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The lovely stuff is merely an Irish rip-off "Porter".

It's a London beer!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Rumoured to have started life at Spittlefield market, where one of the local taverns made a mistake with it's home-brew. Sold the batch to the porters at a cut price. Porters got a taste for it, and asked for more of the same. Other taverns started brewing Porter to satisfy demand.

Personally, I prefer Beamish to Guiness.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)#History
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tut tut kevin

the english have never made a good pint :eatwords: :wink:

and murphys a far better pint then both beamish and guinness :wink:
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Would Murphy's be a Cork brew, John? :wink:

And talking of poor brews, the last time I was in Ireland the bitter and lager was naff. :lol:
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olgitgooner wrote:Would Murphy's be a Cork brew, John? :wink:

And talking of poor brews, the last time I was in Ireland the bitter and lager was naff. :lol:
lager is for yanks and we dont do bitter but yes both murphys and beamish are cork brews 8) :wink:
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olgitgooner wrote:The lovely stuff is merely an Irish rip-off "Porter".

It's a London beer!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Rumoured to have started life at Spittlefield market, where one of the local taverns made a mistake with it's home-brew. Sold the batch to the porters at a cut price. Porters got a taste for it, and asked for more of the same. Other taverns started brewing Porter to satisfy demand.

Personally, I prefer Beamish to Guiness.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)#History
Wikipedia is one of the worst references you can get. You can put anything up on it.
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http://www.beerexpert.co.uk/Stout.html :D
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Post by Kiki »

That's a better reference.

Heres the history of the Black Stuff

http://www.diageo.ie/company/history/guinness
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My daughter just got back from Dublin.

She was there for the "Arthur's Day" celebrations.

Had a great time. But says beer was very expensive compared to over here.
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olgitgooner wrote:My daughter just got back from Dublin.

She was there for the "Arthur's Day" celebrations.

Had a great time. But says beer was very expensive compared to over here.
...and the pope's catholic.

I love Guinness...but occasionaly spend time with Murphy's :roll: :wink:
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Post by perry groves was a legend »

Beamish is piss water and murphys is only nice in cork.Guinness is the nicest drink ever made!
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marcengels wrote:
olgitgooner wrote:My daughter just got back from Dublin.

She was there for the "Arthur's Day" celebrations.

Had a great time. But says beer was very expensive compared to over here.
...and the pope's catholic.
I believe he also shat in the woods. And got shat on by the bear. But that’s neither here nor there.
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I do love Guinness, but it fuck's my guts up the next day though.. :?
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olgitgooner wrote:The lovely stuff is merely an Irish rip-off "Porter".

It's a London beer!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Rumoured to have started life at Spittlefield market, where one of the local taverns made a mistake with it's home-brew. Sold the batch to the porters at a cut price. Porters got a taste for it, and asked for more of the same. Other taverns started brewing Porter to satisfy demand.

Personally, I prefer Beamish to Guiness.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)#History
You only discovering this now?! Old story that.

But the point is it was the Irish that perfected and refined the brew. If you go back far enough all beer can be traced to the ancient celts and vikings...

And Wikipedia is just a joke for sourcing facts... :oops:

Not a Guinness drinker meself - prefer the Smithwicks, Bass and Caffrey's ales... 8)

Or when in London, basically anything that's cold! How the fuck you philistines drink warm beer is beyond reasoning... sick bastards... :lol: :wink:
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anybody here likes 'old speckled hen'? i first tried it a couple of years ago (before that it wasn't for sale here in brazil) and quickly it became my favourite beer... it's exactly how i like them, red and tasty :barmaid: :wayno2:

i've been producing my own red ale at home for a while now, next step will be a guinness-type stout :barscarf:
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REBEL GOONER wrote:tut tut kevin

the english have never made a good pint :eatwords: :wink:

and murphys a far better pint then both beamish and guinness :wink:
good enough to sort you out though, so we hear :lol: :lol: :wink:
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