"Svend" (svend)
09/14/2019 at 01:29 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
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Nice range, Smirnoff vodka (it’s not great but it does the job), Teeling Single Grain whiskey, Guinness Foreign Extras, Budvar Stubbins, Newcastle Brown Ale, Macon Villages and a Bordeaux Blanc.
That’ll do nicely.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 02:00 |
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I’ve always considered Smirnoff the Mendoza line (a dated baseball reference) of Vodka. You always want better, but you’re okay as long as you don’t go below it.
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Svend
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
09/14/2019 at 02:13 |
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Ye’, if you give me Russian Standard, I’d throw it back at you.
Smirnoff as a mixer is okay. For neat it’s got to be Heroes or Belvedere, for flavoured it’s got to be The Lakes Espresso Vodka or Svensk Strawberry Vodka.
Ketel One, Titos and Absolute are okay-ish.
Jewish Stig
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 04:19 |
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Im ashamed to say that i have discovered the Guinness foreign extra only recently.
I was really surprised, they really make it in Africa?
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> Jewish Stig
09/14/2019 at 05:41 |
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It’s not like other Guinness’s, it’s a little more getting used to.
How many other Guinness products have you tried?
Ye’, it’s brewed in Ethiopia,Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Jamaica, Ireland, etc...like ten or 12 countries total
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 06:07 |
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ooo a newkey brown....good stuff....entirely too quaffable
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> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/14/2019 at 09:43 |
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I'm like that with the Budvar right now. It's flowing down (thankfully my throat and not my leg).
Thomas Donohue
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 10:00 |
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I did the tour in Dublin again this summer, apparently Guinness i s now brewed in almost 50 countries (all products, not just the Foreign Extra Stout you referenced) . Most are under license, as Guinness only owns five of them - Dublin, Malaysia, and three in Africa.
The top 5 consumers are Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, USA, and Cameroon. As you said, Africa is a huge market for them.
I recently installed a nitro tap system in my home bar. It’s relatively easy to get the sixtels (1/6 keg) in NJ , but getting a ‘fresh’ one is going to be a challenge. The first two I got in August were brewed on 4/16, the latest on 5/28, as obviously the distributors here do a FIFO stock rotation . I’m told the ‘sell-by’ date is six months from the brew date, and properly chilled and pressurized they keep for another ~3 months. (Each keg is stamped with the brewery, date, and time. The keg valve is also sealed with a melted-plastic top, something I’ve not seen with other beers )
They all have tasted great, but not quite as good as when you’re in the old country. I have long believed that the reason for that is 33 % mental, and 66 % freshness - you’re much more likely to get a keg brewed less than a month ago when in Ireland. (All US, Irish, and UK Draught kegs are brewed in Dublin).
My quest to befriend/bribe a distributor and corresponding store owner continues, but all things being equal it’s pouring damn fine as-is.
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> Thomas Donohue
09/14/2019 at 10:20 |
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I love most Guinness’s, but there are a few I can’t get around like the Milk Stout and West Indies Porter.
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Thomas Donohue
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 10:31 |
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Agreed. I surprisingly like the Blonde, especially on tap. The Nitro cans are OK. There’s a new brewery in Baltimore, MD (US) that is brewing all different trial beers for the US market, I haven’t been yet but reviews are good.
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Jewish Stig
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 12:26 |
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I find it a bit difficult to find where i live the more “exotic” flavors.
The foreign extra ive tasted was great, felt like a more concentrated version of the classic one, i really liked it.
I have t ried their IPA and was OK for a mass produced beer.
I love the regular stout.
And i know its probably just in my head, but the ones I’ve tried in Dublin were perfect, and didn’t have a slightly metallic after taste, which ive always noticed.
Maybe next time im in Ireland i will do the tour.
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> Jewish Stig
09/14/2019 at 12:53 |
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I’m doing the tour next year. Was wanting to do it this year but a friends nephew has taken to Guinness, so we’ll be going once he’s 18 (though he has done the tour already, I don’t want to upset his mum and risk breaking any law for the sake of a few months).
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Jewish Stig
> Svend
09/14/2019 at 13:05 |
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Sounds nice, cool uncle takes you on a beer tour and car detailing.
The tour is definitely on my list, this and real scotch whiskey tour in Scotland
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> Jewish Stig
09/14/2019 at 13:20 |
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I’m not a Scotch whisky drinker, but the Teeling small batch whiskey distillery is in Dublin and I love me some Teeling.
