1800

1. West India Porter is first brewed.

   This porter is a precursor to modern day GUINNESS® Foreign Extra Stout.

   

2. Arthur Guinness dies.

   Raise a glass to the memory of a true original. His son, Arthur Guinness II, inherits the brewing mantle.

   

3. The first shipment of GUINNESS® stouts is made to Lisbon.

4. European campaign victories.

   GUINNESS® is now well known on the Continent - reputedly aiding the recovery of a cavalry officer wounded at the Battle of Waterloo (as recalled by this 1930s advert).

   

5. Shipments of GUINNESS® are made to Guernsey, Barbados, Trinidad and Sierra Leone.

6. Secrets of a perfect porter.

   Arthur Guinness II sets down precise instructions for brewing GUINNESS® Extra Superior Porter - the precursor to today’s GUINNESS® Original and GUINNESS® Extra Stout.

7. A World famous brew.

   GUINNESS® becomes increasingly known worldwide. An advertisement appears in a Dublin newspaper for “Guinness’s East & West India Porter”.

8. Success by the barrel.

   GUINNESS® survives the post-war recession to become the biggest brewery in Ireland and the largest employer of coopers.

   

9. New bottles have clear advantage.

   The Glass Tax is repealed and GUINNESS® can now be bottled in glass rather than stoneware.

   

10. A shipment of GUINNESS® is sent to New York.