Transcript: Guinness Toasts 250th Anniversary With New Brew

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April 25, 2009
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JACKI LYDEN
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
04-25-2009
Guinness Toasts 250th Anniversary With New Brew

Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time 19:00-20:00 PM

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JACKI LYDEN, host:

And what's a party without a little beer?

(Soundbite of song "Drink It Up, Men")

Unidentified Man #1: (Singing) But there's nothing that's squeezed from the grape or the hop like the black liquidation with the froth on the top. Drink it up, men.

LYDEN: It goes by many names: black gold, mother's milk, the perfect pint. Guinness is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. It all began in 1759, when Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a modest parcel of land in Dublin at St. James's Gate. Annual rent, 45 ...

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