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Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #13

"TheBeerNut":29l76xi5 wrote: Any word from the EBBC attendees about new Guinness brand extensions?[/quote:29l76xi5]
Nothing new there except night porter, a decent toasty vanilla effort brewed in house by a winning interdepartmental team in the annual brew off (nightporter)

Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #14

But not heading for market? Odd.

Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #15

"TheBeerNut":2xrtw2j8 wrote: But not heading for market? Odd.[/quote:2xrtw2j8]They do it annually apparently

Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #16

Yeah, I knew about that. Reuben went head-to-head with the winner's recipe a few years back, IIRC. But I am expecting new Guinness brand extensions and I thought they'd use the EBBC to launch them.

Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #17

That's what was suggested beforehand but nothing apparent

Diageo to launch "craft" beer? 11 years 10 months ago #18

There's no reason why they couldn't sell the 5.5% Night Porter as it is...it was quite a decent beer but I suspect they would regard the abv as being too high for commercial sale...
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