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[5] [6] [7] Ten years later, on 19 May 1769, Guinness first exported his ale: he shipped six-and-a-half barrels to Great Britain. [citation needed] Arthur Guinness started selling the dark beer porter in 1778. [8] The first Guinness beers to use the term "stout" were Single Stout and Double Stout in the 1840s. [9]
Brewing in Ireland has a long history. Production currently stands at over 8 million hectolitres, and approximately half the alcohol consumed is beer. [1] Lager accounts for 63.5% of the beer sold. The market share for stout is 29.3% and ale is 6.2%. [2]
Whitewater - Clotworthy Dobbin. The Celtic tradition of brewing beer almost certainly existed in Ireland from before 1,000 BC using barley. The Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate, in a 1,600-year-old poem, described Celtic beer as smelling “like a billy goat.” [2] Historically Ireland produced ale without the use of hops, as the plant is not native to Ireland, which led in the 18th century ...
Guinness Original/Extra Stout: 4.2 or 4.3% ABV in Ireland and the rest of Europe, 4.1% in Germany, 4.8% in Namibia and South Africa, 5.6% in the United States and Canada, and 6% in Australia and Japan. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout: 7.5% abv version sold in Europe, America, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia.
Diageo needs its leading stout beer Guinness to keep growing fast and is pushing a zero alcohol alternative. Guinness has been a much-needed bright spot in earnings for the world's top spirits ...
Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a Dublin brewery in 1759.By 1880, the brewery at St. James’s Gate was the largest in the world. And it was the largest private employer in the city ...
Typically, these barrels once housed bourbon, whisky, wine, or, to a lesser extent, brandy, sherry, or port. [1] [2] There is a particular tradition of barrel ageing beer in Belgium, notably of lambic beers. [3] The first bourbon barrel-aged beers were produced in the United States in the early 1990s. [4]
The brand is suffering in its native Ireland due to a declining market for stout. [8] It holds a 5 percent share of the Irish stout market, although this is largely a result of its 28 percent share of its native Cork market. [7] Murphy's has a limited presence in Ireland outside of Cork. [7] In 2011, 60,000 hectolitres of Murphy's were sold in ...