<P> Guinness ran an advertising campaign in the 1920s which stemmed from market research--when people told the company that they felt good after their pint, the slogan was born--"Guinness is Good for You". Advertising for alcoholic drinks that implies improved physical performance or enhanced personal qualities is now prohibited in Ireland . Diageo, the company that now manufactures Guinness, says: "We never make any medical claims for our drinks ." </P> <P> Guinness stout is available in a number of variants and strengths, which include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Guinness Draught, sold in kegs, widget cans, and bottles: 4.1 to 4.3% alcohol by volume (ABV); the Extra Cold is served through a super cooler at 3.5 ° C (38.3 ° F). </Li> <Li> Guinness Original / Extra Stout: 4.2 to 5.6% in the United States . 5% in Canada, and most of Europe; 4.2 or 4.3% ABV in Ireland and some European countries, 4% in Germany, 4.8% in Namibia and South Africa, and 6% in Australia and Japan . </Li> <Li> Guinness Foreign Extra Stout: 7.5% ABV version sold in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, and the United States . The basis is an unfermented but hopped Guinness wort extract shipped from Dublin, which is added to local ingredients and fermented locally . The strength can vary, for example, it is sold at 5% ABV in China, 6.5% ABV in Jamaica and East Africa, 6.8% in Malaysia, 7.5% in the United States, and 8% ABV in Singapore . In Nigeria a proportion of sorghum is used . Foreign Extra Stout is blended with a small amount of intentionally soured beer . (Formerly it was blended with beer that soured naturally as a result of fermenting in ancient oak tuns with a Brettanomyces population . It is now made with pasteurized beer that has been soured bacterially .) It was previously known as West Indies Porter, then Extra Stout and finally Foreign Extra Stout . It was first made available in the UK in 1990 . </Li> <Li> Guinness Special Export Stout, Commissioned by John Martin of Belgium in 1912 . The first variety of Guinness to be pasteurised, in 1930 . 8% ABV . </Li> <Li> Guinness Bitter, an English - style bitter beer: 4.4% ABV . </Li> <Li> Guinness Extra Smooth, a smoother stout sold in Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria: 5.5% ABV . </Li> <Li> Malta Guinness, a non-alcoholic sweet drink, produced in Nigeria and exported to the UK, East Africa, and Malaysia . </Li> <Li> Guinness Zero ABV, a non-alcoholic beverage sold in Indonesia . </Li> <Li> Guinness Mid-Strength, a low - alcohol stout test - marketed in Limerick, Ireland in March 2006 and Dublin from May 2007: 2.8% ABV . </Li> <Li> Guinness Red, brewed in exactly the same way as Guinness except that the barley is only lightly roasted so that it produces a lighter, slightly fruitier red ale; test - marketed in Britain in February 2007: 4% ABV . </Li> <Li> 250 Anniversary Stout, released in the U.S., Australia and Singapore on 24 April 2009; 5% ABV . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Guinness Draught, sold in kegs, widget cans, and bottles: 4.1 to 4.3% alcohol by volume (ABV); the Extra Cold is served through a super cooler at 3.5 ° C (38.3 ° F). </Li>

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