Guinness Surger

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I was in Tesco today and was drawn toward a stand beside the fruit juices which had a very sexy lady behind it. She was promoting something to do with Guinness. I thought to myself Guinness + Sexy woman = :D

I went over to see what it was about. It was a little contraption called a Guinness Surger. She asked me if I drank Guinness to which I replied "Go on, have a guess". The accent was a giveaway. Anyhoo, this contraption works by vibrating and turning your glass of Guinness into a rather lovely frothy 'just poured' pint. It was rather ingenious and I couldn't turn down a free sample.

After a bit of old fashioned charm and 6 free samples later I was on my way. I didn't have the £17 on me to get the Surger but I'll be getting one tomorrow. Has anyone got one yet? What do you think of it?

http://www.guinness.com/gb_en/surger/home_f.html

Hopefully she's still there tomorrow. I'm going back to see.
I want :D
 
me227 said:
Interesting stuff, I think i'll be visiting the Tescos in town and hopefully they'll be having some free samples.

But I don't drink enough anyway to warrant one.
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It's a valid reason to drink more. "I need to get my moneys worth"
I'm not going back just for the surger :D
 
I didn't get to Tesco, I think it's closed now. Let us know how it is.

Nothing comes close to the real thing back home though :(
 
robmiller said:
I've still never tried Guinness in my life, partly because my local doesn't sell it draught (just Murphy's) and I've heard bad things about cans. I really want to try it too :(
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Wait until you go to Ireland, it really does taste different. Some people can't tell the difference but it's as plain as chalk and cheese to me. The pints in England now aren't as bad as they once were. I was on the drink in London about a month ago and had some decent pints. It's brought over from Dublin now which makes it that bit better but Guinness doesn't travel very well.
It really doesn't help that most English barstaff don't know how to pour a Guinness.
 
The proper way is to hold the glass at a 45 degree angle, with the glass about an inch from the spout of the tap. Pour up to the 'bulge' in the glass the nleave it to settle. The put the glass under the tap and top up. Allow it to settle and then drink.

The amount of barstaff I see setting the glass on the tray under the tap and emptying a pint into it gets me down. I normally say "I asked for a pint of Guinness, not a whipped cream sundae" which gets me weird looks :p
 
Feek said:
Only because they can't understand a word you're saying ;). I bet they just smile and nod back at you!

K.
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'Fraid so! I might push the boat out next time and try a few insults to see if they understand the colourful language of a dissatisfied drunk Irishman ;)
 
Is the stuff in the tin still a bit stinking compared to a normal pint? How does the taste compare to the normal draught cans and pints? The free samples I had weren't bad but it's hard to compare since each one was barely a mouthful.

The effect is quite cool, I'll be getting mine tomorrow.
 
Feek said:
Video available.

*clicky* (1 minute 51 seconds, 1.3Mb)

:)

K.
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Awesome :cool:
There's something about the video, maybe the sound of the washer/dryer in the background but I watched it twice, it's soothing. I'm going to watch it again.
 
I believe it's only the Tesco Extra stores that do it. I don't think you can get them anywhere else, according to the Guinness site anyway.
 
It might be to do with the age checker thingy. Go to www.guinness.co.uk and enter the site as normal. There's a link to the Surger from there as well as a list of the outlets at which it is available.
 
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