Ireland toasts 250 years of Uncle Arthur's brew Ireland toasts the 250th birthday this week of Guinness, the country's unofficial national drink, as the iconic brand battles to hold its own in the global economic downturn. The company is celebrating the decision by Arthur Guinness, the son of a land steward, to sign a 9,000-year lease on a run-down brewery in Dublin's St. James's Gate in 1759. It was the birth of a drinks legend and the start of one of Ireland's biggest success stories: the consumption of the dark ale spread around the world and some 10 million pints are now downed every day in 150 countries. The birthday marketing hype will peak at 17:59 pm (1659 GMT) Thursday not just in Ireland but also in New York, Lagos and Kuala Lumpur with the toast "To Arthur!" to be followed by big name concerts and gigs. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...ears-of-uncle-arthurs-brew-20090923-g2bm.html
Ahhhhhhhh ........ small quaint Irish local pub in Donegal on the west coast of Ireland after they were knocked out of the all-Ireland Hurling championship in 96. It was a sad day but we helped commiserate their loss ........ ............. and my first taste of Guiness .............................ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
After working the weekend and the past 3 nights on night fill, today i have settled down to have a few miller chills.:lol: with a bundy red chaser.
I had OSI in for a service today & decided to head down to Wollongong to check out a couple of cameras. In order to get the camera facts correct I went to the Five Islands Brewing Company ( http://www.fiveislandsbrewery.com/1.html )for lunch & a couple of pints of Rust ( an amber ale) but fittingly named for a Kombi owner.:lol: a very pleasant couple of hours, sitting on the balconey & gazing out to sea.I've tried most of their beers & this is one of my favourites. Hopefully they'll have their beer tasting club back on again this summer. Not sure if I decided which will be the new camera but did have a delicious lunch & had I not had to drive home,I'd probably have had a couple more pints.
................ and I suppose you were tasting Italian, German and Austrian beers up in the Dolomites skifields as well ............oh esteemed and hairy elder ............ ......................waiting, waiting , waiting .................1......2.......3 .......4 .......5 ..............geee Patty's slowing down with his witty retorts ........ .............
.........................oh Patty .......... you have much to learn about beer from places ..................... Beer in the Dolomites is right on the Italian/Austrian border so you have the best of Italian, Austrian and German beers on tap and especially the quaint way they wet the glass before they pour from the tap. Greece and Egypt on a school trip was also good but I loved the Everest beer in Nepal.
Have some respect child.:lol: They have some excellent beers in Italy. "Duo grande biera per favor." Second phrase I learnt in Italian, just after "duo espresso"
Same two phrases I learnt but in the other order. Third .......... ' ciao bella' ..................... ........................ almost never came back
Forgot about that one.:lol: Everytime I've been in Italy I've thought about not coming back. Especially in the north:heart: .
started with a Sol ( courtesy of son #2 ) Hubert ( mick ) got him onto them better than Corona he reckons ! But just had to cleanse the palate with 3,4 no 5 James Squire Amber Ales........ready for a snore now!
