With Guinness IPA, we welcome a new, fruity-fresh beer from Dublin to Switzerland. The next time you visit a pub, you and your palate will be in for a hoppy treat!

For about 250 years, there was one incontrovertible fact on our planet: anyone talking about a pint of Guinness meant "The black Stuff". But ever since the Open Gate Brewery opened on the fabled site at St. James's Gate in Dublin, our Irish friends have been developing new, surprising and, among them, light beer varieties. These include, for example, the fresh Hop House 13, which has also been available in Switzerland for some time. And very recently, there is another groundbreaking beer innovation to report: Guinness IPA, which you can enjoy exclusively in pubs, bars and restaurants, just in time for the reopening of the catering trade.

TWO VERY SPECIAL INGREDIENTS: CITRA AND CASCADE

It is obvious that the youngest member of our Guinness family, India Pale Ale, is primarily aimed at fans of intense hop aromas. And with the subsequent dry hopping, the creative master brewers at the Open Gate Brewery achieve an additional kick that is second to none. They use the hop varieties Citra and Cascade, which are added as a "special treat", so to speak, after the actual brewing process has been completed. Cascade is one of the most popular craft beer hops, especially in the USA, while Citra is often jokingly referred to as the fruit salad of hops. Together, they provide distinct citrus notes and a pleasant bitterness in Guinness IPA. Before we go on philosophizing for too long, we'll give you the best advice we have at Lager : Just try Guinness IPA yourself - in the pub you trust!

DID YOU KNOW...?

Since a visit to the St. James's Gate Brewery is probably out of the question in the near future, we would like to provide you with a small substitute for the tour of the brewery. Enjoy our facts from Dublin, which might surprise even die-hard Guinness fans:

• The Guinness logo shows "Brian Boru's Harp", a harp from the 14th or 15th century that still exists today. It also served as a model for the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland.
• Arthur Guinness received the seed money to start brewing as an inheritance from his godfather - the Archbishop of Cashel.
• Guinness was shipped as far away as Australia more than 150 years ago.
• Guinness was even exported to England in 1769, 10 years after the brewery was founded. The first shipment consisted of a whole six barrels.
• In 1877, the brewery commissioned a whole fleet of boats to transport kegs on the Irish River Liffey.
• Dublin brewery workers were entitled to medical care as early as 1928. And two pints of Guinness a day.
• The first commercial for Guinness was broadcast on the very first day of public television in the UK.
• In Ireland, until not so long ago, after donating blood, you had the choice of a glass of orange juice - or a Guinness.
• And last but not least, a pint of Guinness has fewer calories than the same amount of low-fat milk.