Guinness West Indies Porter Beer | 6% vol | 8 x 500ml | Mellow & Complex | Hoppy | Notes of Toffee & Chocolate | Porter with More Hops & Higher Gravity | Brewed in Ireland

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The Tropical stout style is still part of the Export Category in most competitions, so without actually trying the beer it is hard to say which are examples of the Tropical style and which are FES examples. For this reason I am not including any recent award winners. Though I would encourage you to seek out the winners in this category and see if you can figure out which may fall into the Tropical style. In 1801, Arthur Guinness II introduced West Indies Porter—later renamed Foreign Extra Stout—the longest continually brewed recipe in the history of Guinness. For years and years, bars and pubs served Guinness beer in one of two ways. Either the brewery sent beer to the bars and they would bottle it themselves, or the brewery would send each pub two casks of Guinness beer.

Well, the scientists from the Institute of Food Technologists might say so. They conducted a series of Guinness taste tests in thirty-three cities and fourteen countries, including Ireland. On average the Guinness from Ireland earned a score of seventy-four out of 100, while in other countries the pints averaged a score of fifty-seven. For years Guinness fans have spread the sentiment that the best pint of Guinness you can possibly taste in the world comes straight from the source at St. James’s Gate in Dublin.For Hayden he had a different advertising campaign and piece of memorabilia in mind. For Guinness’ bicentennial anniversary in 1959, the brewery took a bunch of empty Guinness bottles, placed a note inside from Neptune, the god of the sea, and tossed them into the Atlantic Ocean. Just like the Sweet Stout, a simple infusion mash is all you need for the Tropical Stout. Look for a saccharification temperature around 152°F and hold it there for 60 minutes or until starch conversion is complete. Then raise the temperature to 168°F for mash out. Sparge with 170°F water, collecting your pre-boil volume. Boil: Also, hop usage dropped slightly from the imported counterpart because they no longer had to make the long ocean journey. These changes were the first musings that would ultimately bring about the Tropical stout style. What Makes A Tropical Stout Different From A Foreign Extra Stout? Over there, you’re so close to the source that it’s just fresher,” says Hayden, “But I’ve had great pints over here too!” If you go to Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and ask people about Guinness and mention Ireland, I think the response you’ll get is: They make it there too,” says Wagner. “For so many cultures, especially in Africa, Guinness has been at home in those locations for decades.” According to Wagner, Guinness shipped beer to Africa before ever sending kegs to the U.S.

See, by the mid-twentieth century brewers began using single stainless steel kegs to store beer instead of a two-barrel system. With a robust lineage and so many rich stories, it’s easy to see why this cherished beer has left its own trademark on history, cultivating a cult-like following over the years.And it’s called nitrogen. The Origin of Guinness Draught Stout: The Miracle of Nitrogen Photography courtesy of Guinness Founded by Arthur Guinness in 1759, Guinness has a storied past. And it starts with the Guinness family.