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Lucas Cumiskey & John Bett

Terribly poured pints of Guinness spark outrage on St Patrick's Day

A series of terribly poured pints of Guinness have sparked outrage online as one had a huge foaming head - not at all how it should be served, on today of all days.

The Irish dry stout will be the drink of choice around the country today as we celebrate St Patrick's Day, but that hasn't stopped top boozers from messing up the popular pint.

The iconic drink should be black with a creamy white head, should be poured in several pulls, and maybe with a shamrock on top for good measure.

But some of the pints poured so far today have left a lot to be desired, as one was served in a Corona glass and another was in a plastic bottle.

What's going on here? (@shitlondonguinness/Instagram)
I mean, come on (@shitlondonguinness/Instagram)

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A group of aggrieved drinkers now names and shame the worst culprits via a hugely popular online group, S**t London Guinness.

It has 195,000 followers on Instagram and a further 65,000 on Twitter.

From pints with hardly any cream on top, to pitiful attempts with no head on them and Guinnesses poured in the wrong glasses, these are the worst of a bad bunch.

Buddy Brophy raged: "Did they throw that into the glass from the other side of the pub?!"

Máirtín Ó Corrigáin blasted: "Jesus - Some of these pints have bigger heads than influencers."

Colin Brown added: "It’s about time Guinness started revoking selling licences…"

S**t London Guinness also shared a snap of a plastic bottle filled with Guinness, posted during lockdown.

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They added: "Symbol of a dark time, a bit like the vuvuzelas at the 2010 World Cup. Best forgotten about."

We recently compared stouts available in UK supermarkets, if you fancied a change from the classic Guinness.

We taste-tested stouts from some of the country's biggest and best breweries, from Brewdog to the Wild Beer Co, to see if any can stand up next to the Dublin based giant.

While some were a worthy challenger, nothing quite compared to the classic, in our opinion.

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