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Guinness Foreign Extra

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Was never interested in alcohol as a young adult. After one very hot summer day of exertion, there was no water about, an aquaintance offered me an icy cold Miller longneck from his cooler. I gulped it down without tasting anything. It was marvelous. About 6 bottles later I began to realize what all the fuss was about.

Flash forward a decade. I'm home brewing. Had no idea bier actually had flavor, texture, nose, and lingering finish. Hooked.

flash forward a decade. So many excellent microbrews available that it makes no sense to homebrew. I've been to every Michael Jackson lecture at the University of Penn., year after year. I'm a bier snob.

So, here's the thing: with so many excellent biers around, what standard do you use to judge them all?

My reference biers:

1. Samuel Adams Boston Lager. (on tap, of course)
Simply stated: this is the Best Bier in America.

2. Guinness Extra Stout (must be on tap).

That said I rarely drink these -- as I said: so many brews/ so little time.

So yesterday the State Stores are closed (You Have Got a Fiend in Pennsylvania) to celebrate the massicare of 500000000 Indians by the Catholics.

I found a bier dealer open though. Went looking for anything interesting, and say a display of "Guinness Foreign Extra".

Qua???

I thought all Guinness was foreign? and all Guinness Stout is "extra"???

Very expensive.

I was prepaired to be massively dissappointed (I will not drink Guinness from a bottle).

WOW. Massively recommended.

May be the best Guinness ... I'd love to feel this one on draught.

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