I had a guiness from the guiness factory in ireland and it was damn good, much better than here in the US. the only time i drink guiness is in a car bomb... otherwise it's becks light. On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:58:54 +0100 Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 04:26:30 -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > > OK, between Steve and I it certainly means a stout. As for our > > > _brothers_ here in the Bay Area I'll leave it to them to define their > > > forms of lubrication, but hopefully not in this thread... > > > > Gotchya! As I said...pays to check! :) > > > > Mind you, when I did drink...Stout all on its own was a bit "thick". Used to > > have what they call a portagaff. Equivalent of half stout and half seven up. > > Back home it was Vic Bitter or Coopers Ale... but that was a long time ago. > > I'm more of an ale man myself, but stout is good too, "would you like a > slice of my beer while we wait for yours?". And for the person spreading > viscious roumours earlier, beer in britain is typically served at > *slightly under room temperature*! Hows that for progress. > > OT: I recently confirmed freqencuty told tale that guiness in ireland is > OK (normally I cant stand the stuff). It really is different, doesnt > taste of ash. > > - Steve
