Top ten facts about Guinness - PHOTOS & VIDEOS

Some top facts and tips about 'The Black Stuff'

KATE HICKEY,

IrishCentral Editor

Published Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 8:08 AM

Updated Thursday, January 5, 2012, 6:03 PM

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bradybradyisaid | Jan 07, 2012, 05:37 AM EST

Would never take a chance with so many imitations cropping up Prefer to say "Pint 'o Guinness, please; see you in four minutes." and who gives a damn what religion is making it..just enjoy!

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citizen69 | Jan 04, 2012, 12:26 PM EST

@Kilsally: Wise up man! God forbid that Irish-Central would ever admit that anything good could ever have come out of Unionism/Protestantism in Ireland!

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christilcaugh | Jan 04, 2012, 10:38 AM EST

Sadly, the lovely stuff here in the Staes is more than a bit bitter because of pasteurization. But I loved it in Ireland, and do still drink it here!

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IrelandNorth | Jan 04, 2012, 06:02 AM EST

I hate to spoil a good illusion, but 99% of Irish people couldn't give a fiddler's fart how or where this glorified piss is brewed. The Guinness family has been distraught by the bad karma of their progenitor, who made his fortune from an intoxication industry (II) that wreaked havoc in successive generations of the Irish working classes.

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Kilsally | Jan 03, 2012, 06:05 PM EST

No mention that the Guinness family were both Protestant & Unionist considering themselves both Irish & British

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JBRAFTREE | Jan 03, 2012, 03:58 PM EST

I've easily done my part and several others' part as well. When I was in Galway in May, last, I thought I'd try ordering 'a pint of plain', they didn't know what I wanted. I tried this in several places. Must be indiginous to Dublin, or in the East. Pint o Black is still the best!!!

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Murph46 | Jan 03, 2012, 02:48 PM EST

Wow bluesman,drinkin with God with your dog named Guinness,I'll have to name my next dog Jameson.Up the Irish!

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bluesman | Jan 03, 2012, 12:15 PM EST

Yes indeed. God drinks it himself. We named our dog guinness!

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Murph46 | Jan 03, 2012, 11:48 AM EST

Guinness has been good for me!

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faberm1 | Jan 03, 2012, 10:42 AM EST

You missed the NUMBER 1 fact about Guinness. It is absolutely the BEST BEER IN THE WORLD. Is í an fhior í !!!!