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Good news and bad news. The good news is the Blue Dogs in Chalfont and Lansdale had it on draft. The bad news is , of course, those locations are not Philly. O"Neal's on 3rd only has bottles. Murphy's is now owned by Heineken; they are working to expand the brand and your favorite pub might be encouraged to draft it with their Heineken order.
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re: cwdonald
Right your are , same company (Heineken Ireland) same city (Cork): Don't know about the factory . But I suppose the way beer is cross-brewed by contract brewers they too could execute different recipes at the same facility. Must say just as a matter of tradition I would rather they were in their own breweries but my guess is that my opinion on this carries little influence with the Dutch.
How, after many trips to Ireland, I missed Beamish I am not sure. Would liked to have experienced the differences. Perhaps too focused on draft Guinness the Irish Whiskey!
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re: Bacchus101
Six months after Heinekin took over Beamish in 2008, they closed the 210 year old factory in Cork and made 120 workers redundant. I also recall that there were supply problems with Beamish for a while. Nowadays I can usually find either of these beers in the widget cans, but not as many seem to have a constant tap handle. And dont get me started on why I don't think that it should be on nitro ...
The one other truly Irish stout to drink is O'Hara's. I personally like it better than the other three Irish stouts. Most recently did a side by side taste test of it and Guinness at the Shanachie and confirmed my preference.
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