Guinness Special Export Belgian Stout 330ml Bottle

Country: Ireland

Brewery: Guinness

Style: Stout

Format: 330ml Bottle

ABV: 8%

Guinness Special Export was, you guessed it, specially exported to Belgium in the 1940s and was the first Guinness beer to be served in Belgium after World War 2.

So, how did this continental brew come to life? Well, John Martin was an English brewer living in Belgium who shared Arthur’s thirst for exploration and adventure. In 1944, he ventured through the doors of St. James’s Gate with a request to create a truly Irish stout with a fiercer punch and sweeter aftertaste, to suit the palate of his Belgium friends.

The Guinness brewers, never ones to turn down a challenge, of course obliged and that’s what he got. An adventurer’s black gold.

So next time you indulge, close your eyes, and think of… Belgium.