Mid-strength Guinness

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 20 May 06 - 06:40 AM

I bet it won't be 'mid - price' this is pure scam brewers pay the Excise by duty on ABV so they pay less and we will end up paying more for a weaker product

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 20 May 06 - 12:31 AM

We have stronger mild in Yorkshire, 2.8% it must be a joke, or it should cost 25 pence a pint.

eric

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: melodeonboy
Date: 19 May 06 - 04:36 PM

As it stands, Guinness is only mid-strength (4.2%). Couldn't they call it "shandy-strength"?

Or are they making it that weak so they can sell it as a soft drink? By the way, where do they draw the line (in Ireland and Britain) between an "alcoholic" and a "non-alcoholic" drink?

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: Den
Date: 19 May 06 - 03:03 PM

Hope it isn't anything like that Guinness light (shite) they brought out in the 70's.

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:41 PM

I drink cause I like the taste....

If I can get it without the buzz, I likely will, MOST of the time (But not all of the time... cause sometimes I want the buzz! LOL)

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: greg stephens
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:34 PM

Well let's see what it tastes like. I like weak beer(though I'm not used to stuff as weak as 2.8). I cant take as much alcohol as I used to, but I like to drink quite a lot. So 2.8% makes a lot of sense. Interesting the marketing ploy of calling it mid-strength, so you dont feel too wimpy when you're ordering it.

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:33 PM

The current standard for draught Guinness in the UK is 4.2%. According to Richardson, writing in 1784, in his treatise on the use of the saccharometer, porter averaged 7.1% abv. I wonder what stout came in at (stout = stout [i.e. strong] porter).

Who knows, Giok ... maybe they'll invent an alcohol pill to swallow with the PC pint of the future?

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:23 PM

Reduce it any further and they won't require a licence to sell it; talk about shades of Watney's Red Barrel!
Giok

Subject: RE: Mid-strength Guinness
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:21 PM

Sorry ... this should be below the line.

Subject: Mid-strength Guinness
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 19 May 06 - 01:20 PM

Apparently Guinness [is] … testing a version of draught at 2.8% abv. It is said to taste almost exactly similar to draught. This is no mean feat and apparently took two years to develop … They are calling it Mid-Strength. Mid-Strength is on trial in 80 pubs around Limerick.

Anyone in Ireland tried it? What's the verdict?