Comments on: Guinness Stout: Vitamin G in a Bottle

By: Guinness4Life

Guinness4Life — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:43:10 +0000

There is nothing better than the first drink of a pint of Guinness poured (correctly) in an Irish pub. It is definitely worth the wait. It is very disappointing to me when I go to a pub outside of the Boston area and they pour it too fast. It still tastes good but not as good as when it is poured right. I have had both the can and bottle but still prefer the actual draught.

By: phretbored

phretbored — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:55:24 +0000

Thanks for a nice write up on Guinness aka Genius!
The perfect pint.
I love the stuff.
Try driking a cold pint of Guinness at whatever your normal pace is and then after the pint is gone follow it immediately with a shot of Jameson.
It’s awesome.

Isn’t Guinness actually a stout porter though?
That’s why it tastes so amazingly different than a stout in comparison?

http://beernexus.com/images/1955_yoda_drinking_guinness_1_.jpg

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:53:51 +0000

Just spotted this post. Good stuff but a couple of corrections. There is no “natural” co2 in Guinness. You only get that in real draught beer, ie cask conditioned. “Draught” is (was?) legally protected in the UK to mean that. Hence “draft” on some cans. I agree there are some excellent microbrews in the US but they need to calm down on the ABV. It’s easy to brew good tasting high OG beer. Let’s try brewing some good session beers America. And finings are just another part of the brewing process. Don’t get squeamish.

By: Mccloud

Mccloud — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:00:49 +0000

Drinking local beers makes a big difference because they are a lot fresher. I am sure that the Paulander I drink would taste a lot better if it wasnt six weeks old and shipped through various climates and temperatures.

Drink you local beers if you have them .

I agree that Guiness is an excellent beer and that most of the mass produced US(Bud, Cooors light etc) lagers are pretty bad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:15:28 +0000

Dude… as the french say… dont’ be a dousche! This is a great beer, even if there may be greater. Why so negative and cynical?!? Even if that’s how you feel it irritates people who really like the beer to hear you bad mouth it. I grew up on the stuff and quite frankly it’s like you’ve just belted my first son with a tire iron. If you don’t really like guinness how did you end up reading this article and why would you navigate to a page about guinness… except to express your superior palate’s disdain for this great brew?

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:12:28 +0000

I also am in favor of the widget’s return

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:58:47 +0000

I agree with colin!
Put the widget back in the bottles!
There is no point in drinking the creamy,
Smooth god of beer if the texture is bitter
And bubbly. What were they thinking!? Go complain…
And this must have just happend this past month or two?

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:56:00 +0000

They took the widget out of the bottles..!!!!
Shame on them.
I already sent a complaint to Guinness. I urge you to do the same.
The new bottles are “fizzy crap”.
WAAAAAAHHHHHH…!!!!!

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:00:35 +0000

Glen,
If you take Europeans (and Germans in particular), put them on a boat to America, and then release them, what makes you think they forget how to brew beer, or pass that knowledge down through the generations?

By: Benjamin Reed

Benjamin Reed — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:13:33 +0000

Hey now. Americans have some great beers. Small and medium-sized operations have been turning out very fine lagers and ales and even barley wine for ages. (It’s just the makers of fizzy fishpiss who can afford to ship their questionable brands all over the globe.) But just like the Belgian beers somebody on this list so does love, you can’t drink strong or heavy craft beers all the time, not unless you want to spend your life as the fat guy who’s always face-down on the pub floor.

Part of the reason I love Guinness is that you can drink it every day if you please. After a long day a shot of whiskey and a pint of Guinness is like therapy. Even though I wasn’t born yet, I still miss the old ads claiming its health benefits; it makes me happy and that’s enough proof for me.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:17:38 +0000

Most American beer is great if you like drinking watered-down piss. Not all of them are terrible, but American beer is not the best beer. And Guinness is not the worst.

By: Sam I

Sam I — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:44:31 +0000

Is there any sugar in Guinness Stout? Is it possible to brew a Guinness drink without alcohol? I mean a new brand of Guinness without alcohol