Comments on: Guinness Sales Falling in Ireland

By: Go Pundit Go » Blog Archive » Where Streams of Whiskey Aren't Flowing

Go Pundit Go » Blog Archive » Where Streams of Whiskey Aren't Flowing — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:49:47 +0000

[...] Read the rest of the article here. h/t Outside the Beltway, where James write, "while this is bad news for Guinness, it’s good news for Ireland. More diversified tastes are a direct result of affluence. Being able to afford imported wine and beer rather than being forced to drink the local brew is a positive, no matter how good the local may be." [...]

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:53:07 +0000

Guinness has less alcohol % than most light beers
Guinness also has less calories than most beers

I presume you were trying to persuade chicks?

By: Terrence

Terrence — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:37:57 +0000

During college I gave a persuasive speech on Guinness in my public speaking class, the persuasion being that Guinness is the best brew around. Some facts I learned:

Guinness has less alcohol % than most light beers Guinness also has less calories than most beers Until the 1950's, Irish doctors still prescribed Guinness to pregnant women for health reasons

Anyway, I still love my Guinness, but Murphy's Irish Stout is lovely, as well, and I have several in the fridge for St. Patrick's Day. You can get it at Trader Joes. IMO, a good stout like Guinness or Murphy's goes well with almost any meal except Mexican food, perhaps.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:23:21 +0000

Perhaps, to keep the beer analogies going, she could have said "Edwards has all the gravitas of a non-alcoholic, light beer." Much more subtle and harder to claim a PC infraction.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:58:54 +0000

I didn’t mean my comment as a criticism, just an observation on taste.

Personally, I consider it a schoolyard taunt tantamount to Ann Coulter's!

Of course, had she said Edwards prefers pale ales to stouts, she'd have gotten into less trouble.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:56:44 +0000

YAJ:

I didn't mean my comment as a criticism, just an observation on taste.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:47:43 +0000

James,

I knew you must have good taste.

Steve,

That's why they make different types of beer. I have successfully resisted the peer pressure to be a man and enjoy the stout. I am a man and would rather sip the fluid from my 10,000 mile oil change that down a stout. We will just have to agree to disagree. Which is actually in our mutual interest because it leaves more of the kind we each like for the one who appreciates it. I can drink a wheat beer, but I prefer the bock, pale ale or a pilsner.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:15:05 +0000

YAJ: Heck, I find Guinness Stout to be too thin, I very much the Guinness Extra Stout!

In that same general vein, I like Sierra Nevada's Porter.

Sam Adams has a nice cream stout that I haven't seen around here since at least last year.

I find Shiner Bock to be refreshing and also has nostalgic ties to my grad school days at UT. I like their Hefeweizen as well.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:51:26 +0000

Shiner Bock's good, although I can't compare it to the pre-Heileman days.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:45:14 +0000

Personally, I can't stand the Guinness stout. The taste is to heavy for me. When I was in college, the "cheap, good beer" was a local beer called Shiner Bock. It was only sold around lent, but it tasted good and was cheap. The prime movers for a college student. Later, the Shiner people started making it more than just for lent because it was one of their major sellers. The Heileman brewery bought out the local Spoetzel brewery that made the Shiner Bock. It doesn't taste quite as good now (I'm not sure if that is just fond memories or real changes) and it certainly isn't the cheapest beer around these days. But it tends to be the beer of choice for me.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:17:30 +0000

Not suprised, on one trip to Ireland in 2001 the big news was that Guinness was switiching on of its breweries from Guinness to Bud.

I lived in Germany for several years, and it always made me do a double-take in the stores to see that the expensive import wine was E&J Gallo...

Now if you'd said "Budvar"...

By: Mister Biggs

Mister Biggs — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:39:12 +0000

Not suprised, on one trip to Ireland in 2001 the big news was that Guinness was switiching on of its breweries from Guinness to Bud.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:12:51 +0000

I expect Professor Chaos to give his opinion on this urgent matter once lent is over and he can post again!