Best pint of Guinness

Cianos

OT but for pints of beer, Kavanaghs in Bray (RIP) used to put everywhere else to shame

jimthemental

Hayes's in Urlingford

biko

More Galway

Crane
Freeny's
Murphy's
Arus Na Gael

Maglight

tony 2 tone wrote: »

Ryans of Queen street. I love that spot, I think its the chilled pint glasses they use.
Personally I think Mulligans is over rated, Chaplins around the corner does a better pint.
Great pints in Dublin, Lower Deck, O'Connells, Devits, Ryans Camden st, Fallons and Brogans.

Agree with you about Mulligans. The Palace Bar in Fleet Street has also gone down hill in recent years. Brogans has great pints and you can usually start up a conversation with other punters in the bar.

Gary4279

St.Patrick's Athletic's pub, McDowells in Inchicore, Dublin.
I swear they lace it with crack.

ScumLord

Magic Beans wrote: »

The best pint of Guinness is the one settling right in front of you.

I would have thanked you if a pint of settling Guinness appeared in front of me.

admiralofthefleet

in dublin gaffneys in fairview, the brefni in blackrock and the crossbar in harolds cross are all good
other places ive had great guinness are:
dan linehans in killarney
hargodans in sligo and some place in shop street in galway that i cant remember the name of

LumpyGravy

The Porterhouse
Nahh! they only sell their own stout which is sh*te.


Kehoe's, Mulligans (service with a frown), or Jack Nealons (best service) in Dublin.

Lapin

biko wrote: »

More Galway

Crane
Freeny's
Murphy's
Arus Na Gael

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O'Connells in the Square
Hynes Bar, Woodquay
Taaffes, Shop St
The Old Forge, Back the West

ColeTrain

Sean's bar Athlone

tuxy

LumpyGravy wrote: »

The Porterhouse
Nahh! they only sell their own stout which is sh*te.

Is Oyster stout really that bad?

Turpentine

LumpyGravy wrote: »

The Porterhouse
Nahh! they only sell their own stout which is sh*te.

Not true.

You mightn't like their stouts, but they have some good ones. My personal faves would be Oyster Stout and Wrasslers.

Much stronger flavour (and abv) to Guinness, but it depends what you're into.

metalfest

Best pint of Guinness is when it's in a Murphy's glass...

Turpentine

metalfest wrote: »

Best pint of Guinness is when it's in a Murphy's glass...

Is that because there's no chance of anyone else stealing it on you?

admiralofthefleet

cornerhouse/maisie kellys in arklow is a pint of cream

more dublin:

halfway house, walkinstown
pier house, howth
harold house, harolds cross
ramble inn, donnycarney
bachelor inn, town

mardybumbum

Turpentine wrote: »

Oooooooooh controversial.


Anyway, the Cobblestone in Smithfield do a delicious Guinness.

Hmmm, I lived right behind the cobblestone for a year and have sank a few pints in there. I always found the guinness to be ok but nothing spectacular.

The best pint I have had was in the templebar a few years back. Never had one in there again as it was over €6.00 but it was delicious.

The worst pint was in the gravity bar.

Dermighty

In response to your question about the best pint of Guinness I would like to reply with:

Callanans pub in Cork city sells Beamish for €2.90 a pint and it's the best pint of stout I've ever seen/tasted.

So f*ck Guinness.

Thatnastyboy

Lapin wrote: »

Taaffes, Shop St

^^ Taaffes does a serious pint of guinness, also,

Flanagans in Newbridge, and Mahons in Kildare town are dispensers of excellent pints of stout.

Buceph

CardBordWindow wrote: »

In Cork,
The Hi-B on Oliver Plunkett Street.

That tourist ****hole.

And not even annoying American tourists. Or Japanese tourists with their cameras. Cork tourists, touring Cork, their own city.

Dermighty

Buceph wrote: »

That tourist ****hole.

And not even annoying American tourists. Or Japanese tourists with their cameras. Cork tourists, touring Cork, their own city.

Never had a good pint in there, stout or otherwise.

Their "good pints" are a myth as far as I'm concerned.

Buceph

Dermighty wrote: »

Never had a good pint in there, stout or otherwise.

Their "good pints" are a myth as far as I'm concerned.

Aye, it's a "lolrandomwacky student" pub. People go there because they've heard weirdos go there and that the owner is going to yell at someone because they ordered the wrong thing. It's a sideshow. The locals in there are happy to live up to the image and spout a load of bollocks at anyone who walks in there. Just like looking at bearded women, it's all very sad.

LoanShark

irish-stew wrote: »

Nooooooo, best pint in Donegal Town is 'The Castle'.

We'll have to put it to the test....

reap-a-rat

Cleary's (Or the Blondes Bar as the locals know it) in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.

Turpentine

Dermighty wrote: »

In response to your question about the best pint of Guinness I would like to reply with:

Callanans pub in Cork city sells Beamish for €2.90 a pint and it's the best pint of stout I've ever seen/tasted.

So f*ck Guinness.

I love Beamish, and that's a great price for it.

Wrong thread though chief, this isn't like Blur vs Oasis.

pappyodaniel

cruiser178 wrote: »

Mac's bar bunratty folk park, best pint of Guinness iv'e ever had the pleasure of drinking.

Macs has been closed for over a year.
They say Guinness is an acquired taste, when I started my drinking career I was dabbling in the odd pint here and there and Macs was the first pint of Guinness that made stand up say "now I get it".
Mother's Milk.

The best Guinness I think I've ever had was probably Shoot the Crows in Sligo. A bit of hipster pub but by God do they pour a quality pint.

Mickjg

Ennis-

Lucas Bar and O'Dea's.

Chicago-

The Celtic Crossings (avoid the Galway Arms and Bennigans at all costs!)

Heisenberg1

Up until recently i was of the opinion that Matt Molloys in Wesport was the best

pint i ever had. That was until i came across the Beaufort Bar just outside Killarney.

Pure cream!!!!

Kinkylukinbitch

Longboat Bar Durrus,Bantry in west cork has a great pint of guinness..

Suitusir

Murphys or Freeneys, Quay Street, Galway

saintsaltynuts

AG2R wrote: »

My local :pac:
Guiness has been muck from there lately

Thats true I have too say the Guinness in there hasnt been the best in a while.Plenty of people saying that.

cuterob

Ostan Inis Oirr, Inis Oirr Aran Islands, Galway

Dermighty

RE: The Hi-B in Cork

Buceph wrote: »

That tourist ****hole.

And not even annoying American tourists. Or Japanese tourists with their cameras. Cork tourists, touring Cork, their own city.

I completely agree. The sloppiest pint of stout I ever had, vastly overrated pub.

paddyandy

There is NO beer in Ireland only products with very heavy marketing.

biko

The Crane bar upstairs

Cormac2791

Cat and cage drumcondra! Fagans doesn't get a look in!!

brianwicklow

Tuttys in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow
The barrel under the counter job - mothers milk!

tuxy

brianwicklow wrote: »

Tuttys in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow
The barrel under the counter job - mothers milk!

A short draw from the keg to tap seems to be one of the most important factors for a good pint of stout.

Barrt2

any pint i can pour myself served from a cold keg in a cold glass

Barrt2

luzon wrote: »

Up until recently i was of the opinion that Matt Molloys in Wesport was the best

pint i ever had. That was until i came across the Beaufort Bar just outside Killarney.

Pure cream!!!!

agreed is nice there

Ghost Buster

brianwicklow wrote: »

Tuttys in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow
The barrel under the counter job - mothers milk!

Possibly the best pint in the country. Definitely the best pub. Found myself having a pint beside a certain Michael Jagger one evening. Great place

couldntthink

Lynch's pub, Clonbur, Co. Galway.

Barman is from the Phillipines but by god he has picked up the skills of pulling pints since he started. In that pub you'd better learn quick!

Also there is a pub not far from the Wicklow border in Wexford. Can't remember the name but it's absolutely tiny and the toilets are outside. But Fukc me do they have some good Guinness. Think there's a church down the road, can't remember the name of the pub or the village. For some reason I remember a tiny vodafone shop stuck to the pub too.

Swampy

Dame Tavern. Dublin.

nosietoes

I went to the Gravediggers today for the first time and am disgustingly disappointed with my pint. Too cold, too thin, and no wonderful complex coffee/cocoa kind of flavours.

Best pint in Ireland is still Guerin's Pub, Castleconnell - served three ways, cold, room temp or half and half. Don't know how they do it but it just tastes different.

Brian?

In Dublin:

The Oval, Middle Abbey Street.
Seán O'Casey, I think Malborough Street.
Nearys, Chatham Row.
The Hill 16, Gardiner St. .

Proper mens pubs, none of your fashionable Mulligans nonsense .

Mr. Boo

Garavan's - Shop Street, Galway
The Valley House - Achill Island, Co. Mayo
Foxy John's - An Daingean, Co. Kerry

Brian?

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

cornerhouse/maisie kellys in arklow is a pint of cream

more dublin:

halfway house, walkinstown
pier house, howth
harold house, harolds cross
ramble inn, donnycarney
bachelor inn, town

The Bachelor used to be great, until it was sold. They took out the ultra comfy horseshoe seats and replaced the aul lads behind the bar with youngfellas wearing dickie bows, the horror. They even made the jacks smell ok.

It was shocking I tell you, I drank there for years and they tore the soul out of the place.

paddyandy

There are products sold in Pubs but not beer in the remotest meaning of the word.

Feisar

Gunning's Rathconrath Co. Westmeath

Local-womanizer

LoanShark wrote: »

irish-stew wrote: »

Nooooooo, best pint in Donegal Town is 'The Castle'.

We'll have to put it to the test....

Mccaffertys letterkenny much better!

saywhatyousee

Shoot the crows - Sligo
Connolly's- Sligo
The Blue Lagoon-Sligo