#21. Quigley’s, Collooney, Co. Sligo. €3.50

I had high hopes for another find at Quigley’s in Collooney. Many times the small, local pubs that double as a shop and a petrol pump, serve a fine, slow pint in the back. This was a slow pint, but I’ve experienced this taste that I can only describe best as “watery” with a touch of fermentation. Age?

Twenty-one pints into my thirty, it is simply amazing how different Guinness can taste. There are so many variables from temperature, to the lines, to the pour, to the age of the beer, to how they wash the glasses, to who knows what else. A perfect pint is partly magic.