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booklover72

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The full strength Guinness,starting out,is tough to take..I cut it,with a half pint of Harp or whatever beer you have handy,they call it a black and tan,or a half and half.After the settling,you get the half and half appearance,give it a stir and drink,or drink as is..and it is quite delicious,not so heavy as the regular pint..
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You drink Guinness , are you mad? with Harp!!!!. Harp hasn't been around in Dublin in god knows when. It has a very sharp taste and supposedly Is made with ingredients that will damage your inside rather like Coke. Some people take to the taste of Guinness very quickly, for most it is an acquired taste. Do you buy your Guinness in an Irish Pub served by an Irish barperson, if not, you are not getting the best of the 'black stuff' Outside of Ireland and Irish Pubs, publicans do not and I repeat do not know how to pour Guinnes
 

mustangclaire

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Good post Siggy. I am guilty as charged.... at least I was on Friday evening. Saw two newbie threads. Both with similar user names, one post just didn't make sense. And I was suspicious of the other one. But one of the posters has proved me wrong and I was happy to admit it, on his thread and on his page. The other one is no where to be seen. I guess I get protective of this board. :)
 
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mjs9153

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You drink Guinness , are you mad? with Harp!!!!. Harp hasn't been around in Dublin in god knows when. It has a very sharp taste and supposedly Is made with ingredients that will damage your inside rather like Coke. Some people take to the taste of Guinness very quickly, for most it is an acquired taste. Do you buy your Guinness in an Irish Pub served by an Irish barperson, if not, you are not getting the best of the 'black stuff' Outside of Ireland and Irish Pubs, publicans do not and I repeat do not know how to pour Guinnes
Irish pub,and they do know how to pour it..or bottled and at home.But not in a while,just haven't thought of it.And am on beer drinking hiatus anyway..it's not that the full strength Guinness is strong,it is more of a syrupy,overly smooth feel,like oil,that way.Just my druthers,if gonna have one,would make it the black and tan..:grinning:
 

blunthead

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Irish pub,and they do know how to pour it..or bottled and at home.But not in a while,just haven't thought of it.And am on beer drinking hiatus anyway..it's not that the full strength Guinness is strong,it is more of a syrupy,overly smooth feel,like oil,that way.Just my druthers,if gonna have one,would make it the black and tan..:grinning:
They make Black and Tans everywhere. They're very popular. I prefer Guinness straight up. That's why I harassed mjs. =D
 

booklover72

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Jan 12, 2014
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I will put it this way, I was in - I think Rome on the inter-rail, 2 of us drank and me being me said lets have a drink, we had some money left over. We went into thi pub and asked for two Guinness and i watched with interest to see how they leave it standing for a minute. They poured it like a beer and didnt leave it to stand. I drank half and said in no uncertain i am not drinking this. If they import it from James gate it is not too bad.
 

blunthead

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Of course an Irishman himself told me that the Guinness we have in the states ain't near the same.
I was at an "Irish pub" in Atlanta, and he kept yelling "20 Marbraugh!" at the bartender. He was standing next to me at the bar where no one who had somewhere to sit had to stand. He was drunk and happy and wearing a torn, oily T-shirt and sounding very foreign. The bartender didn't speak the frightening, giant, construction worker's foreign language, so I interpreted: "He wants a pack of Marlboros," I shouted, without trying to compete with my adopted Irish guest.

He turned to me, smiling and very happily drunk and laughing slapped me on the back of my right shoulder and broke every bone in my body. I have no idea what he said when he did it; I've always believed it was complimentary in nature.