
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Frank the tank
    IIRC it serves faster.
    Gavin Gilbert
    it was stronger alcohol content to help it last the ship trip.
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  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    First up I have to confess to work for the company who own Guinness so I am biased....but....if it helps....

    All Guinness sold in the UK on draft is only made at the St James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and is exactlty the same as the stuff sold in Ireland.

    Another tip is that Guinness and Extra Cold come from the same barrels in the pub...the Extra Cold just goes through, well, a cooler....

    So order the Extra Cold and let it warm up if that's all the pub serve.

    The biggest influence on quality is the experience of the pub in serving it and the state it keeps its pipes and taps in. We spend a FORTUNE every year on guys going pub to pub and training managers and bar staff.

    You won't see too much Red about yet, but glad you like it...I agree that it's good stuff.
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    Should have said that the chances are if the pub has dropped Guinness regular it's because it wants the tap space for something else.
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    If the pub has only the "standard" selection of Guinness + Strongbow + 4 lagers, then I tend to give it a miss myself and go somewhere else, no one is forcing me to drink what I don't like.

    How in a country with so many excellent beers can it be so hard to get one in some of the pubs?

    Guinness North Star was OK though I think, but I have a bit of a sweet tooth and like Beamish the best of the stouts.
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    I'm not overly keen on ordering a drink then having to wait an inordinate amount of time for it to warm up.

    It just seems to be a marketing thing drinks these days have to be "cool" "extra cold" "cold" "chilled". FFS what's up with proper beer served at a normal temperature, I like a drink not having my mouth frozen. :x

    It's all these youngsters. They start on alcopop and when they graduate to proper ale they don't like the taste so they have something chilled down to about -25c so they can't taste it. They may as well be drinking "super ice cold freezing" urine.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(

    I thought all Guinness was brewed in Dublin, I'm sure that's what they said when I went to the brewery. May be wrong though. Certainly no place in this world for extra cold, I must say I was pleasantly suprised when I tried a pint of Guinness red a few weeks ago.

    I visited the Guiness brewery in Mauritius about 15 years ago, so that certainly wasn't true back then....
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  • beverick
    beverick Posts: 3,461
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(

    I thought all Guinness was brewed in Dublin, I'm sure that's what they said when I went to the brewery. May be wrong though. Certainly no place in this world for extra cold, I must say I was pleasantly suprised when I tried a pint of Guinness red a few weeks ago.

    I visited the Guiness brewery in Mauritius about 15 years ago, so that certainly wasn't true back then....

    Guinness moved their former UK production back to Dublin in either late 2005 or early 2006. I can't remember exactly when but the draft 'stuff' you drink in the either the UK or Ireland is brewed in Dublin.

    BTW I do note though that the Guinness in England is more or less black whereas the brew in Ireland is most definately a deep ruby red.

    BTW (again!) I also note that since our club started selling the black stuff in early May, my weeks are now a couple of days shorter (as Mondays and Fridays seem to have dissappeared), my wasteline has grown and my pockets are lighter.......

    Bob
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    I had some Guiness export in Malaysia, 9%! The locals buy one Guiness export and a local larger, Anchor or Tiger. Drink the Guiness, but keep it topped up with the larger. Not to be recommended.
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    beverick wrote:
    It's reached the point where I only touch it from a bottle sourced from Dublin.

    You don't see much Beamish about these days either :(

    I thought all Guinness was brewed in Dublin, I'm sure that's what they said when I went to the brewery. May be wrong though. Certainly no place in this world for extra cold, I must say I was pleasantly suprised when I tried a pint of Guinness red a few weeks ago.

    I visited the Guiness brewery in Mauritius about 15 years ago, so that certainly wasn't true back then....

    Guinness moved their former UK production back to Dublin in either late 2005 or early 2006. I can't remember exactly when but the draft 'stuff' you drink in the either the UK or Ireland is brewed in Dublin.

    BTW I do note though that the Guinness in England is more or less black whereas the brew in Ireland is most definately a deep ruby red.

    BTW (again!) I also note that since our club started selling the black stuff in early May, my weeks are now a couple of days shorter (as Mondays and Fridays seem to have dissappeared), my wasteline has grown and my pockets are lighter.......

    Bob

    There are Guinness brewerys all over the world, notably in Africa where it sells a lot. All the draft (and I think cans/bottles as well) you get in the UK is from Dublin from the same line as all the Irish Guinness. So what you get here shouldn't look or taste any different to the stuff you get in Ireland.

    BUT - see my post about pubs and their abilities to serve and maintain it.