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DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)
9. Guiness isn't really an Irish product anymore, it's conglomerate crap ...
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:16 AM
Mar 2014

...from Wikipedia:

Diageo was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan. The creation was driven by the executives Anthony Greener and Philip Yea at Guinness[20] plus George Bull and John McGrath of Grand Metropolitan. Shares in Diageo began trading on the London Stock Exchange on 17 December 1997.

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Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine.

Diageo's brands include Smirnoff (the world's best-selling vodka), Johnnie Walker (the world's best-selling blended Scotch whisky),Baileys (the world's best-selling liqueur), and Guinness (the world's best-selling stout). It also owns 34% of Moët Hennessy, which owns brands including Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Hennessy. It sells its products in over 180 countries and has offices in around 80 countries.

Diageo has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £48.9 billion as of 7 May 2013, making it the 8th-largest company on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.


Support your local craft/micro-breweries. Don't drink corporate swill.

You're right MrScorpio Mar 2014 #1
My father liked Guinness Stout so much rocktivity Mar 2014 #2
O'Bama~ Cha Mar 2014 #16
Well, it COULD be worse Scootaloo Mar 2014 #3
Did Budweiser really make those cans? Archae Mar 2014 #5
Yes. Limited edition cans and bottles Scootaloo Mar 2014 #6
I bet that went over *REAL* big. Archae Mar 2014 #8
LOL. freshwest Mar 2014 #15
Boddingtons Pub Ale is a English Pale Ale style beer brewed by Boddingtons in Manchester, UK. The Wielding Truth Mar 2014 #4
English - Irish progressoid Mar 2014 #21
Wow... SidDithers Mar 2014 #7
Guiness isn't really an Irish product anymore, it's conglomerate crap ... DreamGypsy Mar 2014 #9
Murphy's is a much better stout hootinholler Mar 2014 #26
Not Jameson's? longship Mar 2014 #10
K&R red dog 1 Mar 2014 #11
Maybe it was yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #12
Good point! It is wrong for us to just assume it was done out of stupidity alone. Rex Mar 2014 #13
What. An. Idiot! nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #14
Wow.. doesn't he like the Irish or is he really that stupid? Cha Mar 2014 #17
He was probably purposely being a %ickhead. nt tofuandbeer Mar 2014 #18
Stupid. And look, it's got the Australian flag right up there in the corner. Kablooie Mar 2014 #19
Oh, that is funny. thanks. oldandhappy Mar 2014 #20
Cornyn is not that bright Gothmog Mar 2014 #22
Stupid would be a step up for Cornpone. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #23
I had a Shiner Bock and Yuengling last night. Is it a law that you drink an Irish beer? NightWatcher Mar 2014 #24
So many countries, so many darned flags! I know it's hard, Senator . . . hatrack Mar 2014 #25
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