The perfect pint of Guinness is an alchemy of many elements. I don’t claim to be an expert, but there was plenty of discussion in each of the pubs I visited and after 30 pints over a thirty day period, I feel a bit better qualified to make some judgments.
Temperature: To me, this has the [...]

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#30. Foley’s, Drumnacool, Co. Sligo. €3.50
I had always planned to have the 30th pint of Guinness at the local. I’ve never been to the local pub as to try and avoid any gossip in the neighborhood. It’s been said “what they don’t know about you, they’ll make up.” I purposely took it easy on the [...]

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#29. J. Stanford, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. €3.50
I was expecting a lot from this pint based on how great this pub looked both inside and out. I ended up being most entertained by an info graphic on the men’s room hand dryer, but more on that in another post. This pint of Guinness falls unmemorably into [...]

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#28. Roddy’s, Keadue, Co. Roscommon. €3.70
Keadue is the next village down from Ballyfarnan. It is a beautiful town, and the locals take obvious pride in its recognition of two overall Irish Tidy Town awards. (It won’t win any website awards.)
Keadue may be best known as the resting place of Turlough O’Carolan, the famous blind harpist. [...]

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#27. H. Moran, Ballintogher, Co. Sligo. €3.70
The service was very nice at H. Moran’s s but the pint was disappointing. Too cold and slightly bitter. Place this one at the back of the big middle. Everything else was nice about this cosy, updated pub.

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