{"id":196485,"date":"2025-11-23T19:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/196485\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T19:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T19:41:11","slug":"irish-pub-launches-60-40-guinness-drink-and-furious-fans-say-it-should-be-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/196485\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish pub launches 60 40 Guinness drink and furious fans say &#8216;it should be illegal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Dublin pub&#8217;s new 60 40 Guinness drink is dividing fans of the black stuff and people can&#8217;t agree if it&#8217;s genius or madness.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_guinness2JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Palmerstown House Pub is now serving what it calls the '60\/40' Guinness\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Palmerstown House Pub is now serving what it calls the &#8217;60\/40&#8242; Guinness(Image: Instagram\/palmerstown_house)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">People are divided over a new Guinness concoction being offered at a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dublin pub<\/a>, with some fans of the dark stuff slating it as &#8220;a load of nonsense&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">It&#8217;s well known that Ireland loves the drink, and debates frequently break out over the perfect pour &#8211; not to mention the &#8216;split the G&#8217; trend that has taken over social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">With many drinkers increasingly weighing up low or non-alcoholic options, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/puibs\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palmerstown House Pub<\/a> believes they&#8217;ve found a way to offer the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The pub is now serving what it calls the &#8217;60\/40&#8242; &#8211; a pint made with 60% Guinness 0.0 and 40% Guinness 4.2%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">In a post on Instagram, Palmerstown House Pub said: &#8220;Try our new &#8217;60\/40&#8242; in the Palmerstown House. All of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/guinness\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guinness character<\/a>, just a little lighter! Great for when you&#8217;re in the mood for a pint but with a little less alcohol! Just ask for a &#8217;60\/40&#8242;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">&#8220;Always drink responsibly. This product contains alcohol and is not a 0.0 option. 1 pint contains approx 60% Guinness 0.0 and 40% Guinness 4.2%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The post also shows that the &#8217;60\/40&#8242; is still poured using the traditional two-stage method, with Guinness Zero going in first. This hybrid drink aims to provide a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/alcohol\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lower alcohol option<\/a>, bringing the ABV down from 4.2% to roughly 1.7%.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_guinness1JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Palmerstown House Pub is now serving what it calls the '60\/40' Guinness\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Palmerstown House Pub is now serving what it calls the &#8217;60\/40&#8242; Guinness(Image: Instagram\/palmerstown_house)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Reception to the idea has been unsurprisingly mixed. One person joked that it was &#8220;semi skimmed Guinness&#8221;, while others were far less impressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Some commenters dismissed it outright with comments like &#8220;Nah you&#8217;re good&#8221; and &#8220;Ring the Guards. The Guards are to be rang&#8221;. Another declared it &#8220;a load of nonsense&#8221;, while others stated it &#8220;should be illegal&#8221;, called it &#8220;a hard no&#8221;, said &#8220;this is just wrong&#8221; and even claimed &#8220;this is a crime&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">But amid the backlash there were plenty of supporters, with some pushing back at the negativity. One fan wrote: &#8220;I&#8217;ve asked for this in a few pubs and been looked at like I was a mentalist! Great to see you making it an actual thing&#8221;. One commenter criticised the outrage, saying: &#8220;People crying about people wanting to drink a bit less alcohol or maybe have a couple and still be able to drive. Nobody is forcing it on you. Drink what you like, just relax and let others drink what they want too&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Others kept it short, adding &#8220;Rate this&#8221;, &#8220;Brilliant idea&#8221; and &#8220;This is such a good idea!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Daragh Curran, known on social media as The Guinness Guru, believes the whole thing comes down to clever promotion. He told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/11\/21\/my-goodness-what-have-you-done-my-guinness-pint-divides\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>: &#8220;This is obviously done to go viral and fair play because it obviously works. I know if I make a video about it, it will get clicks and views, so I&#8217;ll probably go and make a video trying it, so fair play to them in that sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=39e53cb8-b266-4e33-8d00-e9f7a38f420c&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Sign up here.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dublin pub&#8217;s new 60 40 Guinness drink is dividing fans of the black stuff and people can&#8217;t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[5051,79,52,18,11545,19,17,17924],"class_list":{"0":"post-196485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-guinness","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-pubs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115600718891063275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}