Not that many Irish people drink Guinness regularly. I mean, I know one guy who drinks it every time he goes out, but the rest maybe have it once a week, month or just never. The majority of those who drink it here are probably old men in stingy pubs awash in a sea of flat caps.
Personally, I wouldn't touch the stuff (neither would most under 25s, say). I think it's more like a dinner than a bloody drink.
I'd say most of the people I know'd drink bottles of beer (your Miller, your Corona etc) or mixers with something sweet (vodka and Coke being the average gayer's choice). I'm a vodka and Coke girl myself. Just one step away from "Bacard and Coke, Myfanwy". I'm not that gay, though. Yet.So than what is the brew drank by those in the know? I am more than a bit over 25 too so I guess that it is excusable for me to not mind drinking it by the half gallon.
I'd say most of the people I know'd drink bottles of beer (your Miller, your Corona etc) or mixers with something sweet (vodka and Coke being the average gayer's choice). I'm a vodka and Coke girl myself. Just one step away from "Bacard and Coke, Myfanwy". I'm not that gay, though. Yet.
Vodka and Coke is the way to go, Zom. Doesn't give you a big hangover, gets you drunk just as well as the rest, tastes nice.I am shocked on two fronts:
1) People outside the US drink Miller
2) Vodka can be consumed in Coke
I am no tea totaler, I even make my own beer and cider, but vodka and coke as a concept has shaken my psyche...
Allow me to collect myself.
***Self fetching booze from the cellar***
I'm really not a big beer person (most of it taste like pee to me), but, with the huge influx of Polish people in the past few years, we've got lots of their beer in a lot of pubs. Very good some of it is, too.dazzak, what other beers, besides Guinness, would you recommend?
Personally, I love G., but I'd be interested in tasting others. I'm always told that if you drink G. in America, you'll be blown away by the real thing in Dublin. Much better, etc etc.
with the huge influx of Polish people in the past few years, we've got lots of their beer in a lot of pubs. Very good some of it is, too.
If you like Guinness, you should probably visit the storehouse then. It's fairly cheap and you get a free pint.
Never thought of the Polish option. Interesting... Definitely headed for the brewery. Not quite like Mecca for me, but fairly close in a lush kind of way. Many thanks, d.
Hi, zom... Goose Island Beer Co. is a strong presence in these Chicagoland parts (I don't much like the name, either) and you can't go too far wrong with much of what they have to offer. I'm originally from New England and, frankly, I prefer its microbreweries to these Midwestern ones. In the few years I've been here, I haven't found the same kind of variety, etc.
Where my family's from (Northern Ireland), everyone drinks Guinness.
i like Guinness; i have about 8 cans in the fridge from xmas. that is what i drank in northern ireland.
but it's a drink i would have to relax with but not at a bar or when out.
I am shocked on two fronts:
1) People outside the US drink Miller
2) Vodka can be consumed in Coke
I am no tea totaler, I even make my own beer and cider, but vodka and coke as a concept has shaken my psyche...