Let’s settle the Irish/Guinness thing once and for all.  It doesn’t taste all that different. It’s still Guinness.  But the texture is different, because no Irish pub will take less than five minutes to pour it. 

That’s a huge difference from American bars, which treat beer like fast food: slop it out fast and sling it down the bar.  There’s places that respect the power of the slow pour, but too many of them are just trying to turn tables and scarf up tips.  In Ireland, you can be assured of a very slow, rich pour.

Basically, the difference is the same as between regular TV and HD-TV:

It’s still a frog.  You can tell it’s a frog.  There’s nothing wrong with the frog. But all things being equal, you’d rather see the HD frog.

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