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Pints of Kilkenny?

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  • 07-04-2011 6:47am
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    soadtool
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    anyone know where i can get a pint of killkenny on tap?


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    Anima
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    A good few places I'd imagine. The Quays do it anyway.


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    benjamin d
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭benjamin d


    Taafes(spelling?) too!:)


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    ben.schlomo
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    Garveys used to have it, many's the pint of it i had in there.


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    whadabouchasir
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    THe King's Head do it.


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    TheCosmicFrog
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    The King's Head do them, as mentioned. 'Tis just Smithwicks with a Guinness head, mind.


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    emptybladder
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    TheCosmicFrog wrote: »
    The King's Head do them, as mentioned. 'Tis just Smithwicks with a Guinness head, mind.

    That's a pint of 'special'. Totally different drink :-)


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    soadtool
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭soadtool


    cool, cheers guys. but if i find out ye're lyin, so help me.....:mad:


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    Gingko
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    soadtool wrote: »
    anyone know where i can get a pint of killkenny on tap?

    Usually the hotels have a Killkenny tap in Galway. Try Jurys at Spanish arch and the Meyrick on Eyre Square.


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    Predalien
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    Neachtain's have it too.


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    TheCosmicFrog
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    emptybladder wrote: »
    That's a pint of 'special'. Totally different drink :-)

    That's a Smithwicks with Guinness poured on top, isn't it? What I was referring to was the creamy nitrogen head on a Kilkenny, usually referred to as a "Guinness head".


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    benjamin d
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    TheCosmicFrog wrote: »
    usually referred to as a "Guinness head".

    Well thats news to me...?? And kilkenny tastes nothing like smithwicks, smithwicks is bland muck. Kilkenny for me is more like john smiths, one of the milder, smoother english beers.


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    TheCosmicFrog
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    benjamin d wrote: »
    Well thats news to me...?? And kilkenny tastes nothing like smithwicks, smithwicks is bland muck. Kilkenny for me is more like john smiths, one of the milder, smoother english beers.

    Kilkenny is definitely stronger. I was down in Kilkenny city for a tour of the Smithwick's brewery. One of the guys on the tour asked about Kilkenny and the tour guide basically said, "It's a slightly stronger Smithwick's with a nitrogen head - brewed for tourist bars and export."

    Not much of a fan of it myself. Not the worst but I'd stick with the Smithwick's or Guinness.


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    mike o
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    Speaking of alcohol in Galway does anyone know where to find mead here? I'v been looking for a while with no luck.


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    [Deleted User]
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    benjamin d wrote: »
    Well thats news to me...?? And kilkenny tastes nothing like smithwicks, smithwicks is bland muck. Kilkenny for me is more like john smiths, one of the milder, smoother english beers.

    Smithwicks is far superior to kilkenny and john smiths.


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    TheCosmicFrog
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    mike o wrote: »
    Speaking of alcohol in Galway does anyone know where to find mead here? I'v been looking for a while with no luck.

    A friend of mine bought some in McCambridges :)


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    Jpomahony87
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    Where in Galway now can you get pints of Kilkenny on tap


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    Seaneh
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    benjamin d wrote: »
    Well thats news to me...?? And kilkenny tastes nothing like smithwicks, smithwicks is bland muck. Kilkenny for me is more like john smiths, one of the milder, smoother english beers.

    Kilkenny and smithwicks start life as the same high gravity beer and are then watered down to their respective %'s, Smithwicks to 3.8% and Kilkenny to 4.3% (ish).

    Smithwicks is carbonated, Kilkenny is Nitrogenated.

    If anything, Smithwicks has more flavour than Kilkenny "smooth" and "mild" generally mean a beer that is bland and tasteless (ala john smiths, tetley bitter, etc). Ntiro'd beers have less aroma and taste than carbonated beers.


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    Seaneh
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    Jpomahony87 wrote: »
    Where in Galway now can you get pints of Kilkenny on tap

    The Kings Head, Monroes, Tig Coili and The Quays would the first places I'd check.


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    Jpomahony87
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Jpomahony87


    Cheers


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