| Guinness is an Irish institution and if you visit any pub | | | | The Irish are obsessive about their Guinness, and go |
| in Ireland you will see Guinness has pride of place at | | | | as far as only buying pints from barmen they trust or |
| the bar. Often referred to as 'the black stuff,' | | | | send back pints because there are bubbles in the |
| Guinness is a stout beer which is typically a malt beer | | | | head. It is a theory in Ireland, that the closer the keg |
| with a caramel flavour and bitterness in the finish. | | | | is to the tap, the better the Guinness. |
| Guinness is made with four natural ingredients (water, | | | | Guinness is world famous for the unique way it is |
| barley, hops, yeast) and with the addition of isinglass | | | | poured. Best served cool, Guinness should be poured |
| during the filtration process. | | | | slowly into a glass at an angle so bubbles do not |
| Guinness was first brewed in 1759, but it was not | | | | form. Once filled three quarters of the way, the |
| until 1769 that the beer was exported. Arthur | | | | Guinness is left to stand and settle. Once settled, the |
| Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for an unused | | | | pint should be 'topped up' by holding the Guinness |
| brewery St James Gate brewery in 1959, a lease | | | | under the tap, and by pushing the tap forwards. A |
| that cost only £45 per year. Today St James | | | | pint pulled in such a manner will have a creamy head |
| Gate is the second largest brewery in the world and | | | | that will last till the end. As stated in one of |
| amazingly 10million glasses of Guinness are drunk | | | | Guinness's adverts, the perfect pint of Guinness |
| every day across the world. | | | | takes 1:20.5 seconds. |
| In Ireland the way Guinness is poured is always a | | | | If you are planning to visit Dublin, be sure to enjoy at |
| talking point. If you are in an Irish bar you are sure to | | | | least one pint of Guinness in a traditional bar, |
| here people comment on the quality of their pint | | | | preferably with Irish stew and brown bread. |
| which would be strange anywhere else but in Ireland. | | | | |
