Potential Guinness disaster in the works

[Wolfman]

The beer in Ireland for the most part sucks balls. Tasteless bland crap (except for Guiness).
Typical tap lineup:
Heineken :vomit2:
Carlsberg :vomit:
Budweiser :pukedon:
Guinness :beer:
and Caffreys, Smithwicks or Harp - not much flavor at all.

Give me a good American microbrew any day.

Oh and any talk of Guinness being served warm and being better over there=hogwash.

It\'s funny how, because of Guinness, Ireland gets this rep for being a beer culture when it isn\'t at all.  There are only three Irish beers that matter: Harp, Smithwick\'s and Guinness.  One light lager, one amber ale, and one stout is all that country ever came up with.    Whoop-ee.  These beers go right into the file of "Average beer packaged with import stigma" along with the likes of Stella Artois, Bass, Heineken, Amstel Light, Carlsberg, Dos Equis, Brahma, Corona, Newcastle, and about 100 others.  They\'re all cheap to make and range from lousy to decent at best, but it\'s the import stigma that sells the stuff.  Take Guinness liquid and package it as Harpoon Irish Stout or something like that and nobody is going to swear by it.  And please don\'t even bring up Guinness knock-offs Murphy\'s, Ohara\'s, and Beamish....who cares?  How about I name you 250 American craft breweries that make ten or more beers apiece, and after that I\'ll name you 25 light lagers, 25 amber ales, and 25 stouts made in America that will wreck Harp, Smithwick\'s and Guinness.  And the vast majority of all the Harp, Smithwick\'s and Guinness in the world isn\'t made in Ireland anyhow.  I actually have no problem with the fact that it isn\'t made in Ireland, you can make the same stuff here that you can there.  It\'s just another funny thing to think about given how people think Ireland is a beer destination when it isn\'t.  Germany and Belgium are the only countries that can stand up to the U.S. right now for overall beer portfolio, although lots of other countries such as Russia and Czechoslovakia have good beer cultures too.

[booztravlr]

These beers go right into the file of "Average beer packaged with import stigma" along with the likes of Stella Artois, Bass, Heineken, Amstel Light, Carlsberg, Dos Equis, Brahma, Corona, Newcastle, and about 100 others.  They\'re all cheap to make and range from lousy to decent at best, but it\'s the import stigma that sells the stuff.

im a little surprised to see stella and newcastle on your list. newcastle is a fantastic beer and its by far the beer ive had the most since football season started last fall. what dont you like about it? im not trying to get into a \'my beer is better than your beer\' debate, im just curious why you included these two beers with crap like heineken, carlsberg, corona and so on. ive had my fair share of american microbrews (last time i counted, +230...i have a beer bottle collection) so i feel i can tell the difference between good and bad beers. newcastle is def in my top 20 of all beers.

side note...rogue is the best brewery in the US imo.

[Mark]

When Evelyn\'s cousins from Ireland/England come here to visit, the only things I typically see them drink are Bud and Stella.  Stella is absolutely disgusting in my book.

I would say England, Scotland (Firkin Pubs, Oh Yeah!), and Austria have pretty good beer cultures too.

[skalnbyc]

New Product:

Tired of messing around with lime and salt every time you want to drink a Corona?

Miller Brewing wants to make your life easier. Aiming at the Hispanic market, Miller is introducing a beer already flavored with lime and salt.

Miller Chill, modeled after a popular style of Mexican beer called a “chelada,” will be test marketed throughout Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and San Diego, said Pete Marino, a spokesman for the Milwaukee-based brewer. The company hopes to eventually expand the line nationwide, he said.

The lime green bottles feature green and silver modular designs reminiscent of Aztec art, with the word “Chill” in bold black letters across the front and “Chelada style”

[Spacey]

New Product:

Tired of messing around with lime and salt every time you want to drink a Corona?

Miller Brewing wants to make your life easier. Aiming at the Hispanic market, Miller is introducing a beer already flavored with lime and salt.

Miller Chill, modeled after a popular style of Mexican beer called a “chelada,” will be test marketed throughout Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and San Diego, said Pete Marino, a spokesman for the Milwaukee-based brewer. The company hopes to eventually expand the line nationwide, he said.

The lime green bottles feature green and silver modular designs reminiscent of Aztec art, with the word “Chill” in bold black letters across the front and “Chelada style”

considering that Corona is already Mexican piss in a bottle, I don\'t see how this can be any good but will probably be successful in those markets.

[Todd]

New Product:

Tired of messing around with lime and salt every time you want to drink a Corona?

Miller Brewing wants to make your life easier. Aiming at the Hispanic market, Miller is introducing a beer already flavored with lime and salt.

Miller Chill, modeled after a popular style of Mexican beer called a “chelada,” will be test marketed throughout Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and San Diego, said Pete Marino, a spokesman for the Milwaukee-based brewer. The company hopes to eventually expand the line nationwide, he said.

The lime green bottles feature green and silver modular designs reminiscent of Aztec art, with the word “Chill” in bold black letters across the front and “Chelada style”

:yack2: If you have to add anything to your beer, is it worth drinking? I think not.

[jocelyn]

That sounds wretched.

The only way I will drink Corona is with tequila added. That\'s actually not terrible.

Newcastle is too sweet. Also... I have not found any other beer that has such a high percentage of turned beers floating around. What is the deal with that? And Stella... ugh. I swear people around here drink it just so they can drink out of those stupid gold-rimmed glasses.

I do enjoy Guinness but it is one of the blandest stouts I have ever tried.

[FreeSpirit]

As much as I love good, "quality" beer, I still love my Bud Light.  For many reasons, some of which have already been mentioned:

#1 it\'s cheap
b.  it\'s yellow beer
and lastly, it\'s American brewed
4th, it\'s lite, only spelled differently.

[derickw]

As much as I love good, "quality" beer, I still love my Bud Light.  For many reasons, some of which have already been mentioned:

#1 it\'s cheap
b.  it\'s yellow beer
and lastly, it\'s American brewed
4th, it\'s lite, only spelled differently.

there\'s only one LITE beer.... the President of Beers... Miller Lite