Why does Guiness taste better in Ireland than it does in the US?

[cjchaps]

I was in Ireland a few feeks ago, and Guiness is soo much better over there. It's super-smooth, and goes down really easy. In the US, it tastes Bitter, and it's harder going down? :frown:

 

[pulse8]

Maybe the same reason Coke tastes better here than it does in other countries?

 

[cjchaps]

I think I actually know the reason to that. They use sugar instead of corn syrup in Coke in other countries because the US has a "price floor" on sugar.



<< Maybe the same reason Coke tastes better here than it does in other countries? >>



Edit: SP

 

[ApacheXMD]

in other countries, Coke is made with real sugar, not corn syrup, so it's better than our Coke.

edit: doh.

-patchy

 

[777joee]

<< I was in Ireland a few feeks ago, and Guiness is soo much better over there. It's super-smooth, and goes down really easy. In the US, it tastes Bitter, and it's harder going down? :frown: >>




Are you talking about fresh from a tap or canned? Warm of cold? Why not drink a real Irish brew like Beamish. Yummy!

 

[BigSmooth]

Although the beer itself is different, I bet there is a psychological factor involved too. If I was actually IN Ireland and someone says to me (in a thick brogue) "Here's your Guinness, sir" then I bet I would already be expecting the best damn Guinness I ever had.

 

[CrazyRyan]

Ryan is irish himself and let him tell you if the irish there are the same as here then they probably
drink all the good stuff and some of the not so good stuff too why just the other week he drank a bottle
of 10 year old cream de ment and was so bloodly drunk he couldn't even stand up

 

[cjchaps]

I'm talking about the stuff from the tap. There are two Irish pubs around where I live outside of Chicago, and the brew from Ireland seems better.

 

[blakeatwork]

Think about...

you're in Ireland, where Guniess is brewed... no travel, no shipping across the bloody ocean. fresh from the barrel if ye will..

 

[Ameesh]

<< Ryan is irish himself and let him tell you if the irish there are the same as here then they probably
drink all the good stuff and some of the not so good stuff too why just the other week he drank a bottle
of 10 year old cream de ment and was so bloodly drunk he couldn't even stand up >>





quick everyone punch ryan in the face! hes talkin in the third person again!

Ameesh quickly uppercuts Ryans JAw.

 

[CrazyRyan]

Ameesh quickly uppercuts Ryans JAw

Ow god damn it that hurt

 

[N8Magic]

<< Think about...

you're in Ireland, where Guniess is brewed... no travel, no shipping across the bloody ocean. fresh from the barrel if ye will.. >>



Quite right.

They have to put preservatives in it, which alters the taste. My roommate is from Holland and brought back some Heineken, and i'll tell you, it tastes 1000X better than the stuff here. I can't wait for him to get back from Christmas holidays. Yummmmmmmmmm.

 

[khtm]

<< Ryan is irish himself and let him tell you if the irish there are the same as here then they probably
drink all the good stuff and some of the not so good stuff too why just the other week he drank a bottle
of 10 year old cream de ment and was so bloodly drunk he couldn't even stand up >>



wtf?

 

[777joee]

<<

<< Think about...

you're in Ireland, where Guniess is brewed... no travel, no shipping across the bloody ocean. fresh from the barrel if ye will.. >>



Quite right.

They have to put preservatives in it, which alters the taste. My roommate is from Holland and brought back some Heineken, and i'll tell you, it tastes 1000X better than the stuff here. I can't wait for him to get back from Christmas holidays. Yummmmmmmmmm. >>



That reminds me of how much money we used to make selling Coors on Guam when I was in the Navy. We would have the guys on our resupply ship bring us 30 or 40 cases and sell it for $10.00 a six pack. We split the profits and made a lot of extra cash!

Ah those were the days!

 

[burnedout]

Why does Guiness taste better in Ireland than it does in the US?

Oh, the memories...................

Was in Wales back in '84. Holyhead, to be exact. On a Scuba expedition.

In the evenings we would drink Guiness and also question why it was so good. So we asked Cliff who worked at the dive center (centre, for our UK audience).

"The Guiness get's better the closer you get to Ireland!", he exclaimed.

One day while out diving from a raft (inflatable, for our UK audience) out in the Irish Sea, we note a Sea Link Ferry sailing from Wales to Ireland in the distance. Cliff then points out: "Gentlemen, there is your chance to experience true Guiness."

The Sea Link (or Sea Stink, according to the locals) ferry provided an excellent method to partake in the fine art of Guiness familiarization. Short trip over and back. All the while indulging in beer, women and song. Personally, I don't remember too much about Ireland on that brief visit during the summer of 1984. Hell, I don't even recall much about that particular trip from Wales to Ireland. The beer on the boat was fantastic. The Guiness was certainly beautiful in Ireland.

Preservatives probably is the reason for the taste. And the fact that the Guiness imported here to the USA is a tad bit aged and not as fresh when consumed over here. Personally, I prefer Guiness from the tap. I wish I could fully answer your question. However, some of the finer things in life are best left unanswered.

 

[Joemonkey]

here's an experiment for ya (i werk in a liquor store... this'll be fun)

if you live in the US, get a can of guiness and look to see where it was bottled (canned, brewed, whatever)... $10 says it was in CANADA

now get a can of guiness in Europe, and tell me where it says it was brewed

 

[Haircut]

Taken from the Guinness website

Is it true that you get a much better pint in Ireland?

These days everything about an Irish and a GB pint of GUINNESS draught are the
same. And we've proved it in blind taste tests. We lined up a selection of
disbelieving journalists and none of them could tell the difference.
That's because the ingredients we use, the brewing process and the method of
dispensing are identical. We even use the same water for both pints. In fact
the only difference you'll be able to spot is the pub that you're drinking in.

burnedout, you just brought back some memories for me there too.
When I was a bit younger I used to go to Ireland every year fishing with my Dad, got the ferry from Hollyhead to Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dun Leary.) There was plenty of guinness consumed on some of those trips, I can tell you

I'm still convinced that it tastes better in Ireland though, and it doesn't give you a hangover either which is another plus.

 

[burnedout]

I'm still convinced that it tastes better in Ireland though, and it doesn't give you a hangover either which is another plus

I agree! Don't know if it's the atmosphere of a quaint, out-of-the-way pub in Ireland or what. The taste is immensely better there in Eire.

Killian's Irish Red tastes much better in Europe too. It even tastes great on the continent.

European beer is so much more superior to American beer, it isn't even close. Yes folks, even though I'm a die-hard, hard-core, loud mouthed "I love America" American, I'll forever advocate European beer superiority.

By the way, Wales is very beautiful. Great people there. Hope to go back for a visit one of these days.

 

[cyclistca]

Agreed. I had Guiness in a few bars in NA and I thought it sucked. Then I went to England last year. I thought I would try it over there to compare and it rocked.

 

[Cyberian]

Now see how peaceful and friendly everyone is when they have a fine Irish beer and let the Blarney flow?

 

[apoppin]

I lived in Dublin for 3 years and it actually tastes better in Dublin than in London (nevermind America).

Guiness Stout needs to be fresh from the brewery. If a Dublin pub doesn't have a good turnover, that fresh keg will taste stale in a few days.

If they send a keg to America, it usually goes by ship where it is shaken as it is handled. It will take 2 weeks to get from the brewery to that pub in Chicago (with much rough handling in the meantime). That keg goes in less than a day from the brewery to the pub in Dublin. To that pub in London in a couple of days with more handling (though - admittedly - Guiness Stout tasted good in a few Liverpool and London pubs I visited).