Africa Loves Guinness Beer
277 Beer Saturday's With A Twist
Brewed in Dublin enjoyed in Durban, why this black stout is so enjoyed on the African continent lets take a look back into the history.
Guinness brewing company opened their first brewery outside the British Isles in Nigeria in the year1963 then extended it's growth. Within this link you will learn Guinness Extra Foreign Stout's ingredients were slightly different to the original using maize or sorghum resulting in a more bitter taste to barley used in Ireland.
Picture Sourced John Atherton - Advertisement from 1968
Guinness Stout became a firm favourite extending to breweries in this region, any beer lover is happily rewarded with this magic black liquid, firm foam head.
A little history to get going, we have not been able to obtain this stout in many months since lockdown, prohibition, export/imports all going array over the past couple of years.
Every time I visit wishing my son to taste test this black liquid with frothy head I would ask, last week it had arrived, a ship set sail South, now to enjoy, not a bad price either for imported beer at ZAR21.25 each (UD$ 1.18 approximately).
Beer in a can (which I normally don't enjoy) an exception is made when it comes to Guinness with the precious widget inside making each can as good as the next, perhaps one day I will afford a trip to Ireland to drink on tap which I believe has amazing flavour.
Thoroughly enjoyed this import, Oh my son loves the taste, yes it is unique, most definitely one that stands the test of time on any special occasion.
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Hello dear friend @joanstewart good day
The cover photo invites you to try the beer, I love this very cold drink
I had the opportunity to try this beer, and I share it with your son, its flavor is exquisite.
I appreciate you sharing all this information about her story
Have a happy start of the week
Story of this beer in Africa is quite unique, I do recall my one uncle enjoyed Guinness sorghum beer in preference to the barley.
Very full flavour, fun to share watching non beer drinking (actually he drinks little to no alcohol) taste and appreciate this one.
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It's either Heineken or Stout for me, I enjoy drinking stout despite the bitterness, and reading about your post now makes me wish for it I haven't had it in a while.
When you buy local Castle Milk Stout in a bottle, return the bottle and it works out much cheaper, Checkers around R15/bottle 340ml or R16 500ml cans (I prefer bottles). Short clip for fun......
I prefer bottles as well, will be getting a dumpie or two one of these hot days 😃, milk stout is not as bitter as Guinness Stout but I enjoy it as well, it is nice with yogurt as well 😃
Never tried that, perhaps one day soon! That is Milk Stout, I eat yogurt with fresh fruit and a weetbix every morning for breakfast... 🙃
Hahaha let me know when you try it
I love a good Guinness and also really like their old advertisements. I remember how big of a deal it was once it came to the US in the cans.
Having some fun, I enjoy finding some of the tipples that impressed me over the years, now introducing them to my son, taught him to make Irish Coffee during winter.
Advertising is in trouble here again saying it is driving people to think alcohol is partying which is now leading the youth astray.
I believe if you introduce your children from a young age like the Italians with wine at dinner, less harm comes later being made aware it's an occasional event in good company, no crazy experimenting with friends as teenagers.
The widget does it every time! Not as good as draught but still wonderful beer! Over in Tblisi Georgia a few weeks back I stumbled upon a fantastic Irish bar. I had a fantastic steak dinner and "just a few" pints of guinness. The food came to £17. The Guinness £40!!!! £8 per pint, but whoa boy, worth every penny
Sounds like you hit the perfect combination with steak and a pint.... Pretty steep price compared to what we pay, then we thought we having a rough time! Enjoy while you can 🤣
Euro/ZAR 18:1 approx. cost ZAR144/pint, little too expensive for my taste.
yes back in the UK it is half the price at about £4, but needs must a thirst to quench!
With fiat being tight, yup beer a necessity, shopping around on pricing might make me test taste more brands.
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If I drink beer, I will probably try Guinness!🍺
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Distinguished taste, cool effects as you pour, it takes on an amazing definite head separation.
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Guinness is really very unique, I actually never tasted my husband told me that I would not like it and I never even tried. But it is very well known brand all over the world.
Variety of life is in the tasting 😃 be a dare devil and try a sip one day.
While it's no secret that I don't like beer (my brother's homebrew excluded @craigcryptoking) I do NOT like guiness. When I lived in the UK and worked in various parts I learned how to drink whiskey (and whisky) in Scotland and then Ireland. I even visited the famous Guiness factory and learned the history, sampling their famous black liquid. But, try as I might I couldn't develop a taste for it. Whiskey? Now give me one any day. Or a chilled local glass of Chenin Blanc
My son enjoys Whisky both Irish and Scottish very occasionally, vagabond that I am will try taste once. Brought up enjoying beer-shandies it appears something I still prefer through summer, Guinness is a heavy beer more suitable in winter. Chilled 😇 most important.
Oh, Guinness absolutely has my heart. I prefer the Foreign Extra version than the Draught one though. But now I'm wondering if I have had the Nigerian Guinness... How is it distinguishable from the Irish one? Just by the taste? Really don't know. 😅
Made with maize or sorghum in Nigeria, much more bitter taste, stronger alcohol content to the Irish brew I believe.
This brings back memories of my mother giving me a small amount of the dark stout to taste. She said it was good for me. Although my mother never drank alcohol, the stout beer was acceptable. Must have been the Irish upbringing. ☘️
Must be that Irish bonds being carried forward, we never had stout as children only lager with lemonade called a shandy on special occasions.
My neighbour related growing up in Glasgow, before going to church on Sunday, to manage cold morning walk a cup of hot tea with tot of whisky was taken by the whole family.
Different regions have some interesting facts that come to the fore.