It’s not just traditional musicians who write songs about the black stuff. From Scotland to Jamaica, and Poland to America, musicians everywhere pay homage to the black stuff. We’ve created a top 10 chart of songs that mention Guinness.
read moreWe didn’t want to say in the headline that JK Stoutman’s was definitively the cheapest, because we’re not quite sure, and there’s a number of contributing factors. Firstly, the cheapest we’ve found is €2.00, but that’s only on certain nights, there’s a €5 cover charge, and it’s targeted towards a different demographic. To […]
read moreWe had read from several sources on several different occasions that it was once the done practise for a pub to bottle their own Guinness. It would be sent from the brewery, to the pub cellar, and would then make it’s way into a bottle. Recently several pubs shared with us images of the […]
read moreThis Guinness advert from the 80s looks like it was directed by Matt Berry. Complete with 80s ‘cool’ accents, dodgy mustaches, bright clothing with big sleeves, and badly synced audio. You can watch the advert at the bottom of this article. The advert features Clannad at a concert apparently singing a song “about a […]
read moreSome food and drink pairings just sound right. Wine and cheese, whiskey and cheese, beer and cheese, etc. Another one that sounds about right and is one thing that Ireland can claim to do better than anyone else, Oysters and a pint of stout. Indeed, it’s such a renowned taste combo that the Porterhouse bars […]
read moreLast night we were fortunate enough to make it to the first public opening of the ‘Open Gate’ brewery bar in Guinness’. The bar is open Thursday and Friday nights to the public and will be showing off a number of projects undertaken by the brewers. There are limited numbers available, so you have […]
read moreWe had reported a few months ago that plans were underway to open a new bar in James’ Gate, Guinness’ brewery on James’ st. The day has come, and it’s now open. It’s called ‘The Open gate brewery’. The bar has limited opening hours, but it looks like treats are in store if you […]
read moreThe way in which Guinness is lowered down the cellar of a pub hasn’t changed at all from the 60s to today. Here’s some footage from the ‘Lorcan film unit’ showing kegs being delivered. Starts at 0:34
read morePlans are afoot at James’ gate, the home of Guinness, to open a new bar on the site to the public. The bar will be on their ‘micro brewery’ site where they currently brew the 2 new Dublin porter’s that were launched last year. The new bar is currently the tasting area for the […]
read moreSecretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon is in Dublin at the moment speaking about climate change, Ireland’s 60th anniversary as a member country, and other affairs of state. As well as these very important matters, he also decided to stop into Brogans pub on Dame street for a pint of Guinness. […]
read moreThis is the third launch of a new beer from Guinness in recent months, following up on the Dublin and West Indies Porters released in September of last year. The release of those beers wasn’t huge, but enough for Guinness to sink a few million quid into them. In the last few weeks we had […]
read moreWe’ve been looking through the archive to find some of the best Irish beer TV adverts. Here is the selection that we came up with. Obviously this list could be entirely comprised of Guinness adverts, but we’ve tried to spread them out over the various companies. If we’ve missed out on any particularly good ones, […]
read moreThe Baggot Inn became the first Irish pub to accept Bitcoin in exchange for a pint of Guinness on Tuesday 4th March 2014. The pint was sold for BTC 0.0093. We’re not ones to toot our own horn, but we predicted this (at a stretch) a few weeks ago. Dublin gets it’s first Bitcoin ATM […]
read moreThe Pound Pub Swords is a traditional family run pub in the heart of north county dublin. impromtue traditional music sessions along with regular musical entertainment and the “best pint of black” on the northside according to many a regular. you never know who youll rub shoulders with in this old school gem.
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