Dowding & Dracken - I agree, a pint of Guinness in Ireland is hard to beat, but in point of fact the Guinness turned out at Park Royal, West London is no different from that turned out by the Guinness Brewery in Dublin. The difference is the throughput in Ireland greatly exceeds that of England/Wales. Go to your local pub and look around: How many people are drinking Guinness? One, two, maybe none. Now go to a pub in Dublin. Most of the men will be drinking Guinness. At 7pm on a Saturday if you walk into a Dublin pub, they'll have a couple already part poured in anticipation of demand. They'll top those off for you and your friend, and start pouring two more. Irish Guinness is not kicking around in the pipes the way it might be in England/Wales.
99Gatso - are you still pissing it up at the White Horse?
Replicant - what happened to the Ruddles brewery?