peebles Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Mrs got mine at work as she works in that trade. It's a pub type one. That one looks more portable.
Elvis Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 believe this is only available to trade. Come on Meldrew, give us the script on this one
Elvis Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 good stuff but needs to be executed correctly. God help any fucker if Meldrew is watching
Juan.Kerr Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 I mentioned this abomination a few months ago as seen in the bowling alley. It's a can, fizzed up.
Casino Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 oh dear senor kerr keep yer head down, its gonna get messy
victor meldrew Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 not playing...............................
Lever Ender in L.A. Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 So are these only just coming out in Britain ? ...maybe we were the guinea pigs over here, but we have had them for the last 2 years
Dodgywheel Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Surgers were available to buy in tesco's originally (about 3 years Ago if not longer) but a poor marketing campaign or zero marketing campaign from Diageo meant they went under the radar and at the time were exclusive to tesco, died a very sad death, finding a new spot in the market now taking over from kegged guinness as they have a excellent shelf life as opposed to the 56 day of a keg of guinness. Massive in japan and has been for a while. Heres another nice tipple to come out of guinness,Black Lager Exclusive to N.Ireland and america at moment i think. Edited December 1, 2011 by Dodgywheel
Casino Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 supped black lager in the wetherspoons near white hart lane years back was czech, i think
gonzo Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 Guiness red made a short lived apperence round these parts aswell. To be fair I didnt mind it,but it it lasted about 6 months.....
Dodgywheel Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Guiness red made a short lived apperence round these parts aswell. To be fair I didnt mind it,but it it lasted about 6 months..... Another good drink,would have kept both bitter drinkers and even real ale drinkers happy that, as Diageo don't own any pubs they struggled to get people to take it on, pubs wanted discount on the proper guinness and they would take on the red, was never going to happen and also reluctance in removing a known bitter pump to replace with a New product. Add to that brewing supply issues (difficult to brew and get spec correct) and again the lack of marketing, another one bites the dust.Only ever made around 500 kegs a month of the red and 50% of that got destroyed due to no-one wanting it, compared to an average of 50k kegs of guinness a month produce in runcorn.
mickbrown Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Speaking of stouts, do any pubs still sell Murphy's or Beamish? Not see those for years
MickyD Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Certainly around Cork they do. I actually prefer Murphy's to Guinness when I'm in Ireland.
Casino Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Speaking of stouts, do any pubs still sell Murphy's or Beamish? Not see those for years like mickyd?
Juan.Kerr Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Beamish, blimey that's a good'un. Not seen it for ages, but I prefered it to Guinness when in Cork and Waterford a few years back. It wasn't as bitter asI recall. By the way, I've looked back at my original post about the Guinness Surger in the Bowling Alley and my disgruntlement was at the ?3.15 (then)it cost for a can. I am happy to report that I have no problems with the surger, per se.
Sweep Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) meldrew invented it he'll be on later to tell us I was involved in the creation of a small bit of said device, about 5 or 6 years ago when it was at prototype and that's when I added my little bit. You may thank me later. Edited December 1, 2011 by CWP
MickyD Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 I thought I'd invented it a few years ago when twatting the top of a mate's bottle of Budweiser with the bottom of mine and all the contents came spewing out. Someone from Guiness must have seen it and decided that an electronic version of twatting the bottle could breathe some life into a flat pint.
HomerJay Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 id never tried guinness until this year when i bought a box for a party. shite is a proper pint so much better than a cans worth?
Sweep Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 id never tried guinness until this year when i bought a box for a party. shite is a proper pint so much better than a cans worth? A proper pint is certainly better than the stuff our of a can or a bottle. What is bollocks though is these people who say "Guiness tastes so much better in Ireland than it does here in England" - that's just complete bollocks, it tastes exactly the same unless the Landlord doesn't look after his ale and pipes properly
Pablo Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 A proper pint is certainly better than the stuff our of a can or a bottle. What is bollocks though is these people who say "Guiness tastes so much better in Ireland than it does here in England" - that's just complete bollocks, it tastes exactly the same unless the Landlord doesn't look after his ale and pipes properly Doesn't all ale / beer / stout taste better when you're on holiday ???!!!
HomerJay Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Doesn't all ale / beer / stout taste better when you're on holiday ???!!! aye, even the shittiest pisswater going taste like the amber nectar when youre abroad.
Sweep Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 aye, even the shittiest pisswater going taste like the amber nectar when youre abroad. indeed, I've drunk stuff on holiday and thought "must buy a bottle of that to take home, it's great" you take a bottle home and it's just absolute piss. Drinks in this category are as follows; Honeybee (Goa), Metaxa and Ouzo(Greece) and Arrack (Sri Lanka) - all of them great in their proper surroundings and ghastly when back here in good old Blighty
Casino Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 A proper pint is certainly better than the stuff our of a can or a bottle. What is bollocks though is these people who say "Guiness tastes so much better in Ireland than it does here in England" - that's just complete bollocks, it tastes exactly the same unless the Landlord doesn't look after his ale and pipes properly you've just made a friend for life in uncle victor maybe you 2 should get together and do some for product design
Lever Ender in L.A. Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 I drink Guinness all the time and the worse pint I ever had was in Ireland, it's far better over here even in Mexico, in Dublin now its 5 quid a pint....anyone remember Guinness Bitter ? that was pretty good, but the last few times I have been home I supped Bank Top dark mild absolutely beautiful with a hell of a kick...
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