Dewrede said:

Very helpful link! Thanks.

Dewrede said:

Me too.

Guinness is fine but it is definitely a poser beer.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Poser Beer?
lol Ive never heard that before...Are you in Australia?
You cant get a decent pint of Guinness in Australia.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Poser beer?

If Guinness is a poser beer where you come from, what the fuck do the tramps drink? Piss?

sermwanderer said:

Yes, we drink piss.

I call it poser beer because I know and have seen a lot of people order a Guinness just to look like a hip beer connoisseur. I don't think all Guinness drinkers are posers, but its presence at a bar does elicit a degree of posing.

muirdo said:

Australian Youth Hotel, Glebe. Quite a nice pint.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

I don't get it....where are you?

Just plain Guinness does not do it for me...to me it tastes like burned pretzels.


Now, Irish car bombs other the other hand...YUMMY YUM YUM!!

Nikademus said:

i love those!

evenstar3 said:

They taste like chocolate milk!

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Maybe you need to stop hanging out with posers. I don't think it's the Guinness's fault.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Nah, if you wanna be a poser drink a beer from Belgium.

Seriously. I drink different kinda of beers depending on what I'm eating. Guinness with steaks or sandwiches: Corn beef & cabbage, Italian beef sandwich (with or without Italian sausage) with hot thick french fries are the best.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

are you a tramp?

no posers drink guinness in Scotland, hence my questioning mate.

connorhawke said:

What don't you get? I live in New York State. Come to a bar here in Ithaca and you will see a bunch of posers ordering Guinness, I guarantee.

sermwanderer said:

It is interesting that we speak the same language, yet I have no clue what you are asking me. In the US, a tramp is either a homeless dog or a woman that has sex with many different men. I am neither. What do you mean by tramp?

I would imagine that there is nothing "hip" about Guinness in Scotland, being that it is made so close. In my country, nobody would order a Budweiser to look cool. Some people in the US order Guinness because they like dark beer. I don't mind dark beer, but I generally don't order it. If I do, I get a Saranac (local to my area). If I drink beer, I usually get a Utica Club (another local beer).

However, many people will order a Guinness because of the status associated with it. It is usually more expensive than other beers in the US, so people want to look like they have money to spend on high quality stuff. I have also witnessed people drinking Guinness one day, talking about how they think everything else is just disgusting and that they are proud to be "beer snobs." Those same people can be seen a few days later drinking Schlitz or Milwaukee's Best. Those are about the cheapest of beers available in these United States.

In Scotland Guinness counts as part of your "5 A Day"
I'd imagine loads of Irish ex pats would be drinking loads of the stuff in NYC

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

Tramp is the same over here. someone who is a dirty/homeless etc or a loose woman. I asked what the tramps drink, and you said "yes we drink piss". A wee joke from me asking "Are you a tramp?" Not my best on, but there you are.

Guinness is just standard here, true. But one person's snobby beer is another's ordinary tipple.

We have a beer brewed in Scotland called "Tennents Special Brew", which is literally drunk by tramps and people from Ayrshire. It's for total jakeys. I have in the past spent a bit of time in Italy. Imagine my surprise to find that Tennents Special is revered by the hip crowd in Milan and is widely available over there!

Nikademus said:

What's an Irish Car Bomb? I'm guessing it's some kind of Guinness cocktail?

What is up with the bottles, though?

They have this device that warms the beer to the proper temperature as it passes into your mouth. I'll have an ice cold Guinness instead, proper or not!

GirlBrother said:

* 1/2 oz. Irish Cream (Bailey's)
* 1/2 pint Stout (Guinness)
* 1/2 oz. Whiskey, Irish (Jameson)


Mixing Instructions

Pour half a pint of chilled Guinness into a beer mug and let it settle. Take a shot glass filled with 1/2 oz. of Irish whiskey on the bottom and 1/2 oz. of Irish cream on top. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness and chug.

NDRU said:

I like it cold too, it's obviously sacriligious!

ZombieKitten said:

it's just weird to have this space age device rattling around in my beer

NDRU said:

they don't have techmology like that where I live

ZombieKitten said:

"s'aight, babylon fox!"

NDRU said:

we've just been watching the USA series

get a few pints in me and I'll vote for obama!

ZombieKitten said:

respect!

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

I have been to that part of the US since I was 11 I wouldn't know.

Poser-free here, happily!

sermwanderer said:

Im from Ayrshire and I dont drink Special Brew.....you cheeky weedgie fecker!!!!