Guinness Red

Heh, that was clever of me. I was thinking of the Union Rooms and the Goose at the same time…smooth!

I tried Guinness Red in the O’Neils near Kings Cross Station – it was absolutely delicious.. not as thick or heavy as regular Guinness… yummmmeeeeee!!

Lured by the marketing hype (and a love of Guinness) I gave Guinness Red a go this lunchtime. It was truly horrible – it was neither good bitter nor good Guinness. It was as though someone had mixed a 1/4 pint of (proper) Guinness with a can of “value” lager and, perhaps, some dark red colouring. If you fancy a lager or a bitter then get a good one, and if you fancy a Guinness then have a proper one, but I won’t be drinking Red again!

Please someone Irish buy Guinness back and stop this brand dilution. If you want a red beer in a Guinness style then call it under another brand. This new beer will not stop falling sales, this is a gimmick. Guinness needs to go back to what it did best and back to basics. Guinness red is doomed to fail. Guinness is black and white and in the mind of the consumer it is black and white. what a mess

Guinness isnt black FYI Jim, it ruby red. As far as diluting the brand is concerned, what I thing Diageo are doing is developing a product that opens the door to future Guinness drinkers who cant ‘handle’ a real pint of Guinness – much like they did with Guinness Extra Cold and that hasnt done too bad has is?!? Its not about the short term, its about future profitability and likewise its not about current Guinness drinkers its about future Guinness drinkers. Pretty simple really.

Hey I saw the Guinness Red advert and love the song they use in it. Does anyone know what it is???