Guinness (beer)

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Guinness [ ˈgɪnɪs ] is a beer brand from Ireland . The rights holder is the Guinness Brewery , which was founded by Arthur Guinness in Dublin in 1759 . Guinness has been brewed at St. James's Gate in Dublin and in numerous other breweries around the world since 1759. A varied recipe is used depending on the destination country. The Guinness Storehouse shows the history and the manufacturing process. The Guinness breweries are all part of the British Diageo beverage company based in London.

etymology

The name Guinness is an Anglicization of the Irish-speaking surname Mac Aonghusa or Mag Aonghusa [ məˈgiːnəsə ] and means "son of Aongus". Aongus means "a choice" (Celtic * oino-gustus ).

Products

Product list
Surname Alcohol content
(in % vol. )
Remarks
Guinness Draft 4.2
  • from the barrel, from the can or the plastic bottle
Guinness Extra Stout 4.1
  • close to the original recipe, hence also called "Guinness Original"
Guinness Foreign Extra 5.0-8.8
  • Highest alcohol content due to ship transport and warm destination regions
  • accounts for 40 percent of global sales
  • former name: Guinness Tropical Stout
Guinness Red 4.1
Hop House 13 camp 5.0

Guinness Draft is drawn with a mixture of 30 percent carbon dioxide and 70 percent nitrogen , which gives the Guinness its own taste and makes the foam creamier and more durable. Most other beers are only tapped with carbon dioxide. A special feature is the floating widget contained in the cans , which only releases the gas when the can is opened and thus the beer appears freshly tapped. After more than 250 years, the filtration process can now do without the use of isinglass . The beer is therefore suitable in all dosage forms for a vegan diet.

Mix drinks

Guinness Extra Stout and Guinness Draft

The “Black Velvet” drink, created in London's Brooks's Club in 1861, consists half of Guinness beer and the other half of champagne .

Guinness beer is drunk as Black & Tan . It's a mix of Irish Kilkenny and Guinness, with Pils being used instead of Kilkenny in some places . For Midnight , a portion of port wine is added to the Guinness . Poor Man's Black Velvet or Snake bite is becoming increasingly popular and is a mixed drink made from Guinness and cider . Belfast Carbomb or Irish Carbomb consists of Guinness, Irish Cream ( e.g. Baileys ) and Irish whiskey . One way of preparing it is to sink a small glass, which is filled equally with whiskey and Baileys, into a glass of Guinness and drink it immediately. If the mixture is left to stand for a long time, the cream portion of the Irish Cream will flocculate. A fruity variant is the Liverpool Kiss , it consists of Guinness with cassis .

Guinness is also prepared with port wine and Irish whiskey. The mixing ratio is 0.4 l Guinness, 0.08 l port wine and 0.02 l Irish whiskey. Tullamore Dew or Paddy is preferably used for this .

Brewhouse Series

In October 2005, Guinness introduced the Brewhouse Series . New, limited varieties are offered for six months. The first variant in this series was the Brew 39 , which had a slightly different taste than Guinness Draft with the same contents and the same production method as Guinness Draft . It was marketed from autumn 2005 to spring 2006. Toucan Brew , named after the brewery's advertising animal, followed in May 2006 . The North Star Brew was introduced as the last variety so far in October 2006. It also has the ingredients of the Guinness Draft , but the taste has changed due to a slight change in the barley malt mixture.

Sponsorship

From 2005 to 2010, Guinness was the main sponsor of the English top division in rugby union , which was called the Guinness Premiership until the end of the 2009/2010 season .
Since 2015 Guinness has been the main sponsor of the rugby league Pro14 , which bears the name Guinness Pro14.

literature

  • Michele Guinness: The Guinness Spirit: Brewers, Bankers, Ministers and Missionaries . 1999, Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN 0-340-72165-0 .
  • Mark Griffiths: Guinness is Guinness: The Colorful Story of a Black and White Brand . 2004, Cyan Communications, ISBN 0-9542829-4-9 .
  • Tony Corcoran: The Goodness of Guinness: The Brewery, Its People and the City of Dublin . 2005, Liberties Press, ISBN 0-9545335-7-7 .

Web links

Commons : Guinness  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Guinness  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jakob Schmitz: Aufbruch auf Aktien, page 95, ISBN 3-87881-101-2
  2. The Sun: Guinness brewers seeing red
  3. Guinness Germany: Press kit 2006, page 15 ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guinness.de
  4. FAQs guinness.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.