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On Monday 18 March 2002 12:01, Nick Zentena wrote:
On March 18, 2002 01:02 am, Matthew Johnson wrote:
Hmmm someone got carried away with St Patrick's day. Guinness is pretty strong stuff you know.
Not really. It's good for you. A nice session beer. If you want something a little stronger try a nice imperial stout.
Guinness is OK, as long as it's properly served; which means *freshly* poured and cool, not cold. But there are any number of better stouts, IMO. The Carlow Brewing Company (http://www.carlowbrewing.com/home.htm) does a *very* good stout - O'Hara's (voted the world's best stout in 2000). The Porter House (in Dublin, Cork and London) (http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/) do some very good stouts as well; Oyster Stout and Plain Porter. O'Hanlon's (in London) also do a very good home-produced Port Stout. Try any of them, if you get the chance; they do show Guinness up for what it is; the stout equivalent of Coors. cheers, Gideon.