Originally Posted by
rsbob
Far from it. Touring from Dublin counterclockwise around the coastline was one of our favorite trips Kinsale, Kilkenny, Kenmare, Dingle and so many charming little towns and the scenery on the ring roads was spectacular.
Originally Posted by
Ogsarg
If you go to the Guiness brewery, I highly recommend their connoisseur experience if they still do it. It is limited to groups of about 12-15 people and done in a private room hosted by people who make the beers. They tell you about all the beers they make (there is a lot more than the stout most people know) and let you taste everything. It cost money and you have to reserve a spot, but a unique way to experience the brewery. It's been maybe 5 years since I did it so not sure if it's still offered.
Last time I was there, most still drinking mostly stout; Guinness in the Dublin area, Murphey's down in Cork, and Beamish if you go up North. Oddly enough Budweiser is also quite popular in some places.
Thanks for the tips!
Is that the same Budweiser they sell in the US? Years ago, I was on a tour in the Czech Republic, stopped in a gas station and they had Budweiser in a can. Bud is not my favorite beer in the world, but I knew that the Czech Bud was different than the US Bud. It seems Budweiser US was very territorial about their trademarks and sued everyone and anyone that they felt infringed on their name. They won all those suits except one ... the one against the Budweiser of the Czech Republic. Turns out their mark predated the other Bud's mark, so it is the one place in the world where the Budweiser trademark (the cans look different) belongs to another company.
So of course, I had to try the Czech Budweiser. You know what it tasted like?
Well to me at least, it tasted EXACTLY like the US Budweiser ... which I think has a very distinct flavor. I was expecting it to taste better ... more European somehow. But nope ... it was the same.
Managed to get out between storms for a short ride today ...
