My grandfather used to drink this. So did all the old men when I was in the pub as a child in the 80s. Some of those men were drinking in pubs since the 1920s. To them draught Guinness was a fad that started in 1959.
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
It’s way better off the shelf, thought the same as yourself, no way could it be nice room temperature, but it’s the way it’s meant to be drank. In Waterford you can get them chilled “off the cooler” but vast majority of fellas drink them from the shelf. It’s completely different experience. I’m fairly sure the Guinness XX cans are just the Guinness original in a can, avoid. Can only drink it from the pint bottle. Some auld fellas in Waterford actually heat these up and drink them roasting hot.
I used to live on the small bottles of these and in my opinion you can't really compare it to draught as there like completly two different drinks. I did always favour the bottles over draught tho. I also found I didn't get a bad hangover from bottles but draught use to give me the worst headache haha
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
Bottled Guinness needs to come of a shelf in the shade with a half glass nonik so you keep topping as you drink , it’s drank in pubs were you would get the older generation , I worked in a old style pub in Irvinestown called the central bar and the old folk taught me so much about bottled Guinness, I once seen it served on a medicine trolley in the royal Victoria hospital Belfast to a patient next to me while getting my appendix out , but that’s another story , oh that bar was the first to bottle and distribute around Northern Ireland , bar hasn’t changed since the war . Worth a visit if your ever passing
I find that Smithwick's is the best drink to have with a meal. It's nowhere near as heavy as Guiness or Murphys and goes well with every food. You should try a Smithwick's on draught. It's much nicer than from a can or a bottle.
We have both here in South Florida, USA. I have purchased cans, bottled and have had pints at the local Irish and English Pubs. I have had Guinness and Bass Ale that way, although Bass seems to only be sold in bottles. For me, the taste of canned Guinness was not very good (but certainly far better than Budweiser LOL), the bottled is better but still not as good as a pint from the tap in the pub. That's my opinion for whatever its worth. Cheers!
I worked in the Welly Park in Belfast years ago. A regular in his 70's or 80's would come in every morning. He would have to have his two bottles of Guinness warmed on the radiator before he would accept them. I got in late one morning and they were room temp. He was livid and gave me a bollocking. Never made that mistake again. I tried his idea one time and it was the worst version of the black stuff but it kept him going well into his 90s. Try that. Love the channel. Cheers.
My first taste of Guinness was way back in 1966 when my old Dad gave me small drop out of his bottle of Guinness, so I have a fondness for the big bottle, it is an entirely different beer to the draft/nitrogen can, it is more like a standard stout, roasted barley, it is stronger like 6.2% in Australia, a beautiful glass of beer, cheers lads!
You should try mixing the draught can with the bottle, the combination might not be for you, but some lads swear by it so it's worth a try. And it's new content.
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts. My regular in Dublin sells off the shelf beer and cider. Namely Sullivan’s golden bitter.
Finally, someone mentions the late, great beer writer Micheal Jackson. The Guru might want to take a look at a book or 2 of his...or his writings from All About Beer magazine.
I had the once in a lifetime pleasure of visiting Ireland in March. I was so blown away by how beautiful the country was and how friendly everyone was from Waterville to Dublin.
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
As an old, old man, the bottled Guinness ( on the main land) was always severed in bars straight off of the shelves..that taste was always a 'little' more 'bitter' than the cooled draught version.
Don't know if it's changed but the bottled "original" was always a bit closer in taste to the stuff that was brewed at the Park Royal brewery in London. Just with a little more carbonation and bitterness in the bottled stuff.
No comparison between a pint & a bottle.. large bottle off the shelf is your only man here in Waterford.. very different taste between a shelf bottle & a cold bottle even.. mothers milk it is but an acquired taste. love the show.
@@oscarosullivan4513 hmmmm 😂, cellar cold room or old school cellar can I ask? The bottom shelf in many pubs was slate, as that was supposed to be the way the bottles settled in the old days.. pre coolers
I know you favour the draught to be slightly colder, but I had a couple of pints yesterday, Guinness Cold, that were so cold I got a headache off it. It doesn't do anything for the flavour to be so cold, in fact I always thought the extra cold thing was a bit of a gimmick to let pubs get away with not looking after the brew as good as it needs. I quite fancy a room temperature glass about now.
@@oscarosullivan4513 To be fair, I think the pub must have fiddled with the thermostat, as it was considerably colder than usual. I've heard the Guru say a few times, that he'd rather have it too cold than too warm, but personally I go the other way. I just think you get more flavour when it's not too cold.
Try the export stout with the foil on the neck. Its about 7.5% you can get it in most wee corner shops in england. Delicious, blows the head aff ye though
I've been following you for just a few weeks, I'm totally enjoying your site, OK, so, try and get over to the wirral, go to a village called Neston, then find the pub called the harp, it sits on the banks of the river dee, it is the best guiness on the wirral, you need to ask directions to marsh Lane, at the end of the lane, there's a little road which brings you out onto the river front, with great views of Wales across the river, which unfortunately is silted up, everyone I meet says it's the best guiness, and I totally agree, and I've drank the best in co meath
I remember drinking lots of bottled Guinness room temperature because I was told that was the proper way. Now I never drink it that way. At home I now pour it into a frosted mug. Anyway I live in a small town, PNW USA, with no Guinness on tap so bottles of Guinness is all I have. I will be traveling again to Dublin for two weeks in July and will be having proper pints in all my favorite pubs, including Gravediggers, Brazen Head, Doyle's, and Bowes. Will be trying out some of the pubs The Guru has suggested as well. I won't be traveling around the country this time, just doing stuff around Dublin.
Hey Guru you’d do some great videos out here in Toronto and Niagara Falls. Some proud Irish pubs. I’m a travel agent, can show you the sights of you make the trip out!
Just discovered Guinness at the ripe age of 35. I just always assumed it was a heavy syrupy beer. It’s the best beer in the world, hands down. I live in South America and you can’t find it anywhere down here, so have to order it online. It’s actually a good thing I didn’t discover this drink earlier in life, I like it that much. Also I am more of a fan of the bottles because I like it carbonated. The hydrogen stuff doesn’t have enough bite. Taste as if the beer has been left open through the night.
*nitrogen rather than hydrogen. Btw, if you love Guinness then I guarantee you that there are far nicer stouts out there that you'd enjoy. Guinness is a very average nitro dry stout.
No. It’s better than pints. Was out for a few pints recently for the first time in a long time and found them bland by comparison. And other people were saying they were great pints. And no. You don’t need to let it settle. That’s just a hangover from the high and low keg, pre 1960 method.
love a B O G... if you can find a bottle of Guinness Dublin Porter, a bottle of 'West Indies' and a bottle of 'Foreign Extra' for a bit of a taste test.... all different to a bottle of 'original' and good in their own way.
Don’t know if you even read comments but if you do - potential new content idea. Steak & Guiness pie - one with guiness and one without. Can you taste the difference. And so on for recipes that call for guiness.
With more context ideas...could you travel to Australia for some Guinness. And mabe to Hawaii. Do a tropical episode and may even go on a cruise just a three day. Taste there Guinness. Would the sea make you puke. So many more episodes that could be made.
It is like a lager version of a stout. You're not wrong there. But I still couldn't drink the Original Guinness no matter what as it is still absolutely vile and of course as you put it, it is like coca-cola when the head is gone and diminished. Nothing to write home about here.
@@Nik2555 Shows what you know. Actually the early system required two kegs of Guinness being kept at different pressures. The high pressure barrel was used to fill a pint glass with the foamy “head” first. These bubbles slowly settled to the bottom of the glass over a number of minutes to form a thick cream. The second low pressure barrel would be used to add the actual stout and excess cream would be scraped off to form the recognisable pint.
@@begley321 your commenting about something completely different to my Reply to op claiming that people added cream to their Guinness. I’m well aware of the two part pour and the high pressures but been used to add the “clerical collar”. Well done you’ve watched a RUclips video. Before that all Guinness was served in cask conditioned bottles with a cork top. To my knowledge cream was and never has been added to Guinness in a pub.
My grandfather used to drink this. So did all the old men when I was in the pub as a child in the 80s. Some of those men were drinking in pubs since the 1920s.
To them draught Guinness was a fad that started in 1959.
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
It’s way better off the shelf, thought the same as yourself, no way could it be nice room temperature, but it’s the way it’s meant to be drank. In Waterford you can get them chilled “off the cooler” but vast majority of fellas drink them from the shelf. It’s completely different experience.
I’m fairly sure the Guinness XX cans are just the Guinness original in a can, avoid. Can only drink it from the pint bottle.
Some auld fellas in Waterford actually heat these up and drink them roasting hot.
I used to live on the small bottles of these and in my opinion you can't really compare it to draught as there like completly two different drinks. I did always favour the bottles over draught tho. I also found I didn't get a bad hangover from bottles but draught use to give me the worst headache haha
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
they're*
@@Andy7907 I had about 20 pints last night go easy on my grammar
Those little bottles are super
West Indies Porter is the one to get - strong as hell, but full of lovely flavours!
Bottled Guinness needs to come of a shelf in the shade with a half glass nonik so you keep topping as you drink , it’s drank in pubs were you would get the older generation , I worked in a old style pub in Irvinestown called the central bar and the old folk taught me so much about bottled Guinness, I once seen it served on a medicine trolley in the royal Victoria hospital Belfast to a patient next to me while getting my appendix out , but that’s another story , oh that bar was the first to bottle and distribute around Northern Ireland , bar hasn’t changed since the war . Worth a visit if your ever passing
I find that Smithwick's is the best drink to have with a meal. It's nowhere near as heavy as Guiness or Murphys and goes well with every food. You should try a Smithwick's on draught. It's much nicer than from a can or a bottle.
Did not know you were from Waterford stock. Large bottle off the shelf still on the go here in the Déise!
We have both here in South Florida, USA. I have purchased cans, bottled and have had pints at the local Irish and English Pubs. I have had Guinness and Bass Ale that way, although Bass seems to only be sold in bottles. For me, the taste of canned Guinness was not very good (but certainly far better than Budweiser LOL), the bottled is better but still not as good as a pint from the tap in the pub. That's my opinion for whatever its worth. Cheers!
I worked in the Welly Park in Belfast years ago. A regular in his 70's or 80's would come in every morning. He would have to have his two bottles of Guinness warmed on the radiator before he would accept them. I got in late one morning and they were room temp. He was livid and gave me a bollocking. Never made that mistake again. I tried his idea one time and it was the worst version of the black stuff but it kept him going well into his 90s. Try that. Love the channel. Cheers.
My first taste of Guinness was way back in 1966 when my old Dad gave me small drop out of his bottle of Guinness, so I have a fondness for the big bottle, it is an entirely different beer to the draft/nitrogen can, it is more like a standard stout, roasted barley, it is stronger like 6.2% in Australia, a beautiful glass of beer, cheers lads!
You should try mixing the draught can with the bottle, the combination might not be for you, but some lads swear by it so it's worth a try. And it's new content.
Never heard of this
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
My regular in Dublin sells off the shelf beer and cider. Namely Sullivan’s golden bitter.
Finally, someone mentions the late, great beer writer Micheal Jackson. The Guru might want to take a look at a book or 2 of his...or his writings from All About Beer magazine.
I had the once in a lifetime pleasure of visiting Ireland in March. I was so blown away by how beautiful the country was and how friendly everyone was from Waterville to Dublin.
New style pint glass . That’s a no .
When drinking a large bottle of Guinness . It’s a half pint glass . A pilsner half pint glass is perfect.
I used to drink this all the time. Haven’t had one in ages.
Or nitro draught Guinness my great grandfather a barman always preferred bottled Guinness. The Beer writer Michael Jackson praised it for its qualities in the 1970’s but it is now according to a few a shadow of its former self as it stopped being bottle conditioned in 2000 and is quite fizzy compared to other bottled stouts.
Here in the states we have the extra stout bottles and the draught bottles. the draught bottles are significantly better than extra stout. imo slainte
Best temperature is off the floor of the cellar. Many a Pint bottle consumed in the Victoria House in Tramore. Downes whiskey to chance after it 👌
As an old, old man, the bottled Guinness ( on the main land) was always severed in bars straight off of the shelves..that taste was always a 'little' more 'bitter' than the cooled draught version.
My Uncle in Co Kerry gave me some mixed with milk when I was 6 or 7 back in the 70s
That’s what we’re stuck with in Missouri can’t get a grand pint in a bar unfortunately
Don't know if it's changed but the bottled "original" was always a bit closer in taste to the stuff that was brewed at the Park Royal brewery in London. Just with a little more carbonation and bitterness in the bottled stuff.
No comparison between a pint & a bottle.. large bottle off the shelf is your only man here in Waterford.. very different taste between a shelf bottle & a cold bottle even.. mothers milk it is but an acquired taste. love the show.
I like my stout cellar temperature and let my nitro draught stout warm up
@@oscarosullivan4513 hmmmm 😂, cellar cold room or old school cellar can I ask? The bottom shelf in many pubs was slate, as that was supposed to be the way the bottles settled in the old days.. pre coolers
I think the bottles are very refreshing, a handy drink for the summer if you don't want to go on the pints. A staple up in Waaaaerford.
I really appreciate these kind of content
Love the West Indies Porter. Best if you leave it in a warm place too.
I know you favour the draught to be slightly colder, but I had a couple of pints yesterday, Guinness Cold, that were so cold I got a headache off it. It doesn't do anything for the flavour to be so cold, in fact I always thought the extra cold thing was a bit of a gimmick to let pubs get away with not looking after the brew as good as it needs. I quite fancy a room temperature glass about now.
I think Guinness is served too cold compared to its nitro peers
@@oscarosullivan4513 To be fair, I think the pub must have fiddled with the thermostat, as it was considerably colder than usual. I've heard the Guru say a few times, that he'd rather have it too cold than too warm, but personally I go the other way. I just think you get more flavour when it's not too cold.
Now I’m hooked on Guinness. I’ve bought it in the can and bottle. I can’t seem to get the same pour here like over there, but I still love it.
I have relations working in Guinness since its founding to this day since. Intial great etc. was taken from Waterford to be a cooper at St. James.
Guinness, as Arthur intended it! The best version in my opinion - and yes, off the shelf!
Try the export stout with the foil on the neck. Its about 7.5% you can get it in most wee corner shops in england. Delicious, blows the head aff ye though
When i served these many moons ago it was always the older gentlemen who enjoyed a bottle of the shelf with a whiskey or rum chaser
There's also a pub in douglas I go to when the TT is on, I can't remember the name now , but I'm going in a few weeks, I shall let you know
Waterford ! You will find it in some pubs elsewhere
Actually cannot believe Iv never tried one a these, often thought about it but end up
Just going for the
Regular stuff (or that foreign extra)
It sometimes comes so crisp, Guru, you can shingle your roof with it....
What’s the difference between the production of the bottles and the barrel, brewed the same just under pressure in the barrels ?
Fizzy Guinness, are you mad
up here in the North the ol' fellas only drunk Guinness by the bottle. Rare now unfortunately
Love one of these ice cold on a summers day
I've been following you for just a few weeks, I'm totally enjoying your site, OK, so, try and get over to the wirral, go to a village called Neston, then find the pub called the harp, it sits on the banks of the river dee, it is the best guiness on the wirral, you need to ask directions to marsh Lane, at the end of the lane, there's a little road which brings you out onto the river front, with great views of Wales across the river, which unfortunately is silted up, everyone I meet says it's the best guiness, and I totally agree, and I've drank the best in co meath
draught guinnes like all the beers in ireland is fizzy pop
I remember drinking lots of bottled Guinness room temperature because I was told that was the proper way. Now I never drink it that way. At home I now pour it into a frosted mug.
Anyway I live in a small town, PNW USA, with no Guinness on tap so bottles of Guinness is all I have. I will be traveling again to Dublin for two weeks in July and will be having proper pints in all my favorite pubs, including Gravediggers, Brazen Head, Doyle's, and Bowes. Will be trying out some of the pubs The Guru has suggested as well.
I won't be traveling around the country this time, just doing stuff around Dublin.
Pnw usa? I'm from detorit bro what the hell is pnw?
@@thepatriarchy819
Pacific North West
@@rumidude thanks!
Hope you have a great time!
Hey Guru you’d do some great videos out here in Toronto and Niagara Falls. Some proud Irish pubs. I’m a travel agent, can show you the sights of you make the trip out!
Wondering if this is the same as extra stout in the US?
Never mind the head it’s always huge but it’s the cut on the throat is amazing love bottle’s of Guinness it’s a total different drink 👍🏻
Tried a bottle of the old original and a bottle of guiness west indies porter and the porter was much nicer imo
Ah .. now it's gettin' serious ..
Just discovered Guinness at the ripe age of 35. I just always assumed it was a heavy syrupy beer. It’s the best beer in the world, hands down. I live in South America and you can’t find it anywhere down here, so have to order it online. It’s actually a good thing I didn’t discover this drink earlier in life, I like it that much. Also I am more of a fan of the bottles because I like it carbonated. The hydrogen stuff doesn’t have enough bite. Taste as if the beer has been left open through the night.
*nitrogen rather than hydrogen. Btw, if you love Guinness then I guarantee you that there are far nicer stouts out there that you'd enjoy. Guinness is a very average nitro dry stout.
Try Murphys
Was introduced to this in Belfast, once I was I didn't go back to draught
No. It’s better than pints. Was out for a few pints recently for the first time in a long time and found them bland by comparison. And other people were saying they were great pints.
And no. You don’t need to let it settle. That’s just a hangover from the high and low keg, pre 1960 method.
love a B O G... if you can find a bottle of Guinness Dublin Porter, a bottle of 'West Indies' and a bottle of 'Foreign Extra' for a bit of a taste test.... all different to a bottle of 'original' and good in their own way.
West Indies Porter is f***ing glory.
For me this is what Guinness should be. Better body and better taste in the Original for mw
Don’t know if you even read comments but if you do - potential new content idea. Steak & Guiness pie - one with guiness and one without. Can you taste the difference. And so on for recipes that call for guiness.
Anyone remember Guinness Black Lager? Was a fun drink while it was here in Ireland.
And now H and H on bow street makes one
@@oscarosullivan4513 I was only 18 at the time it was out. Memory is a bit hazy but it did taste very simular to the standard bottle of Guinness.
Lots of Breweries make black Lagers, good style.
Completely different taste but lovely too
Tried the bottle Guinness years ago but not particularly for me too watery
Give it a few more goes....
give me a warm one
I drink guinness original in cans I love it
With more context ideas...could you travel to Australia for some Guinness. And mabe to Hawaii. Do a tropical episode and may even go on a cruise just a three day. Taste there Guinness. Would the sea make you puke. So many more episodes that could be made.
It is like a lager version of a stout. You're not wrong there. But I still couldn't drink the Original Guinness no matter what as it is still absolutely vile and of course as you put it, it is like coca-cola when the head is gone and diminished.
Nothing to write home about here.
The bottle is the only way to go tbh
Its a pity they dont do bottle conditioned stout anymore
Where did you get a 400ml glass?
Can you try a pint of Guinness the way it was traditionally served with the cream added by a separate jug after the stout was poured?
Where the feck has someone ever poured cream in separately 🤣🤣🤣 that’s not a thing mate
@@Nik2555 Shows what you know. Actually the early system required two kegs of Guinness being kept at different pressures. The high pressure barrel was used to fill a pint glass with the foamy “head” first. These bubbles slowly settled to the bottom of the glass over a number of minutes to form a thick cream. The second low pressure barrel would be used to add the actual stout and excess cream would be scraped off to form the recognisable pint.
@@begley321 your commenting about something completely different to my
Reply to op claiming that people added cream to their Guinness. I’m well aware of the two part pour and the high pressures but been used to add the “clerical collar”. Well done you’ve watched a RUclips video.
Before that all Guinness was served in cask conditioned bottles with a cork top. To my knowledge cream was and never has been added to Guinness in a pub.
Best Guinness in Dungarvan next video??
Large bottles is Waterford
Daragh!!!! I'm over 60, mature but definitely not grown up.
I can almost smell that at 7:19 🤨
Try a bottle that's been in the fridge for 24hrs
Bottles are carbonated with CO2, draught is served under nitrogen , completely different drinks
I think of the Guinness Original as a lighter version of Guinness draught, not too heavy on the stomach, really pleasant to drink.
New style glass....unfollowed
Turns out Ainsley is one of those grumpy old blokes at the bar who complains if any little thing changes, who knew
😂melt
😂
The new style is ass
@@Welshhomie joke went completely over your head 😂
different drink mate... it has more flavour than the can of Draught Guinness for sure
you can not pour a bottle of beer that is for sure
BuT iTs A NeW sTylE gLaSs 😂🙄
Sheesh🐍🤧
Would be cool to see a little bit of Whiskey content on this channel. If you like Whiskey that is!
Malarki 👌
Poor it into a can and Nitrosurge it 🤔🤔🤔
Get back to Enniskillen cause you missed the best bars in the town
It's not nitrogenated, so no
Darragh is a good presenter. He should diversify from just presenting Guinness products.
Who's Oisin?
He's called Darragh - maybe you're thinking of Oisin who he interviewed at the guinea grill in London?
@@Welshhomie I actually was.
original is horrible
No
You get a bad dose of the shits from that stuff