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  Sir Arthur Guinness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Benjamin Lee Guinness represented the city of Dublin in parliament as a Conservative from 1865 till his death, and in 1867 was created a baronet.
Sir ARTHUR EDWARD GUINNESS, who for some time represented Dublin in parliament, was in 1880 raised to the peerage as Baron Ardilaun, and about the same time disposed of his share in the brewery to his brother Edward Cecil Guinness.
The eldest son of Arthur junior and Anne, born in 1798, was Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness MP, owner of the brewery, Lord Mayor of Dublin and benefactor of St Patrick's Cathedral to the sum of £160,000 between 1860 and 1864.
www.gallot.co.nz /Guinness/Arthur_Guinness.htm   (2000 words)

  
 Famous Irish Lives - Aurthur Guinness
Guinness was born in Celbridge, Co Kildare, in 1725.
In 1778, Guinness began to brew porter - the darker beer containing roasted barley and first drunk by London porters - and exploited Ireland's new canals to extend his market.
Guinness gradually handed over control to three sons, and spent his last years at Beaumont, his country home in Drumcondra, now a Dublin suburb.
www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/people/whoswho/guinness.shtm   (368 words)

  
 Guinness
Arthur Guinness Son & Co., founded 1756, produces a dark stout (a type of beer), known widely as Guinness, brewed at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland since 1759.
Draught Guinness is considered at its best flavor when served cool and poured slowly; half is poured, and left to settle, before the rest is added.
The grandson of the original Arthur Guinness, Sir Benjamin Guinness, was Lord Mayor of Dublin and was created a baronet in 1867 and died the next year.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/g/gu/guinness.html   (408 words)

  
 Guinness Questions Answered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The perfect pint of Guinness is served using the 'two-part' pour.
Guinness is fl because of the way the ingredients are prepared.
Guinness does not have an actual definition, but is the registered trademark for the world famous stout.
webpages.marshall.edu /~bennett7/guinness/guinqna.htm   (613 words)

  
 Guinness Is Not Irish, printer friendly
From the original brewer, Arthur Guinness, to the current owner, the Diageo Corporate group, to the policies that have affected the workforce, it is quite clear that Guinness is not, nor has it ever been, Irish.
Arthur Guinness was born in 1725 and was the son of Richard Guinness and Elizabeth Read.
According to Guinness marketing literature, “He was the man who, in 1759, took a chance and signed a 9000 year lease, at an annual rent of £45, on a disused brewery in Dublin…;.
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 Interactivist Info Exchange | Guinness Stout: From English to Corporate Colonial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was here that Arthur Guinness developed his skill in the brewing trade, and by 1755 he was already being identified as “Arthur Guinness of Leixlip, County Dublin, brewer.” When Arthur Price passed away in 1752, he left Richard Guinness and his godson Arthur £100 each.
Guinness to become tenant to the city for water, which he has hitherto declined, insisting upon a right, thereto, without paying any compensation for the same, and though he has several times promised to show his title, he has now totally refused it.
Guinness came on the scene, took a pickaxe from one of the workmen, and ‘with very much improper language’ declared that they should not proceed with the job, ‘saying that if they filled up the watercourse from end to end, he would open it up again.’
info.interactivist.net /article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0153220   (3050 words)

  
 Arthur Guinness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Guinness (September 24, 1725 – January 23, 1803) was an Irish brewer and the founder of Guinness Breweries.
He was born in Celbridge, County Kildare, the son of an Anglican land steward.
Five years later he left his younger brother in charge of that enterprise and moved on to another in St. James' Gate, Dublin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_Guinness   (181 words)

  
 Guinness
Arthur Guinness started brewing the famous stout in Dublin in 1759, having purchased a dormant brewery with £100 which he had been left in his godfather’s will.
Before the close of the 19th century, the Guinness brewery was the largest in the world, and the company, Arthur Guinness and Sons,was floated on the London Stock Exchange.
The first press advertisements for Guinness did not appear until 1929 and read 'As a result of quality, and quality alone, the Guinness brewery has grown to be by far the largest in the world'.
www.diageo.com /en-row/ourbrands/ourglobalbrands/guinness   (441 words)

  
 The Story of Guinness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Guinness is one of the best-recognized names in the beer industry and the reputation of this dark stout precedes it wherever it goes.
Guinness has long been the most popular beer in Ireland and is inherently associated with that Nation.
Arthur Guinness brewed a beer that was relatively unknown in Ireland (at the time Irish people drank more whiskey, gin and poteen than beer).
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/travel_in_ireland/52342   (569 words)

  
 Anyone Call A Guinness
Arthur Guinness was so successful at brewing his porter that he eventually ousted all imports from the Irish market, and captured a large share of the English market and revolutionized the brewing industry.
In 1821 Arthur's company developed and brewed the companies first brew of extra Superior porter and the pint of Guinness was born.
Over a hundred and seventy years on Guinness is still one of the most popular available on the market today, and as a result the Guinness Franchises is worth billions of pounds each year.
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In spite of this and the poor quality of beer available in larger centers link Dublin, it was recognized, paradoxically, that brewing - although constantly under threat from imports - was probably the most prosperous of the very few industries in Ireland at that time.
In addition to ales, Arthur Guinness brewed a beer relatively new to Ireland that contained roasted barley which gave it a characteristically dark color.
Guinness is now also brewed in 35 countries around the world, but all these overseas brews must contain a flavored extract brewed here at St. James's Gate.
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 The Story of Guinness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
So the very special brewing skills of Arthur's brewery, remain at the heart of every one of the 10 million glasses of Guinness enjoyed every day across the world.
In the first half of the century Guinness was distributed in wooden Guinness - St. James' Gate Brewery casks.
Note: the Lady Patricia and the Miranda Guinness were both decommisioned in 1992 and are sorely missed from the quays.
webpages.marshall.edu /~bennett7/guinness/guinstor.htm   (1438 words)

  
 The Perfect Pint Of Guinness - 1 2 Travel Ireland Information Guide
Born in 1725 in Co. Kildare, Arthur was the son of the Archbishop of Cashel’s steward and brewer.
Guinness® Stout was born and today is still brewed at St James Gate in Dublin, and almost 50 countries around the world.
The ingredients of Guinness are specially roasted barley, water from St James’ Wells in the Wicklow Mountains, hops, for flavor and aroma, yeast descended from Arthur Guinness’ original batch and a touch of that Guinness® magic!
www.12travel.com /ie/Dublin/guinness.html   (457 words)

  
 GUINNESS STOUT BEER, ARTHUR GUINNESS AND ST JAMES STREET DUBLIN IRELAND BREWING HISTORY | THE RAM INN FIRLE.
Arthur Guinness, the godson of the Archbishop of Cashel, started his brewing business at St James's Gate in the centre of Dublin, Ireland in 1759.
Arthur started with a small brewery oin Leixip in County Kildare, where he learned the brewing business; he was just 27.
Mothers would teach their daughters to find a Guinness man. They meant of course a Guinness worker or better stilla family member, not a drinker.
www.budweiser-beer.net /guinness.htm   (918 words)

  
 Guinness is Welsh? Can't be!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The company's official history says Arthur Guinness developed his taste for dark ales on visits to London, where he drank a brew called porter, named after the porters of Covent Garden.
The claim has been given added weight by the identification of the site where Arthur Guinness is believed to have stopped on the last leg of his journeys to Holyhead, England, where he boarded a ship for Dublin.
Guinness tasted a whole range of local brews on his journey between London and Holyhead, but it was the fl wine that took his fancy.
www.rugbyfootball.com /guinness.html   (454 words)

  
 Brand Marketing: Guinness
But it was even more important to set the stage for the future: to use an ultramodern facility to breathe life into an aging brand, to reconnect an old company with young (and skeptical) customers, and to use the past to prepare employees for what comes next.
Guinness Storehouse is located in what had been an old abandoned fermentation plant within the main Guinness brewing complex in a gritty, industrial part of Dublin.
At first, Guinness executives didn't think that they needed to devote the entire Storehouse building to the new visitors' center, and no one had the slightest intention of turning the structure into a subtle-but-stunning icon of the Dublin skyline: a massive pint glass topped with an illuminated circular bar.
www.fastcompany.com /magazine/58/marketing.html   (1434 words)

  
 The Guinness Collectors Club - The Guinness Story
In spite of this and the poor quality of beer available in larger centers like Dublin, it was recognised, paradoxically, that brewing - although constantly under threat from imports - was probably the most prosperous of the very few industries in Ireland at that time.
GUINNESS is now also brewed in 35 other countries around the world, but all these overseas brews must contain a flavoured extract brewed at St. James's Gate.
So the very special brewing skills of Arthur's brewery, remain at the heart of every one of the 10 million pints of GUINNESS enjoyed every day across the world.
www.guinntiques.com /guinness_story/default.asp   (567 words)

  
 BBC News | WALES | Welsh genius behind Ireland's favourite
Guinness - the most Irish of all Irish drinks - was originally made in Wales, according to an expert in Welsh food and drink.
Arthur Guinness, who made his fortune selling the "fl gold" was probably inspired by a barrel of porter shipped over from north Wales.
"There is a very strong chance that the drink that inspired Arthur Guinness came from a small pub just outside Llanfairfechan on the north Wales coast on the main coaching route between London and Dublin," he said.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/618355.stm   (343 words)

  
 Guinness, Food and Drink of Ireland
Arthur Guinness Son & Co., founded 1756, produces a dark stout beer (a type of porter), known widely as Guinness.
Guinness stout is made from four natural ingredients: water, barley, hops and yeast.
The perceived smoothness of draught Guinness is due to the low acidity and the creaminess of the head caused by the surging.
www.magicaljourneys.com /Ireland/ireland-interest-food-guinness.html   (1529 words)

  
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Quite worn away by age and very ill-equipped, Arthur had the vision of a brewery to rival those of England and the rest of Europe, and the foresight secured a legendary 9,000 year lease on the land.
Guinness began brewing traditional Dublins ales, but as the popularity of a new brew called a “porter” hit Ireland, he decided to try his hand at that.
Arthur Guinness and Sons deliberately chose the harp symbol as its logo to appeal to nationalist pride in Ireland.
www.homebrewadventures.com /articles/article03180001.shtml   (1124 words)

  
 Anyone Call A Guinness
In 1759 Arthur Guinness took over a small disused brewery at St Jame's Gate on the outskirts of Dublin, and leased it for 9000 years at an annual rent of £45 per year!
Arthur Guinness was so sucessful at brewing his porter that he eventually ousted all imports from the Irish market, and captured a large share of the english market and revolutionised the brewing industry.
In 1821 Arthur's company developed and brewed the companys first brew of extra Superior porter and the pint of Guinness was born.Over a hundred and seventy years on Guinness is still one of the most popular available on the market today, and as a result the Guinness Francise is worth billions of pounds each year.
members.tripod.com /~steveon2/guinness.htm   (415 words)

  
 Scottish Brewing Archive - SBA Collections - Arthur Guinness, Son & Co (Dublin) Ltd
Arthur Guinness established the St James’s Gate Brewery, Dublin, in 1759.
Arthur Guinness, Son and Co Ltd was registered as a limited liability company in 1886, the Guinness family retaining a substantial interest in the business.
In 1956 marketing in Northern Ireland was taken over by Arthur Guinness, Son and Co (Belfast) Ltd. In the 1960s and 1970s the company diversified by acquiring a wide range of businesses involved in confectionery manufacture, leisure, catering, retailing and publishing.
www.archives.gla.ac.uk /sba/sbacolls/ags.html   (514 words)

  
 Guinness Storehouse Archives American Stout Lover - Beer and Brewing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Through his stubborn and persistent nature, Arthur Guinness developed the business by a dedication to crafting a beer that was the envy of Dublin.
As the demand for Guinness grew across international boundaries, the brewery became a part of the Guinness family heritage.
Today, Guinness Storehouse stands at the spot where Arthur Guinness signed that first lease, fusing the past with the present in an archival history that extends throughout the world.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art36345.asp   (477 words)

  
 Guinness Beer FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Arthur Guinness and Sons deliberately chose the harp symbol as its logo or symbol to appeal to nationalist pride in Ireland.
According to the explanation, Trinity allowed Guinness to use the harp which appears in the Trinity coat of arms as part of their logo, and in return Guinness agreed to provide free Guinness for Commons in perpetuity.
Guinness Special Export Stout (8.0% abv, made in Dublin) A/RM The letters and numbers preceding the six-digit number are actually written with the first letter over the other two.
www.ivo.se /guinness/faq.html   (1309 words)

  
 ARTHUR GUINNESS
Guinness sells its beers in more than 150 countries, and employs around 13,0000 people worldwide.
So Guinness decided to open a new brewery within a 25 mile radius of London.
In each building,too, operations are arranged as far as possible so that gravity is used to move materials from one stage to the next.
www.iol.ie /~ange/guinness.htm   (511 words)

  
 GUINNESS - Draught - Stout : Buy online @ TheDrinkShop.com
Arthur Guinness took his time in getting round to brewing stout, but when he did it, it was worth the wait.
Arthur inherited the money at the age of 27 and honed his skills with a small brewery in Leixlip in Co. Kildare.
Arthur did not lack energy or self-belief so although that particular fight took him 12 years to win, win it he did.
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 Guinness — Irish London Drink Guide
In 1759 Arthur Guinness, rather speculatively, took over a deserted brewery at Dublin’s St James’s Gate, moreover he leased it for 9,000 years at a rent of £45 per annum – obviously intending on staying awhile.
In the 200 years since these events Guinness has become the most famous Irish drink in the world and continues to be sunk in vast quantities wherever it is sold.
They do a good pint of Guinness (and yes, the Guinness in England is different to that in Ireland because it's pasteurised for the journey - in Ireland it's left alone.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /drink_feat_guinness.asp   (589 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - Arts
Arthur Guinness was born in 1725, the son of a prosperous land agent in County Kildare.
It was in the 1790s that Guinness began producing what became its trademark product, a rich dark porter that came to be known as stout.
Interestingly, Guinness called his brew "Black Protestant Porter," a name that reflected his opposition to the United Irishmen led by Wolfe Tone (in the nineteenth century the Guinness family mellowed a bit and became supporters of Catholic emancipation).
www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=12381   (916 words)

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