I'm in Dublin for a couple of days, I did 9 pints of Guiness last night, then the funds ran out. But I'm cashed up again and will get a few more in before my flight.

Fookin' Hell :eek:

Every pint is like eating a meal, how the hell can you stomach so much?


I can only drink one, maybe two, but I dont like the taste that builds up so have to stop.

Haha, no kidding. 9 pints of Guinness...wow.
When I was in Dublin I was lucky enough to have a couple pints of the black stuff in a pub just a mile or so from St. James' Gate.

Yeah, got a couple more in tonight before the flight. I'm feeling pretty bloated, everything I ate in the last two days was some type of sandwich or roll or pizza, so much bread.... That combined with the guinness.

The Guinness tasted so good though I would have had a few more if I had the time.

Had a nice little beer tasting with some friends this evening.

First off, we tried Brooklyn Local 2, a great Belgian-style strong dark ale. Lots of plumb and honey notes coming through, and very smooth.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/...c0a03f7b7b.jpg

After that we tried the Guinness 250th Anniversary Stout.

And were thoroughly disappointed. It kind of tasted like somebody spilled water in regular Guinness.

Oh well.

I tried that recently as well. It kind of grows on you after awhile, but still, I was expecting to be at least a little impressed. To me it tasted like they just mixed regular Guinness with the Extra Stout version.

Had another beer tasting with some friends today.

Unibroue's Trois Pistoles- an excellent dark Belgian ale

http://www.artofdrink.com/img/trois-pistoles.jpg

Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout- for a stout, it's fairly light. Overall, very nice.

http://media.rd.com/rd/images/rdc/sl...l-stout-ss.jpg

and Sprecher Black Bavarian- a wonderful, smooth dark lager

http://www.appellationbeer.com/image...6-sprecher.jpg

Went to a beer tasting in the city today; we sampled a few brews from Rogue out of Oregon:

Mom Hefeweizen
Chipotle Ale
Dead Guy Ale
Double Dead Guy Ale
Imperial India Pale Ale

All of them were great, except the Chipotle Ale.

I picked up their Rogue Chocolate Stout, an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, and a Sinebrychoff Porter.

Got in to some of this last night:

http://blog.senning.ca/wp-content/20...n_du_monde.jpg

Very tasty beer. Enjoyed it a lot.

This is one of my all time favorites!


@Return (and Fortunato)
With the La Fin Du Monde, do you notice a taste difference in the shape of the glass you are drinking it from? I usually drink it in a rounded goblet like glass. Since we are moving and still unpacking, I had in a regular pint glass the other night. Now, i hadn't had it in awhile, but it just didn't taste the same and wasn't as good as I remember.