Guinness Surger

reflex · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:36

Im 17 and i love Guinness, its really nice and fills me up!

Bri · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:38

Reppyboyo said:
Guinness is tasteless anyway :-/

Yeah, just like water :/

Zip · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:51

i-open said:
It is not black.

Ive heard its black the day after though

Feek · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:52

You heard wrong, it's a myth. I've drunk gallons of the stuff and never had black poo.

K.

Will Gill · 11 Mar 2006 at 13:57

guiness gives me black poo!

I'm in a french ski resort at the moment and they have the surger, pretty cool, if you "surge" a normal pint it goes mental!!

Von Smallhausen · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:02

Will Gill said:
guiness gives me black poo!

Thanks for that Will.

me227 · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:09

reflex said:
Im 17 and i love Guinness, its really nice and fills me up!

I'm 20 years, 5 months, 13 days, 4 hours and 32 seconds old and I like Guinness to.

reflex · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:14

me227 said:
I'm 20 years, 5 months, 13 days, 4 hours and 32 seconds old and I like Guinness to.

! Only said my age becuase i think its an old persons kind of drink!

me227 · 11 Mar 2006 at 14:20

reflex said:
! Only said my age becuase i think its an old persons kind of drink!

I know, I know. Just playing around with ya.

Feek · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:11

Surger on the worktop, Guinness in the fridge. I will report back later.

K.

Scuzi · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:26

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 · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:34

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

Scuzi · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:40

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

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.

danrok · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:45

What would you suggest is the best method for pouring a pint of G?

rayer · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:58

I have to admit, I do like my guinness and reading this has now given me a tast for it. Luckily I have 6 cans in the fridge screaming ' Drink Me !! '

I find I cant really drink lager, after 2 pints, i'm gassed up and need lots of visits empty the bladder.

Scuzi · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:59

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

rayer · 11 Mar 2006 at 18:59

danrok said:
What would you suggest is the best method for pouring a pint of G?

Pour until 2 thirds full, let it settle, then push the tap BACKWARDS and fill to top.

Feek · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:17

Scuzi said:
I normally say "I asked for a pint of Guinness, not a whipped cream sundae" which gets me weird looks

Only because they can't understand a word you're saying

. I bet they just smile and nod back at you!

K.

Scuzi · 11 Mar 2006 at 19:20

Feek said:
Only because they can't understand a word you're saying . I bet they just smile and nod back at you!

K.

'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

LordSplodge · 11 Mar 2006 at 20:14

It's not just the English bar staff. A nice polish girl tried to give me a pint of whipped cream instead of a pint of Guinness. I just waved it at the bar manager who said: "Aahhh, you wanted a pint of Guinness!"

Cheers!

As soon as the wife gets back from her concert I think I am off to the pub.