What is the Best Irish Beer?

[MarkB]

My favourite Irish beer? Hmmm.....the one that is almost empty in front of me!

MarkB

[TomB]

[quote="Jeff_H
I agree about the current crop of microbrews. I have a brewery in my town that does in fact brew a really nice tasting stout. It's more in the English or American style of stout though without all the nitrogen found in Guinness which is more a cream stout and pastuerized.

Jeff[/quote]

Jeff- Are you talking about Hylands? They make some pretty good brews. I like the Amber Ale there, also.

Tom

[Phil Hardy]

I have spent more than 15 years in Ireland and can sadly say "There Isn't One".
All the pubs are controlled by the beer giants so NO CHIOCE unless you happen to be in Cork or Dublin in which case you may drink a draught of posh beer and extreme prices.
The rest is sh*t.( washing up liquid)
Phil.

[Jeff_H]

[quote="Jeff_H
I agree about the current crop of microbrews. I have a brewery in my town that does in fact brew a really nice tasting stout. It's more in the English or American style of stout though without all the nitrogen found in Guinness which is more a cream stout and pastuerized.

Jeff

Jeff- Are you talking about Hylands? They make some pretty good brews. I like the Amber Ale there, also.

Tom[/quote]

You betcha. Great guys there. Good beer and fresh as can be. I like the fact that you never know what they may have available on any given day. Most Saturdays I make a quick trip there and get my growlers filled up. The amber is excellent. They sometimes have a good ESB and the octoberfest they brew is phenominal when they have it.

Jeff

[TomB]

[quote="Jeff_H
I agree about the current crop of microbrews. I have a brewery in my town that does in fact brew a really nice tasting stout. It's more in the English or American style of stout though without all the nitrogen found in Guinness which is more a cream stout and pastuerized.

Jeff

Jeff- Are you talking about Hylands? They make some pretty good brews. I like the Amber Ale there, also.

Tom

You betcha. Great guys there. Good beer and fresh as can be. I like the fact that you never know what they may have available on any given day. Most Saturdays I make a quick trip there and get my growlers filled up. The amber is excellent. They sometimes have a good ESB and the octoberfest they brew is phenominal when they have it.

Jeff[/quote]

I've had the Octoberfest, actuallly, tasted great. I get there now and then, particularly if I'm in town visiting the folks on a Saturday.

Tom

[Jeff_H]

[quote="Jeff_H
I agree about the current crop of microbrews. I have a brewery in my town that does in fact brew a really nice tasting stout. It's more in the English or American style of stout though without all the nitrogen found in Guinness which is more a cream stout and pastuerized.

Jeff

Jeff- Are you talking about Hylands? They make some pretty good brews. I like the Amber Ale there, also.

Tom

You betcha. Great guys there. Good beer and fresh as can be. I like the fact that you never know what they may have available on any given day. Most Saturdays I make a quick trip there and get my growlers filled up. The amber is excellent. They sometimes have a good ESB and the octoberfest they brew is phenominal when they have it.

Jeff

I've had the Octoberfest, actuallly, tasted great. I get there now and then, particularly if I'm in town visiting the folks on a Saturday.

Tom[/quote]
And the bakery upstairs makes some great stuff too...

[izzarina]

The human problems with alcohol are not only medical. Children are beaten and molested, spouses are murdered, and car crashes are more deadly all the time because of alcohol.
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I think it's wrong to put the blame for a person's actions on an OBJECT. This is just like the whole theory that guns kill people. Yes, in a way that is correct, but in the end, it's PEOPLE that kill people. If stupid people have guns, then other people get killed. It's not the gun per se that does the killing, but the person behind it. The same holds true with alcohol. Alcohol, when drank in moderation, is not evil. The problems arise when you have people, for whatever reason, drink far too much, and then do stupid things. I would tend to think that there were OTHER problems involved before there was ever a problem with alcohol in the instances you brought up.

[TomB]

[quote="Jeff_HAnd the bakery upstairs makes some great stuff too...[/quote]

Thanks, I'll have to give it a try.

Tom

[DCrom]

I agree with blackhawk's ranking of

1. Beamish
2. Murphy's
3. Guinness

I'm not as fond of lagers, so can't even rank Harp.

But I was lucky enough to acquire my taste for Beamish while working in Cork. Here in the US, it's harder to get any of them on draught, and when you do it's often the case that the bar doesn't know how to serve them (I suspect that many cases of "bad stout" are nothing more than good stout going through poorly maintained taps).

For a good, no-nonsense American Stout, Sierra Nevada's is actually very drinkable, as is their Porter. I'm also fond of Anchor Porter, though it's got a much higher level of hopping. But any of those three, served at proper cellar temperature, is a very respectable pint.

[Jayhawk]

1) Guinness
2) Smithwicks
3) Harp

Caj - the best American stout, hands down the best in my opinion, is Kansas City's Boulevard Dry Stout. On tap, I think it's better than Guinness. After 3-4 years only selling it on tap, they now export to the midwest in bottles. While bottles are not quite as good, all Boulevard beers are bottle conditioned instead of force carbonated so it's still very, very good, but don't expect a huge head. I don't drink Guinness anymore unless the bar doesn't carry Boulevard stout.

Eric

[Flyingcursor]

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The next time somebody asks me that, I am going to cry. It is Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live. She is so ugly (but one of the funniest people in the world). It makes me sad when people think it's me.

Terribly sorry Cran. I presumed it wasn't you because I can't recall that you've ever posted a picture of yourself. I don't watch SNL anymore so I didn't know who it was. I shall refrain from asking such a question again.