Guiness

The Stout Yeoman

Master Farter

Aug 14, 2003

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59 Le Petomane Boulevard

• Aug 2, 2016

• #1

This is a new one on me but last night I was served a pint of Guiness that had a very very distinct vinegary taste (sent back obviously) ... had any else ever had a bad pint of the Black Stuff ?

 

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JakyBF

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Apr 19, 2016

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Heathfield

• Aug 2, 2016

• #2

Yeah, your beer was off.
Never happened to me on Guinness, but have sent back a bad pint of ale before.

 

The Stout Yeoman

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Aug 14, 2003

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59 Le Petomane Boulevard

• Aug 2, 2016

• Thread starter
• #3

It freaked me out ... I switched to Guiness a number of years ago as you never ever get a dodgy pint ... until last night ....

 

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banjo

GOSBTS

Oct 25, 2011

13,244

Deep south

• Aug 2, 2016

• #4

Drink of the Gods.

 

lawros left foot

Glory hunting since 1969

Jun 11, 2011

13,710

Worthing

• Aug 2, 2016

• #5

Guinness is a strange ine for me, i can drink up to three pints ,anymore and I'm sick, i can drink about six or seven bitters, but if I have one Guinness as well, im sick. A shame cos I really like Guiness

 

wehatepalace

Limbs

Apr 27, 2004

7,292

Pease Pottage

• Aug 2, 2016

• #6

I'm a fairly late starter to Guinness drinking, tried it a few times over the years and didn't like it, I made myself drink it for a few months and now I love the bloody stuff !
Started off with a drop of blackcurrent in it, that helped but now just straight Guinness is my tipple.
Don't like it from cans though, has to be draught.

 

Mr Smggles

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May 11, 2009

2,656

Winchester

• Aug 2, 2016

• #7

I love Guiness and have never had a bad pint. It's best served in a plastic cup at the rugby in your seat in view of the pitch!

 

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Garry Nelson's teacher

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May 11, 2015

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Bloody Worthing!

• Aug 2, 2016

• #8

Bottled Guinness was the first 'drink' I ever had. I think I was about 15, so by some standards a late starter. The taste stayed with me for a couple of days. Didn't put me off but didn't turn me into an habitual Guinness drinker either. But I've never had a 'bad' pint of the stuff in the 46 years that have elapsed.

 

ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv

Apr 11, 2016

14,745

Rape of Hastings, Sussex

• Aug 2, 2016

• #9

I switched to Guinness as my predominant pint in the pub a couple of years ago. I will still drink real ale if available, but it has to be top, top quality. Drinking Guinness means you can drink in more pubs too, as you're not being dictated at by whether a pub sells good bitter.

I really do sleep well after a few Guinness as well for whatever reason compared to other tipples.

 

KingstonSeagull

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May 1, 2013

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Shoreditch

• Aug 2, 2016

• #10

Once had a chap behind the bar tell me there was nothing wrong with the Ale when it tasted like vinegar and was as cloudy as scrumpy....

 

ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv

Apr 11, 2016

14,745

Rape of Hastings, Sussex

• Aug 2, 2016

• #11

KingstonSeagull said:

Once had a chap behind the bar tell me there was nothing wrong with the Ale when it tasted like vinegar and was as cloudy as scrumpy....

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It's one of the problems with real ale. There are too many pubs selling it who don't know what they're doing with it and how to keep it.

 

Snowy

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Jul 14, 2003

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Perranporth

• Aug 2, 2016

• #12

Having drunk it for many years, I know that Guinness can hugely vary in quality, largely dependant on the turnover of it in any particular pub which then, of course, determines how fresh it is. When I go into a pub I don't know, I'll always check to see if anyone is drinking Guinness and, if so, I'll check out how it looks before deciding what to have. If it's a busy pub and no-one is drinking it, I'll probably have something else as it almost certainly won't be in the best condition. Best pint ever? At the Guinness brewery in Dublin, of course. It couldn't be any fresher!

 

Seagull58

In the Algarve

Jan 31, 2012

7,243

Vilamoura, Portugal

• Aug 2, 2016

• #13

The Stout Yeoman said:

It freaked me out ... I switched to Guiness a number of years ago as you never ever get a dodgy pint ... until last night ....

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I think it may have gone off because you didn't spell it correctly.

 

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darkwolf666

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Nov 8, 2015

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Sittingbourne, Kent

• Aug 2, 2016

• #14

wehatepalace said:

I'm a fairly late starter to Guinness drinking, tried it a few times over the years and didn't like it, I made myself drink it for a few months and now I love the bloody stuff !
Started off with a drop of blackcurrent in it, that helped but now just straight Guinness is my tipple.
Don't like it from cans though, has to be draught.

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Remember when Mark Lawrenson signed for Brighton the medical team thought Lawrenson was diabetic as he had very high blood sugar levels. Turned out he had been drinking copious amounts of Guinness and blackcurrant while on holiday with his Preston team mates.

Must admit I also started my Guinness drinking days with a bit of blackcurrant in!

 

The Stout Yeoman

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Aug 14, 2003

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59 Le Petomane Boulevard

• Aug 2, 2016

• Thread starter
• #15

Seagull58 said:

I think it may have gone off because you didn't spell it correctly.

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Too many pints of the replacement stuff ... still hung over ...

 

SIMMO SAYS

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Jul 31, 2012

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Incommunicado

• Aug 2, 2016

• #16

If you get in Dicks at midday (3pm kickoff ) you can get a dodgy Guinness - tastes like they have been cleaning out the pipes with soap .