guiness beer

Guiness Beer

Guiness beer (namely Guinness) is a famous Irish dry stout beer, one of the most successful brands worldwide that originated from the brewery of Arthur Guinness at Dublin. Guiness beer is originated from the porter style in London during early 18th century. Its distinct burnt flavour is derived from use of roasted unmalted barley. Guiness beer is brewed freshly and blend with a portion of ages brew which gives a sharp lactic flavour, characterising the original Porter. The thick creamy head of Guiness beer is achieved by mixing nitrogen with the beer when being poured. 
The headquarter of Guiness beer company is in London since 1932 and in 1997, it was merged with Grand Metropolictan pic and developed Diageo. Guiness beer was still racked into wooden casks until the late 1950s and changed to aluminium kegs after that.
The ingredients of Guiness beer include brewer's yeast, water, hops, barley and treated with finings which is made from fishes' air bladders. To give Guiness beer its dark color and characteristic taste, a portion of the barley is roasted by pasteurised and filtered. Guiness beer contains only 198 kcal per imperial pint despite of its reputation as a "meal in a glass", that has lower than skimmed milk, orange juice and other non-light beers. Guiness beer is actually a very dark shade of ruby although it appears to be black.

Guiness Beer

Guiness beer draught and its canned counterpart contain nitrogen and carbon dioxide. When Guiness beer is under high pressure, there is no fizziness because nitrogen is less soluble than carbon dioxide. The very small bubbles are formed during high pressure of dissolved gas by forcing the draught beer through fine holes in a plate of the tap. This causes the surge characteristic. Guiness beer draught is perceived to be smooth because of its creaminess of the head caused by fine bubbles arising from the use of nitrogen and its low level carbon dioxide. The Original Extra Stout has a more acidic taste because it contains only carbon dioxide.

Saint Patrick's day is widely celebrated throughout the world as part of Irish culture on 17th March. It began as a Catholic holiday but has now became an official feast day, more of a secular celebration. On this day, people wear green clothes and Guiness is wildly consumed in the pubs for celebration. The best way to enjoy Guiness beer is to chill it for about three hours. When you pour Guiness beer onto a glass that is at room temperature, tilt the glass at a 45 degree angle.

Guiness Beer

Guiness beer remains as one of the best selling alcoholic drink in Ireland and abroad with an annually sales of almost €2 billion.