Dublin 8
Telephone: +353 (0)1 408 4800
Hours: The "Guinness Storehouse" is open daily 9:30am-5:00pm.
Brewer: Fergal Murrray
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Visited: October 25, 2009
Opened: 1759
Annual Production: 82,900,000 hl
U.S. Importer: Diageo-Guinness USA, Norwalk, CT
Contributors: Mario Kornmesser, george mitchell, Richard R Tinurelli
Guinness merged with food giant GrandMet in November 1997. The $36,000,000,000 deal created Diageo, the world's seventh-largest food and beverage congomerate, with brands that include Burger King (which they sold in 2002 for US$2,260,000,000), Gordon's Gin, Johnnie Walker, Bell's Scotch, Bailey's Irish Cream, Pillsbury (which they sold in 2001 for US$10,400,000,000), and Haagen-Dasz.
Besides the Dublin brewery, Guinness owns:
- Cherry's (Waterford),
- Guinness (London),
- Harp (Dundalk),
- Macardle (Dundalk), and
- Smithwick (Kilkenny).
(Information from Michael Jackson's The New World Guide to Beer, map on pages 146-147.)
The Blonde American Lager is brewed at City Brewing, Latrobe PA.
Updated: October 17, 2020
News
- 2014-10-22: New Guinness offering taps the luxury beer market (CNBC)
- 2014-08-01: Guinness Experiments with New Blonde American Lager (Foodbeast)
- 2012-10-07: Guinness going into the airline business (BeerPulse)
- 2011-12-15: Guinness settles on St James's Gate (The Irish Times)
- 2011-08-23: Guinness counts on chilled reception for new lager (CNBC)
- 2009-07-02: Drink Beer, Win a Trip to Space (SPACE.com)
- 2007-12-17: Guinness family's origins smaller beer than thought (Belfast Telegraph)
- 2007-11-29: Dublin beer bandit raids Guinness (BusinessWeek)
Beer List
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Date: August 27, 2011 (#8632)Package: bottledPlace: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NEScore: 16½ pointsAppearance (3)
Black. Low head.Aroma (3)
Mildly roasty, mildly grassy.Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, fizzy. Roasty and bitter, just like Draught Guinness. Clean, roasty, grassy finish, just like Draught Guinness.Overall Impression (2½)
Tastes just like Draught Guinness.
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Date: July 18, 2003 (#4966)Package: bottledPlace: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WIScore: 13 pointsOverall Impression (2½)
"Serve extra cold. Drink straight from the bottle." These are bad omens. The beer is black, and when poured into a glass, it cascades like the nitro version, but not as much. The aroma is strongly herbal, and not at all roasty. It has a very light body, and the flavor is very mildly roasty, but mostly very clean...almost no flavor at all. Arthur would NOT be happy.
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Date: October 26, 2009 (#7991)Package: bottledPlace: at the breweryScore: 17 pointsAppearance (3)
Black. Massive head.Aroma (2½)
Malt. Roast. Licorice. Diacetyl.Mouthfeel (9)
Big and chewy. Big and black. Roasty, sweet, and bitter.Overall Impression (2½)
This is how I remember "Guinness Extra Stout" used to be in the States.
