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[zook]

I love the stuff, especially the draft version in 14oz cans. I could drink it for breakfast.

[unixfox]

Life's too short to drink cheap beer.

[tarawa]

...and let's face it, Guinness just plain TASTES better as well.....

[JennysCool]

Here's to ya!

[Burn24]

No one believes me today but in Britain, in the 70s, whilst nursing my second child, the doctor PRESCRIBED a pint of guiness a day.

Too bad I hated the stuff!

[Lady Jag]

[July 4th]

A University of Wisconsin study last fall found that moderate consumption of Guinness worked like aspirin to prevent clots that increase the risk of heart attacks.

My wonderful university, home of the USDA's Malt and Barley Lab. No coincedence that the Madison campus has the highest per capita beer consumption in the nation. :)

[SamAdams76]

I can drink Guiness but I never really acquired a taste for it. I much prefer Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout (as a dark beer). Wonder how many carbs is in that.

As for Corona beer (that the article was comparing Guiness too), yuck. Comparing Guiness to Corona is like comparing a thick T-bone steak to a fast-food hamburger. (Only the fast-food burger probably tastes a lot better than the Corona.)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

"That surprised me," says Dr. Joseph Brennan, a Yale-New Haven Hospital cardiologist of Irish heritage and a confirmed Guinness drinker. "I could never understand why one or two wouldn't leave me light-headed."

It must be the Irish in me, 'cause my reaction to Guinness is the same as his.

When we were visiting Ireland for a choir festival, I heard stories about doctors who actually prescribe Guinness for their patients because of the B vitamins. Now we hear about the anti-clotting and anti-oxidants. I'm sold on it ;-).... but where to find it on tap here in the States like it's served in the Old Country?!

[Tench_Coxe]

Hiccup bookmark

[robertpaulsen]

The presidents of Miller, Coors, Anheuser-Busch and Guinness were at an international beer conference. They decided to all go to lunch together and the waitress asked what they wanted to drink.

The president of Miller said without hesitation, "I'll have a Miller High Life, the champagne of bottled beer!"

The president of Coors smiled and said, "I'll have a Coors, brewed from pure mountain spring water!"

The guy from Anheuser-Busch proudly said, "I'll have a Budweiser, the King of Beers!"

The guy from Guinness glanced at his lunch mates and said, "I'll have a Coke."

The others looked at him like he had sprouted a new head. He just shrugged and said, "If you guys aren't drinking beer, then neither will I."

[uglybiker]

In the study, Guinness proved twice as effective as Heineken at preventing blood clots.

Aw man!! How come nobody ever asks me to be part of these studies? Geez!

[Agnes Heep]

Guiness; a.k.a. "the oral enema."

[RobertP]

I wonder if the applies to other stouts as well. Being a homebrewer, I don't drink much commercial beer, but I always make sure I have plenty of homemade stout and oatmeal stout on hand. :-)

[Dan from Michigan]

Woo Hoo!!!!!

[Lunatic Fringe]

[pittsburgh gop guy]

I used to not like Guinness - but now I LOVE it!

[Tredge]

Guiness - baucht dich ab!

Guinness must be the elixir of the day. It cures all the ailments of the modern drinker. I'm glad to have it and thankful I like it - I can see how other people might loathe it.

[expatpat]

The interesting thing is that stout used to be given to pregnant and birthing women in hospital when I lived in England -- I guess it's rich in iron and B-vitamins.