Guinness

Guinness, officially St. James' Gate brewery, is a beer brewery in Dublin, Ireland. The brewery was founded in 1759 by Arthur Guinness and originally produced a porter. A stout-porter later emerged from this porter, the current stout. The brewery's best-known product, also known as Guinness for short, is a beer of the stout type. The colour of Guinness is often mistaken for black, but in the right light it can be seen that the beer is actually ruby red, which is confirmed by Guinness itself.

According to the brewery, the beer is still brewed as it used to be, with four ingredients: water, barley, hops and yeast. The water used in this process comes from a source some distance from Dublin in the Wicklow Mountains and not from the River Liffey that flows through Dublin, as many Irish try to convince each other. According to tradition, the beer should be poured in such a way that a clover or a harp (both symbols are characteristic of Ireland) can be drawn in the solid foam head during tapping. Finally, the foam is allowed to settle and tapping is continued until the glass is filled with beer.