In 1759, Arthur Guinness, a 34-year-old man with some brewing experience, took over an abandoned brewery in Dublin, Ireland, named St. James Gate. A full 250 years later, Guinness is the No. 1 stout in the world.
Here are a few facts every Guinness lover should know about the brew.
St. James’ Gate Brewery, in Dublin was leased for 9,000 years by the Guinness family, for an annual fee of about £45 (about $67).
Arthur Guinness never brewed a stout, he started with Ales and Porters.
His son, Arthur Guinness II created the recipe for a Guinness Extra Superior Porter, the precursor to today’s stout.
Africans prefer Guinness Extra Foreign Stout, it has a higher alcohol content at 7.5% than Ireland, UK and the U.S (around 4.0%).
Three of the five Guinness breweries are in Africa: Nigerian Ghana and Cameroon.
Believe it or not, the official color of Guinness is not brown or black, it’s ruby red.
40% of Guinness is sold in Africa