- 21 Nov 06, 23:26#3314As always, check your facts first before you accuse me of following bad stereotypes and what not:
Arthur Guinness started brewing ales initially in Leixlip, then at the St. James's Gate Brewery, Dublin, Ireland from 1759. He signed a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum for the unused brewery. Ten years later in 1769 Guinness exported their product for the first time, when six and a half barrels were shipped to England.
Although sometimes believed to have originated the stout style of beer, the first use of the word stout in relation to beer was in a letter in the Egerton Manuscript dated 1677, almost 50 years before Arthur Guinness was born. The first use of the word stout in the context of a Guinness beer was their Stout-Porter of 1820.
Guinness brewed their last porter in 1974.
Guinness Stout is also brewed under licence internationally.
The Guinness brewery in Park Royal, London closed in 2005. The production of all Guinness sold in the UK was switched to St. James's Gate Brewery Dublin. People had previously in the UK stated that Irish brewed Guinness tasted much better than that brewed in London.
Now available around the world, the brand is still heavily associated with Ireland, though the parent company has been headquartered in London since 1932, and was later developed into a multi-national alcohol conglomerate and re-named Diageo.
Note the original origin is Irish, and the beer is brewed in Dublin, a crummy little town on a crummy little island. Only their headquarters are in England these days.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
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But of course every 'Paddy' drinks. Its a very bad stereotype. Very Dissaponted in you DD. 
