Jaysus that barman in the Castle Inn knows how to pour them. He understands that the aesthetics of a pint are very important. A man nearly drinks a pint with his eyes before his lips ever touch the glass. The dome spot on on every pint just shows that he cares about what he is doing.
Feel like you’ve gotta try a few beamish or Murphy’s in a row in order to get used to it. That’ll give you better context to look at Guinness as well. Imagine if you had started with beamish or Murphy’s and then gone to Guinness in the video could be a different result, might be worth trying out for you.
Bit of trivia. Heineken own Murphys and also Beamish. Almost exclusively Cork stouts. You'd rarely get a pint on draught north of Charleville. Heineken also own Orchard Thieves and Coors Light. Outside of Bulmers, Diageo is their only competitor. And its a bitter battle. I used to work security for Heinekens trucking yard and a painter came on site one afternoon wearing a Guinness shirt. He was told to take it off. One of the lads came out and gave him a Heineken branded shirt. Haha.
Murphys is definitely the nicest tasting out of all the Stouts. No way does it have the coffee roast taste off it, you were just after a Beamish so your taste buds were all off!
I love Beamish on Tap. We had it here in the UK for a while, but it's long gone now and Guinness dominates here. I will be making a pilgrimage to Cork soon enough so I can get my Fix of Beamish.
I've not spent much time in the UK, it's really surprising that ye had Beamish. It's hard to find even in west Cork pubs, most just do Murphy's and Guinness.
The Beamish isn’t my cup either. When it comes to Murphy’s vs Guinness, I prefers Murphy’s from the can w/ the widget, but Guinness is hands down the better pint on tap. Now if we could only get US pubs to consistently pour a pint worthy of an 8.0 score.
A very good friend who passed away last year was “big Guinness fan” he would not drink it from a can. He always said Beamish in a can was much better than Guinness.
Thanks, Guru, for all you do scouting the best pints of Guinness and passing it along. Coming from the states to a pub near y’all soon. Got 9 days in Ireland and plan to hit 3-4 pubs a day w a couple of mates. Been drinking Guinness here for decades and so excited for many pints in many pubs. Have tried Murphy’s here and agree it was sweeter. Never tried Beamish but will. Likely do as suggested here and after a Guinness, have 2-3 of one or the other and repeat on another night just to give them a fair shot.
Murphys the best. We did the 9 pint challenge in Cork. 3 pints of Murphys, Beamish & Guinness in that order. Safe to say Murphys the smoothest. Also on rugby weekend it was €30 for 10 pints of either Beamish or Murphys & €36 for Guinness. No brainer stick to local brew in Cork 👍🏼 This was a few years ago as been hitting Galway last few years.
Sin é, mutton lane and the Oval are all the same company so hence why they're all very similar. Hi B is unfortunately yet to open after lockdown but great pub. Try Shelbourne next time also a great pint.
Those pubs have looked that way looooong before they were bought up by Benny McCabe. I would hazard a guess he bought them mainly because they shared a cosy, traditional vibe - something he was very much after.
As a born between the canals dub who also knows cork as a second home almost, has drank in the majority of the boozers leeside I can confidently say that the best pint of Guinness in Cork city is in a neighborhood/regulars shop called Henchys at St Luke's. If there was a title to be held they'd hold it. I'll happily fight anyone at dawn using blackthorn staffs who disagrees with this.
So jealous! The Baltimore brewery is making some amazing barrel aged stouts recently that I can't get in Canada where I am. Can't get Beamish here either :(
I think you hit the nail on the head with the comment at the end about being 18 years old and acquiring a taste for Guinness... I think it's the same for someone like yourself that hasn't drank a lot of Beamish or Murphy's. I'm a Murphy's man myself, and I find when I go to Dublin and drink Guinness it's grand, but fairly bland compared to the Cork stouts. It's designed to be mass produced and easy to drink for a reason. Come back to Cork sometime and do a second tour!
Here in south London everywhere has Guinness but never seen anywhere have Murphys or Beamish. That said, years back you would find the odd place that had Murphys...
The first pub already won because they were playing Kurt Vile. Hoping to get over to Ireland in the next 24 months. Just stumbled across your channel and it is great!
(From a first time watcher) I have to say I'm chastened - they do say, count your blessings, and here I am, on Easy Street, these fine, bracing Irish mornings, 3 weeks before Christmas, a first year roofer, erecting some scaffolding on the side, literally thrilling views, dizzying, even, and then I see this, remind myself that there's lads like yourself having to slave for a living, in shabby, dingy "houses of public resort" forcing down this "Guinness" beverage that literally has a milky scum on it, so cloying it literally leaves rings on the glass. (I won't even get into that Cork bilgewater!) I suppose people like you put yourselves on the line so the rest of us don't have to... Thank You for your Service, Sir! Just for reference (I think a few other commenters have averred to this) up until 15, maybe 20 years ago Murphy's and Beamish were crosstown rivals. *(A million loyal Guinness drinkers:* "Yeah, nobody cares, pal, take it back to Cork ya bum!") Back in the 80's Murphy's had been taken over by Heineken and I believe the Carling people had acquired Beamish. There's even a telly ad from the '70's in which the Beamish brewery can be seen, where The Dubliners, with an ironic wink ('The Pint of Plain' and all that) are flogging Bass. (Not sure if Bass owned Beamish at that time, or if they simply brewed it under licence, or what, but *I think* Murphy's got that Bass gig in the '90's?) Anyway The Beamish brewery with their iconic Neo~Tudor 'Counting House' stood astride the River Lee's South Channel at the city's historic South Gate, while the Murphy's brewery with their iconic chimney were hunkered down in the Blackpool district, deep in Northside territory. (Sorry, no Illuminations or Pleasure Beach here!) As such, while certainly not a hard and fast thing, Southsiders tended to be more loyal to Beamish, while Northsiders mostly gave Murphy's their allegiance... historically, this may have had a little to do with the concept of "Tied Houses" as noted elsewhere in regard to the (Cork) Oval. That said, free houses were always the general rule in Cork, tied houses being more of a 'thing' in the Capital. Of course in The Smoke, and in the Country as a whole once you got outside of Cork, Guinness just dominated the field, then as now. Murphy's came in a distant second while Beamish barely even registered as an 'also - ran' - but certainly as we go into the 90's, *across the water* Murphy's and Beamish both, at least going by appearances, seemed to have a much stronger share of the 'Porter' market, one or the other seemingly available alongside the Guinness in most boozers. In fact, while it would be too much to say they ever constituted a real threat to the Guinness behemoth, it is in this period that - coincidentally, no doubt - Guinness shut down their Park Royal operation in favour (afaik) of shipping it in from the Home brewery... So, it came as something of a surprise (to me) to discover that Beamish were struggling, and I don't know whether Murphy's/Heineken were playing the role of 'circling vulture' or 'white knight', but so did it come to be that Beamish brewing went across the Lee to Blackpool. Of course to some tycoons sat around some table the size of a battleship in Heineken's Amsterdam H.Q. it probably made perfect sense for them to snap up what they saw as little more than a small - town microbrewery for a pittance and amalgamate them with their own facility little more than a stone's throw away, when all of it probably just constituted one of their more outlying concerns anyway. But the Pint of Beamish is still here - and for that we must be glad; even if, for me, it was as if I heard that Boh's would now be playing their home games in Tallaght! Still, when all of this went down I *did* wonder would Beamish - the pint itself, that is - be able to retain it's intrinsic character? (I should say that where I currently live, though it *is* in 'Christendom', is not a place I can easily source Beamish, be it on draught *or* in a can... Or, indeed, any beer. Or booze of any sort. So actually, yeah, your gig from here looks like an attractive one! But yeah, your talk of the Beamish having elements of 'roast coffee' etc. in its taste had me worrying that there might be a degree of leakage between 'the vats' up there in Leitrim St., but a quick consultation of the comments section reassures me that, particularly since you put your hands up to the fact that the local stouts aren't your cup of tea, or 'pint of... G?!' it was probably a simple case of having omitted to cleanse your pallette with, I dunno, a 'Snackbox ™®' or something? Anyway, enjoyed the video, even as you were putting an unholy 'Goo' on me. I could write a good deal more, but I reckon it's already starting to get like, 'Never mind the quality, just feel the width' as they used to say in pre~digital days!
Two fucking likes on this in 7 months and all in can say is you are wasted on roofs and scaffolding nevermind the view when how much of a skilled and interesting writer you obviously are. Fair play lad brilliant read and great insight.
Love the Castle. Used work way from there up Barrack Street for some cheapo Beamish I think there was a place doing them for E2.80. Half the bars closed on that street now.
Strangely it's easier to get a hold of Murphy's Vs Guinness here in the Philippines. 500ml can of Murphy's with the widget: PHP 130 320ml can of Guinness (no widget obviously, and no cannot find the tall one here): PHP 150 Nothing on tap, it's lager / San Miguel country here.
No bullshit, I loved my first ever pint of Guinness, when I was 17 or 18. Skulled two in a row in Quins in Limerick (now long gone). Threw up, then got another! Drank Guinness religiously for years after that. Then I moved to Cork and it was all about the Beamish from then on. I feel like the Beamish was more legendary when it was in the original brewery before it got sold to Heineken and moved location. Either way, it's still great tack if you go to the right place. Some of the best Beamish in the universe is in Callanan's, which is one of the best pubs anywhere - worth checking if it opens again.
As a proud cork man. Beamish is much heavier than Murphys and Guinness but by god they are all beautiful. In self isolation at the moment but I can wait to swig down a few pints of the plain. Jealous looking at this right now
Tried Beamish for the first time when i was in Cork. So bloody good! Can't even drink stout in the UK anymore after going to Ireland 5 times this year. Just isn't the same 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
I am a black American who has 25% Irish in me (according to ancestral knowledge) and my great grandfather and grandmother were born in Cork. I love the Irish and now know why I love to drink Guinness (and used to be a bit of a brawler!). Keep up the good work?/videos my man, you will have to try out some good Irish pubs here in Boston Bro🤑
I feel like it depends on when the kegs come in, you want a fresh keg (not brand new since it can be frothy as hell). Ignoring the pour any bar can have a bad keg.
Have you ever noticed the surge on the opposite side to the drink side after taking a gulp? Also the triangle effect it has between the schtick and the stout?
A major alcohol store here in the states Total Wine sells Murphy's in cans and it is way more bitter than Guinness, and its cheaper but of course I'd rather get the Guinness. Also the canned Guinness and bottled Guinness here in the states is very different too.
My grandad used to call draught Guinness "ole pigs swill" in that it was bland and lifeless compared to the bottle. Maybe a bit harsh but I prefer the bottles myself.
@@barrymurphy402 lol don’t get me wrong my fav pub serves a mighty fine pint of Guinness. But I do have to agree the bottles are best especially here in the states when drinking at home of if the draft at a pub is terrible lol. Not sure where else they sell them.
Murphy's and Beamish are far better than Guinness in my opinion. Especially in cork. But there are some proper good stouts being produced in Cork by the likes of Blacks and White Deer.
Hi mate from Australia, I need to ask you what do you prefer if you’re buying from a bottle shop, in a glass bottle or a can, I loves me Guinness but curious as to your opinion, cheers mate
Beamish is definitely different to Guinness. I find it a lot more bitter, with a harsher roasted dark barley malt taste. Murphy’s is on the sweeter side, there’s a a more caramel backend to it and I’d say a Guinness drinker would drink Murphy’s quicker than a Beamish. I like all 3 stouts, I personally drink Beamish from the cans, but when I go to the pub, I’ll drink the stout that everyone seems to be drinking as it’s usually the best served and variety is the spice of life. But in all fairness, the Islands Edge tastes nothing like those stouts though, think you had too many Guinness before reviewing the Cork stouts. If you spent a day on the Murphy’s I’d say you’d really enhance your pallet though and enjoy the pint much more.
Need a few Beamish to get used to it it’s an acquired taste , I’m a fan of the stronger coffee and chocolate taste myself…very hard to go back onto another stout after Beamy because it’s stronger and sharper makes the other ones taste bland… I’d say you still had the taste of the beamy in your mouth when you were slurping Murphys
Oval, Mutton Lane, Sin é are all the same owner. Didn't get my vote in prior but I'd prefer to see more of a mix next time. Calanan, Corner House, etc. Plenty more smashing spots.
Where I live in the U.S., the Murphy's is 33% less money. A 4 pack Guinness is $9.00 vs Murphy's $6.00. They emphasize different flavors, but I enjoy both. I'll be buying the Murphy's from now on and pocket the extra money.
Welcome to The People’s Republic of Cork 🤩 Long Valley just 150m down Patrick’s Street from Mutton Lane , great Pub with a lovely Pint . Still great video, hopefully you’ll make a return visit 👌👌
Personally I can’t really change stouts during a night out, they don’t really mix. I’d pick one and stick to it otherwise my tastebuds are like wtf is going on😂
That’s very true! I had a pint of Island’s Edge after a Guinness and and it tasted strange! (Yes, I know…according to Guinness fans; I.E. is inferior compared to Guinness so don’t @ me! 😅)
I’ve recently returned from cork and I followed a bit of the guru trail. The castle inn was indeed the best pint of Guinness I had while there. I can safely say it was the best as it was the only pint of Guinness I had that day. Every other pint was either a beamish or Murphys. And In my honest opinion, Guinness, beamish and murphys kinda taste almost identical. Back to back you could taste the murphys was the sweetest but all pints tasted delicious. Cork had a great vibe and probably my favourite accent in Ireland
Beamish is the KING of stouts. And if you get it in a can the widgets work 100 percent of the time and never spray all over the god damn kitchen like Guinness. Beamish in the Lord Edward is a thing of beauty.
The pubs you were recommended were on the basis of popularity, as someone drinking in Cork City all my life those pubs certainly wouldn't stand out for having cracking pints. Next time you are in Cork head for Mocks in Barrack Street, Fordes on the South Gate Bridge, Eugene's and the Ol Reliable in Shandon Street, and the Residence in Blarney Street. You'll have a much better pint experience I can assure you.
I'll be honest I couldn't wait till the end so see you try the Beamish and Murphy's😁 I've never tasted them from the tap but I do really like the cans and I'd say Murphy's is more lighter than Guinness almost bland and Beamish is tasty and very creamy at least compared to a can of Guinness
Sorry if this stat has been mentioned before but I was honestly shocked when I heard which 5 countries consume the most Guinness: 1. Great Britian 2. Nigeria 3. Ireland 4. Cameroon 5. USA Who knew???
Since watching this channel, I cant go into a pub i havent had a guinness in and not order one. I end up rating every pint haha. I can't wait to go to ireland and have the proper stuff
I tried my first Guinness some years ago at a pub called 'Kelly's Bar' in Belfast around 1968. I was recommended to try the Porter Guinness poured from a wooden barrel over the bar. Very lethal pint tbh but certainly the best Guinness that I have ever had. The long wait in getting the pint to settle was worth it.
My own preference is for Beamish, purely because it's a more consistent experience than Murphy's. It's definitely an acquired taste though. If there's a good draw on the Murphy's I'll chance it because there's nothing like it when it's poured just right. I've nothing against Guinness and I enjoy the change whenever I'm up the country. If you're ever in Cork again give Mi Daza a go. It's a wanky craft stout but one of the better ones. A bit less smooth than the main 3 but interesting overall. Don't go in expecting Guinness, it's its own thing.
I keep being surprised by people in the comment section saying they used to get Beamish abroad. It's hard enough to find outside Cork city! West Cork pubs mostly have Murphy's and Guinness.
@@jamielockdown I didn't know about it until I visited Ireland (and Cork). When I tried finding it in the US after I got home, I found out they stopped selling internationally when Heineken bought them.
Jaysus that barman in the Castle Inn knows how to pour them. He understands that the aesthetics of a pint are very important. A man nearly drinks a pint with his eyes before his lips ever touch the glass. The dome spot on on every pint just shows that he cares about what he is doing.
Castle inn is a good house
im learning these lines nice one
Are you the barman in the castle inn per chance?
@@NevilleWearsPrada oh no , I stick firmly outside the counter …
Couldn’t agree more 🤝
Feel like you’ve gotta try a few beamish or Murphy’s in a row in order to get used to it. That’ll give you better context to look at Guinness as well. Imagine if you had started with beamish or Murphy’s and then gone to Guinness in the video could be a different result, might be worth trying out for you.
Well said 👏
Spot on Lukas.
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In Cork, the only stout to drink is Murphy’s. And, this is from a Guinness loving American.
Agreed!
Bit of trivia. Heineken own Murphys and also Beamish. Almost exclusively Cork stouts. You'd rarely get a pint on draught north of Charleville. Heineken also own Orchard Thieves and Coors Light. Outside of Bulmers, Diageo is their only competitor. And its a bitter battle. I used to work security for Heinekens trucking yard and a painter came on site one afternoon wearing a Guinness shirt. He was told to take it off. One of the lads came out and gave him a Heineken branded shirt. Haha.
Heineken own Coors? Are you sure?😂
@@Grez1000 I am indeed. Ive watch them pull tons of the stuff out of the yard every day.
@@davidocallaghan6361 I’m fairly certain Molson Coors own Coors Light?
@@Grez1000 I googled it and stand corrected. You were right. Heineken obviously only own the contract to brew it and distribute it in Ireland.
@@davidocallaghan6361 fair play 👍🏻.
Also Heineken own Bulmers.
Murphys is definitely the nicest tasting out of all the Stouts. No way does it have the coffee roast taste off it, you were just after a Beamish so your taste buds were all off!
Yeah he was wayyy off the mark there …
Yeah, I find Murphy's to be the smoothest out of the 3, but it doesn't translate well in cans. I suppose none of them do in fairness.
@@yesackram Interesting comment. It's what I love about UA-cam. I actually think Murphy's do the nicest Can ❤🤍
you a furth fan?
@@yesackram Beamish is solid out if a can
I love Beamish on Tap. We had it here in the UK for a while, but it's long gone now and Guinness dominates here. I will be making a pilgrimage to Cork soon enough so I can get my Fix of Beamish.
I've not spent much time in the UK, it's really surprising that ye had Beamish. It's hard to find even in west Cork pubs, most just do Murphy's and Guinness.
I love all 3 stouts but Beamish has to be my favourite and I'm not even from Cork. It's cheaper but it's way nicer. Each to their own obviously
A lot more Coffee flavour, I’m a diehard Guinness fan but I love a cheap pint of beamish
Beamish is beautiful!
With some pints imminent after work, only seems fair to warm myself up with some new guru footage
Hope it's creamy
@@Ghost1218 im jealous, mustn't be driving so?
@@Ghost1218 cheers lad, been asked to go to a very inconsistent spot so hoping we have a good day in there today.
@@smashyrashy thankfully not sir
It’s a bloody Tuesday
The Beamish isn’t my cup either. When it comes to Murphy’s vs Guinness, I prefers Murphy’s from the can w/ the widget, but Guinness is hands down the better pint on tap. Now if we could only get US pubs to consistently pour a pint worthy of an 8.0 score.
A very good friend who passed away last year was “big Guinness fan” he would not drink it from a can. He always said Beamish in a can was much better than Guinness.
Thanks, Guru, for all you do scouting the best pints of Guinness and passing it along. Coming from the states to a pub near y’all soon. Got 9 days in Ireland and plan to hit 3-4 pubs a day w a couple of mates. Been drinking Guinness here for decades and so excited for many pints in many pubs. Have tried Murphy’s here and agree it was sweeter. Never tried Beamish but will. Likely do as suggested here and after a Guinness, have 2-3 of one or the other and repeat on another night just to give them a fair shot.
Great idea bringing the different stouts in for variety. I like the coffeeish notes from Beamish myself. Haven't tryed Murphys yet.
Murphy is nice but outside of Cork seems to be pretty poor.
Murphys the best. We did the 9 pint challenge in Cork.
3 pints of Murphys, Beamish & Guinness in that order.
Safe to say Murphys the smoothest.
Also on rugby weekend it was €30 for 10 pints of either Beamish or Murphys & €36 for Guinness.
No brainer stick to local brew in Cork 👍🏼
This was a few years ago as been hitting Galway last few years.
Where’s the best pubs in cork
Sin é, mutton lane and the Oval are all the same company so hence why they're all very similar. Hi B is unfortunately yet to open after lockdown but great pub.
Try Shelbourne next time also a great pint.
Cork arms do a cracking pint
Shelbourne have a lovely pint, really nice staff too
You saved me, scrolled looking for this,, looks like he wouldnt be going to #hi b anyway so next time#!
Those pubs have looked that way looooong before they were bought up by Benny McCabe. I would hazard a guess he bought them mainly because they shared a cosy, traditional vibe - something he was very much after.
As a born between the canals dub who also knows cork as a second home almost, has drank in the majority of the boozers leeside I can confidently say that the best pint of Guinness in Cork city is in a neighborhood/regulars shop called Henchys at St Luke's. If there was a title to be held they'd hold it.
I'll happily fight anyone at dawn using blackthorn staffs who disagrees with this.
Murphy’s is the best (macro) Irish stout in the country by miles
Drank a shed load of Beamish in the 90s, loved a pint or five of it, had to stop though as it always gave me terrible wind the following day.
They stopped selling Beamish in the U.S. years ago....God I miss it. But I live 10 minutes from the Guinness brewery near Baltimore which is amazing.
So jealous! The Baltimore brewery is making some amazing barrel aged stouts recently that I can't get in Canada where I am. Can't get Beamish here either :(
Sláinte to all boys and girls whatever you're drinking....as long as its dark and Irish!
I think you hit the nail on the head with the comment at the end about being 18 years old and acquiring a taste for Guinness... I think it's the same for someone like yourself that hasn't drank a lot of Beamish or Murphy's. I'm a Murphy's man myself, and I find when I go to Dublin and drink Guinness it's grand, but fairly bland compared to the Cork stouts. It's designed to be mass produced and easy to drink for a reason. Come back to Cork sometime and do a second tour!
I drink a lot of stouts so have picked up a taste for a lot of them
Love this channel, but it's making me homesick! I haven't been home for 2-1/2 years. Looking forward to creamy pints this Christmas though!!
Here in south London everywhere has Guinness but never seen anywhere have Murphys or Beamish. That said, years back you would find the odd place that had Murphys...
I hated Beamish at first but once you actually get the taste for it, it's nicer than Guinness imo. Did take me a while to convert though
Agreed but BMG is not my favourite Irish stout
When in Cork I'm on Beamish or Murphy's, Guinness is bland in comparison. If you downed a few Beamish and then tried Guinness you would notice it.
Yeah it's true. Beamish has a far stronger flavor.
Why would anyone drink Guinness in Cork
The first pub already won because they were playing Kurt Vile.
Hoping to get over to Ireland in the next 24 months. Just stumbled across your channel and it is great!
Best city in Ireland by far! Lived there for a few years and planning to go back has some great pubs.
(From a first time watcher) I have to say I'm chastened - they do say, count your blessings, and here I am, on Easy Street, these fine, bracing Irish mornings, 3 weeks before Christmas, a first year roofer, erecting some scaffolding on the side, literally thrilling views, dizzying, even, and then I see this, remind myself that there's lads like yourself having to slave for a living, in shabby, dingy "houses of public resort" forcing down this "Guinness" beverage that literally has a milky scum on it, so cloying it literally leaves rings on the glass. (I won't even get into that Cork bilgewater!) I suppose people like you put yourselves on the line so the rest of us don't have to... Thank You for your Service, Sir!
Just for reference (I think a few other commenters have averred to this) up until 15, maybe 20 years ago Murphy's and Beamish were crosstown rivals. *(A million loyal Guinness drinkers:* "Yeah, nobody cares, pal, take it back to Cork ya bum!") Back in the 80's Murphy's had been taken over by Heineken and I believe the Carling people had acquired Beamish. There's even a telly ad from the '70's in which the Beamish brewery can be seen, where The Dubliners, with an ironic wink ('The Pint of Plain' and all that) are flogging Bass. (Not sure if Bass owned Beamish at that time, or if they simply brewed it under licence, or what, but *I think* Murphy's got that Bass gig in the '90's?) Anyway The Beamish brewery with their iconic Neo~Tudor 'Counting House' stood astride the River Lee's South Channel at the city's historic South Gate, while the Murphy's brewery with their iconic chimney were hunkered down in the Blackpool district, deep in Northside territory. (Sorry, no Illuminations or Pleasure Beach here!) As such, while certainly not a hard and fast thing, Southsiders tended to be more loyal to Beamish, while Northsiders mostly gave Murphy's their allegiance... historically, this may have had a little to do with the concept of "Tied Houses" as noted elsewhere in regard to the (Cork) Oval. That said, free houses were always the general rule in Cork, tied houses being more of a 'thing' in the Capital. Of course in The Smoke, and in the Country as a whole once you got outside of Cork, Guinness just dominated the field, then as now. Murphy's came in a distant second while Beamish barely even registered as an 'also - ran' - but certainly as we go into the 90's, *across the water* Murphy's and Beamish both, at least going by appearances, seemed to have a much stronger share of the 'Porter' market, one or the other seemingly available alongside the Guinness in most boozers. In fact, while it would be too much to say they ever constituted a real threat to the Guinness behemoth, it is in this period that - coincidentally, no doubt - Guinness shut down their Park Royal operation in favour (afaik) of shipping it in from the Home brewery... So, it came as something of a surprise (to me) to discover that Beamish were struggling, and I don't know whether Murphy's/Heineken were playing the role of 'circling vulture' or 'white knight', but so did it come to be that Beamish brewing went across the Lee to Blackpool. Of course to some tycoons sat around some table the size of a battleship in Heineken's Amsterdam H.Q. it probably made perfect sense for them to snap up what they saw as little more than a small - town microbrewery for a pittance and amalgamate them with their own facility little more than a stone's throw away, when all of it probably just constituted one of their more outlying concerns anyway. But the Pint of Beamish is still here - and for that we must be glad; even if, for me, it was as if I heard that Boh's would now be playing their home games in Tallaght! Still, when all of this went down I *did* wonder would Beamish - the pint itself, that is - be able to retain it's intrinsic character? (I should say that where I currently live, though it *is* in 'Christendom', is not a place I can easily source Beamish, be it on draught *or* in a can... Or, indeed, any beer. Or booze of any sort. So actually, yeah, your gig from here looks like an attractive one! But yeah, your talk of the Beamish having elements of 'roast coffee' etc. in its taste had me worrying that there might be a degree of leakage between 'the vats' up there in Leitrim St., but a quick consultation of the comments section reassures me that, particularly since you put your hands up to the fact that the local stouts aren't your cup of tea, or 'pint of... G?!' it was probably a simple case of having omitted to cleanse your pallette with, I dunno, a 'Snackbox ™®' or something? Anyway, enjoyed the video, even as you were putting an unholy 'Goo' on me. I could write a good deal more, but I reckon it's already starting to get like, 'Never mind the quality, just feel the width' as they used to say in pre~digital days!
Two fucking likes on this in 7 months and all in can say is you are wasted on roofs and scaffolding nevermind the view when how much of a skilled and interesting writer you obviously are. Fair play lad brilliant read and great insight.
I'll be visiting Cork City in May, '22 and looking forward to hitting a couple of these spots!
Everyone to their own. To me Guinness is like water, totally devoid of any taste. Beamish is sweet (my favourite) and Murphy's is little bitter!
Love the Castle. Used work way from there up Barrack Street for some cheapo Beamish I think there was a place doing them for E2.80. Half the bars closed on that street now.
Strangely it's easier to get a hold of Murphy's Vs Guinness here in the Philippines.
500ml can of Murphy's with the widget: PHP 130
320ml can of Guinness (no widget obviously, and no cannot find the tall one here): PHP 150
Nothing on tap, it's lager / San Miguel country here.
No bullshit, I loved my first ever pint of Guinness, when I was 17 or 18. Skulled two in a row in Quins in Limerick (now long gone). Threw up, then got another! Drank Guinness religiously for years after that. Then I moved to Cork and it was all about the Beamish from then on. I feel like the Beamish was more legendary when it was in the original brewery before it got sold to Heineken and moved location. Either way, it's still great tack if you go to the right place. Some of the best Beamish in the universe is in Callanan's, which is one of the best pubs anywhere - worth checking if it opens again.
As a proud cork man. Beamish is much heavier than Murphys and Guinness but by god they are all beautiful. In self isolation at the moment but I can wait to swig down a few pints of the plain. Jealous looking at this right now
Hi I'm going Dublin for my birthday in January can you tell me what's the average price of a pint of Guinness is in Dublin
Lad sat literally outside the Beamish brewery
Tried Beamish for the first time when i was in Cork. So bloody good! Can't even drink stout in the UK anymore after going to Ireland 5 times this year. Just isn't the same 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Hold the food keep the pints comin 😂
Beamish the best of them all.
I like to keep my coffee and stout separate.
I am a black American who has 25% Irish in me (according to ancestral knowledge) and my great grandfather and grandmother were born in Cork. I love the Irish and now know why I love to drink Guinness (and used to be a bit of a brawler!). Keep up the good work?/videos my man, you will have to try out some good Irish pubs here in Boston Bro🤑
Guinness is lovely but I would love to try other stouts
Try beamish one day bro
@@David-mo3cy And maybe some independent brewing stout
Where Can you get beamish in the uk
I feel like it depends on when the kegs come in, you want a fresh keg (not brand new since it can be frothy as hell).
Ignoring the pour any bar can have a bad keg.
@@frankmurray1549 See that's not a good bar, that's a Great bar tbh
@@frankmurray1549 So true! Just adds to the overall experience which is a big part of it.
Have you ever noticed the surge on the opposite side to the drink side after taking a gulp? Also the triangle effect it has between the schtick and the stout?
the oval was the staff pub for the old beamish brewery staff
A major alcohol store here in the states Total Wine sells Murphy's in cans and it is way more bitter than Guinness, and its cheaper but of course I'd rather get the
Guinness. Also the canned Guinness and bottled Guinness here in the states is very different too.
Bottles Guinness more gassy, stronger flavour
@@barrymurphy402 I enjoy both cans and bottles sometimes I prefer the bottles the flavor profile is tastier.
My grandad used to call draught Guinness "ole pigs swill" in that it was bland and lifeless compared to the bottle. Maybe a bit harsh but I prefer the bottles myself.
@@barrymurphy402 lol don’t get me wrong my fav pub serves a mighty fine pint of Guinness. But I do have to agree the bottles are best especially here in the states when drinking at home of if the draft at a pub is terrible lol. Not sure where else they sell them.
Ye the guru should have a few bottles and maybe a few whiskeys to compliment them lol
Murphy's and Beamish are far better than Guinness in my opinion. Especially in cork. But there are some proper good stouts being produced in Cork by the likes of Blacks and White Deer.
Hi mate from Australia, I need to ask you what do you prefer if you’re buying from a bottle shop, in a glass bottle or a can, I loves me Guinness but curious as to your opinion, cheers mate
Beamish is definitely different to Guinness. I find it a lot more bitter, with a harsher roasted dark barley malt taste. Murphy’s is on the sweeter side, there’s a a more caramel backend to it and I’d say a Guinness drinker would drink Murphy’s quicker than a Beamish.
I like all 3 stouts, I personally drink Beamish from the cans, but when I go to the pub, I’ll drink the stout that everyone seems to be drinking as it’s usually the best served and variety is the spice of life.
But in all fairness, the Islands Edge tastes nothing like those stouts though, think you had too many Guinness before reviewing the Cork stouts. If you spent a day on the Murphy’s I’d say you’d really enhance your pallet though and enjoy the pint much more.
I find Beamish bittersweet
I think I used to remember it being a bit richer than Guinness. Maybe a bit more going on.
Need a few Beamish to get used to it it’s an acquired taste , I’m a fan of the stronger coffee and chocolate taste myself…very hard to go back onto another stout after Beamy because it’s stronger and sharper makes the other ones taste bland… I’d say you still had the taste of the beamy in your mouth when you were slurping Murphys
Beamish isn't refined like Guinness.
@@johnmc3862 In what sense?
Murphies on tap dried up a while ago in the UK, i prefered it slightly more than Guinness
Off to cork in a couple of weeks so watched this to list all the best pubs!! Can’t wait ☘️
Guru, have you got an all-time scoreboard going? Shtick one up man
Only UA-cam channel where I don’t skip the ads 😂
Should of went to Cobh every pub in the town has a deal where if you buy 6 pints of guiness you get a gram for 50 quid
Oval, Mutton Lane, Sin é are all the same owner. Didn't get my vote in prior but I'd prefer to see more of a mix next time. Calanan, Corner House, etc. Plenty more smashing spots.
Where I live in the U.S., the Murphy's is 33% less money. A 4 pack Guinness is $9.00 vs Murphy's $6.00. They emphasize different flavors, but I enjoy both. I'll be buying the Murphy's from now on and pocket the extra money.
Welcome to The People’s Republic of Cork 🤩 Long Valley just 150m down Patrick’s Street from Mutton Lane , great Pub with a lovely Pint . Still great video, hopefully you’ll make a return visit 👌👌
Personally I can’t really change stouts during a night out, they don’t really mix. I’d pick one and stick to it otherwise my tastebuds are like wtf is going on😂
That’s very true! I had a pint of Island’s Edge after a Guinness and and it tasted strange! (Yes, I know…according to Guinness fans; I.E. is inferior compared to Guinness so don’t @ me! 😅)
I’ve recently returned from cork and I followed a bit of the guru trail. The castle inn was indeed the best pint of Guinness I had while there. I can safely say it was the best as it was the only pint of Guinness I had that day. Every other pint was either a beamish or Murphys.
And In my honest opinion, Guinness, beamish and murphys kinda taste almost identical. Back to back you could taste the murphys was the sweetest but all pints tasted delicious.
Cork had a great vibe and probably my favourite accent in Ireland
They wouldn’t have let you record in the HI B .. no phones allowed strict policy 😂
Did a couple of nights in Cork last week
Did all the pubs in the video + a few more
The Oval Bar was #1 for me - and their Besmish was class too!!
Beamish is the KING of stouts. And if you get it in a can the widgets work 100 percent of the time and never spray all over the god damn kitchen like Guinness. Beamish in the Lord Edward is a thing of beauty.
Meh.
Guinness cans need to be settled
The pubs you were recommended were on the basis of popularity, as someone drinking in Cork City all my life those pubs certainly wouldn't stand out for having cracking pints.
Next time you are in Cork head for Mocks in Barrack Street, Fordes on the South Gate Bridge, Eugene's and the Ol Reliable in Shandon Street, and the Residence in Blarney Street.
You'll have a much better pint experience I can assure you.
Southside on Barrack Street has the best stout in Cork
"When are they not gonna be new: I don't care."
Truth being spoken right there lads.
Murphys is a top pint and I’d always highly recommend anyone to try it. At the end of the day Guinness will always have the edge.
Grate video!! I’ll be popping in the the castle in soon for 3 pints 🍺
The Shtick has lot to do with what the glasses are washed with not really the pint but obviously needs cream but won't stick on slippery clean glasses
Islands edge over beamish? You're clearly in the pocket of big stout
Pity Hi-B has been closed for so long, beautiful pints.
It's so fun to watch UA-cam struggle to accurately translate you! Try it sometime. Turn on the CC. Slaughter for "sláinte" is my favorite!
And the barman is batman 🦇😂
Sin E, Mutton, Oval are all Bemish / Murphy drinking bars to be fair.
I'd say you we're fairly blown away 🤯 by the beamish, hard to find up north.
8:18 What is the perfect ratio for a head on a Guinness Pint? Is it the opposite ratio to the amount of black to white (dilation) after 3 pints?
Have you tried Smithwicks Pale Ale on draught,available in Ni not sure about the South though.Highly recommended 👌
What about Kinsale and other towns in the county?
When you are enjoying a really good pint, you remind me so much of Colm Meany's scene in the snapper 🤣🤣🤣. Sláinte lad.
All about the Beamish or Murphy's in Cork!
Love your videos mate. That second pub looks sooo awesome🍻
How do I get some Guru shwag?
Visited Cork for my birthday and visited the Castle Inn! Amazing Guinness unreal! Also we are all converted to Murphy's just something else.
I'll be honest I couldn't wait till the end so see you try the Beamish and Murphy's😁 I've never tasted them from the tap but I do really like the cans and I'd say Murphy's is more lighter than Guinness almost bland and Beamish is tasty and very creamy at least compared to a can of Guinness
Bang on
I've found Beamish consistently good in cans, where as Guinness can be hit and miss unfortunately
Beamish is fucking brilliant
Sorry if this stat has been mentioned before but I was honestly shocked when I heard which 5 countries consume the most Guinness:
1. Great Britian
2. Nigeria
3. Ireland
4. Cameroon
5. USA
Who knew???
Since watching this channel, I cant go into a pub i havent had a guinness in and not order one. I end up rating every pint haha. I can't wait to go to ireland and have the proper stuff
Yes, me too - I am looking forward to tasting Irish Guinness from the tap
I tried my first Guinness some years ago at a pub called 'Kelly's Bar' in Belfast around 1968. I was recommended to try the Porter Guinness poured from a wooden barrel over the bar. Very lethal pint tbh but certainly the best Guinness that I have ever had. The long wait in getting the pint to settle was worth it.
My own preference is for Beamish, purely because it's a more consistent experience than Murphy's. It's definitely an acquired taste though. If there's a good draw on the Murphy's I'll chance it because there's nothing like it when it's poured just right.
I've nothing against Guinness and I enjoy the change whenever I'm up the country.
If you're ever in Cork again give Mi Daza a go. It's a wanky craft stout but one of the better ones. A bit less smooth than the main 3 but interesting overall. Don't go in expecting Guinness, it's its own thing.
Wouldn’t call Mi Daza and it’s ilk wanky. My preference for nitro stout is O’ Hara’s Irish stout
Beamish girl till the end, it's all I've known being from cork, supporting local! Guinness 2nd best 😁 Great review 👍
Good Craic.
Beamish is best. Wish it was still available in the US!
I keep being surprised by people in the comment section saying they used to get Beamish abroad. It's hard enough to find outside Cork city! West Cork pubs mostly have Murphy's and Guinness.
@@jamielockdown I didn't know about it until I visited Ireland (and Cork). When I tried finding it in the US after I got home, I found out they stopped selling internationally when Heineken bought them.
How does the castle only get a 8.5??? What does it need to be a 10 or even a 9.5??
I had a can of murphys here in oz, it was shite,then i saw it was brewed in scotland??? whats with that?
Boy , you missed shandon stout from franciscaner and the stout from rising sons brewery.
I love The Castle Inn. It's like a taxi rank that sells pints. Ya can't bate it, and the Creamy Beamy is unbeatable.
I actually did like my first pint of Guinness when I was 18, but I'd been very used to the taste of beer and ale for a while
in the uk samuel smith draught stout is very good
The Oval used to be a tied pub to the Beamish brewery.
There are quite a few good bard at Court n Sherry County Cork.
Go to Edinburgh!
I suggest Halfway House, Biddy Mulligans and Bannerman’s Bar
Please come to the Albert inn in Weston-super-mare and try the Guinness. Would love a Third Opinion also my local pub so yeah get more people coming
Had Murphy’s in Edinburgh, never seen a Beamish this side of the water.
Used to get Beamish and Murphy’s in a few pubs around Manchester in da mid 90’s tried them both but was never a fan and not a patch on Guinness
Comparing Beamish to islands edge should have you banished from cork for good. Up your game or pack it in pal
Relax
Spot on 👍
@@connhowley-trimble9868 who are you the Beamish Barron or the Islands edge incel? 🤔
@@connhowley-trimble9868 Trimble is it? Massive west Brit. Relax
Beamish taste like piss either way
Does anyone know what his highest scoring pint is And what video is it in ??
First Pint of Guinness at 16, love at first sup.
Whats wrong with the new glass? I've no clue.
6:04 Nice bit of Japanese Breakfast in the background