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[Armaghtoffee]

Does anyone over there drink "Guinness Cold" on draught or just normal Guinness?

Guinness Cold was only briefly here in the early 2000s I think.

 

[peteblue]

Thanks mate

All the best to you both. It’s no mean feat maintaining a loving relationship for that length of time these days. Hope you both have a cracking time….

 

[peteblue]

Guinness Cold was only briefly here in the early 2000s I think.

Horrible stuff imo…but each to their own, we don’t do it…..

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Horrible stuff imo…but each to their own, we don’t do it…..

If memory serves me right, it was tried here to boost sales to a younger market but it just never took off at all. They then tried bottles of Draught for sale in nightclubs etc but we quickly sussed it was dearer than a pint for a lot less volume.

 

[peteblue]

In my first job, aside from collecting glasses around the bar, my role was to pull around 10 pints of Guinness at a time to allow them to settle for ordering when they then just need the top up. You know it’s a proper bar when you see the pints of Plain lined up.

I wasn’t even old enough to drink but had my Diageo certificate for pulling the perfect pint.

Has ‘splitting the G’ made it into pub speak over there?

No we don’t do splitting the G, or free beer. I own the sodding place but I still have to pay.

It is an art pulling a perfect pint, but that also applies to all beers to a lesser degree.

We don’t have the sort of Guinness throughput you have to have 10 waiting…

 

[jazzy]

All the best to you both. It’s no mean feat maintaining a loving relationship for that length of time these days. Hope you both have a cracking time….

Thanks Pete.

 

[jazzy]

Guinness Cold was only briefly here in the early 2000s I think.

If memory serves me right, it was tried here to boost sales to a younger market but it just never took off at all. They then tried bottles of Draught for sale in nightclubs etc but we quickly sussed it was dearer than a pint for a lot less volume.

Horrible stuff imo…but each to their own, we don’t do it…..

My mate loves / loved it and always insists on asking for it in every hostelry that we go into .

 

[peteblue]

My mate loves / loved it and always insists on asking for it in every hostelry that we go into .

You need a new mate ……

 

[jazzy]

You need a new mate ……

Especially when he insists on getting one for me too.

Mind you unlike him I'm a lightweight and anything more than 2 possibly 3 pints of Guinness and I'm peeing all the time.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Especially when he insists on getting one for me too.

Mind you unlike him I'm a lightweight and anything more than 2 possibly 3 pints of Guinness and I'm peeing all the time.

Yeah but think of the hairs on your chest.

 

[jazzy]

Yeah but think of the hairs on your chest.

Yes all grey unfortunately

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Morning everyone,

Thanks to @Gwladysover and @Val P for their kind wishes. I'm truly amazed at Gs memory.

36 years ago tomorrow we got hitched and then went to Rhodes for our honeymoon . When I think back on that day with fond memories I wonder where on earth all the years have gone.

It was genuinely a lovely day . We deliberately only had a very small wedding with just close family invited ( we didn't have much money and wanted to spend what little we had on a honeymoon!) and had a really nice meal in a local pub and went straight to the airport afterwards.

Pretty much replicate that with a simple meal in our local Italian tomorrow.

Have a lovely day everyone.

Happy anniversary x

 

[bigjonny]

Yeah but think of the hairs on your chest.

Do any of your friends drink that absolute swill Rockshore ? My mate’s family are in Belfast and his brother thinks it’s great.

 

[jazzy]

Happy anniversary x

Thanks Anj

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Do any of your friends drink that absolute swill Rockshore ? My mate’s family are in Belfast and his brother thinks it’s great.

Rockshore is popular and would be directly rivalling Harp. Both owned by Diageo mind you but both also swill in its own right.