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Arthur Guinness & Son
(Diageo)
Dublin, Ireland
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St. James's Gate
8 Dublin
Hours: The "Guinness Storehouse" is open daily 9:30am-5:00pm.
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Notes

Updated: April 9, 2008

Annual Production: 82,900,000 hl

U.S. Importer: Diageo-Guinness USA, Norwalk, CT

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.)

18 June 2007: Diageo is said to be considering abandoning this historic site.

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Beer List

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    Draught
    4.20% abv.
    • Date: July 18, 2003 (#4966)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI
      Score: 13 points
      Overall Impression
      "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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    Extra Stout
    • Date: January 19, 2008 (#6834)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Hy-Vee, Columbus NE
      Score: 15½ points
      Appearance (3)
      Black. Thick foamy head.
      Aroma (2½)
      Malty. Very mild roast.
      Mouthfeel (8)
      Medium body, smooth. Really malty and quite roasty. Bitterness from roasted malts and from hops. Mild alcohol in the finish.
      Overall Impression (2)
      Sweeter, nowhere near as assertive as it was 20 years ago. This particular bottle was brewed by "Guinness Brewing Company, New Brunswick, Canada".
    • Date: November 6, 2001 (#3977)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Sam's Wine and Spirits, Chicago IL
      Score: 13½ points
      Overall Impression
      Black, thick tan head. Diacetyl odor, black malt aroma. Light-medium body, quite a lot of diacetyl flavor, lots of black roasty fairly acidic malt.
    • Date: March 31, 1996 (#1342)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Moloka`i Wines and Spirits Unlimited, Kaunakakai HI
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression
      Black, huge brown head. Sweet-sour black aroma. Black flavor, bitter. Lots of licorice flavor. Lots of hop flavor. Long bitter finish.
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    Harp Lager
    American-Style Lager
    • Date: July 23, 2003 (#4972)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI
      Score: 12 points
      Overall Impression
      Pale golden. Thick head. Sweet, sulfury aroma. Light body, very fizzy. Sweet and sticky. "Brewed and bottled by Guinness Brewing Company, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Product of Canada."
    • Date: June 21, 1996 (#1524)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Kamuela Liquor Store, Kamuela HI
      Score: 10 points
      Overall Impression
      Lots of suspended chunks. Low carbonation and head. Yellow. Aroma a little sharp, sweet. Good body. Sweetish, with some oxidation evident. Astringent finish. Ten points is pretty generous.
    • Date: March 14, 1995 (#803)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 17 points
      Overall Impression
      Golden, clear, lots of carbonation, good head. Crisp and clean, malt aroma. Light body, but full flavor. Sweet finish, good malt flavors.
    • Date: July 5, 1993 (#125)
      Package: draught
      Place: Lyon's Brewery, Dublin CA
      Score: 16 points
      Overall Impression
      Yellow, thick head. Hoppy nose, but not "European". Thick, bitter, fizzy. Better than I remember it...maybe because it's my first pint of the day!
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    Pub Draught
    Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
    • Date: July 18, 2003 (#4967)
      Package: canned
      Place: Peabody's Ale House, Oshkosh WI
      Score: 15 points
      Overall Impression
      Looks more like the nitro version than the bottled "Draught". Very mildly roasty aroma. Light body. Smooth. Very mildly roasty, and just a hint of the trademark Guinness sour mash. More interesting than the bottled "Draught", but not as good as the nitro version (used to be).
    • Date: March 2, 1996 (#1341)
      Package: canned
      Place: Moloka`i Wines and Spirits Unlimited, Kaunakakai HI
      Score: 15½ points
      Overall Impression
      Big tan head...not white like the real thing. Black as night. Very black aroma. Very black flavor. Full body makes it pretty smooth. Long fairly black mildly bitter slightly smoky finish.
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    Buy Guinness Smithwick
    Smithwick's Irish Ale
    Irish-Style Red Ale
    4.50% abv.
  • Special Export Stout
    Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
    8.00% abv.
  • Stout
    Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout