New Guinness Cans Using Vintage Labels

[chazwicke]

Got this from 1759 Society

http://promo.guinness1759society.com/vintagelabels/

[steveh]

Isn't the Foreign Stout label going to be false advertising? And rather disapointing?

S.

[MeridianFC]

Well for us it will be "Foreign" stout. Were you perhaps thinking of "Foreign Extra Stout"?

[steveh]

Six of one, half a dozen of...
I think if you look up vintage Guinness Foreign Stout, it's the same animal. Then again, Guinness Extra Stout is listed in the same BJCP category, but we all know the Foreign Stout is better... don't we? ;)

S.

[Stonch]

Guiness Foreign Extra, in its various incarnations, is a totally different beer to Guiness Extra Stout, the North American local brew.

[MeridianFC]

Both of which are different than Guinness Stout.

[jesskidden]

One of my price possessions is a copy of the Jan. 1, 1964 phone-book sized "New Jersey Minimum Consumer Resale Prices of Alcoholic Beverages (including Malt Alcoholic Beverages)". (NJ at the time had state regulated "minimum" prices which almost ALL stores used as their standard price).

Lots of interesting facts re: what beers were available at the time and what packages they were available in, etc. (One of my favorite facts- far and away the most expensive beer at the time- Michelob at $2.25 a six-pack compared to Bud at $1.25, Ballantine IPA [for a while in the 70's- 80's, the most expensive US beer] at $1.42 and Heineken/Bass/Lowenbrau in the $2.45-2.80 range).

Anyway, the only Guinness product available at the time in NJ was "Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Ireland)"- sold in 3 packs of 11.5 oz. bottles for $1.25 or six packs of 6.3 oz bottles for $1.60. (Mackeson was around the same price, while Manx Oyster Stout came in 6.4 oz. bottles for 30 cents each).

[Botoole560]

Well for us it will be "Foreign" stout. Were you perhaps thinking of "Foreign Extra Stout"?

I think you mean Foreign "Diesel Fuel. . . . "

Thank you

[skahtboi]

I think you mean Foreign "Diesel Fuel. . . . "

Thank you

Wait! Wait!! Haven't you defended AB products such as Buttwiper in the past?? And here you are dissin' on Guinness??? :confused: :rolleyes:

[steveh]

nd here you are dissin' on Guinness???

And the Foreign Stout, in a very old thread -- no less. :rolleyes:

S.

[Botoole560]

I'm just saying that in comparison to Guinness, the Extra Stout just seems so much stronger. I love both, and drink both regularly, I just think drinking diesel could be associated with drinking extra stout.

Thank you

[steveh]

I'm just saying that in comparison to Guinness, the Extra Stout just seems so much stronger.

Well yeah, it's Extra. :)

Even having never tried diesel fuel, I'd bet that Guinness Extra is much nicer and easier going down. Just me.

S.

[MrNate]

Well yeah, it's Extra. :)

Even having never tried diesel fuel, I'd bet that Guinness Extra is much nicer and easier going down. Just me.

S.

It's a little smoother than JP-5

[The Alchemist]

I have always preferred Guiness Extra Stout. Maybe because it was one of the first good beers I could get 20 some-odd years ago. I always thought it had more taste ... and alcohol than ordinary Guiness.

[East Coaster]

Hmm never tried Diesel fuel but I do prefer a thick and tasty stout over 10-W30, I think there is a beer in canada labeled as such now that I come to think of it. Haven't tried it however to much else to decide on from the shelves.

[East Coaster]

Nice labels and nice glassware associated.

[steveh]

I think there is a beer in canada labeled as such now that I come to think of it.

Well, there's an Scottish beer called Old Engine Oil (Harviestoun), but I can't claim to know it's true viscosity -- probably still far from 10W-30.

S.

[chazwicke]

Well, there's an Scottish beer called Old Engine Oil (Harviestoun), but I can't claim to know it's true viscosity -- probably still far from 10W-30.

S.

I can claim that it is scrumptious - Both versions