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Beer and Comedy - Everything 2012

David Stroud
Friday 23 Dec 2011

Who ever would have thought of caring for the poor by brewing beer?

Arthur Guinness would. The water in Dublin in the eighteenth century was so unhealthy that the poor were drinking gin as a cheap alternative. Disturbed by the ill-health and poverty this caused, Guinness used his knowledge and business-skills to brew up something that was more drinkable than the water, more healthy than gin and hugely profitable.

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