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Smithwick's in the US
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>On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 wrote:
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>> mul wrote:
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>> > > wrote in message
>> > . net...
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>> >>[Yeah, you probably thought this was going to be another post where the
>> >>guy asks where he can find Smithwick's in the US, 'cause his wife
>> >>usually hates beer but she had it in Ireland and, that night, they had
>> >>the best sex they ever had.]
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>> > Interesting comments about Smithwicks, but it sure is not the stuff you get
>> > on draught in Ireland
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>> Well, the fictional poster above and I both had Smithwick's from Ireland
>> (mine a canned version, admittedly).
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>> > Here it has bags of taste,and one of the few decent Ale's available on
>> > draught,
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>> Well, yeah, but, on offense, in general, most beer drinkers would say
>> that, except for your stouts, Ireland has pretty poor selection of beer
>> styles.
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>> i do know that a brand is brewed for local or a particular
>> > country,so I doubt very much the Smithwicks you tasted came from Ireland
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>> See above. The question is, for this version of the beer recently
>> introduced to the US, where does it come from? Bottled Guinness Extra
>> Stout and IIRC Harp, bottled and kegged, in the US comes from Labatt's
>> in Canada, so I'm guessing Smithwick's may be, too. (In fact, I seem
>> to recall there are a number of Irish ales contract brewed already in
>> Canada).
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>> What I find interesting is the number of people who admit to liking
>> Harp- it seems only because it's brewed by Guinness. If there's a
>> duller "lager" imported from Europe (or is it Canada) I can't think of
>> one. "Just as dull", sure...
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>> So, do the Irish actually drink Harp, is it a popular beer or is it just
>> something to fill out the Dieago/Guinness line? (Something I think
>> Smithwick's is doing- replacing the now Coors-owned Bass in it's line-up).
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>If Smithwicks is coming in widgeted cans, then very likely its from
>Ireland.
Since the bottles here (Ontario, Canada) are also from Ireland, I
doubt that bottles in the States are from Canada either.
The Labatt Guinness Extra Stout is the only Irish beer that I know of
which is brewed in Canada. Not surprisingly, it's as bad as most
Labatt products.
Andrew
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