Looking for a reason to drink good beer? Hate prohibition? Like the 30s? Then check out Lucky Bucket’s Speak Easy Party April 17th at the brewery. Here is the press release.
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company & Sòlas Distillery are hosting a “Speak Easy” Costume Party on April 17th from 8pm until 1am at their brewery located [...]
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History of the Guinness Brewery
Posted By Ryan Cairns on March 13th, 2009
Guinness brewery has a very long and rich history. Because of this I will merely be scratching the surface of telling the breweries story and I encourage you to check out the companies web site. They have some pretty amazing history information on their site available for all to see. <click here>
Arthur Guinness leased a brewery in Leixlip in 1755 brewing ale. Later he put his younger brother in charge of this brewery and moved on to the St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin in 1759. Upon taking over the brewery he signed a 9,000 year lease. The first Guinness was exported May 19, 1769 when six and a half barrels of ale were shipped to England.
His sales of porter are listed on tax data from 1778 during a time shortly after many brewers in the Dublin area had experimented with brewing porters in the 1760’s. (more…)
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Episode 131 – The Guinness Challenge
Posted By John on March 13th, 2009
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day we started the Guinness challenge. We rounded up three versions of Guinness. Two of them were draught. One in bottle one in a can. They were supposed to be the same, but we found out they each were a bit different.
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Beers of the Week:
Beer: Guinness Draught (Bottle)
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St James Gate in Dublin, Ireland
Notes: Thin and smooth. The malt hits in the end with tastes of chocolate and coffee. Ranked in #3 in the Guinness Challenge.
| John: B | Brian: B- | Ryan: B | Overall Grade: |
B- |
| Marissa: B- | Anne: C |
Beer: Guinness Draught (Can)
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St James Gate in Dublin, Ireland
Notes: Creamer than the bottle. Formed a nice head. The malt in this version was more apparent in the front of the flavor. More flavors of coffe and chocolate. Ranked #2 in the Guinness Challange.
| John: B+ | Brian: B | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: B | Anne: B |
Beer: Guinness Import Extra Stout
Brewery: Guinness Brewery New Brunswick, Canada
Notes: The clear winner. It is thinker and robust coffee flavors with playful chocolate flavors throughout. It was the clear winner of the Guinness Challange. Funny Canadian Guinness beats Irish Guinness. Who would have thought.
| John: A- | Brian: B+ | Ryan: A- | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: B+ | Anne: B+ |
Beer: Smithwicks Irish Ale
Brewery: Guinness Brewery at St. James Gate in Dublin Ireland
Notes: Great roasted malt flavor. Very enjoyable.
| John: B | Brian: B | Ryan: B+ | Overall Grade: |
B+ |
| Marissa: A | Anne: B- |
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Thanks for listening
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