Whiskey and beer

[varizoltan]

As many people know, old lads in Ireland always chase Guinness with Powers

Even an old song The Wild Rover sings "I spent all my money on WHISKEY and BEER"

What kind of WHISKEY and BEER was it? we probably never find it out...

But what kind of whisk(e)ys and beers are yous find the best together

What would yous recommend

I am just having a Connemara regular with a pint of Guinness and I love them together

[Malt-Teaser]

I do sometimes enjoy a refreshing Augustiner helles after tasting a couple of drams, but never together for me.

[JohnM]

I think the beer is the chaser. Not 100% sure, though. I like either Powers or Lagavulin 16 with my Guinness.

[Luke Gough]

Guinness with Lockes 8 Year Old Single Malt - perfectly balanced!

[Michael Foggarty]

Trouble Dark Arts Porter with Greenspot
Ohara's Stout with Redbreast 12
Trouble Or with Tyrconnell
Galway Hooker with Lockes 8
Ohara's Red with Crested 10
Portehouse Plain with Blackbush
Just some great Irish matches we've come up with lately

[mulltea]

Guinness opens up about any whiskey for my palate. I tend to save the high end for special occasions. Because I am currently exploring a variety of whiskies, I enjoy a number of new attempts with a solid pint of guinness to enhance the experience in a positive way. The moisture from the guinness allows me to really soak in the new and often foreign tastes. Happy drinking, everyone.

[GSC]

Over here in the US, a lot of people are into a "shot-and-a-beer" mentality. I've never gotten into that, as I don't need to chase down my whiskey. If I didn't like the taste, and had to chase it, I'd drink something else.

I'm the type who would have a medium American lager beer (Budweiser is a good example) to quench my thirst. I don't drink whiskey to make thirst go away, I drink whiskey to enjoy it.

If I go with a Guinness, I'll stick with that, and leave the whiskey alone until next time.

However, I am open to new things, so I might take that list posted above and experiment with whiskey and beer combinations.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Over here in the US, a lot of people are into a "shot-and-a-beer" mentality. I've never gotten into that, as I don't need to chase down my whiskey.

Not sure what you mean about shot as having a glass or a shot of whiskey mean 2 very different things here in Ireland. Even though both would have the same amount per pour a shot is seen as something you knock back in one go ... The majority of people in Ireland that drink whiskey and beer do so in a much more relaxed frame of mind. The whiskey and beer are both savoured in tandem and the whiskey would last the length of the beer or visa versa. Further Whiskey is very rarely drunk with larger as (In my mind anyway) they don't really compliment each other. Stout and ales seem to go well with whiskey though. t would be interesting if you could expand on the shot and beer mentality in the US.

[JohnM]

Some beer and whiskey coming up at the society. Sounds interesting.

The newsletter, though, calls the whiskey the chaser, though. A chaser is the beer or something else you drink with spirits. You chase it down to soften the blow.