Guinness Original Extra Stout | 4.2% vol | 12 x 500ml Beer Bottles | Medium & Balanced | Bitter & Sweet | Rich Creamy Head | Crafted from Quality Malt | Hops & Irish Barley

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It would take more than a couple of pints to get your recommended daily allowance of niacin (17mg for men, 13mg for women), so you'd quickly offset any of the benefits you might have gained. You should only drink a Guinness when you can see a clear division between the white foamy head and the dark black beer. While you may believe that the intensity of their color and flavor equals a high calorie content, this isn’t always the case. The idea that a small amount of alcohol might be good for heart health is nothing new, having previously been associated with red wine. Hops are the spices used to add flavor, and Guinness yeast — a particular strain that’s been passed on for generations — ferments sugars to produce alcohol in the beer ( 3).

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First, pour the Guinness Draught into a clean, dry glass tilted at 45 degrees, until it is three-quarters full.Instead, we thought we'd take a trip back to the 1920s, when Guinness adverts proudly claimed to be good for you. It’s rich, it’s creamy, and it’s black (well actually, if you look closely, Guinness is ruby red in colour but don’t tell anyone! As Smithsonian Magazine explains, the reason Guinness is so big in Africa dates back to when the beer began being exported from Ireland to Barbados, Trinidad, and the British Colony of Sierra Leone in the early 1800s.

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When it comes to actually drinking the beer, Guinness is not a beer that begs for you to take your time. Although Guinness provides some antioxidants, its negative effects are greater than any health benefits. In 2009, Guinness created "Arthur's Day" to celebrate the beer's founding father and to promote the 250th anniversary of the storied stout.The unmistakable deep-dark colour, the crisp hint of roasted barley, the fresh breeze of hops, refreshing bite and bittersweet taste can only describe one drink, Guinness. If you instead opt for pouring the Guinness into a glass you’ll be met with a beer that lacks foam and is lackluster in flavor compared to a Guinness drunk straight from the bottle. In his 1928 book, he wrote, "When I was sufficiently recovered to be permitted to take some nourishment, I felt the most extraordinary desire for a glass of Guinness.