Does Guinness Really Taste Better in Dublin?

Ireland is synonymous with Guinness, and manymixture is the unfermented but hopped Guinness
visitors to the country visit Dublin; not only to drinkwort extract which is exported from Dublin to be
the famous stout, but also to visit where it is stilladded to the local brew. The market for the sale of
made at the James's Gate Brewery in the heart ofGuinness in Nigeria is actually the third fastest
Dublin. Rumoured to taste better in its country ofgrowing, and there they brew and sell Guinness
origin, a surprising number of tourists need to find outForeign Extra Stout which uses sorghum instead of
for themselves if this gossip holds water.barley. But there is not only one Guinness brew.
Guinness was developed by Arthur Guinness whoThere are many different varieties with distinct
began brewing the stout in 1759. Born in 1725 neartastes and which ones you encounter depends highly
Celbridge, Ireland, he most likely learned abouton where you are in the world.
brewing from an early age from his father, whoGuinness draught is the famous stout drawn from a
worked as a land steward and brewed beer for thetap in a pub. It can also be purchased worldwide in a
workers on the estate. Arthur became the god-soncan - complete with a widget that creates that
of the bishop of the estate and when he died, heperfect foam head. For true Guinness lovers a short
left young Arthur £100 in his will. With that moneycity break to Dublin is a must in order to visit the
he started brewing in Leixlip, outside of Dublin. Inoriginal brewery.
1759 he moved to the city to set-up on his own andMeanwhile, the newest possible member of the
thus Guinness was born.Guinness community, Guinness Red, began
The composition of Guinness is the same as all stoutstest-marketing in the UK but we have yet to see if it
and beers containing water, barley, malt, hops, andwill be fully launched. However, if they do choose to
brewers yeast. The dark colour of Guinness isbegin large scale brewing of Guinness Red, the
achieved from a portion of the barley that is flakedmarketers are certain to come up with a grand new
and roasted. The colour of Guinness is actually a darkcatchy campaign like we have seen in the past for
ruby and not the black that many think. AnotherGuinness. Guinness has a long history of award
misconception that many have is that drinking a pintwinning marketing campaigns and also sells a lot of
of Guinness is equivalent to eating a meal. On theGuinness promotional items like beer mats, caps and
contrary, a pint of the dark stuff only contains 198posters. Their newest campaign features the tagline
calories - less than an equal portion of skimmed milk."good things come to those who wait" which refers
Guinness is brewed outside of Ireland in manyto the length of time it takes to pour a proper pint
countries around the world. However, added to theof Guinness.