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Plenty of places brew an Irish stout, its a style <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

they just don't claim its from ireland

&amp;quot;oblivious&amp;quot;:t7qk18f5 wrote: Plenty of places brew an Irish stout, its a style <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

they just don't claim its from ireland[/quote:t7qk18f5]

I'm driving at the notion of a beer being brewed abroad and claiming full Irish heritage - which can be quite lucrative in ceratin circles - especially if you claim to have an Irish stout that is actually brewed in Ireland.

&amp;quot;Hendrixcat&amp;quot;:2lolmx96 wrote:

&amp;quot;oblivious&amp;quot;:2lolmx96 wrote: Plenty of places brew an Irish stout, its a style <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

they just don't claim its from ireland[/quote:2lolmx96]

I'm driving at the notion of a beer being brewed abroad and claiming full Irish heritage - which can be quite lucrative in ceratin circles - especially if you claim to have an Irish stout that is actually brewed in Ireland.[/quote:2lolmx96]


True, but they a heartless corporation and not craft brewers

[quote:2jj0uasv]True, but they a heartless corporation and not craft brewers[/quote:2jj0uasv]

Who are?

Sorry thought you where on about Diageo- Guinness

I agree that marketing is vital and frankly they seem to be better at it than most Irish micro's, but there is more to producing an Irish craft beer than simply marketing a beer as such. I would like the beer in the bottle to be Irish too and I don't think that is unreasonable.

Hey, how about I start a company selling Irish Oranges (grown in the EU)?

What would be wrong with producing a Stout and calling it an Irish stout? If it is brewed here, then it is an Irish Stout. Frankly I think there is room for a flavourful Irish Stout on the market, as an alternative to the nitro tap stuff everyone else is producing.

As to the Guinness issue, I'm not sure how Irish that is either, but you could make more of a claim for it than this stuff. I mean it was formulated and brewed in Dublin, then brewed abroad to the same recipe.