Where did Murphy's Irish Stout come from?

[jonnyGURU]

Stuck in an airport up North, my only choice for a stout beer is a beer called Murphy's.

Now, I love my beer. Nut somehow, I've missed this beer. With it being my only choice for a stout, I decided to try it.

THIS STUFF IS GOOD! Stout going down, but no stout after taste. Have I been living under a cave? Who makes this stuff?

This isn't another Anheuser Busch ploy to connect with a beer cliche (the whole Doc Otis thing has me sick because it's just AB jumping on the cider bandwagon). I don't really care who makes it because it's just so damn good!

 

[PCAddict]

Good stuff. It's my choice on those rare occasions when I want a stout brew. I don't know who makes it, but it's pretty popular around here in the Philly area.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Philly area, eh?

I happen to run into it this weekend at Pittsburgh International!

 

[Susan]

Maybe Heineken?

http://www.murphysbeers.com/

 

[sookaa]

not as bitter as guinness, made in ireland (may be brewed locally under franchise), and is considered a dry stout. if i remember correctly it is now owned by heinekin.


sookaa

 

[jonnyGURU]

Yep. That domain redirects to the Heineken site in the Netherlands.

Hmm... Who'd-a-thunk-it.

I feel better about Heineken owning it (even though I HATE Heineken) that if A&B or Phillip Morris/Kraft/Callard & Bowser/Miller owned it.

Fur shore!

 

[PCAddict]

Heineken...hmm...interesting, considering that is my current beer of choice.

Yuengling Lager is a big regional favorite here, along with their Black & Tan. I drink the lager every so often.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Yuengling is "regional" in that it's made up there, but we have it down here too and the old Stroh's brewery across from Busch Gardens is now a Yuengling brewery!

What's funny about Yuengling is DOWN HERE it's a "cheap beer". I like it though. MUCH better than Bud, Coors, Miller, etc.

But I went to Pittsburgh and that stuff is EXPENSIVE! I had to get Iron City in a can just so I wouldn't have to spend so much on beer without getting something REAL cheap like Old Millwater.

My brother in law says that beer prices do vary wildly. He can get something like Guiness or Bass in Maryland for the same price as me in Florida (about $7-8), but a "regular" beer like Bud is only $1 less than that where down here, a 6 pack of bottles is $3.99.

Go figure.

 

[PCAddict]

Two or three years ago, we couldn't buy Yuengling locally. I got turned onto it when I was in college. I used to have to drive up near Allentown/Reading to find a beer distributor that had it. Now that Yuengling has multiple breweries, it's much easier to find. The Stroh's brewery near Allentown, PA still makes Stroh's. It's probably the only one left. Stroh's was my first beer, I got turned onto it when I was 16.

 

[corkyg]

I first ran into Murphy's in Ireland back in 1997. It didn't take me long to find it in any pub alongside Guiness and Harp. The daily lunch consisted of homemade soup, brown soda bread and a pint of Murphy's. Outstanding stuff.

I get it here in beer engine cans and bottles, but rarely ever find it on tap.

I believe the brewery has been bought by a larger one, but still the brew is retained. It is smoother than Guinness and not so bitter.

Was just in England (North Yorkshire) last week and found a great local beer . . . Black Sheep Ale.

 

[AndrewR]

Murphy's is brewed in Cork, in south Ireland. I definitely prefer it to Guinness though I'm certainly a fan of that stout, too. The other Irish stout of considerable quantity is Beamish, but that stuff is swill to me.

I've seen Murphy's on tap in New York, and I think there's even a place here in Atlanta that has it now, if I'm not mistaken. Stouts should never come from a bottle. Those cans with the CO2 injector are decent, but there's little substitute for a tap.