St. Patrick's Day means little to me beyond being the day before my husband's birthday, thereby providing a great punchline. ("You know what's the best thing about your birthday?" Doug's mom supposedly said. "You can get day-old green cake, cheap." By the fourth kid, the birthday-party circuit had lost much of its charm.)
Anyway. Guinness feels differently, as well it might; the beer is trying to get a million signatures for a congressional proposal that March 17th be declared a national holiday. As I said, I don't care and Guinness doesn't help the case since it tastes like liquefied, unsweetened black licorice.
But this is a great commercial.
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i say a day old green cake is just lovely....................HA!!!!!!!!!! love, doug's sis :)
Posted by: bessy | March 04, 2008 at 11:23 AM
They get my vote, too. The more national holidays, the better.
Posted by: Mike | March 14, 2008 at 08:10 PM
"tastes like liquefied, unsweetened black licorice." ???? Apparently you've never tasted it, that or you are just completely mental. That can happen too.
Posted by: James | March 31, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Have tasted it; occasionally mental. Fairly certain one has nothing to do with the other.
Posted by: Dana Harris | March 31, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I would argue that one does have to do with the other, because if you actually think that Guinness tastes like "liquefied, unsweetened black licorice," then I think you are allowing a mental notion to overpower reality. Of course I could be wrong, you could just have an unrefined palate, but I'm leaning towards mental. Here's a tip, next time you bring yourself to try Guinness, do not sip at the white head, but allow the black to come up through the head. Perhaps it is the bitterness of the foamy head which has tainted your experience. Of course, I could just be mental ;-)
Posted by: James | March 31, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Or perhaps it is only my foamy head. I'll give it another shot and report back. Let me know if you can reccommend a Guinness pour in LA.
Posted by: Dana Harris | March 31, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Smoked a blunt, tried "Guinness" for the first time. It SUCKS. And wtf is this plastic white thing in the bottle? No report of a buzz, and the cost is unbelievable.
Posted by: Young C | May 01, 2008 at 02:18 PM
The only reason Americans don't like the taste of Guinness is because they are used to fizzy piss which is American beer. I mean, why on earth would you want a "lite" beer?
Oh, and the plastic ball inside the can is called a widget and helps the consistency of the ale inside
Posted by: Riddick | October 21, 2008 at 07:32 AM
Riddick, Clearly you are deluded if think you know what Americans "like" with that pea size brain of yours. A fair amount of Americans like Guinness but they hardly WORSHIP it. As for taste and quality, there are plenty of American Dry Stout that are comparable if not better then your beloved Guinness. ROGUE Dry Stout, Gritty Mcduff's Black Fly Stout, Shipyard Bluefin's, John Harvard's, and Boston Beer Works Curley's Irish Stout (definitely superior imo) comes to mind. Don't get me wrong Guinness is great, but only in Dublin and from a tap! Bottled or canned, it sucks!
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