the first time I tried Guinness it was in Cork. My ship pulled in there fro a few weeks. I went to the first pub and asked for their local beer. A girl said "Yank, this isn't a soda pop stand" They all laughed and a guy at the bar bought me a Guinness. I remember watching it come out of the spit, it looked like soft serve ice cream. I took one sip and fell in love. The sarcastic girl at the bars name was Tara and I chat with her off on for the past 20 years.