Is Guinness the best beer ever?

[breakdown]

I rarely drink Guiness, but I cook with it all the time.

 

[VKK3450]

**** man, a good Shepards Pie with an afternoon of Guinness Pints is the ultimate afternoon.

K

 

[Flambeur]

Originally Posted by VKK3450

**** man, a good Shepards Pie with an afternoon of Guinness Pints is the ultimate afternoon.

K


exactly.. especially on a sunny afternoon in Dublin...

 

[VKK3450]

Originally Posted by Flambeur

exactly.. especially on a sunny afternoon in Dublin...

I dont spend much time in Dublin, but it sounds perfect to me when I'm in a warm cozy pub on a cold rainy winter day in London.

Add in 3-4 good friends and a Trivial Pursuit and I'm all over it like a fat kid on an M&M.

K

 

[crazyquik]

My one recommendation is Natural Light

 

[speedster.8]

or

Two distinct beers

 

[unpainted huffheinz]

If I had to pick a single beer to drink Paulaner Salvator would probably top the list. A beer originally brewed by monks as a solid food replacement during Lent is a truly special drink.

 

[Hard2Fit]

Proof.

Raise a pint of Guinness to your good health By KEVIN HUNT Hartford Courant Posted: April 3, 2004 A man walks into a bar, orders a 12-ounce bottle of Corona Extra. Another man walks in, orders a 12-ounce Guinness draft. Guinness, besides providing the required satisfaction, is said to be a veritable trove of goodness. (UW Study A University of Wisconsin study last fall found that moderate consumption of Guinness worked like aspirin to prevent clots that increase the risk of heart attacks.) The two men turn to each other, raise their glasses and say, "Here's to your health." Question: Whose dietary and health interests are better served by the 12-ounce beer? If the guidelines are less alcohol, fewer calories, fewer carbohydrates - and, to top it off, protection against heart attacks, blindness and maybe even impotence - then it's the Guinness drinker, hands down. No joke. Guinness, in fact, is lower in alcohol, calories and carbohydrates than Samuel Adams, Budweiser, Heineken and almost every other major-brand beer not classified as light or low-carb. It has fewer calories and carbohydrates than low-fat milk and orange juice, too. Could this be the same Irish stout that looks like a still-life root beer float and tastes about as filling as a Quarter Pounder with cheese? Yes, the same Guinness that beer expert Michael Jackson (the British king of hops) calls the world's classic dry stout. It's a favorite of Bono (obviously), Madonna (with a good cigar) and Matt Damon (no, Guinness does not make teeth unnaturally white). Low in alcohol This tastes-great, more-filling formula defies nutritional expectations because Guinness is so low in alcohol, a source of empty calories. Guinness is 4.2% alcohol by volume, the same as Coors Light. Budweiser and Heineken check in at 5%. "That surprised me," says Joseph Brennan, a Yale-New Haven Hospital cardiologist of Irish heritage and a confirmed Guinness drinker. "I could never understand why one or two wouldn't leave me light-headed." Brennan, like many cardiologists, recommends a drink a day for his cardiac patients. Red wine, in particular, has been shown to help prevent heart attacks. Now, maybe it's beer's turn. A University of Wisconsin study last fall found that moderate consumption of Guinness worked like aspirin to prevent clots that increase the risk of heart attacks. Take, er, drink your vitamins In the study, Guinness proved twice as effective as Heineken at preventing blood clots. Guinness is loaded with flavonoids, anti-oxidants that give the dark color to many fruits and vegetables. These anti-oxidants are better than vitamins C and E, the study found, at keeping bad LDL cholesterol from clogging arteries. Blocked arteries also contribute to erectile dysfunction, as does overindulgence in alcohol. Guinness has a higher concentration than lighter beers of vitamin B, which lowers levels of homocysteine, linked to clogged arteries. And researchers have found that anti-oxidants from the moderate use of stout might reduce the incidence of cataracts by as much as 50%. In Ireland, where the slogan "Guinness Is Good for You" was born, the stout's medicinal uses are the stuff of legend. Diageo, the U.S. distributor of Guinness, makes no claims about its medical benefits, spokeswoman Beth Davies says from the company's offices in Stamford, Conn. But a visitor to Ireland might hear accounts (most no longer, if ever, true) of Guinness administered to nursing mothers, blood donors, stomach and intestinal post-operative patients and mothers recovering from childbirth. "Pregnant women and racehorses, one a day," says Michael Foley of Wethersfield, Conn., standing over a pint of Guinness in the subterranean bar at the Irish American Home Society in Glastonbury, Conn. Racehorses? Foley, who left Castlemaine, County Kerry, 43 years ago but retains a Guinness-thick brogue, returns a cocked-head glance that says, loosely translated from Gaelic, "Duh." "It's made from barley, you know," he says.

 

[Lel]

I had my first taste of it today and I believe that it's my foray into "good" beer. I enjoyed it.

 

[Happydayz]

Originally Posted by unpainted huffheinz

If I had to pick a single beer to drink Paulaner Salvator would probably top the list. A beer originally brewed by monks as a solid food replacement during Lent is a truly special drink.
You absolutely must go to Munich then for the Starkbierfest. Largest beer fest in Munich second only to Oktoberfest, which means none of the rowdy and voyeuristic tourists to deal with. It's a March celebration tied to Lent that involves copious amounts of Salvator being drunk at the Paulaner brewery. They have a huge beer hall that gets filled to capacity and giant 1 liter mugs of Salvator can be had for 6 euro. For those unfamiliar of the background:

The story goes that in morally stricter times, monks brewed extra strong beer to help get them through lent. The alcohol content of Starkbier is higher than that of normal beer and is produced by all the major breweries.

I believe it's a 9-10% brew. But it is absolutely delicious and the extra alcoholic content is unnoticeable. A dangerous thing when you are drinking out of 1 liter mugs in a festive atmosphere

 

[Flambeur]

Drinking some Guinness right now. Actually had Old Rasputin a couple days ago, forgot how good it was too.