a good pint of Guiness

when i was last in dublin, i hadn't reached the legal drinking age, but like all teenagers worth its salt, we developed intricate strategies to get alcohol in bars
Guiness it's such an ingrained tradition, not for nothing it has been around a staggering 250 years, that whether you liked it or not, you were kinda of forced to drink it, for fear of insulting somebody's pride
but i will be honest, that at 17, i actually didn't like it one bit, and found myself often smiling tensely while drinking it, waiting for the chance of the second round to come and ask for a much lighter, less tasty beer
some years later, here i find myself, back in a completely changed dublin, a modern, multicultural city where irish traditions are still deeply felt and enjoyed
of course one of the nearly compulsory stops, some things do not change that much, was a traditional pub, one of those covered in wood with old men sitting in stools discussing irish music and the hard hitting recession
of course, being 3 foreigners and an irish woman around the table, Guiness and Jamesons were the two options
my evolved and aged taste buds were able to not only appreciate but very much enjoy my first pint of Guiness in donkeys years!!