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Nassau, Bahamas - "In 1759 it started with a dream. 251 years later, it continues with a
worldwide celebration for a man that would make that dream a reality,
Arthur Guinness."
The Bahamas loves Guinness! On September 16th Guinness' Official Brewmaster visited The Bahamas and held a special free reception at the British Colonial Hilton held for media and special guests. Fergal Murray talked about the history of the Guinness brand and the vision of the creator, Arthur Guinness. He also showed how to properly pour the perfect Guinness.
Making the most of a £100 inheritance from his Godfather, the
34 year old Arthur employed shrewd business acumen to secure a 9,000
year lease on the property that would become the site of the first
Guinness brewery. The four acre property at St. James Gate in Dublin
Ireland is still home to Guinness.
Two years after laying the foundation to what would become the
internationally recognized Guinness empire, Arthur set his sights on
family. He wed Olivia Whitmore in 1761 and fathered 21 children over
the course of the marriage.
The market for ale was extreme competitive in the last 1770's
and Guinness competed with scores of other breweries at the time. To
gain a competitive advantage, Arthur began offering porter - a darker
beer brewed from roasted barley. Arthur's perfected Guinness "Extra
Stout Porter" was such a hit, Guinness stopped brewing ale in 1799.
The stronger, fuller bodied porter developed by Arthur then came to be
known simply as Stout.
Prior to his death in 1803, Arthur gradually handed control of
the Guinness Empire to three of his sons. And Guinness continued to
grow. By 1825 Guinness Stout became available internationally; by 1838
the original Guinness St. James Gate Brewery became the largest in
Ireland; by 1881 Guinness production surpassed a million barrels a
year; and by 1914 St. James Gate became the largest brewery in the
world. It still remains one of the most modern breweries and provides
the flavored extract used by Guinness breweries in over 35 countries
worldwide.
Today, over 10 million glasses of Guinness are enjoyed every
day across the globe. That's 10 million glasses that will be raised to
toast a great man in celebration of Arthur Guinness Day on
September 23."
5 sec SLIDE SHOW Photos courtesy of Kristaan Ingraham
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Photo: Kristaan Ingraham
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