Stiff upper lip, with Guinness moustache, wouldn't do

LONDON – There are many things to admire about Her Majesty the Queen.

Her regal stiff upper lip is one of them.

But her resoluteness in smiling at a perfectly-poured pint of Guinness during a tour of the famous brewery Wednesday – and not even taking a sip of it – is one of those regal mysteries that leaves me gasping for a glass of the black stuff.There is something particularly beguiling about a glass of Irish stout – deep black with a creamy head and a flavor of burnt malt and chocolate.It is, as they say, an “acquired” taste. I remember a wonderful advertising campaign some years back that read simply: “I don’t like Guinness. So I’ve never tried it.