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U.K. readers: GUINNESS and icWales.co.uk have teamed up to offer one lucky reader a special prize:
You and a companion could be there on the third day of the Festival on Thursday, March 13 to enjoy ‘the craic’ and the superb racing action as the guests of Guinness.
The prize includes admission tickets and Club Enclosure badges for two, morning coffee, champagne reception, four-course lunch with wines in the Champions Drive Restaurant, afternoon tea, and complimentary bar. It will all make for a never-to-be-forgotten day out.
To enter the contest:
Answer this simple question: Who is the trainer of Gold Cup holder Kauto Star?
Answers please on a postcard with your name, address and telephone number to: Festival competition, Sports department, Western Mail, Thomson House, Havelock Street, Cardiff, to reach us not later than first post on Tuesday, February 26.
Entrants must be aged 18 and over and not be associated with Media Wales or Trinity Mirror.
For full details on the contest, check out the original article.
2008 isn’t just bringing the Olympics to China … it’s also bringing GUINNESS!
The distiller is looking to sign a distribution agreement with a partner before the end of the fiscal year in June after initial taste tests proved “positive,” chief financial officer Nick Rose said in an interview in London.
Source: Calgary Herald
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1-3/4 cups GUINNESS
1/4 cup water
pat of butter
dash of salt
Directions:
Mix all ingredients and bring to boil. Turn heat down to medium and simmer for 20 minutes or until all water has been absorbed.
This year, parent company Diageo GB has spent £3m to get us all drinking Guinness the weekend prior to St. Patrick’s Day.
Twenty-nine thousand pubs will be supplied with promotional kits, which include the infamous Guinness branded St. Patrick’s Day hats, banners and large posters. They will also receive a CD containing Irish music, recipes and quizzes and other entertainment ideas.
With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Monday this year, additional PoS material is available so outlets can make the make the most of the Six Nations rugby games the weekend before.
Pubs selling Guinness Red will also receive specific kits, which include inflatable pints, hats, posters and balloons.
Source: Morning Advertiser.co.uk
This year, St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Monday. If it were a real holiday in the United States, we could get that day off to celebrate. Want to make it happen? Sign the petition for Proposition 3-17.
McKibbin’s Irish Pub in Montreal, Quebec is being ordered to take down its antique GUINNESS posters because they are written in English and not French.
Inspectors from Office de la langue francaise have ordered McKibbin’s to remove advertisements for “Guinness Dublin 1759″, “Ireland trademark,” “Cudthromach aire,” “Eat Palethorpes pork pies fresh today” and “Guinness Extra Stout, draught & bottled St James Gate, Dublin” and “Caffrey’s Cream”.
French is the first language in Quebec and the language police have also complained that too much English is being spoken among the staff.
“We advise you that the law requires the French language to be predominant in public signs and commercial advertising; if another language is used at the same time, French must be given overall priority, the visual impact of the French text has to be much more important,” the notice also read.
McKibbin’s could be fined as much as CAD$1,500 (€1,020) for each infraction.
Thankfully, the pub’s owners will not bow down to pressure:
“We’re not taking any of it down,” said Mr Laderoute. “If we cannot have an Irish decor, McKibbin’s, as an Irish pub, ceases to exist.”
If you live in or are visiting the area, please stop by McKibbin’s and show your support by buying a Guinness! Click here to visit their website for directions.
Source: Independent.ie
This looks delicious! Head to Posie’s Place for the recipe.
Ingredients (Cake):
3 squares of unsweetened chocolate
2½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
¾ cup shortening
1½ cup sugar
1 tbsp orange peel, finely grated
4 eggs
1 cup GUINNESS® Original Draught
Ingredients (Icing):
4 oz bar of sweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
¾ cup water
¾ cup butter
2 tbsp blanched slivered almonds
Directions (Cake):
Directions (Icing):
Prep time: 30 minutes
Source: Guinness Proposition 3-17 Rally Kit
Ingredients
3 lbs boneless beef sirloin, cut into 1” cubes
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp pepper
¼ cup butter
¼ cup olive oil
3 lbs onions, chopped
2 pt GUINNESS® Stout
1½ qt beef stock
1½ lbs carrots, cut into 2” pieces
¾ lb parsnips or turnips, cut into 2” pieces
¾ lb rutabagas, cut into 2” pieces
½ lb celery
1½ lbs potato, cut into 1” cubes
Directions
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 1.5 hours
Source: Guinness Proposition 3-17 Rally Kit
Ingredients
2 cup GUINNESS® Stout
1½ cup beef broth
1 tomato, finely diced
¼ cup parsley, chopped
1 tsp thyme
1 bay leaf
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
5 drops hot sauce
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp butter, unsalted
Directions
Cook time: 30 minutes
Source: Guinness Proposition 3-17 Rally Kit
