During all my drinking years I never once had a Stout

Bretrick said:
That black liquid, if I am honest, I do not even know what the main ingredient that makes it black is.
Looking up Stout ingredients just now I find that Roasted, Unmalted Barley gives it it's blackness.
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it's almost like a weaker version of Guinness I always think. Stout was very popular in my family when i was growing up. My father didn't drink.. but my grandfather did, ..a lot...... and whenever were at granda's house there was cans of stout there for the company to drink, as well as whisky.. To this day I can't stand the smell of either
 
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My grandmother drank a bottle of Mackeson Stout every day of her adult life. It was her "tonic".


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JustDave said:
I worked at a bar that had Guinness Stout on Tap. I did not not like it at all. It was not a big seller, but a few guys seemed to like it.
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Guiness is very popular in the UK>... bars routinely run out of it on days like ST Paddy's day etc.....

I do remember however someone saying that they'd tasted guiness in an American bar, and they didn't know what had happened to it, but it tasted inferior to the british/irish Guiness
 
hollydolly said:
Guiness is very popular in the UK>... bars routinely run out of it on days like ST Paddy's day etc.....

I do remember however someone saying that they'd tasted guiness in an American bar, and they didn't know what had happened to it, but it tasted inferior to the british/irish Guiness
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Of course, I've never tasted the UK variety, but I wonder if it's a difference in American tastes. In that bar I worked at right out of the same tap setup we hand another UK beer, Harp. It was pricey, but in my opinion, way better than American beer. Other people liked it too. But most people settled for the cheaper American swill.
 
I am not a conessuer of beer, but I once worked for the guy who invented the "diskwasher" and made a bundle. He then took his wealth and built the first micro brewery in central Missouri. Flat Branch Pub and Brewery.

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Look at the top brew "Oil Change Stout". The beer there averaged about 8%.
 
I love a good stout. The earliest stout memory I have was my first oatmeal stout I had from a brew pub in Napa that disappeared long ago. I had been drinking beer for over 11 years when I had it so I'm pretty sure I'd had a stout before but none of them had been as memorable. I recall how smooth and rich it was and I loved it.

I regularly order a stout when trying a new brew pub and enjoy getting a Guinness from time to time as well. I like the ones that have chocolate, coffee or both.
 
I've realized that a UK brew must travel quite a distance to my local pub, here in Nashville.
My local has (usually) 14 British beers on tap. They do a nice job keeping my favorites available.
Number one is: Fuller's ESB, but I'll try others if there're out.
Usually have Guinness on tap and it 'swirls' just like I remember...
 
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