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Beamish is a minnow. Only really popular in Cork and surrounding counties. Guinness, since its very foundation, was brewed for export to the British empire (Guinness family were staunchly unionist and anti Irish Independence)

I would like Guiness but have a fondness for Murphys. They use to sell it in draught at theatres in Dublin. It seems to have been replaced by 'Irelands Edge' stout.

According to Blindboy, the Irish obsession is a type of soft nationalism in a nation without a real food culture; Really, Ireland’s fixation with the perfect pint of Guinness is a type of harmless soft nationalism, according to satirist and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub. This is especially common...

Undoubtable, I would say a number of stories are apocryphal. These stories are not spread by the marketing dept but by word of mouth. If you read the Reddit comments there is complaints about the taste

Guinness may be a marketing behemoth, but the reputation of Guinness being rubbish outside is an old one, spread by word of mouth, personal experiences and reputation

Probably a cultural difference. Same way German bakeries can't make decent croisants

Pretty good twitter account of awful london guinness

Here is the link to that group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1926868814207974/?ref=share

There is a Facebook page for brewmonk, Guten, etc systems. It has a spreadsheet where you can calculate your strike and spare water. I find it invaluable

Mass and glenroe

No worries, grand

Why the big blue font

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/09/01/how-are-storm-names-chosen-uk-honours-experts-who-help-protect-people-from-extreme-weather Storms are named after scientists, meteorologists or people who have worked in infrastructure.

This https://www.met.ie/forecasts/storm-names

I have used lax both dried and liquid, was happy with results both times. That was for pale ales and ipas, never a double ipa

In Ireland you ask and get a pint

They tried to decialiamise the weeks and calendar during the French revolution. Didn't work, for lots of reasons. They had a ten day week and ten month year that scrubbed any hint of religion from the week or calendar. Unlikely to happen again

Well I still think in imperial for some stuff, sugar, butter, etc but the rest is easy. Can't see why the British would find the jump any more difficult than the Irish

Republic of Ireland changed from mph to kph in 2004. For the life of me, I don't even remember it happening. Completely natural though most older people would still think in imperial measurements