If you're Irish come into the Parlour !!!

murphy's is first if they have it,
porter when i get to limerick.

Thanks for starting the thread, smokingunne, and for sharing a little of your own history. I am enjoying reading all of these.

I've got the wide feet, but though I'm half Irish and half Ukranian Jew, the blood is AB+.

mikey wrote


Thanks Eva, you're stuck in the middle of the Guinness debate. :wink:

Come of it people, get a grip of yourselves. :wink: I have travelled throughout Ireland and see more Guinness on the bars than any
other drink. A few facts, I have posted some of these previously but feel a need to show them again. :wink:

Employs around 12,500 people worldwide.

Brews its brands in around 50 countries.

Sells its beers in more than 150 countries.

Is one of the world's largest brewers, measured both by operating profit and by volume.

Produces the world's most distinctive and widely distributed beer - GUINNESS Stout.

Pioneered the draught-in-can market when it launched the award winning Draught GUINNESS in cans in 1988 - now available in over 70 countries worldwide.

Has an 80 per cent share of the global stout market.

Has a unique portfolio of national and international premium brands.

Won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement in 1996.

Some Facts You May Not Know:

The 'taste centre' at Guinness's Park Royal brewery in the UK conducts over 800 tastings of GUINNESS brands every month.

Nigeria is Guinness's fifth largest market in volume terms (after Spain, Ireland, the UK and the USA).

The USA is the third largest market for Draught GUINNESS (after the UK and Ireland).

The GUINNESS Irish Pub Concept has assisted in the opening of well over 1,800 Irish pubs in almost 50 countries, from Dubai to China, from the USA to South Africa.

Can Murphys make these claims. :wink:

Murphy's in Cork was much better than Murphy's I've had anywhere else. (I try it wherever it's available!) I'll happily drink Guinness until the next time I get to Cork...

I missed the Guinness plant tour sadly, but did the Jamieson's tour and did the tasting. That was a lot of fun, getting completely pissed at 11 in the morning. Unbelieveably generous with the free drinks, they were.

NOT that I don't enjoy a Guinness, but...Molson and Labatt control 98% of the Canadian beer market, but not too many of us would consider that an indication of their beer being top notch.

Older than Keith Richards. Hence the overly exaggerated LOL(I hate that stupid abbreviation).

Celi...no. The little part is prosthetic. It's called "strap on." Is that weird?

mac11, I wonder could it have anything to do with the way it is served.
I'm not sure about Murphys although all stouts are probably served the same, but with Guinness an awfull lot has to do with the way it is served.
Guinness has to rest a while before it is ready to serve, in good bars one could wait up to 10 minutes for their first pint. I think in a busier bar they don't take the time to serve it properly and maybe that is the difference.
In Cork they would be proud of their Murphys so they would make sure it is spot-on before serving. Outside of Cork they maybe don't care so much. Just my thoughts on it. :wink:

I think Slappy's blood type might be OJ...when it starts to boil, he stabs his wife and her lover.

cavfancier, is Jamiesons produced in Dublin as well.
I'm glad I got to see the old style Guinness production lines as it has all been, I suppose, computerised. Haven't seen it yet.

One myth about Ireland: people drink Guinness warm(er) over there. When I went last year, most pubs had two Guinness taps, one normal(same temp as a Guinness served here), and "Extra Cold." I noticed most locals ordered it extra cold.

And they're no friendlier over there. Plenty of asspipes roaming around.

at Slappy, you are right, I think it is the younger generation who have become very much European in their ways.
There is a new "cold-flow" draught Guinness now, it should have been available last year, it would be colder again than Extra Cold.

Just reading the facts above and it is hard to believe Ireland consumes more Guinness than USA.

We have a good Irish pub here in Tulsa, actually. Opened a year or two ago. Entire interior was custom built in Dublin, shipped over with the craftsmen who made it, who reassembled it on site. All furniture, light fixtures, etc. made in Ireland for it. They keep Guinness on tap (warm & cold) as well as Harp, Murphy's and all the others. Great food, too. This site has good photos of the place.

http://www.restauranteur.com/kilkennys

I do public relations work for a number of clients, including the restored historic business district where this pub is located. In fact, I was in there last night at a birthday party for a friend.

The biggest shock for me visiting Ireland was that the young folk all drink Budweiser Apparently Guinness, and stout in general, is considered an 'ould man's drink'.

smokingunne, the Dublin tour was of the old Jamieson's plant, no longer operating, but a good tour nonetheless.

Thanks for that Eva, it looks a lovely "house", I even see the old
Jacob & Co. biscuits sign hanging on the wall.
Do they sell Jacobs biscuits there? they are Irish too as far as I know.

Budweiser was the main US beer they had on tap in most places. Ironically, plain Bud is an "old man's beer" here. I'd rather drink homeless guy's piss. Alot of younger people in Ireland drink those fruity drinks too...Magner's cider, and others.
I thought Dublin was kind of similar to Boston anyway. Bunch of drunks my age running around.

You're right about Guinness being the 'ould man's drink.

A couple of years ago Guinness tried to re-launch by putting draught in a fancy bottle to entice the young, never see too many drinking it.

Uggh...I don't mind a cider once in a while, on a hot day, but don't get me started on Paddy and Red....disgusting....another joke is that in Ontario, they recently started bringing in Paddy, a horrid whiskey at the best of times, into boutiquey 'Vintages' stores, and it's like $25 a bottle. Should be $2.50.