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How Guinness Led a Modern Nitro-Stout Takeover of Britain’s Pubs

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This pub, reopened in November last year, is run by Dubliner Oisín Rogers and Guinness has quickly become a central part of its appeal: More than 60 percent of the beer sold here is Ireland’s famous stout. If that makes the Devonshire unique, then this large street-corner pub is typical in another way. or Ireland.

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We Asked 10 Brewers: What’s Your Go-To Stout (That Isn’t Irish)?

VinePair

Someone’s first stout is often the ubiquitous Irish stout Guinness. But this balanced classic is far from the only option for drinkers who acquire a preference for a stout’s signature maltiness. The stout is a classic beer style that most beer-makers will brew at least once, and may always have on rotation.

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Ireland’s Guinness & Black Is as Divisive as It Is Delicious

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Guinness and Black, a mix of the stout beer and black currant cordial, has a divisive reputation at pubs in Ireland, despite being delicious.

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Try These Things If You Are Going To A Pub For The First Time

PubClub

For some people, the first time in a pub is probably enthralling but a little intimidating. These include proper etiquette in a pub as well as what drink to order. Here’s how to go about it so that things will not be so difficult the first time you walk into a pub. It is possible to have fun.

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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

We now know what this year’s Bourbon County Stout variants will be. There was a BCS Cordial Stout (with chocolate, cocoa nibs and Amarena cherries), an intriguing sounding Upside Down Cake Stout (with pineapple, vanilla, brown sugar and Maraschino cherries) and this Proprietors label for a BCS Junior Mint. Or Andes Candy.

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The Enduring Obsession With the Two-Part Guinness Pour

VinePair

Long-time Guinness ambassador Ryan Wagner estimates that 90 percent of American bartenders know that if a customer orders a pint of Guinness Draught Stout, there’s something different they have to do. Allow it to settle for 86 seconds then top it off, yielding the perfect pint of dry Irish stout in, oh, I don’t know, 119.5

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That One Time Ireland Deemed the Guinness Widget a More Important Innovation Than the Internet

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Nitrogenated stouts, namely Guinness. In 1959, mathematician-turned-brewer Michael Ash made the groundbreaking decision to add nitrogen to Guinness Stout, giving the beer its signature creamy, luscious mouthfeel that we associate with it today. And for the residents of Ireland, perhaps nothing is better than a proper pint of stout.

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