Oh, I love this Guinness. As you know, I'm a fan of dark beer anyway and today I treated myself to another delicious Guinness for darts. Unfortunately only from the can, but better than nothing.
The first one always tastes a bit bitter, but from the second you get used to it and only the 13th tastes a bit funny again ....lol
In its full-bodied taste, the top-fermented strong beer shows its full, strong body of malt, which has light aromas of smoky oak, acidity, bread and sweet caramel and is surprisingly dry in its long finish with an increasingly spicy, bitter hop aroma.
A few years ago, when we were in Ireland, we had the opportunity to take a tour of the brewery and do a tasting. It was really exciting to learn about the history and the whole process of how Guinness is brewed. It was very impressive and at the end we were also allowed to learn how to tap a Guinness properly and we received a certificate at the end.
Unfortunately, I can no longer find a photo of the brewery in my iCloud, so I downloaded the photo from irland.com for the post
Thank goodness there are plenty of Irish pubs in Berlin where you can enjoy a freshly tapped beer. Unfortunately, we do that far too rarely. I also have to decide whether I'd rather have a Murphys or not.
A few years ago, I had the chance to attend a reception at the Irish Embassy in Berlin and of course there was Guinness to drink. That was very pleasant.
Here a litle bit more Information about the Brewery:
Arthur Guinness - a brewing legend
The story of Guinness began over 250 years ago when Arthur Guinness from Celbridge in County Kildare decided to run a brewery. In 1759, he signed a 9,000-year lease on a plot of land at St. James's Gate in Dublin city center. He slowly built up the Guinness brewery and ten years later began exporting barrels of stout to England by ship.
By 1868, St. James's Gate was a kind of mini-town with a cooperage, a barley malting plant and even its own railroad and fire department. The company built its own barges to transport the barrels along Ireland's waterways and employed scientists to perfect the stout.
When you arrive at the Guinness Storehouse and walk along the brewery buildings, cobbled streets and streetcar tracks to the famous black gates, history comes to life - this is the largest stout brewery in the world. Take a journey through the life and history of this iconic beer during a visit.
So Good Evening and Cheers #beersaturday