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right i know its not a craft brewery what with heinken owning it but on a recent visit to the peoples republic of Cork, I as usuall try'd to drink local. unfortunitly due to hectic plans and the fact i was staying outside the city i did not get a chance to visit either the franciscan well or the bierhaus <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->
although i had a look one afternoon before they opend. i came across a nice pub called the rounds thought they didnt seem to sell irish craft beer <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( --> <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

so in the hotel bar with swmbo and the kids asleep i decided to compare the three stouts available Murphys,bemish and guinness.

my conclusion is that murphys is the easiest to drink not bitter, lovely coffie type smokey nice mouthfeel next the guinness (my usuall non good pub drink) was same old same old but seemed to have carbonation that i never even relised was there until i compared the two.

next came bemish much more like guinness less of those coffee type smokey hints that the murphys had.

result was Murphies was the winner but no plain porter (from poterhouse)

Prefer Beamish to Guinness, but haven't had Murphy's in years, so must compare in future.

i would normally have had beamish or guinness . but tried murphys again lately and its real choclatey compared to the other 2. But its really only decimal points of a difference on the bland scale. The wells shandon stout is a much tastier pint..fav of the lot is wrasslers

I can't tell Beamish and Guinness apart when tasting them blind, but I definitely prefer Murphy's to either. It's the chocolate malt.

I like beam. Easy enough to tell the 3 apart until you throw a fourth into the mix! You just got to get to know them a little.

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Would always have preferred beamish as there is at least a hint of hops there although i would agree that wrasslers for surpasses any of the big 3