Should Guinness and other beers like it still be considered imports when...?!
“Guinness Stout is also brewed under license internationally in several countries, including Nigeria[5] and Indonesia.[6] The unfermented but hopped Guinness wort extract (the essence) is shipped from Dublin and blended with a beer brewed locally.”
Answers: They only make the ingredients in Ireland and ship the unfermented wort to other countries to be mixed with other beers?
“Guinness Stout is also brewed under license internationally in several countries, including Nigeria[5] and Indonesia.[6] The unfermented but hopped Guinness wort extract (the essence) is shipped from Dublin and blended with a beer brewed locally.”
They brew it in Jamaica were I worked and they also make it here in Canada, Labatt's has the licence here to brew it under the supervision of a rep from Arthur Guinness Brewery in Dublin ( I toured 2 of there brewery's and asked that question), so anything not brewed in Ireland is not imported, I bought some in Boston Mass, and know they import it, some countries have a licenced brewer to make that regions style.
Yes because the basic ingredients are imported, and come from a foreign place. I mean Heineken and Amstel bottled in White Plains NY, but the main brewery is still in Holland, and of course that is still an imported beer. It is more about where the ingredients come from not really where it is made.
A) Nigeria and Indonesia are not domestic and B) Who cares what the label says so long as it tastes right?
Not trying to come off as catty or arrogant, but at a tasting I went to, the Guiness rep specifically said that all Guiness is made in St. James Gate, Dublin and all of the "beer" is exported from there.
Can you list a source so I can read up?
Thanks!
P.S. Yes, I think I'd still call it an "import."