The Robin Hood in Pontcanna does a good stout. The owner is in there drinking them himself all the time, so the staff know how to pour + the lines are looked after but aye the standard is low everywhere else
As a Welshman this is painful to watch but unfortunately it’s an accurate reflection. I’m going to personally to take it upon myself to flog the owners of these watering holes with Leeks, until something changes.
What's the deal then ? At this stage surely everyone knows Guinness cannot be a) poured in 1 ,,,b) It has to settle before being topped off to top of glass It's very simple really
@@chrisChris6969 Not necessarily, most pubs in Cardiff the staff haven’t a clue about how to pour a tidy pint of the good stuff. I genuinely don’t think they’ve been trained properly so they just want to get the pint out asap.
@@Brainfreeze551 ,Jesus pal if that's the case I pity the Guinness drinkers of Wales I in Ireland and it can be bad sometimes , but you know yourself when it's good it's the fucking best beer in world 🤣👍
the "guru" did a blindfold test in a previous video and couldnt tell the difference between guinness and murphys so id take his results with a pinch of salt lol.
Dempseys used to do a decent pint when I lived in Cardiff. Now living in Cheltenham and none of the pubs in Cheltenham and Gloucester give a flying Feck about how the Guinness is poured and presented. I have actually contacted Deageo, who own Guiness, and told them to sort it out! I have also stopped ordering Guinness this side of the water as it is a lost cause!
As a Kardiffian this is embarrassing to the city. Been a definite fall off since the start of the pandemic. My go to place for Guinness is The Old Market Tavern now Little O’Neills next to Cardiff Market.
Cardiff now just full of chain pubs catering to stags and hens First two pubs were brains /marstons pubs .lack of investment and poor management by both for years . Brains used to have proper old school pubs with good management and brewed in the town centre The last The Vulcan closed to be knocked down and replaced by high storey student flats
I usually pop to a different O'Neill's when in the office for a pint. They have extra cold and regular taps. The regular tap feels like extra cold and the extra cold tap feels like its been cooled with liquid fecking nitrogen. Have to wrap a it a napkin to drink the bastard.
As a Cardiff man I feel ashamed that this is what the city had to offer, what a disgrace. The best pint of Guinness in Cardiff is down the bay in the packet pub, it’s an old skool pub that has a few characters to say the least and isn’t the most inviting place at certain times but the landlord has always poured me a good pint.
I'm Irish, but I studied in Cardiff many years ago. The Guiness was terrible, so terrible is switched to Brains Black. Was nicer than the Cardiff Guinness and cheaper too, but jeez I did miss a solid pint.
@@teddelfranco9786 Hopefully some day... but it's horrendous here... No idea if there is a link to our formerly local brewer brains stopping guinness in their pubs to bring in "Brains Black" (a welsh rip off of guinness) that they just as Daragh said they sort of left us to rot. Noe Brains has been sold to Marstons and effectively killed Cardiff's brewery history and former brains pubs now starting to sell guinness again....it's almost like they forgot how. Old Arcade and City Arms were both Brains pubs.
It’s sad when you consider Cardiff once had an entire Irish district/ghetto - Newtown, now a mess of building sites and horrible eyesore constructions- which gave birth to such people as the great boxer Big Jim Driscoll. I can’t think of a single Irish pub (not including o’neills obviously) anywhere in the city, which is surely unusual for a decent sized uk city. Still think if he’d gone further afield- say to roath - he might have found some decent pints. Brains do a decent stout- Brains Black - but not many places do it these days. Another welsh brewer, Felinfoel, used to do a really good one but I haven’t seen it in literally decades.
As an Englishman who’s had many travels and many pints in Cardiff, Brains and their beers are what I drink when I’m there. I’d drink it in England, but they don’t sell it anywhere!!!
It's embarrassing as a Welsh man that Cardiff perhaps even Swansea cannot pour a decent pint of Guinness. Brains is a lovely pint but as you say the Irish in Cardiff (tourists too) are entitled to a half decent jar.
I live in Cardiff and it makes me sad to watch this video. My favourite place for Guinness is probably The Pen and Wig but that's just where I tend to go. Flute and Tankard is decent when I miss my bus on the way home from work, and one of the seats outside are free. I've had pints in O'Neills before but at the time wasn't thinking too much about the quality. Going to make it a bit of a goal to find the best available in the city center. Hopefully have some suggestions for next time.
You’ve gotta go out of the city centre in Cardiff. I used to live in Roath - The George, The Cryws and The Claude always did decent pints. Granted this was 10-15 years ago, but worth a shot given the slosh you were served in town!
A friend and I go out once a year celebrating Remembrance Sunday, and we have four pints of Guinness, always enjoy it, but not big drinkers! The first time we visited THE OLD ARCADE as it used to be called the best pub in Cardiff once, and didn’t enjoy as the atmosphere was poor and the pint was expensive. Then we made our way to THE GOAT MAJOR and had to insist that the barman topped the Guinness up as it was blatantly a shortfall in the glasses, he banged the glasses down in protest, again expensive! Finally we decided to go to Weatherspoon THE GATEHOUSE, a bright and spacious pub, crammed with ex-service people. The Guinness was absolutely beautiful to drink and was significantly cheaper, we have been going there ever since. Enjoyed the humour in your review....thanks!
@3.06, I have been drinking Guinness since I was 18, I'm now 69, back in the 70's if I saw a pint of Guinness with a head like that I'd leave it. I always used to look in a bar and see if anyone had a pint of Guinness and look to see what it looked like, to make sure the lines were clear and look at the condition of the pint! Then decide what I was going to order.
You always remember your first proper georgous pint of Guiness, mine was on the ferry from Fishgaurd to Roslaire (not kidding).. It was like ice cream. Never had one like it (had about 6) before or since. When it dips from perfection though it isn't a great time.
This can happen anywhere, I have seen barmen and barwomen , who don't care enough to do what is necessary and then you get dirty glasses, almost one part pour , spilled over and you leave and go somewhere else! The inconsistencies are enough to stop someone ordering a Guinness!!!
I fell in love with Guinness when i lived in belfast for a few months. It was truely something else. As i live in cardiff i really miss the proper Guinness. I may end up buying the nitrosurge cans and the lid. Just so i can have a decent pint still will be nothing like most places but its better than the shite here
Traditional pubs in Cardiff have been on a decline in quality for a while now. Not just Guinness, but say general selection etc. We’ve got some great craft bars and more cocktail bars showing up ever day. Pups seem neglected, people in Wales want a cheap pint, full to the brim with no head. Always been the case
I wish someone from Guinness would pay attention - having spent most of my life in Cardiff I am desperate for a decent pint of Guinness there! It's rarer than Hens teeth! Keep up the good work
The only good Guinness I’ve come across in Cardiff is Barocco in the centre on Wharton Street, and the Royal Oak on Broadway. The Guinness everywhere else is only good for the drain
I have always said that the colder the beer, the less taste it has. I had a pint in a Cardiff club one night, and it was so cold, it had no taste at all. I let it sit for a while and it tasted shite.
I've been conducting research, and i'm fairly certain that it isn't grease on the inside of the glass, it is soap residue. The bubbly looking sides, the lousy dark head, and the lack of shtick are all, to the best of my knowledge and practical experiment, due to the surfactant properties of the soap.
Best Guinness I've had is near me in South Yorkshire, it's probably colder than it should be and sometimes the younger staff don't pour it right but it swirls for ages usually like the old adverts. Granted I've not been to Ireland yet so it's probably gonna get beat in the future. Good channel.
I know you don't like slating a pub, but with pubs charging over £5 a pint they need calling out for not taking any pride and serving up this slop. On another note I think some better research needed, this and the b/ham vid has some proper dodgy recommendations.
The best Guinness I’ve had in Wales is in Cemaes Bay on Anglesey. It was alright compared to what Ireland offers. But if you go to North Lancs or the Lake District, there’s some quality pintage up there. 👍🏻
I say the small head is to keep the type of common beer drinker who feels they are not getting a proper pint under the law and think the pint is 568ml of liquid excluding the head.
@@oscarosullivan4513 for a pint of Guinness, the ‘small head’ is wrong. In fact, Oscar, your comment makes me want to start a campaign… ‘KEEP ZIKA OUT OF GUINNESS!! NO SMALL HEADS!!’
A great shame, but as a Cardiffian of Corkonian descent, nothing I didn’t already know. City centre pubs, no chance. Out in Canton over the bridge, the Robin Hood I’ve had a good one. But the best I’ve had in Cardiff is at the Canton Liberal Club of all places, where all our irish Nans go play bingo…
A Welsh barman once told me with total confidence that there was ZERO difference between canned Guinness and on-draught Guiness He told me a study had concluded that people couldn’t really tell them apart I told him where I was from (Irish) and that there ABSOLUTELY was a difference
I'd say its a different take on pints, I lived in Wales for 4 years and almost all of my pints were topped to the brim with liquid with little in the way of head, no matter the beer style. A lot of areas in Wales have been properly left neglected with the closure of mining and raw materials industries, so people are naturally picky about getting their money's worth in booze. Some parts of the valleys you'll see folks necking 10-15 pints as their daily routine.
@@alpscarlett8897 Often not the case. Sure I've had some awful pours but usually its your standard 45 degree competent pour, then intentionally overpoured to get more beer in the glass. It's not about their lack of skill, it's that they don't see the same things as good characters.
Good point, but it doesn't excuse the pints being of poor quality overall. If the pints were dirt cheap, it'd be one thing, but they're around the average price you'd pay in Ireland.
@@brianm2881 Aye some pubs do a banging job, but it feels like South Wales neglects Guinness. Aberystwyth was decent for it, but Birmingham has been the best I've visited in mainland UK for sure. Cardiff is exceptionally expensive for a pint in Wales. Most local pubs won't go over 3.50 for any beer on a bad day or they'd see a lot of backlash. typically I'd pay £2.70 to £3 for a pint.
Guinness need to take note and come and inspect and educate pubs in the UK as they are harming the brand. It's the same story in Newcastle, the pints of Guinness are shite and it's heartbreaking.
I know people slag Wetherspoons, but Guinness send people out to their pubs regularly to accredit them and make sure things are done properly. Not sure about other pubs though
I know people slag Wetherspoons, but Guinness send people out to their pubs regularly to accredit them and make sure things are done properly. Not sure about other pubs though
I’m from Ireland but unfortunately I’m living in the UK the last 5 years, I’m a Guinness drinker and I’ve tried the Guinness here so many times and I’ve never got a good pint and believe me I’ve had so many bad ones , there’s just no point ordering a Guinness over here if you are from Ireland ,you will never get a good one you will only get disappointment.Fortunately we get back home every couple of months ,nothing compares to the Guinness in Ireland .
Just one question: if you are at an outside venue, how do you protect the head from getting bugs in it? of course, this is if you are not drinking it as fast as recommended. I have not read the book, “voices again, “yet so I don’t know what is recommended for the drink late. Please forgive any mistakes. Dictation is Nikki in this comment as I cannot edit it.
Jeez those first 2 pints where terrible I’d have gave em 1-2 out of 10.O’Niels looked ok for a pub chain.Get up to Manchester pal my home town (although live in Castlebar Mayo since last October 21)plenty good pints especially my local the Bowling Green in Chorlton a suburb 4 mile from the city centre of go to Mulligans in the city centre.
You need to go to Bangor, Northern Ireland for a pint and go to bar called Feiltys. They 3 types of pints (Cold Pint, Room Temperature, and one that's mixed with both cold and room temperature) definitely recommend it. Other good bars that do a nice Guinness in Bangor is The Goats Toe & Donegans
Feel really bad about my city watching this, however there's no hiding from the truth. Cardiff bar staff are fantastic on the whole, but they're used to serving lager on a production line. Given that the city is centred around rugby and Guinness is so synonymous with that you'd think the Guinness reps would be more focused on quality. But Cardiff on a night out is chaos, so I doubt that will change! On a personal note, man should have gone to Queen's Vaults!
Likely that the gas bottle hooked up is empty if it's settling that quick.
That is a gas issue or a bad keg. More than likely no gas, not turned on, empty bottle etc. Barman should have noticed it and not served that pint!
You should link up with Simon of Real Ale Craft Beer who lives in Barry, South Wales. He is another LEGEND of TH-cam beer reviews.
Not always grease on the glass. More often than not its detergent residue from the glass washer
True but it’s besides the fact, shouldn’t be handing that to anyone, whether it’s the Guinness guru or any ordinary Joe soap.
The Robin Hood in Pontcanna does a good stout. The owner is in there drinking them himself all the time, so the staff know how to pour + the lines are looked after but aye the standard is low everywhere else
Embarrassed as a Cardiff man smh
Felt the same as a Brummy. This man destroys lives.🤣 Keep up the good work Daragh.👍🏻
You should be.
Cardiff and Birmingham absolutely cracking cities just not for the Guinness.
Spend most of time embarrassed then
@@martinmac534 Cardiff for sheep and Birmingham for curries
As a Welshman this is painful to watch but unfortunately it’s an accurate reflection. I’m going to personally to take it upon myself to flog the owners of these watering holes with Leeks, until something changes.
What's the deal then ?
At this stage surely everyone knows Guinness cannot be a) poured in 1 ,,,b) It has to settle before being topped off to top of glass
It's very simple really
@@chrisChris6969 Not necessarily, most pubs in Cardiff the staff haven’t a clue about how to pour a tidy pint of the good stuff. I genuinely don’t think they’ve been trained properly so they just want to get the pint out asap.
@@Brainfreeze551 ,Jesus pal if that's the case I pity the Guinness drinkers of Wales
I in Ireland and it can be bad sometimes , but you know yourself when it's good it's the fucking best beer in world 🤣👍
@@chrisChris6969 True that. I’m over the pond regularly and very rarely get a dodgy pint.
the "guru" did a blindfold test in a previous video and couldnt tell the difference between guinness and murphys so id take his results with a pinch of salt lol.
O' Neils is a chain pub which you see in lots of different cities in the UK
Really? Tell us more, Mr. Science.
when the pint is so bad Guru doesn't even say the score out loud 😭
Dempseys used to do a decent pint when I lived in Cardiff. Now living in Cheltenham and none of the pubs in Cheltenham and Gloucester give a flying Feck about how the Guinness is poured and presented. I have actually contacted Deageo, who own Guiness, and told them to sort it out! I have also stopped ordering Guinness this side of the water as it is a lost cause!
The station hotel outside Gloucester rail station is the worst I've ever seen!
The Irish club Gloucester opened a small corner bar, decent enough pint for uk
That pint in the thumbnail is like a pint Bull McCabe would be swiggin after a hard day in the field.
Hopefully Guinness can sort it out, Cardiff is too close to Dublin to have such a poor standard.
As a Kardiffian this is embarrassing to the city. Been a definite fall off since the start of the pandemic. My go to place for Guinness is The Old Market Tavern now Little O’Neills next to Cardiff Market.
Cardiff now just full of chain pubs catering to stags and hens
First two pubs were brains /marstons pubs .lack of investment and poor management by both for years . Brains used to have proper old school pubs with good management and brewed in the town centre
The last The Vulcan closed to be knocked down and replaced by high storey student flats
There’s still the Royal Oak, beautiful and totally unchanged. Bet the Guinness is still shit tho!
I usually pop to a different O'Neill's when in the office for a pint. They have extra cold and regular taps. The regular tap feels like extra cold and the extra cold tap feels like its been cooled with liquid fecking nitrogen. Have to wrap a it a napkin to drink the bastard.
You need to get to the Thistle Street Bar in Edinburgh. Best pint we've had outside of Ireland.
The City Arms used to be the best pub in Cardiff. We’ve seen a massive decline in quality since Marstons took over running the pubs. It’s a real shame
Yep. Damn shame. Was my go-to pub (not for Guinness tbh) in Cardiff, had great selection of Ales. Totally changed now😭
As a Cardiff man I feel ashamed that this is what the city had to offer, what a disgrace. The best pint of Guinness in Cardiff is down the bay in the packet pub, it’s an old skool pub that has a few characters to say the least and isn’t the most inviting place at certain times but the landlord has always poured me a good pint.
The Robin Hood is also a good pint.
I'm Irish, but I studied in Cardiff many years ago. The Guiness was terrible, so terrible is switched to Brains Black. Was nicer than the Cardiff Guinness and cheaper too, but jeez I did miss a solid pint.
No place to hide. He's spot on. CARDIFF has the worst guinness perhaps on the planet.
you haven't been to New Jersey
@@teddelfranco9786 Hopefully some day... but it's horrendous here... No idea if there is a link to our formerly local brewer brains stopping guinness in their pubs to bring in "Brains Black" (a welsh rip off of guinness) that they just as Daragh said they sort of left us to rot. Noe Brains has been sold to Marstons and effectively killed Cardiff's brewery history and former brains pubs now starting to sell guinness again....it's almost like they forgot how. Old Arcade and City Arms were both Brains pubs.
😂
You haven't been to North Macedonia 🤣
Beijing mate. Beijing is criminal. Its black warm vinegar. Its abusive.
It’s sad when you consider Cardiff once had an entire Irish district/ghetto - Newtown, now a mess of building sites and horrible eyesore constructions- which gave birth to such people as the great boxer Big Jim Driscoll. I can’t think of a single Irish pub (not including o’neills obviously) anywhere in the city, which is surely unusual for a decent sized uk city. Still think if he’d gone further afield- say to roath - he might have found some decent pints. Brains do a decent stout- Brains Black - but not many places do it these days. Another welsh brewer, Felinfoel, used to do a really good one but I haven’t seen it in literally decades.
As an Englishman who’s had many travels and many pints in Cardiff, Brains and their beers are what I drink when I’m there. I’d drink it in England, but they don’t sell it anywhere!!!
It's embarrassing as a Welsh man that Cardiff perhaps even Swansea cannot pour a decent pint of Guinness. Brains is a lovely pint but as you say the Irish in Cardiff (tourists too) are entitled to a half decent jar.
Mulligans in Manchester is outstanding for Guinness.
Hopefully this gets Guinness down here to sort it out. Ive never known anywhere for a good pint
…I am impressed with the clean glass…that says it all for Guinness in Cardiff…
Was missing my weekly Guinness Guru. Although the pints wuz shite the video was great. Thanks for the quality content.
I live in Cardiff and it makes me sad to watch this video. My favourite place for Guinness is probably The Pen and Wig but that's just where I tend to go.
Flute and Tankard is decent when I miss my bus on the way home from work, and one of the seats outside are free.
I've had pints in O'Neills before but at the time wasn't thinking too much about the quality.
Going to make it a bit of a goal to find the best available in the city center. Hopefully have some suggestions for next time.
I love the interactions you get upon arrival and that you hide the camera so it's natural
Only perverts watch pornos, right?
You’ve gotta go out of the city centre in Cardiff. I used to live in Roath - The George, The Cryws and The Claude always did decent pints. Granted this was 10-15 years ago, but worth a shot given the slosh you were served in town!
Pints in the George are pretty average tbh
A friend and I go out once a year celebrating Remembrance Sunday, and we have four pints of Guinness, always enjoy it, but not big drinkers! The first time we visited THE OLD ARCADE as it used to be called the best pub in Cardiff once, and didn’t enjoy as the atmosphere was poor and the pint was expensive. Then we made our way to THE GOAT MAJOR and had to insist that the barman topped the Guinness up as it was blatantly a shortfall in the glasses, he banged the glasses down in protest, again expensive! Finally we decided to go to Weatherspoon THE GATEHOUSE, a bright and spacious pub, crammed with ex-service people. The Guinness was absolutely beautiful to drink and was significantly cheaper, we have been going there ever since. Enjoyed the humour in your review....thanks!
@3.06, I have been drinking Guinness since I was 18, I'm now 69, back in the 70's if I saw a pint of Guinness with a head like that I'd leave it. I always used to look in a bar and see if anyone had a pint of Guinness and look to see what it looked like, to make sure the lines were clear and look at the condition of the pint! Then decide what I was going to order.
If you're in Liverpool again give Ye Cracke a go, best guinness I've had in Liverpool closely followed by kelly dispensary.
Agreed
Where is Kelly dispensary
@@kevinwilliams1421 Smithdown Road
Shenanigans best pint in Liverpool!
@@joeharkinson7301 Agreed Joe
Off to Cardiff next week, thank God you found a decent pint. I was getting worried 🤣
We have a saying in Wales it goes "the only way to get a good point of Guinness is to go to Ireland"
Hobbits
You always remember your first proper georgous pint of Guiness, mine was on the ferry from Fishgaurd to Roslaire (not kidding).. It was like ice cream. Never had one like it (had about 6) before or since. When it dips from perfection though it isn't a great time.
This can happen anywhere, I have seen barmen and barwomen , who don't care enough to do what is necessary and then you get dirty glasses, almost one part pour , spilled over and you leave and go somewhere else! The inconsistencies
are enough to stop someone ordering a Guinness!!!
a lot of pubs and restaurants here have teenagers working there. because they pay minimum wage. l can’t even get a normal proper lager tapped
Ive only had it in england but does it piss me off when the bar tender pours it wrong
As a man from Belfast who has moved to Cardiff in the last couple years, the Guinness is absolutely horrific.
I fell in love with Guinness when i lived in belfast for a few months. It was truely something else. As i live in cardiff i really miss the proper Guinness. I may end up buying the nitrosurge cans and the lid. Just so i can have a decent pint still will be nothing like most places but its better than the shite here
@@SherlockHomeless221b never would have touched a can of Guinness but honestly I’d rather have a can than a draught pint from a pub in Cardiff.
Traditional pubs in Cardiff have been on a decline in quality for a while now. Not just Guinness, but say general selection etc. We’ve got some great craft bars and more cocktail bars showing up ever day. Pups seem neglected, people in Wales want a cheap pint, full to the brim with no head. Always been the case
Sorry just commenting cos Mon The fooking Biff. I think Infinity Land was actually recorded in Wales too lol
@@jacktaylor2688 mon the biff. I think it was wasn’t it!
@@struebz sure of it. I'm sure Si said they were near a field and the cows were all moshing outside lol
Hey man! Just wanted to say thank you for introducing me to the Guiness world!
I wish someone from Guinness would pay attention - having spent most of my life in Cardiff I am desperate for a decent pint of Guinness there! It's rarer than Hens teeth!
Keep up the good work
Ty’r Wynch is the best I’ve had. Great schtick
That first pint is properly awful. Looks like one of the pre poured ones that’s been sitting there for 15 minutes at Crocker or the Aviva.
That intro, ooft. Guru is getting professional
*Pondering life*…. I understood that reference😉
The only good Guinness I’ve come across in Cardiff is Barocco in the centre on Wharton Street, and the Royal Oak on Broadway. The Guinness everywhere else is only good for the drain
Absolutely horrific.
The pubs in Cardiff town are shocking for Guinness normally the city arms is good
When I worked behind a bar, we would get pints like the first when the gas was low/empty.
I have always said that the colder the beer, the less taste it has. I had a pint in a Cardiff club one night, and it was so cold, it had no taste at all. I let it sit for a while and it tasted shite.
They chill it tf to hide the taste
That's actually a scientific truth
You have to go to pub in Malin Head, most Northerly Bar, best pint of Guinness
Better off sticking to the ales in South Wales. I’d recommend Brains, Butty Bach or Gower Gold
Well said but doubt Guru gives patronage to small independent breweries
And Rhymney Bitter
@@Emmet_Moore will add that to the list 👌🏼
I've been conducting research, and i'm fairly certain that it isn't grease on the inside of the glass, it is soap residue. The bubbly looking sides, the lousy dark head, and the lack of shtick are all, to the best of my knowledge and practical experiment, due to the surfactant properties of the soap.
Best Guinness I've had is near me in South Yorkshire, it's probably colder than it should be and sometimes the younger staff don't pour it right but it swirls for ages usually like the old adverts.
Granted I've not been to Ireland yet so it's probably gonna get beat in the future.
Good channel.
I know you don't like slating a pub, but with pubs charging over £5 a pint they need calling out for not taking any pride and serving up this slop.
On another note I think some better research needed, this and the b/ham vid has some proper dodgy recommendations.
The best Guinness I’ve had in Wales is in Cemaes Bay on Anglesey. It was alright compared to what Ireland offers.
But if you go to North Lancs or the Lake District, there’s some quality pintage up there. 👍🏻
As an Italian that drinks nothing but Frangelico, and Moretti. I adore you people from the Isle! Your Guiness is like our wine.
@@thepatriarchy819 Guinness is Irish
I say the small head is to keep the type of common beer drinker who feels they are not getting a proper pint under the law and think the pint is 568ml of liquid excluding the head.
@@thepatriarchy819 Mille graci!
@@oscarosullivan4513 for a pint of Guinness, the ‘small head’ is wrong. In fact, Oscar, your comment makes me want to start a campaign…
‘KEEP ZIKA OUT OF GUINNESS!! NO SMALL HEADS!!’
Honestly a skill to be able to pour it like the first one, god awful
I work in Cardiff and have tried to find a good point of Guinness for ages. This just confirms that I'm not going to find one
The packet down the bay is very good, but don’t go late at night if I’m honest mate.
Well these walk up shots are new, should keep them
A great shame, but as a Cardiffian of Corkonian descent, nothing I didn’t already know. City centre pubs, no chance. Out in Canton over the bridge, the Robin Hood I’ve had a good one. But the best I’ve had in Cardiff is at the Canton Liberal Club of all places, where all our irish Nans go play bingo…
I doubt it’s just Cardiff that Guinness has taken their eye off of,wouldn’t surprise me if there are many other places the same 🤦♂️😲🍻
You know it's bad when he takes two sips rather than four mammoth gulps
A Welsh barman once told me with total confidence that there was ZERO difference between canned Guinness and on-draught Guiness
He told me a study had concluded that people couldn’t really tell them apart
I told him where I was from (Irish) and that there ABSOLUTELY was a difference
Okay??
@@seqta5705 It goes to show that Guinness really is an Irish delicacy.
It seemed pertinent given the barman was Welsh as in this video.
@@seqta5705 He's right. It's an Irish delicacy. Other nationalities simply don't know a thing about how to brew, store and prepare a decent Guinness.
That is one knackery pint of Guinness, the first one.
I'd say its a different take on pints, I lived in Wales for 4 years and almost all of my pints were topped to the brim with liquid with little in the way of head, no matter the beer style. A lot of areas in Wales have been properly left neglected with the closure of mining and raw materials industries, so people are naturally picky about getting their money's worth in booze. Some parts of the valleys you'll see folks necking 10-15 pints as their daily routine.
steady on there myles
The reason the head isnt all that is cos they aint pouring it right i can get a better head with a can and the nitrosurge device
@@alpscarlett8897 Often not the case. Sure I've had some awful pours but usually its your standard 45 degree competent pour, then intentionally overpoured to get more beer in the glass.
It's not about their lack of skill, it's that they don't see the same things as good characters.
Good point, but it doesn't excuse the pints being of poor quality overall. If the pints were dirt cheap, it'd be one thing, but they're around the average price you'd pay in Ireland.
@@brianm2881 Aye some pubs do a banging job, but it feels like South Wales neglects Guinness. Aberystwyth was decent for it, but Birmingham has been the best I've visited in mainland UK for sure. Cardiff is exceptionally expensive for a pint in Wales. Most local pubs won't go over 3.50 for any beer on a bad day or they'd see a lot of backlash. typically I'd pay £2.70 to £3 for a pint.
Its Wales what did expect...... Guinness is as good as there hospitality.
Went to North Wales in June and didn't get a bad pint.
Guinness need to take note and come and inspect and educate pubs in the UK as they are harming the brand. It's the same story in Newcastle, the pints of Guinness are shite and it's heartbreaking.
Okay I'm from Michigan, so we have better pints than those?
I know people slag Wetherspoons, but Guinness send people out to their pubs regularly to accredit them and make sure things are done properly. Not sure about other pubs though
I know people slag Wetherspoons, but Guinness send people out to their pubs regularly to accredit them and make sure things are done properly. Not sure about other pubs though
I’m from Ireland but unfortunately I’m living in the UK the last 5 years, I’m a Guinness drinker and I’ve tried the Guinness here so many times and I’ve never got a good pint and believe me I’ve had so many bad ones , there’s just no point ordering a Guinness over here if you are from Ireland ,you will never get a good one you will only get disappointment.Fortunately we get back home every couple of months ,nothing compares to the Guinness in Ireland .
theyre hardly pubs their large pub bars you should have gone to the smaller pubs off the highstreet
Great words at the end. I'll be up for a protest 👍🏻🤣
Liverpool visit would be great i can recommend some good Guinness
Shenanigans best pint in Liverpool, agree?
@@joeharkinson7301 yes agreed! i was in there the other day
Just one question: if you are at an outside venue, how do you protect the head from getting bugs in it? of course, this is if you are not drinking it as fast as recommended. I have not read the book, “voices again, “yet so I don’t know what is recommended for the drink late. Please forgive any mistakes. Dictation is Nikki in this comment as I cannot edit it.
If Guinness do travel to different Countries tell then to come to Melbourne, its shite here. thanks for the video.
Jeez those first 2 pints where terrible I’d have gave em 1-2 out of 10.O’Niels looked ok for a pub chain.Get up to Manchester pal my home town (although live in Castlebar Mayo since last October 21)plenty good pints especially my local the Bowling Green in Chorlton a suburb 4 mile from the city centre of go to Mulligans in the city centre.
that catwalk entrance
You should have a fans page somewhere so we can all send pics of our pints, good or bad!
You need to go to Bangor, Northern Ireland for a pint and go to bar called Feiltys. They 3 types of pints (Cold Pint, Room Temperature, and one that's mixed with both cold and room temperature) definitely recommend it. Other good bars that do a nice Guinness in Bangor is The Goats Toe & Donegans
Jenny Watts too
Can you do a guinness review in Amsterdam?
Was wondering when you’d put a video out my G.
i really can't understand how can you compare the same beer in diffrent pubs?!?!?
I would imagine it would be better in North Wales. Manchester next?
Bang on, O'Neil definitely the best pint in Cardiff
Should have tried The Lansdowne in Canton, decent pints.
Probably using the wrong gas
Brilliant Guru 🤣🤣 you weren't messing around when you said it's hard work pretty dire pints 😮
Love the Guru, always gets me in the mood for a creamy pint. Too many jumpcuts in the intro tho man. Just do it in one, it'll be graaaand
Feel really bad about my city watching this, however there's no hiding from the truth. Cardiff bar staff are fantastic on the whole, but they're used to serving lager on a production line. Given that the city is centred around rugby and Guinness is so synonymous with that you'd think the Guinness reps would be more focused on quality. But Cardiff on a night out is chaos, so I doubt that will change!
On a personal note, man should have gone to Queen's Vaults!
However bad these were, I challenge you to find a worse pint than in-The Gaffe, Dubrovnik
Should have gone in the Borough, decent Guiness in there.
Horror show. Shocked by such party town like Cardiff.
Had a good one in there last year, maybe just bad luck here this time
Also, that first one probably has the wrong nozzle on the tap
Simon Martin from "Real Ale Craft Beer" on TH-cam recently did a beer tour of Cardiff. Worth checking out
Need to get your area out of Cardiff and upto Rhydfelin RFC. Exceptional pint
I had a good pint of Guinness in the northern star Pub Newcastle, Australia. $6 - 3 pound 50 a pint
Navigation lapworth uk hand pulled new glass but pretty good pint best around these ways
Well this is fate.. im going to cardiff in a fews time you have saved me a huge headache ..thanks lad
The old arcade does a decent Guinness
That head on that first one is like the one on my Guinness When I do the nitrosurge
Probably a pint from the drip tray on that 1st one
Love the Little Britain reference 🥰
I only had the the traditional kilkenny it's been discontinued the Irish ale I have to have