No more Beamish?

[mehan]

Anyone have any idea what they will have on tap this year now that Beamish is no longer being made? Ya think they will go back to Fordhams?  I know that the switch to Beamish wasn't all that popular, but I liked the fact that it was much lower ABV than the Fordhams oyster stout. 

[Scotsman]

How do we know there is no more Beamish? I doubt Fordham will come back unless Sam Adams disappears ... I miss the Fordham B&T!

[Lairde Guardn]

I thought the Beamish was great......maybe now they will serve Guinness.....

[Scotsman]

I thought the Beamish was great......maybe now they will serve Guinness.....

We should be so lucky! Guinness I wish!

[mehan]

I am always the last to know things, but I was noodling around looking for the actual ABV of Beamish and found the article that the plant closed down 5/30/09.  Heiniken purchased them and announced the closing last December.  I am just assuming that, although you can probably still find some around, they wouldn't take on something at faire that was in finite quantities.

[Scotsman]

You are my dream lass ... keeping up with beer news!
You just moved to the top of my Christmas card list!

[Lady Guinness]

....thank goodness Beamish is gone...it was a Guinness wanna be....

[RSLeask]

... long as they have a stout.  It's a sad, sad day when you can't get a good stout off the tap.

[coemghen]

Is Heineken the new evil empire of beer and stout?  Not only have they stopped distribution of Beamish outside of Ireland, they're controlling the manufacture and distribution of Guinness in Spain. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ididaueyey/

Personally, I would love to have Guinness at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.  Yummmmmmmmy!  My fave!

[Nailin]

gee wiz i want to be top ten on scotsmans christmas card list...lucky duck...maybe someone (cough....scotsman) could convince them to serve Guinness

[Dallan]

fingers are crossed for Guinness

[Scotsman]

maybe someone (cough....scotsman) could convince them to serve Guinness

I would settle for Smithwicks ... they would double their beer sales if they switched to Guinness product, I have no doubt about that!

[Dallan]

There is a joke in there somewhere about you switching to Lady Guinness and beer sales; I just can't seem to find it. I must be getting old...or sober.

[RSLeask]

There is a joke in there somewhere about you switching to Lady Guinness and beer sales; I just can't seem to find it. I must be getting old...or sober.

... someone said something about tapping the Guinness?



>.>

[Scotsman]

HeHeHe ... careful, thats my wife ... if there is any tapping of the Guinness ... er ... forget it! Damn you Dallan!