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"eeelpoulpo":19sv9ubh wrote: The stuff doesn't travel well, anyway, does it ?[/quote:19sv9ubh]At €12 a pop I have absolutely no idea. The locals are mad for it though. One of the Korean breweries makes a superbly accurate knock-off.
[img:19sv9ubh]http://www.mirai.ne.jp/~shungen/hite_stout.jpg[/img:19sv9ubh]
Inspired label, eh? Where do they get their ideas from...

"oblivious":15sollrc wrote: The only time I would really be inclined to drink Guinness aboard is to try the Belgian foreign extra stout[/quote:15sollrc]Isn't that made in James's Gate? Until a couple of years ago, FES in Ireland said "Made in Dublin" but bore the label of a Belgian distributor, who was presumably taking it out of Ireland and then selling it back to us. However, I have seen FES on a beer menu in Belgium listed as a Belgian beer. Do they make their own?

"TheBeerNut":tyqm33vn wrote:

"oblivious":tyqm33vn wrote: The only time I would really be inclined to drink Guinness aboard is to try the Belgian foreign extra stout[/quote:tyqm33vn]Isn't that made in James's Gate? Until a couple of years ago, FES in Ireland said "Made in Dublin" but bore the label of a Belgian distributor, who was presumably taking it out of Ireland and then selling it back to us. However, I have seen FES on a beer menu in Belgium listed as a Belgian beer. Do they make their own?[/quote:tyqm33vn]
The Belgian FES is brewed in Dublin but specifically for the Belgian market. It's contract brewed for Guinness by John Martin's (Almost like Arann Mor, only in reverse). Anyway, this version is different (and nicer I think) to the FES available elsewhere

"eeelpoulpo":2ecl9clp wrote: The stuff doesn't travel well, anyway, does it ? Or is it just that the demand is lower abroad.[/quote:2ecl9clp] I think it's just that the demand is lower abroad which means kegs are more likely to be stale.