anyone try this yet-curious how they turned out.
All that comes to mind is … Why?
Guinness adverse or just not open to anything like this???
for a few bucks i’ll try many a beer and decide…FWIW
I’ve seen this at the store and my feeling was that it is really taking a chance in terms of their branding. The biggest thing that Guiness has going for it is a reputation for doing one thing very well. I doubt I’ll try it.
That would be my reason. The beer itself I would try, though I’d never feel the need to buy it. I like Guinness but I think they are diluting the brand. Although I thought black lager was too far…
fair enough-i’m not at all inclined to let marketing or branding or whatever deter me from giving it a taste.
anyway, perhaps I may be the first to report back ;D
I owe someone some Guinness on a bet. Perhaps I’ll get the blonde lager. It’s Guinness after all, isn’t it?
I’ll generally give their offerings a try, but none of them have stuck with me. Didn’t they do some sort of special anniversary stout awhile back? Or was that the black lager?
remember the black lager for sure-not sure on the anniversary one.
I feel the same way regarding porche making a sedan.
You’ll never catch me driving down the street in a Porsche sedan drinking a Guiness blond lager.
I thought Guinees already made a Blonde Lager: Harp.
Bingo. Was thinking the same thing. I don’t drink Harp, either.
actually harp is euro pale lager , guiness blonde is “american lager” - now whether it is or not is debatable.
anyway, no shame in my game living outside the prison walls.
So Guinness’s lager is Harp-lite? Sounds even less appealing now. No judgment - just not my thing.
yeah so it is what is-just curious if anyone having tried it has an opinion is all. who knows, one day guiness may surprise the world with something other than “guiness”.
The thing is, it’s no longer Guinness. They are just another brand owned by a large mutli-national. Don’t get me wrong, I love the black stuff.
I tried it a couple weeks ago. I enjoyed it. Certainly not an award winning continental brew, but enjoyable. Supposed to be a lager brewed with traditional Guiness yeast. Piqued my curiosity enough to give it a try. I have no complaints at all. YMMV
Wether the beer is good or not, it is certainly brand dilution. I’m surprised Guinness would make such a poor marketing decision unless they are really hurting due to the American craft beer market growth.
In this day and age, as well as market conditions, how many breweries can survive with just one beer? It is a shame to see Guiness have to make the leap into “foreign territory” but I had and will have no issues personally with helping them try to survive and thrive. Just my $0.02