Draught Guinness in Ireland vs. US

I certainly don’t.

Maybe that was the case in the 60s or 70s and it became a popular cliché among Guinness drinkers on both sides of the Atlantic. But contemporary Guinness drinkers who repeat that cliché are, as often as not, clichés themselves.
 
My wife went to Ireland 10 years ago this past summer. She said Guinness was a completely different thing over there due to it being fresh.
 
GilmourD said:
My wife went to Ireland 10 years ago this past summer. She said Guinness was a completely different thing over there due to it being fresh.
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I have been to Ireland 8 times since 2003. I may have only 1 Guinness per trip, as there are a number of other breweries. But that point a better in Ireland. Guinness does not travel well.
 
There’s a whole slew of psychological influences that go into how we perceive the taste of food and beverages. Context when you are consuming them is pretty influential.
Does the beer taste different becuae it’s actually different or because of the overall experience?
 
As always, I need to be more specific here. *spits* If you think it tastes different and can say specifically how in terms of flavor/texture/etc., please do so. No "it's fresher" or "my flat cap and Aran sweater cut off the blood flow to my brain". *spits*
 
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MUCH better in the UK.
I'll go as far as saying ALL European and Australian beers are far better than American beer
 
Supposedly they're building a Guinness brewery here in the States. We'll see what happens.
 
Tell you what. I’ll be there next month.

Once I’ve gone through security and checked my baggage, I will go the liquor store at the airport and buy a couple of Guinness. I will then have them in the backpack, and will do a taste test with my students when we visit Dublin.

I know, I know, it’s not draught. But hey.
 
Theodore said:
As always, I need to be more specific here. *spits* If you think it tastes different and can say specifically how in terms of flavor/texture/etc., please do so. No "it's fresher" or "my flat cap and Aran sweater cut off the blood flow to my brain". *spits*
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Ireland Guiness has a creamier head and taste. Stateside tastes bitter.
 
I haven't tasted Guinness in the US, but in the UK it definitely tastes a little different from Ireland.

btw, speaking of Guinness, this is actually my favourite:

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I don't know about Ireland/UK, but I had Guinness draught in New Zealand and it was so much more flavorful. It's relatively watery here.
 
My great-great-grandfather was, like my great-grandparents and my grandparents and my mother, a Dubliner. He worked for the Guinness Brewery until his death in 1922. He died fairly young, a swimming accident in the Royal Canal on the day of Michael Collins’s funeral. It doesn’t get much more Irish than that. RIP Papa Lyons.
 
Scott Powell said:
MUCH better in the UK.
I'll go as far as saying ALL European and Australian beers are far better than American beer
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I'm going to have to disagree with you there. The microbrew industry in the US is putting out beers on a even par with the best anywhere in the world. Now if you are talking about the major breweries (Budweiser, Coors, etc) I would agree. But most of them are owned by overseas firms now.
 
Denverdave said:
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. The microbrew industry in the US is putting out beers on a even par with the best anywhere in the world. Now if you are talking about the major breweries (Budweiser, Coors, etc) I would agree. But most of them are owned by overseas firms now.
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I wholeheartedly concur. I will put the beers I get from places like Russian River, Bear Republic, Lagunitas, etc. against the best European beers.
 
Flamencology said:
I know, I know, it’s not draught. But hey.
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I will have you lodged in the tollbooth.

Asking because I had it there last month but I haven't had it on tap here in many years. I agree with what Lefty said as compared to a widget can, and I don't remember the can being much different from what I had on tap here, but it's really been ages.
 
micwalt said:
I don't know about Ireland/UK, but I had Guinness draught in New Zealand and it was so much more flavorful. It's relatively watery here.
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Draught can is definitely watery, then bitter finish.

Flamencology said:
My great-great-grandfather was, like my great-grandparents and my grandparents and my mother, a Dubliner. He worked for the Guinness Brewery until his death in 1922. He died fairly young, a swimming accident in the Royal Canal on the day of Michael Collins’s funeral. It doesn’t get much more Irish than that. RIP Papa Lyons.
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I know that one.
 
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