Guinness Regular vs Guinness Extra Cold

baoithe · February 20, 2009, 10:40:03 AM

Quote from: thewobbler on February 19, 2009, 08:53:35 PM
I don't have the most sensitive taste buds, but I've drank my fair share of Guinness. And I reckon that the only way a man could tell the difference between a Guinness and a Guinness Extra Cold is to get served a pint of each at once, while watching which pump each came from.

I defy anybody to be handed a pint of Guinness and say without fear of contradiction that it was in fact Extra Cold.

Back when the Extra Cold first came out (not sure about now) I found it settled alot quicker and it went "off" alot quicker too. So it really wasnt for the fella that liked a slow pint.

If there's a good run on regular Guinness its plenty cold and it wont go flat within ten minutes.

Drumanee 1 · February 20, 2009, 10:44:57 AM

original name for extra cold was cold flow then guinness changed it for marketing reasons to extra cold,up north they are doing away with extra cold,not sure about down south

Minder · February 20, 2009, 10:50:19 AM

I used to drink Guiness all the time but havent had one in years, have no threshold for Guiness or Beer now, 5 or 6 pints and im ready to bust so have to then dance with my old Russian friend.............

Hardy · February 20, 2009, 02:49:19 PM

As far as I can see all the beer is extra cold in most pubs, even the stuff that's not supposed to be. That way you can't taste it and they could be giving you any ould slop.

delboy · February 20, 2009, 02:53:28 PM

My understanding of this cold flow and extra cold malarkey is that instead of the beer going round the glycol chiller once its either sent round twice or simply ran through a glycol chiller with a longer loop. Its the same stuff whatever way you cut it, like somebody else mentioned though it dulls the taste allowing it to compete with the other C&T (cold and tasteless) stuff they serve in bars.

Even the regular guiness is served far to cold, to appreciate the flavours it should be closer to about 12 C.

Hardy · February 20, 2009, 03:35:32 PM

That's what I was trying to say delboy, bot not as eloquently.

Puckoon · February 20, 2009, 03:42:04 PM

So they finally figured out in my local why the American pints didn't taste like home. They were using a different blend of nitrogen and co2 than we use at home. So now they've installed the exact blend from home and as true as god the pints in Ceol Irish pub now taste like they could have been poured in Omagh golf club.

Trying to go off the drink for lent however.

lfdown2 · February 20, 2009, 08:04:28 PM

I have found maybe my imagination that the cold stuff is worse for the guts, not that either are good!

Any of ye tried Guinness red?don't like the look nor sound of it!

Caid · February 20, 2009, 08:13:32 PM

They tried that Guinness Red in England for a while. Brutal altogether. Watered down, tasteless, crap. It didn't last very long

Tony Baloney · February 20, 2009, 08:34:28 PM

Quote from: delboy on February 20, 2009, 02:53:28 PM
My understanding of this cold flow and extra cold malarkey is that instead of the beer going round the glycol chiller once its either sent round twice or simply ran through a glycol chiller with a longer loop. Its the same stuff whatever way you cut it, like somebody else mentioned though it dulls the taste allowing it to compete with the other C&T (cold and tasteless) stuff they serve in bars.

Even the regular guiness is served far to cold, to appreciate the flavours it should be closer to about 12 C.

I agree. In the modern boozer "regular" guinness is really cold and not much different from cold flow. It's only in a decent pub where they know the difference that you'll get a good pint at a warmer temperature.

fred the red · February 20, 2009, 09:52:49 PM

Guiness cold is the way forward. In a number of years, regular guiness will be the same as guiness cold now. Its the future.

mournerambler · February 20, 2009, 11:14:35 PM

The 'cold flow' stuff is just not the way Guinness should be drank, i've found that it would tend not to agree with me personally because it gives me terrible pains in my guts. It has also been known to have given lots of seasoned 'regular' Guinness drinkers a good dose of the back door trots, mind you a bottle of Guinness of the shelf now & again is quite hard to beat

gerry · February 20, 2009, 11:41:30 PM

In the pub having a few now. At £2.40 a pint you cannot go wrong no mater what type.

StGallsGAA · February 21, 2009, 11:21:57 AM

Go to Cork & drink Murphys. Beats guinness hands down.

delboy · February 21, 2009, 11:48:59 AM

Quote from: fred the red on February 20, 2009, 09:52:49 PM
Guiness cold is the way forward. In a number of years, regular guiness will be the same as guiness cold now. Its the future.

Sales of all the mainstream cold and tasteless stuff is falling, real beer sales though are on the increase, thats the way forward. Guinness should bite the bullet and realise they are selling a STOUT not a lager, grow a set of balls and actually put some flavour back into it again.
Everything they have done to it over the last number of years has been a dumbing down of the product, cutting way back on the bullion hops (i can't taste anything in the way of hops, i know its a stout but they should still be in the background complementing the roast barley), pumping it full of nitro because it looks good, serving it colder and colder to suit the tastes of the modern day lager drinker until eventually it'll taste of nothing at all. Cold flow is for people who don't like the taste of guiness, if you don't like it dont drink it, don't stand their with a frozen pint of it your frostbitten mitt just to fit in

Anyway crap product with decent advertising, then again in Ireland we are famous for drinking the advertising so to speak.