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Originally Posted by GTJ
Quoted for truth. I'm glad someone can succinctly describe that place. I've never been but I heard all the stories from my friends who did. I was never impressed.
That's pretty tragic about Japanese Guinness. I'd have thought it would just be imported, so it would be the same, but I guess not... sad gaijin. 
Am I the only person who can't do nomihoudai cuz I get FULL? Beer and other fizzy beverages are carbonated = full tummy. I dunno how people do it. |
I didn't actually venture in either, but I've been in enough seedy clubs (haha, my old local. Urghhhh~) to be able to spot them just from the doors and who's hanging around outside.
Guinness just doesn't travel well, it just tastes different outside of ireland, even in England. Combination of preservatives and low turn over that means the brew is just sitting around too long getting old. I did find one place that did a good one outside of Ireland in Chiang Mai Thailand; quite a surprise but it was in an ex-pat's bar and there was a licensed brewery for it pretty close. Actually, probably the same brewery that supplies Japan, unless there's one closer. Same with Kikkoman soy sauce, the stuff you buy in the UK is mostly brewed in Europe so it tastes different.
*raises hand* I can't physically hold more than 2 pints of beer. Anyway, I see beer (proper beer, not the binger's gnats piss in a pint glass) as a slow drink. Something you pick up at lunch when you want to make a long sunday afternoon of it and put down about 10, not something you want to chug pint after pint of. You probably wouldn't get your money's worth anyway.