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?Guinness Red, brewed in exactly the same way as Guinness except that the barley is only lightly roasted so that it produces a lighter, slightly fruitier red ale, began test-marketing in Great Britain in February 2007 ? 4.2% abv.?


Anyone tried it yet? Any reports?

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Is it served cold?


I must admit I am curious if just to see what it tastes like.


When they started serving Guinness a few degrees colder it was, in my opinion, the final piece to the puzzle producing the pleasure of a perfectly, potable, pint of porter.


Asinine, alliteration aside though. How can they improve on perfection?

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dulwichmum Wrote:

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> Why must they tamper with perfection? Does anyone

> remember Guinness Light? Exactly my point...



heard of it never tried it but it soon went down the pan,just wish they would do the same with that guinness extra cold,old arthur must be spinning in his grave.

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Do they still sell "BDG"*? I remember buying it in 6 packs in Ireland to being home with me, complete with the little plastic syringe which you made the "head"


I think the only way Guinness can be improved is to be drinking it in a dockside pun in Dingle, accompanied by a plate of locally smoked salmon and slices of buttered home-made soda bread....


SimonM


* ^Bottled Draught Gunnesss"

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on the whole "Extra Cold" point - pubs and brewers have been pushing this for ages (for lagers as well as Guinness) but is it just me or do I not detect much difference.


When I get a pint of any old lager in Oz or US it is darn near solidly frozen, but even the extra cold over here is just... a bit cold


I'm sure landlords are pulling their hair out and saying "we have invested a fortune on freezing equipment" and whatnot but I can't tell

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When it comes to any beer but especially larger I like it cold, cold, cold. Larger can literally be on the brink of freezing. Ales and stout not quite as cold but still cold. The extra cold larger you get in pubs never seems to actually be that cold though.


But then I did grow up in Africa where the very mention of warm beer would get you drawn, quartered, skinned, salted and hung out to dry for a week.


Then fed to a passing elephant.


Or thrown to the sharks.


Or put on a plane and packed off to Wimbledon.


Or any number of other unpleasant clich?s.

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SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> on the whole "Extra Cold" point - pubs and brewers

> have been pushing this for ages (for lagers as

> well as Guinness) but is it just me or do I not

> detect much difference.


There is no difference in the actual product sold to you, normal and extra cold come (normally) from the same cask/barrel


The only difference is that the Extra Cold stuff is double refrigerated on the way through the pipes, hence the title.


Personally on a really hot summers day (much like today !!) I prefer Extra Cold Guinness as it stays cold right down to the bottom of the glass. (slow drinker)

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