Brit visiting Dublin realises 'best pint of Guinness' costs more than Ryanair flights
A YouTuber travelled to Dublin to showcase a side of the city 'people don't see' and to visit the 'local spots and backstreets where the real Dubliners drink'.
Danny runs the Honest Places YouTube channel that features him frequenting pubs all over the UK and overseas too. And he recently spent just €35 on return flights to Ireland's capital where he was on the hunt for the best Guinness he could find. Despite saying how cheap the Ryanair trip was, he was critical of other prices, and joked that if you could afford to live in Dublin you could afford to live anywhere.
He added: 'Accomodation over here is a joke in Dublin – I think it was about 200 quid a night and that's an AirBnB.' He started his video by walking straight through Temple Bar before getting to Mulligan's in Poolbeg Street – a boozer considered to be Dublin's best by many locals.
However, he opted for a pint of Beamish that was 'crisp and creamy'. He then started his mission to find the tastiest Guinness, and headed to The Confession Box on Marlborough Street.
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Satisfied with his clean glass, he took a sip, and said: 'Oh aye, that is pucker that. That is, oh bloody hell, that is smooth, that might be the winner you know. That was 11 quid by the way, UK pounds.'
His pal replied: 'Standard price over here, isn't it?' And Danny, taken aback by the cost, said: '11 quid? Mate, I spent £6.50 in Manchester.'
He then, on the recommendation from a Dub he got chatting to, walked over to Cleary's Pub, on the promise that it was the best pint in town.
Having a gulp, he concluded: 'It is nice, it is very creamy. It is the creamiest one I have had today. It is smooth that. It is definitely the best one today.'
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He scored it a lofty nine-and-a-half out of ten and despite the high score, there was still a tad room for improvement.
And this is where the Guinness Storehouse, one of the most famous tourist attractions in Dublin, came in.
After touring the brewery, him and his friend finally reached the top floor where people are handed a pint of the black stuff as part of their ticket purchase, and Danny finally found his winner.
'The glass is spotless,' he began. 'Spotless. Good service as well. To be fair, actually, I know it sounds like a bit of a gimmick, but I can't think of much wrong with that.
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'I think it is, I think it might be me, I think that is a ten. I think that is a ten you know. The temperature is right, left to settle, can't fault it, so if you can't fault it, it has to be a ten.'
Unfortunately for Danny, that meant this best pint of Guinness in the whole of Dublin set him back €40.
He told his 91,700 subscribers: 'If you want to come here, because you should come here if you like Guinness, but the best Guinness you can get is at the Storehouse. But you have to pay €40, you can't just go there for a pint unfortunately.
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'I don't think you can because if you could, everyone would go in there and it would be slammed – so that's the best pint of Guinness.
'The best pint of Guinness where you don't have to pay €40 is a place called Bowe's Bar and you get pretty much good Guinness anywhere.'
To watch Darren's video in full where he visits local pubs, you can do so here
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