Talk:Smithwick's

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I think the anon-IP change about Kilkenny not being Smithwicks is wrong - will go back to my source later. Comments welcome O anonymous one. Justinc 4 July 2005 22:01 (UTC)

I was chatting to a barman in Kilkenny recently and he told me that Smithwicks and Kilkenny ale are both produced at the local brewery and are similar but not identical. I had a glass of each and would concur. I was interested that Smithwicks sells well in Canada. The man at the bar told me he'd worked in an "Irish" bar in the USA, and they couldn't sell Smithwicks because a) it didn't sound Irish enough, and b) the Plastic Paddy customers had trouble with the pronounciation. In contrast Kilkenny ale sold well. Bill Tegner 09:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Following varying discussions on other beer pages, a brief discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beer/Archive, current ongoing procedure and an explanation of intention during the process on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 April 4 (which was related to the entire re-catorisation of all the beer articles), the consensus has been to move individual beer articles into the main article of the parent brewery or brand holder. This procedure is not explicit policy, it is understood that editors may and do have differences of opinion, and there has not been a long and developed discussion in which many people have given their views. Therefore, when during a merge into Guinness of Harp Lager, Smithwick's and Macardle Moore Brewery, User:Boothy443 reverted back and objected to lack of appropriate merge tags being used, it seemed appropriate that another opportunity be given for people to air their views on the general policy of dealing with beer brands. Please give your views. Should beer brands be discussed in a major article on the brewery/brand owner in which related matters and other brands can be detailed together - or would be be more appropriate for beer brands to be detailed on both the brewery page and in an individual article with inevitable repetition of information? SilkTork 12:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I would like to see beer brands detailed on their own page, and a small mention (with a link) on the brandowners/brewry's page. There wouldn't be any need for too much duplication.--Trounce 15:00, 8 February 2007 (UTC)