On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:01:41 +0100, Chris Cannam wrote: > On Friday 10 Sep 2004 09:58, Steve Harris wrote: > > 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. > > Oh bah, I argued about this with you once before and I'd argue about > it again. (At length, over a pint.) There's no magic Irish recipe > thing going on, it's just travelled less far and been treated better. > You _can_ get an almost identical pint in London (made in England) to > the one you get in Dublin (made in Ireland)... it's just that most of > the time you don't. OK, maybe my sample set is too small :) though mostly because guiness is generally digusting IMVHO. > Anyway, while we're on the subject: Linux World Expo 2004 (Weds-Thurs > 6-7 October, London Olympia, http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/) -- I'm > not attending this time, but I could probably face a beer at a > coincident time and place. Anyone? Hmm... maybe, I'l get back to you on that. - Steve
