Find the word definition

Crossword clues for guinness

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guinness

Guinness \Guinness\ n. [Trade name.] a kind of bitter stout, also called Guiness' stout; as, a glass of Guinness.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Guinness

Irish brewery, founded 1759 by Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) in Dublin.

Wikipedia
Guinness (disambiguation)

Guinness is a brand of beer.

Guinness may also refer to:

  • Guinness (surname)
  • Guinness World Records, a reference book
Guinness

Guinness is an Irish dry stout produced by Diageo that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 60 countries and is available in over 120. Annual sales total 850 million litres (1.5 billion Imperial or 1.8 billion US pints).

A feature of the product is the burnt flavour that is derived from roasted unmalted barley, although this is a relatively modern development, not becoming part of the grist until the mid-20th century. For many years a portion of aged brew was blended with freshly brewed beer to give a sharp lactic flavour. Although the Guinness palate still features a characteristic "tang", the company has refused to confirm whether this type of blending still occurs. The draught beer's thick, creamy head comes from mixing the beer with nitrogen and carbon dioxide when poured. It is popular with the Irish both in Ireland and abroad, and, in spite of a decline in consumption since 2001, is still the best-selling alcoholic drink in Ireland where Guinness & Co. makes almost €2 billion annually.

The company moved its headquarters to London at the beginning of the Anglo-Irish Trade War in 1932. In 1997, it merged with Grand Metropolitan to form the multinational alcoholic drinks producer Diageo.

Guinness (surname)

The English-language surnames, Guinness, McGuinness, McGinness, McGinniss, and McGinnis are Anglicizations of the Irish surname Mag Aonghuis , which means in English “son of Aonghus (Angus)”. The English language Magennis surname is an even earlier Anglicization of the Irish Mag Aonghuis surname. The McGuinness were a dynasty that ruled in Gaelic Ireland’s Ulidia (kingdom). The McGuinness chiefs ruled in the area of the Kingdom of Ulidia, that is now western County Down in Northern Ireland.

Usage examples of "guinness".

Guinness sweatshirts, umbrellas, and baseball caps, and leprechauns in tins and little pots of grow-your-own shamrock.

In desperation he sampled the older pubs. These were equally disappointing, with old men watching the newly-installed television and making a Guinness last all the evening.

There was a pub that used to put trays of sausages and French bread out on the bar on Sundays, so George and I went and had a few pints of Guinness and filled our faces out.

On the principle that neither providence nor ulcers should be tempted, he orders Guinness for himself rather than whisky, sipping the head before carrying the drinks to the table.

Liz had given him a bowl or two of Guinness and I, after the chicken bones had no visible effect, had plied him with everything from whole jalapeños to the bottlecaps from Liz's home brew.

If the manifest of ingredients on the bottle had been legible, it would have read something like this: Water, blackstrap molasses, imported habanero peppers, salt, garlic, ginger, tomato puree, axle grease, real hickory smoke, snuff, butts of clove cigarettes, Guinness Stout fermentation dregs, uranium mill tailings, muffler cores, monosodium glutamate, nitrates, nitrites, nitrotes and nitrutes, nutrites, natrotes, powdered pork nose hairs, dynamite, activated charcoal, match-heads, used pipe cleaners, tar, nicotine, singlemalt whiskey, smoked beef lymph nodes, autumn leaves, red fuming nitric acid, bituminous coal, fallout, printer's ink, laundry starch, drain deaner, blue chrysotile asbestos, carrageenan, BHA, BHT, and natural flavorings.

I don't think somebody coming cold to - ' 'I mean,' Eddie says, slicing through my waffle like a steak knife, 'all this about the Distillers Company and the Guinness take-over.

At 11 o’clock Boyes had a Guinness, observing that, according to the advertisements it was ‘Good for you.

If theof ingredients on the bottle had been legible, it would havesomething like this:blackstrap molasses, imported habanero peppers, salt,ginger, tomato puree, axle grease, real hickory smoke, snuff,of clove cigarettes, Guinness Stout fermentation dregs,mill tailings, muffler cores, monosodium glutamate,nitrites, nitrotes and nitrutes, nutrites, natrotes, powderednose hairs, dynamite, activated charcoal, match-heads, usedcleaners, tar, nicotine, singlemalt whiskey, smoked beef lymphautumn leaves, red fuming nitric acid, bituminous coal,printer's ink, laundry starch, drain deaner, blue chrysotilecarrageenan, BHA, BHT, and natural flavorings.

If the manifest of ingredients on the bottle had been legible, it would have read something like this: Water, blackstrap molasses, imported habanero peppers, salt, garlic, ginger, tomato puree, axle grease, real hickory smoke, snuff, butts of clove cigarettes, Guinness Stout fermentation dregs, uranium mill tailings, muffler cores, monosodium glutamate, nitrates, nitrites, nitrotes and nitrutes, nutrites, natrotes, powdered pork nose hairs, dynamite, activated charcoal, match-heads, used pipe cleaners, tar, nicotine, singlemalt whiskey, smoked beef lymph nodes, autumn leaves, red fuming nitric acid, bituminous coal, fallout, printer's ink, laundry starch, drain deaner, blue chrysotile asbestos, carrageenan, BHA .

Found, in the dining room sideboard, a couple of bottles of Guinness, tumblers and a bottle opener.

He meant to cap it all off with a pint of Guinness and some local color.

It was the ticking of the old Guinness clock up there which solved the thing for me.

Entwined, then, in the common mood of young blades on the town, they turned into the Trocadero, walked past the parade which included, Harry noticed rapidly, a sweet shop where you could serve yourself, and a shop with toys where he could get something for Mary, up the escalator which led to the Guinness World of Records and doubled back from that to Funland Luna Park.

Tucked away with his Radio Shack credit card, his SFWA membership, and his frequent flier ID was a cardboard Guinness beer coaster with Joel Schumann's telephone number scribbled on the back.