Guinness declares it's introducing Guinness White

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Posted by dabitch on 1. April 2008 - 12:38

Good Things Come to Those Who WHITE
A pint of the black stuff becomes a pint of the white stuff with the launch of a creamier new version: "Guinness White".
Guinness is made from the same raw ingredients as regular Guinness Draught - hops, barley, water and yeast, but the barley is frozen instead of roasted, which provides the white colour.

I have to admit, this April Fools made me shriek in horror/delight (not even sure actually, I know I'd try it!) so they had me for a nano-second there, scaring the Guinness-purist in me and delighting my try-anything-new side.
Very cute. Announced at facebook, which I'm so not going to link to because, pshaw, pfft, facebook, how lame.
The joke however, fun-niiii.

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Submitted by brandonbarr on 1. April 2008 - 13:23.
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Interesting. This harkens back to the ad they did in the infamous Guardian's San Serriffe travel insert in 1977. There's a pic of the 1977 white Guinness included in that article. Back then, they attributed the white color to people planting the barley upside down, instead of freezing it.

Submitted by dabitch on 1. April 2008 - 13:37.
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Oh I'm in lurve: "Bodoni, capital of San Serriffe". :))

Submitted by aby902 on 2. April 2008 - 0:50.
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Funny.... Shock the guiness purists... especially in print!

Submitted by fairuse on 16. October 2009 - 18:40.
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Almost had the big one when I saw the title. Lunch time here. I am fussing with opener and pouring; it is the one left out on table last night.

Submitted by dabitch on 19. October 2009 - 11:46.
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hehehe baaaad habit. bad bad bad!

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