Can't say ive had the west indies porter but I've recently tried the original extra stout and the Nigerian 1 which tasted similar to me? Been trying random flavoured stouts n porter over the last 6months and about the only1 I would avoid was a pumpkin flavoured stout, if I had to list my preference for commercial stouts that I've tried so far, it would probably be as follows(tins)
Looking forward to the review.
Well I've tried the west indies porter, I like it will defo be buying again, thats on a par with some of the better craft stouts/porters before they go all in on the adjuncts and make caramel toffee this or chocolate coffee that. I honestly think you'd like the FRGD as it's several steps removed from Guinness but still a few steps away from the west indies n other craft stouts/porters, FRGD is my fav so far out of the commercial stuff that Ive tried(by commercial I mean mass produced and relatively cheap per can compared to craft £1-£1.5 vs £2.5+)
You can't compare Conor McGregor's FRGD , GUINNESS DRAFT, BREWDOG BLACK HEART OR CAMDEN STOUT with Guinness West Indies porter. West Indies porter is not nitro.
I consider nitros to be an artificial attempt at cask !
Most drinkers experience of Guinness is draft Guinness. I much prefer bottled Guinness original. Even though it's not the bottled Guinness original I remember from the days when it was bottled conditioned.
Yep thats 1way of putting it, it's all about personal preference at the end of the day, I'd rather have a Guinness over a lager, id rather have a craft stout over Guinness, Id rather have this ove that etc etc so with that said Id rather have the FRGD over the black heart and Id rather the black heart over the Guinness unless it was the west indies Guinness
Just seen this and reminded me of this thread. One of the things that surprised me from the Greg Wallace programme was that the black malt was mashed separately and added later on. Initially I assumed this was because they could run a number of different products off the same mash, but the snippet form the interview with John Palmer below suggests otherwise:-
Well that's not the reason anyway. Best pints of Guinness in Ireland often come from small pubs with low enough turnover. Not a Guinness drinker myself, but I would know a few...
This is definitely a no-no. Any self-respecting Guinness drinker on seeing this would do a Grandpa Simpson. No idea how long they've been sitting there when you walk in the door.
Oh no. You're reawakening a dodgy dead thread, which was much better off being left dead. You're even being party to the "famous" Guinness trick of talking about their old days as if it's still the case today. Exactly like @hoppyscotty was up to in your quote:
Shame on him. However, Guinness have an immensely long reach with their mind-control tricks, so, I guess I have to excuse him?
Eh? And you live in Ireland too? I didn't realise your type existed. I better deal out another "excuse" too. Heck, this post is really eating into my "Victor Meldrew" credentials!
Hardly just you! They've been trying to do that emulation attempt since the 1950's! When Guinness Stout was still a cask beer. Served by their now famous "two pour" method" ("high cask ... low cask") although today is just a faint glimmer of what it used to be. Guinness is a sham of a stout, nothing more than a black 1970's British sham "Lager" (not my description, from a much, much, bigger beer blogger than I could hope to be, but obviously one I agree strongly with). Guinness Stout; glasses of it, glasses of it, they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all taste just the same.
Not even “black” as EVERYONE knows it’s red
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