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Cheers! Guinness Beer Turns 250
September 24, 2009 9:33 AM
ABC's Ammu Kannampilly reports from London:
It’s arguably the world’s most famous beer and today, Guinness celebrates its 250th birthday. Celebrations kick off in Dublin, Ireland, where a host of musicians including Kelly Rowland, Sir Tom Jones and Kasabian will perform at venues across the city.
But that’s not all -- the Black Eyed Peas will be performing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Sean Paul will entertain crowds in Lagos, Nigeria.
It’s unsurprising that Guinness is throwing a global shindig to commemorate Arthur’s Day -- named after Arthur Guinness, the founder of Guinness, who signed a 9,000 year lease on Dublin’s St James's Gate Brewery 250 years ago. In fact, Nigeria is one of Guinness’s biggest markets – according to a report published in the Los Angeles Times, “Guinness now sells more beer in Nigeria than it does” in Ireland.
If you are lucky enough to live in one of the 4 cities -- Dublin, Lagos, Kuala Lumpur, and New York -- hosting tonight’s concerts, go to the Guinness website to get more details on what’s happening where.
The party kicks off at 5.59 pm in Dublin with a toast to Arthur Guinness, before carrying on to other cities. Guinness is now brewed in almost 50 countries, with ten million glasses drunk around the world every day.
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Somehow, I just can't get too excited over beer.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | Sep 24, 2009 10:30:20 AM
Guinness Beer Turns 250!
Brilliant!
Posted by: Noz | Sep 24, 2009 10:30:48 AM
Well pour me a glass of the black stuff and let's have a chat.
Posted by: Seamus Mc Carthey | Sep 24, 2009 10:54:05 PM
A pint of plain is your only man!
Posted by: jaiotu | Sep 25, 2009 10:31:44 PM
Guinness is not a beer. It is a stout. It is also a meal in a glass. In Ireland it was prescribed for pregnant women to enrich the iron in their blood and it is offered to this day as a restorative to people who have just donated blood.
Alas, it is now a global brand. In the good old days people chose where to drink in Dublin based on the delivery schedule from the brewery (which varied). Nothing could compare to a fresh pint, brewed with Camac water (a Liffey tributary). What is brewed elsewhere and sold worldwide today is not nearly as good. But, it has to be said, it is a lot better than a bad pint and the chance of a bad pint now is much much reduced.
When you next have a pint -- and you should have one in Dublin before you die -- have a look at the glass after you've supped your first draught. Notice what happens to the black stuff where you have quaffed the creamy head. It's isostasy, in a glass.
Posted by: Eats Wombats | Sep 26, 2009 7:47:04 AM
What is the plastic ball for in the can of stout?
Posted by: shadow | Sep 26, 2009 8:26:57 PM
Eat Wombats sounds like a ball of fun to have a pint with...not. And stout is a beer ;)
Posted by: Matt | Sep 27, 2009 5:00:59 AM
The plastic ball, called the "widget," has a very small hole in it. During manufacturing, the can is filled with both Guinness and pressurized nitrogen, which goes into the hole and fills the ball. When the can is opened, the sudden pressure drop causes the combined liquid and nitrogen to jet out of the hole, producing the very fine foamy head that Guinness drinkers expect.
Draft Guinness is made foamy by a fine flow-restrictor in the beer tap.
Posted by: EWAdams | Sep 27, 2009 5:43:07 PM
Cheers Karen!!! George
Posted by: George Sabol | Sep 27, 2009 7:17:01 PM
Do you think Guinness tastes better from the can than the bottles? Slainte!
Posted by: Yogi | Oct 5, 2009 1:11:48 PM
Guinness is good for you. I had my first one, at the bar at the Gresham Hotel, in Dublin in 1966.
I purchased the Anniversary 250 Stout, two days ago.. It is excellent, very similar to the regular stout, and only bottles will do, thank you.
Erin Go Bragh. Maureen Sullivan Drapeau
Posted by: Maureen DRAPEAU | Oct 6, 2009 12:04:14 PM
I saw on the telly a guy lived on Guinness for a week while a doctor check him out before and after
Guinness has lots of vitamins...
Cheers have another pint LADS
Posted by: Collins | Oct 14, 2009 12:46:48 PM
It's nice that Guiness is now 250 years old. However, I recall that a number of breweries in Germany were 1,500 years and older. By that standard, Guiness is not yet to voting age. I fully agree that it tastes great whatever its age.
Posted by: Ed | Oct 15, 2009 7:23:44 AM
The locals in Ireland call it "Genius"
Posted by: douglas | Oct 15, 2009 12:56:09 PM
This is my favorite stout, and favorite 'beer' drink, for that matter. Reading the article and other comments, it's a pretty interesting drink also. Delicious, too! Cheers! :D
Posted by: Sayward | Oct 15, 2009 5:20:46 PM
To Arthur!
Posted by: Damian Barton | Oct 15, 2009 9:32:52 PM
Guiness is overhyped. Murphy's stout is way much better. It is made in Cork. I know this for a fact. Having drunk each in Dublin and in Cork, or in Asia, in South America, in Africa, in North America, in Australia and in Antartica. Ask your mate to help you in a taste-test of these stouts. You will surprise yourself.
Posted by: Barrett | Oct 18, 2009 2:24:18 PM
250 years old and still going strong! You just can't improve on a great thing!
Here in the state of Missouri, in the USA, we drink Guiness all of the time and love it!
Happy Birthday to a fine stout!
Posted by: Longhunter | Oct 24, 2009 8:31:27 AM
A Guinness a day keeps the doctor away!
Cheers and Happy Birthday!
:)
Posted by: Sam | Oct 29, 2009 1:37:53 PM
I love it so much! So proud!!! So so proud! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Samantha | Oct 29, 2009 6:22:47 PM
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