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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Cream of the crop: small brewers take on Guinness with rival ‘nitro’ stouts

Anspach & Hobday’s London Black
Anspach & Hobday says its London Black packs a punchier, more complex flavour profile than Guinness. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Famously, according to the advertising slogan anyway, Guinness is good for you. But for the past couple of years, Guinness has been practically inescapable.

Backed by its owner Diageo’s £2.7bn marketing war chest, the brand has shaken off its “old man” reputation, becoming a staple of gen Z pub culture, exploiting its Instagrammable colour scheme and social media trends such as the “splitting the G” drinking game.

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