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Title: guiness
Post by: Richie London on 22 June 2013, 23:55:23
I had a can of guiness a couple of months ago, first time ever.  Havent drunk lager since, only thing is I drink twice as much of it and I dont get as drunk for some reason. Now i'm eating again I should put some weight back on. No more shandies for me  ;D

Anyone else drink it?
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: CaptainZok on 23 June 2013, 00:11:29
I have been known to sample the odd can of Nigerian Lager, purely for medicinal reasons of course. ;D ;D
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: plym ian on 23 June 2013, 00:19:04
The problem with Guiness is that it slips down too easy and a couple is never enough :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Rods2 on 23 June 2013, 01:06:27
Yes, but normally only if a pub has no real ales. Keg beers really bloat me, but Guiness doesn't.
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: SteveAvfc. on 23 June 2013, 08:33:43
 :y :y But one or two is never enough.
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: tunnie on 23 June 2013, 08:45:35
Never used to touch stuff, had one after about 5 pints of stella, did not sit well  ::)

However MrsT is Irish, so well, I was "informed" I had to drink Guinness ;D ;D

So started drinking it, really like it now. When in the pub I usually opt for that over Larger, nothing has beaten the taste of Guinness from Dublin Factory though. Had one in their bar, lovely stuff.

I find though it is easy to get it wrong, larger is the same, but you can get a bad pint of Guinness if its poured wrong or miss-treated in transit.

This one was poured just at the factory  :D

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Misc/393676_10150441434966764_519793316_n.jpg)
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Varche on 23 June 2013, 09:09:54
Never used to touch stuff, had one after about 5 pints of stella, did not sit well  ::)

However MrsT is Irish, so well, I was "informed" I had to drink Guinness ;D ;D

So started drinking it, really like it now. When in the pub I usually opt for that over Larger, nothing has beaten the taste of Guinness from Dublin Factory though. Had one in their bar, lovely stuff.

I find though it is easy to get it wrong, larger is the same, but you can get a bad pint of Guinness if its poured wrong or miss-treated in transit.

This one was poured just at the factory  :D

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Misc/393676_10150441434966764_519793316_n.jpg)

What can the publican "get wrong" about lager? It isn't a live product like beer.
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: tunnie on 23 June 2013, 09:25:45
Think you miss-understood, i should have made it more clear, I meant larger is the same, as in you cannot get it wrong. But Guinness you can  :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Richie London on 23 June 2013, 09:37:33
I say one thing. I was shocked when I went to loo the next morning after 10 pints of the stuff   :-X
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Varche on 23 June 2013, 09:45:48
 :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: bigegg on 23 June 2013, 09:59:03
I don't know if it ever travels "darn sarf", but if you ever get a chance to experience "Theakston Old Peculier" - try it.

I find it a very similar taste to guinness, but slightly more palatable, and it doesn't sit as heavily on the stomach.
Be warned tho - it has twice the effect of Guinness. If you try to drink 10 pints of it, you will know about it! (or not, as was the case with me - until the next afternoon - I still don't know how I got home. I fell asleep in Leeds, woke up in a pub in Wakefield  ::) )
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 June 2013, 11:01:31


What can the publican "get wrong" about lager? It isn't a live product like beer.

.. apart from selling it to you in the first place instead of giving you a slap and telling you not to be so stupid? ;D
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: tigers_gonads on 23 June 2013, 11:06:31
Love the stuff but only drink it if i know the lines are kept clean
only need one bad pint and it totally ruins your day

if any of you girls find yourself's in a Sams Smith pub, try there Irish stout  :y
imho it even better and quite a bit stronger
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 June 2013, 13:58:10
The demon drink has much to answer for.

Repent I say, and take up reading the good book instead, while there is still hope. :)
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: symes on 23 June 2013, 14:21:02
no sorry -tried it-didnt like it-stick to Makers Mark ;)
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: albitz on 23 June 2013, 16:29:49
Despite being born and bred on the Emerald Isle,I have never really developed a taste for the black stuff. I don't dislike it,but have a pint of it maybe twice a year when Im in the mood.
My son on the other hand...... ::)
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: hercules on 23 June 2013, 16:42:25
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: bigegg on 23 June 2013, 18:53:29
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*

Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

When I was young, and stupid, I told a friend of mine that at an afternoon BBQ.
He insisted on me proving it.

4 cans of Guinness.
6 cans of stones.
2 pints of bulmers.
4 cans of fosters.
A bottle of red wine.
1/4 bottle of Gin (don't like gin)
followed by brandy into unconsciousnes at 11.30pm

Woke up at 7 next morning and made everyone breakfast.  :D
Didn't even attempt to drive for 2 days afterwards tho...
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: VXL V6 on 23 June 2013, 20:15:28
Guinness  :y

To be honest I rarely drink anything other than Guinness, especially if going out. Do occasionally have a bottle of Spitfire or something from the Wychavon brewery when it's on special offer.

Title: Re: guiness
Post by: hercules on 23 June 2013, 20:19:55
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*

Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

When I was young, and stupid, I told a friend of mine that at an afternoon BBQ.
He insisted on me proving it.

4 cans of Guinness.
6 cans of stones.
2 pints of bulmers.
4 cans of fosters.
A bottle of red wine.
1/4 bottle of Gin (don't like gin)
followed by brandy into unconsciousnes at 11.30pm

Woke up at 7 next morning and made everyone breakfast.  :D
Didn't even attempt to drive for 2 days afterwards tho...
bah eck ive supped a river of that stuff in mi younger days  ;D
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: horsecow on 23 June 2013, 21:44:23
Very fond of a guinness myself have to say. Its true that a bad pint is horrible and really offputting but guinness have put a lot of effort into making sure that the pipes are cleaned regularly and from what I've seen its very seldom you get a bad pint anywhere these days. They have guys on the road full time checking pubs to make sure that the guinness lines are well cleaned and that the pints are good. No guinness will ever beat the pint you get in the sky bar in the brewery in Dublin and the pints all round Dublin are amazing but I've always found that the extra cold guinness is pretty much the same everywhere.

I think the best I've ever done was one friday evening in Edinburgh. 13 pints of Guinness after work, then we went home at 10pm and got changed to go out for the night. Cant remember what we had to drink after that but still managed to get up the next morning at 6.30 for work. Have often drank it for days at a time if there was a wedding or any other reason to celebrate, I find its best to keep the bog roll in the freezer if your on guinness for a few days.
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: PhilRich on 23 June 2013, 22:10:20
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*

Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

When I was young, and stupid, I told a friend of mine that at an afternoon BBQ.
He insisted on me proving it.

4 cans of Guinness.
6 cans of stones.
2 pints of bulmers.
4 cans of fosters.
A bottle of red wine.
1/4 bottle of Gin (don't like gin)
followed by brandy into unconsciousnes at 11.30pm

Woke up at 7 next morning and made everyone breakfast.  :D
Didn't even attempt to drive for 2 days afterwards tho...





You do actually have a Pulse don't you bigegg ??? ;D ;)
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Mr Gav on 23 June 2013, 22:20:55
I don't know if it ever travels "darn sarf", but if you ever get a chance to experience "Theakston Old Peculier" - try it.

I find it a very similar taste to guinness, but slightly more palatable, and it doesn't sit as heavily on the stomach.
Be warned tho - it has twice the effect of Guinness. If you try to drink 10 pints of it, you will know about it! (or not, as was the case with me - until the next afternoon - I still don't know how I got home. I fell asleep in Leeds, woke up in a pub in Wakefield  ::) )

Lol, I used to drink it all the time in the Junction in Otley, had many a nights like that  :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: Mr Gav on 23 June 2013, 22:25:31
Love Guinness, mostly what I drink and have done for the last 25 years or so unless I find a pub with Black Sheep Special or Timothy Taylors Ram Tam  :)
The only larger I drink is Tuborg after getting a taste for it in Copenhagen.
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: horsecow on 23 June 2013, 22:32:55
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*

Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

When I was young, and stupid, I told a friend of mine that at an afternoon BBQ.
He insisted on me proving it.

4 cans of Guinness.
6 cans of stones.
2 pints of bulmers.
4 cans of fosters.
A bottle of red wine.
1/4 bottle of Gin (don't like gin)
followed by brandy into unconsciousnes at 11.30pm

Woke up at 7 next morning and made everyone breakfast.  :D
Didn't even attempt to drive for 2 days afterwards tho...
The only time I ever get a hangover is if I drink cocktails or a real mixture of stuff like loads of different shorts etc. It is great thought being grand the next day when everyone else is suffering!!  :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: omega3000 on 23 June 2013, 23:10:51
oh yes black gold  :-* :-*
old peculiar  :-* :-* :-* first time I had peculiar it was flying down,the last I remember is not being able to speak and in the morning I lifted my head off the pillow and it felt like a sledgehammer wacked it back down  ;D marvellous stuff  :-*

Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

When I was young, and stupid, I told a friend of mine that at an afternoon BBQ.
He insisted on me proving it.

4 cans of Guinness.
6 cans of stones.
2 pints of bulmers.
4 cans of fosters.
A bottle of red wine.
1/4 bottle of Gin (don't like gin)
followed by brandy into unconsciousnes at 11.30pm

Woke up at 7 next morning and made everyone breakfast.  :D
Didn't even attempt to drive for 2 days afterwards tho...

Was it a fry up with beer soaked fried bread  :D ;D
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: bigegg on 23 June 2013, 23:21:22
I do have a pulse  :D

And it *was* a fry-up.
Lovely runny fried eggs,  bacon, leftover BBQ burgers and sausage. Black pudding, tomatoes, fried baked beans, mushrooms

<idea> Back in a bit, supper's calling  :P
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: bigegg on 23 June 2013, 23:23:15


Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

The only time I ever get a hangover is if I drink cocktails or a real mixture of stuff like loads of different shorts etc. It is great thought being grand the next day when everyone else is suffering!!  :y

MrsEgg won't allow me to sleep in the same room if I have a skinfull.
Because *she* gets a hangover off the fumes

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: horsecow on 24 June 2013, 06:48:43


Luckily I don't suffer from hangovers. NEVER EVER had one.

The only time I ever get a hangover is if I drink cocktails or a real mixture of stuff like loads of different shorts etc. It is great thought being grand the next day when everyone else is suffering!!  :y

MrsEgg won't allow me to sleep in the same room if I have a skinfull.
Because *she* gets a hangover off the fumes

 ;D ;D ;D

 ;D :y
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: scimmy_man on 24 June 2013, 10:13:47
Eggy
a serious question, I dont get hangovers either, something about your metabolism Im told, also anesthetics dont work too well on me,
the dentist cannot numb me, and the only time I had a general they had to give me a second dose, but I still woke up on the table.

how about you?
Title: Re: guiness
Post by: bigegg on 24 June 2013, 11:56:13
Only had general anaesthetic once - had a choking dream and lamped the surgeon - took 6 people to hold me down until they woke me up properly to re-insert the tubes, and put me back under.

I'm also unaffected by nettle stings, and don't get food poisoning as such.

I remember a particular night out in Leeds, and me+my mates went for a "caravan kebab" (ie, a kebab from a mobile vendor  :-\ )
One ended up in hospital, the othe two had severe stomach cramps, dire-rear, and vomiting for over a week.
I had wind for a couple of hours...