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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, prawn
> <sean.prawn RemoveThis @gmail.com> typed
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:58:25 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>>> Nigerian Guinness is brewed in Africa and bears almost no resemblance to
>>> Guinness as you know it.
>>>
>>> It's about 9% for a start.
>>
>> *Ding*. I have met a chap who imports it here and have tried a sample.
>> It is vile stuff.
>
> It's OK after the second...

I've drunk it in Nigeria, and thought it was fine, as long as you're not
expecting it to taste like "regular" Guinness.

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External Since: Sep 15, 2003 Posts: 367

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<cebdf769-f5e6-44e1-911a-42bfd5ad4a8e RemoveThis @h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, AW
<andrew_wegg RemoveThis @hotmail.com> writes
>On Feb 14, 12:58 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...@wicked-uncle-
>nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Nigerian Guinness is brewed in Africa and bears almost no resemblance to
>> Guinness as you know it.
>
>
>I had a mate who was a quality tested for Guiness, at Park Royal. He
>swore that the breweries all use the same recipe, the same ingredients
>and treat the water, so they're all the same.
>
>Which is clearly not the case!

Dublin brewed Guinness only uses French and Jarup prepared chocolate
malts. Or so I was told in the French and Jarup malters
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William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.