O/T Guinness

[ArcticBlue]

If you go into a pub and you see that nobody is drinking it then have something else. The first few pulled of the day are spoiled after that it's down the the publican.

Best pint I have had outside of Ireland was at a pub on the banks of the Thames in Greenwich, of all places. Even got the shamrock gimmick on top. Happy days!

A good pint of G is better than food.

 

[Nibble]

Don't know if it's been mentioned but Guiness is exactly the same in Ireland as it is anywhere else in the world. I spent many a year knocking around Ireland and the pint I had in Costello was exactly the same as the pint I had in The Jumeira Beach Hotel in Dubai. I believe it is a yank company that run and export the stuff all round the world. A good stout in Brighton is served at The Coach house in Middle St.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

i'm sure i read somewhere that guinness is better for you than fruit and vegetables

 

[CHAPPERS]

OK What about the Bugle Lewes Road? I was in there about 2 months ago. Although they had a barrel of Beamish on, so I drank that being married to a Cork girl, but it was mighty fine!!

Yup, The Bugle still do a decent Guinness.

 

[Arthur]

I now live in Ashford/Newhaven gave the pub game up after a nasty incident that left me with a broken draw, was done over closing up one night, was in the local paper i believe at the time.

 

[Falkor]

jaw lol

 

[Mackenzie]

Ahhhh.....Guinness that mystical elixir from the emerald isle.

Never has so much bullshit been spoken about a drink, who'd have thought it from the Irish

 

[Storer 68]

Guiness is, or used to be , a HUGE bewer in Nigeria , of all places, where the average tempertaure is around 25-30 degrees centigratde and humidity is inviatriably knocking into the mid 70 s. so for such an important market they started chilling the bew and lo, news travelled to britain, where most of our version is brewed, and they devleoped a market for cold guiness (ugh!)

LAGOS, Nigeria — There are no shamrocks or leprechauns at the Seaside Bar here in the Ikoyi district of Lagos.

Few of the Nigerian drinkers would even recognize their significance on St Patrick’s Day. But on Tuesday night, just like any other, there’s sure to be plenty of Guinness drinking going on.

Across the world, revelers are preparing to raise a glass of Ireland’s most famous brew this week, in honor of the Emerald Isle's patron saint. But many might be surprised to learn that more Guinness stout will be drunk in tropical Nigeria this year than the U.S., or even Ireland, home of the black stuff.

Saint Patrick’s Day, on March 17, is a national holiday and traditional feast day in Ireland and widely celebrated in the United States where drinkers literally paint the town and themselves green — Ireland’s national color. That's when Guinness sales peak.

Here in Nigeria, nestled just north of the equator and steamy-hot all year round, few Nigerians associate the drink in their hand with Ireland.

“I’m a confirmed Guinness drinker. I’ve drunk Guinness all my life,” says Agibola Williams, 43, who’s never heard of St Patrick’s Day. As he sups a mid-afternoon Guinness in a small outdoor bar he explains his preference. “I like Guinness because it is bitter, it is good for you,” he says, “and it gives you power, especially for sexual intercourse.”

Guinness has a strong brand in Nigeria, promoted through television ads, billboards and sporting events that target Nigerian men. Funny adverts like “Guinness gives you strength” or “Rich, dark and deeply satisfying…” are widely understood in Nigeria to be a reference to sexual potency. Nigeria is now the second largest Guinness market in the world after the UK, and according to Guinness, the company is selling more every year.

This year Guinness marks its 250th anniversary, but the dark stout only arrived in Nigeria in the 1940s when the country was a British colony. The brew soon whet local appetites and by 1962 Guinness had set up a Nigerian brewery, its first outside the British Isles. Sales continue to grow steadily, says Guinness Nigeria.

Nigeria is a huge consumer market with a population of 140 million, fueled by a multi-billion dollar oil-based economy. But with endemic corruption, power and infrastructure problems and a legacy of political instability, few global brands have dared to set up operations in Africa’s most populous nation.

Although Nigerian Guinness looks the same as what you'd find in Dublin — the same branding and trademark black brew — Nigerian Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is a very different beast from the original Irish draught.Nigerian Guinness is a bitter-sweet, syrupy drink. It costs about $2 a bottle and, subject to power cuts, is typically served ice-cold in liter-sized bottles, never draught. And with a 7.5 percent alcohol content, almost double that of a draught in Ireland or the U.S., it kicks a powerful punch.Even the raw ingredients are different — Nigerian Guinness is made from locally harvested maize and sorghum — not the usual barley.If many Nigerian drinkers are unaware of the drink's Irish heritage, it could have something to do with the company’s clever marketing campaigns, which have gone out of their way to foster a sense of ownership of the Guinness brand. On billboards in Lagos, the Guinness harp is morphed into an outline of Africa.

Other adverts are aspirational or quaintly appealing, like those depicting Guinness–supping black businessmen in expensive snappy suits. Others feature an African in traditional garb and spear with the question: “Are you the warrior?”

For those drinking here at the Seaside Bar, the answer is yes.

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[BensGrandad]

Guiness is, or used to be , a HUGE bewer in Nigeria , of all places, where the average tempertaure is around 25-30 degrees centigratde and humidity is inviatriably knocking into the mid 70 s. so for such an important market they started chilling the bew and lo, news travelled to britain, where most of our version is brewed, and they devleoped a market for cold guiness (ugh!)

That is not the stroy I was told. As posted earlier Guinness was drunk by older people who wanted room temperature beer, When draught Guinness came out in the 60s it was at room temperature the same as the bottles. During recent years young drinkerfs wanted cold beer and as the older Guinness drinkers were leaving this earth they had to change to a cold version to maintain sales with younger customers. Young demand meant that Lager was brought out extra cold so Guinness followed suit.

During the 70s Guinness was referred to as Nigerian Lager or Brixton Lager for obvious reasons.