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Does anyone want to meet up in O'Neill's some night and try a few Irish red ales?

What would you want to find out? I would want to get a ranking of the reds. I am not that interested in telling if i can tell them apart as I doubt I can.

What night would suit you? I think maybe a Sunday would be best as some of the reds wont be that popular and getting them just after the weekend 'rush' may be best.

As a warning I have been unable to drink Guinness since the stout blind tasting a few weeks back. I blind ranked it as my 5th most favorite stout. So now in a pub my option is "Do I want to spend money on my fifth ranked stout?" as opposed to the usual "what is the best I can get here?"

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You can count me in for pretty much any Sunday except this Sunday.

I'll be around for this any Sunday evening except this Sunday. Im pretty sure that I couldnt tell them apart, seeing as I dont really drink any of them, (except the occasional Smithwicks now that they have a new logo and its trendy like). Finding out that I hate one of them to death shouldnt really be a problem seeing as the alternative draughts are so very very bad <!-- s;-) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s;-) -->

Sunday week is sounding like a likely time that is the 29th.

Pity you can't get Porterhouse Red into that testing - that's the only one I've had so far I actually like besides Rebel Red (is that in the test?)

Well whatever you want is in your test.
I intend to try is
Smithwicks, Bass, O'Hara's, Franciscean Well (rebel Red), Kilkenny (maybe).
Is that the lot?

You will probably be able to persuade someone to join you for a glass of Messers and Porterhouse.