In 1759, Arthur Guinness began the GUINNESS legend with the signing of a 9,000 year lease. His vision of a brew unique to all the world lives on to this day, captured for all to enjoy in the full-bodied flavor and dark complexity of GUINNESS Stout.

The excellence of GUINNESS Stout has withstood the test of time, garnering the loyalty and admiration of a select group of beer drinkers.
 

More PROOF That Guinness is good for you;

Dark Beer "It's not the alcohol itself," explains John Folts, director of coronary thrombosis research at the University of Wisconsin Medical Center. "It's the flavonoids in the hops, barley, wheat and malt."
Flavonoids, a broad group of organic compounds, appear to prevent blood platelets from clumping and forming clots--the No. 1 cause of heart attacks. A study by Folts's researchers showed that dark beer, which has more flavonoids than light or caramel-colored beer, produced a drop in platelet clumping similar to that seen in tests of red-wine consumption.
Such findings have prompted the advisory committee for the U.S. Dietary Guidelines to adjust its warnings against alcohol consumption. While the new guidelines still address the dangers of excess alcohol, they do suggest that one or two daily glasses of dark beer--or any other alcoholic beverage rich in flavonoids--can lower risk for coronary heart disease in some. -Readers Digest

In England, post-operative patients used to be given Guinness, as were blood donors. Sadly, this is no longer the case in England. In Ireland, Guinness is still made available to blood donors and stomach and intestinal post-operative patients. Guinness is known to be high in iron content.

Recommended Daily Allowance: 3 pints a day.

"Pionta Guinness le do thoil!"

A pint of Guinness please!
 

An Englishman, A Scotsman, and an Irishman go into a pub, and each orders a Guinness.
Just as they’re about to take their first sips, a fly lands on the thick head of each pint.
The Englishman pushes his pint away in disgust and orders a new one.
The Scot picks the fly out of the glass, tosses it away and dips into his drink.
The Irishman picks up the fly, holds it up close to his face, and bellows, “Spit it out ya bastard, spit it out!!”
 

After an international convention of brewers, the chief executives from several major companies go out together to a local watering hole. At the bar, the head of Corona says, “Bartender, give me the best beer in the world. I’ll have a Corona!” The Anheuser Busch chief says, “I’m going to have the best beer in the world. Give me a Budweiser!
The fellow from down under, with the same introduction, orders a Foster’s, and the German guy does the same with a Beck’s. Finally, the Guinness brew master pipes up. “I’ll have a Coke, please.”
The assembled are all stunned, and show it. After a moment, the Irishman says to them, “Well, if you chaps aren’t drinking beer, neither will I.”


An Irishman comes into a small neighborhood bar one day and orders three pints of Guinness. He sits at a table and takes a sip from each mug in turn, continuing until all three are empty. Then he goes to the bartender and orders three more.
The bartender asks why he doesn’t just get one at a time, so they’ll stay fresher and colder. “Well,” says the Irishman, “I just moved here from Ireland, and left my two dear brothers at home. We made a promise to each other that whenever we drink, we’ll pour a pint for whichever brother isn’t there.” The bartender thought this was beautiful -- in a manly way, not weepy or girly or anything. As the Irishman became a regular, the bartender knew to expect him to always order his three beers. One day, the Irishman comes into the bar and orders two beers, and sits and drinks them. As he is ordering the second round, the bartender asks, “I don’t mean to pry, but is anything wrong with your family?” “No, we’re all fine,” he says. “Why do you ask?” “Well, I noticed you’ve only got one extra pint today. I was wondering if something had happened to one of your brothers?” “Oh, no,” says the Irishman. “I Promised my Mum that I wouldn't Drink on Sunday's!”
 

A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I’ll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back.” The room is quiet and no one takes up the Texan’s offer.
One man even leaves. Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. “Is your bet still good?”, asks the Irishman. The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-back. The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, “If ya don’t
mind me askin’, where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?”. The Irishman replies, “Oh...I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first.”
 

"The reason the Irish are always fighting each other
Is they have no other worthy opponents"

"An Irishman is never drunk as long as
He can hold onto one blade of grass and not
Fall off the face of the earth."
 

"May those who love us, love us
And for those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts.
And if He can't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we can know who they are by their limp!"

"Here's to you as good as you are.
And to me, as bad as I am....
And as good as you are....
And as bad as I am.........
I'm as good as you are.....
As bad as I am."
 

"May you never lie, cheat or drink.
But if you must lie, then lie in the arms of the one that you love.
If you must cheat, then cheat death.
And if you must drink, then drink with us."
 

"Here is to being single, seeing double and sleeping triple."

"Here’s to a long life and a merry one.
A quick death and an easy one.
A pretty girl and an honest one.
A cold beer—and another one!

"Here's to the perfect girl,
I couldn't ask for more.
She's deaf 'n dumb, oversexed,
and owns a liquor store."

"No matter how beautiful,
how smart, or how cute she is...
somebody somewhere, is sick of her sh*t!"

"Here's to the game called "Ten Toes"
That's played all over town.
The lassies play with ten toes up.
And the lads with ten toes down!"

"When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let’s all get drunk, and go to heaven!"

"Life, alas,
Is very dear.
Up with the glass,
Down with the beer!"

"Here's to heat...
not the kind that ignites and burns down shanties...
but the kind that excites...and slides down panties!"

"Here's to those that wish us well,
and those who don't can go to hell."
 

"Here's to honor, if you can't get on her..  trip her then and get on her!"

"Slainte!!!"

Sláinte! is gaelic for "To your health!"