IN SEARCH FOR THE BEST TAPPED BEER

(3-17-17)    OH MY GOODNESS IT’S GUINNESS

ON ST.PATRICK’S DAY WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

STYLE: IRISH DRY STOUT

BREWED BY: GUINNESS

On St. Patrick’s Day I had to indulge and have a few pints of Guinness. My Uncle Foncy from Ireland would offer me a Guinness in the morning when I went to the old country. It was nine am… let me have some coffee and breakfast first. Even though the good people over in Ireland think Guinness could be a meal. I politely turned him down on the Guinness so then he offered me whiskey. I went with the first choice, Guinness. It always depends where you get the Guinness from. Some pubs give you a great pour. Some however give you bad pour and it makes you not want another one. In Ireland they would do a shamrock in the foam which was very cool. The mission last Friday was to find a place to sit and enjoy a pint of Guinness, which was very hard because lots of people were out and about doing the same thing.

Guinness is a dark stout beer.Lots of people think it has a high alcohol percentage like most stouts. It only has a 4.2% which is pretty low compared to other dark beers. Guinness is my favorite stout. However stouts are usually not my cup of tea. I love cooking with stouts, but I do not drink them often. Guinness is different. I will have a few pints here and there. Stouts I like one and done. Certain situations when I’m drinking by the fire in my sweater reading a novel, then I have my snifter of stout beer, sipping it on a snowy night.

Maybe the people in Ireland are right and Guinness could be a meal. People are always going nuts for espressos and cappuccinos in the morning. Guinness has that roasted coffee smell. I love the way it looks in the glass. It has the khaki colored foam on top of the black quart of oil. But it does not go down thick, as it’s creamy smooth like a morning fancy schmancy coffee drink from Starbucks. The flavors could go on forever. It has some bitterness with a mix of smoky charcoal chocolate with some hint of roasted coffee. You can say a bready taste as well.

I found a table at Deja Brew in Oak Lawn, Illinois on St.Patrick’s Day night.I did like the pour at Deja Brew for the Guinness. That was very important because I had more than one as always.  I ordered the Irish boat of potato skins which went very well with the Guinness. These skins were made special for the St.Patrick’s Day as it had corn beef on the skins as well as lots of other good stuff. Who would of thought beer and spuds a great combo? The Irish are genius like that.

My favorite Irish beer is made by Guinness as well.I love a pint of Harp, that is one of my favorites. I will definitely get to the Guinness Blonde. Blondes are always fun to hang around with. Also I do like the Irish beer called Smithwick’s which is another dark beer . Guinness still has the edge over it. But we will see. I will take it beer by beer. I may have to go back and retry some of the beers.