{"id":12165,"date":"2016-03-31T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2016-03-31T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T12:29:14","slug":"loop-duty-free-launches-premium-guinness-1798-double-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/loop-duty-free-launches-premium-guinness-1798-double-extra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Loop Duty Free launches premium Guinness 1798 Double Extra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Loop Duty Free at Dublin and Cork airports have\u00a0introduced Guinness\u2019 first premium beer &#8211; The 1798 Double Extra Stout &#8211; as a global travel-retail exclusive.<!--more--><br \/>\nDublin and Cork are the first airports in the world to release the exclusive brew and the only retailers in Ireland and Europe to sell the limited-edition product.\u00a0The 9% abv release is a specially packaged and corked 750ml bottle, retailing at The Loop for \u20ac20 ($22.50).<\/p>\n<p>Over 200 years ago in 1798, pioneer Arthur Guinness commissioned several large wooden vats to be constructed in Vat House Number 1 at St James\u2019s Gate in Dublin, with the stout matured for up to 18 months before it was exported overseas. Oak from the Original Vat House #1 has been used to mature Guinness 1798 Double Extra Stout, providing a luxuriant and unique brew evokes chocolate, vanilla and liquorice with a distinct wood aroma.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12166\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Guinness-Limited-Edition-Bottle-Couple-212x300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12166\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Guinness-Limited-Edition-Bottle-Couple-212x300.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12166 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Guinness-Limited-Edition-Bottle-Couple-212x300\"   \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Guinness-Limited-Edition-Bottle-Couple-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Guinness-Limited-Edition-Bottle-Couple-212x300\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\"><\/noscript><\/a> Caoimhe McCabe \u2013 Key Account Manager for Global Travel Retail with Jackie McDonagh \u2013 Head of Retail, ARI Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diageo Global Travel and Middle East (GTME) regional director Dayalan Nayager commented: \u201cThe introduction of Guinness 1798 Double Extra Stout is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Diageo GTME: it is the first premium beer we have offered in travel-retail. This opens up a whole new category for us in the channel and we\u2019re starting with a strong offering, one of our most popular global brands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to partner with ARI Ireland to bring this innovation to travel-retail and exclusively in Dublin and Cork airports. We know travellers are looking for innovative products they can\u2019t purchase at home so it seems fitting to offer this very special, limited-edition Guinness bottling in the home of the brand, Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ARI Ireland head of retail Jackie McDonagh said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to secure another exclusive for The Loop with the exceptional Guinness Stout Limited Edition. We\u2019re renowned for having one of the most diverse ranges of liquor in airport retail and this stout is a very welcome addition to our ever expanding selection of craft beers and stouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the perfect gift for Guinness aficionados and novices alike and I\u2019ve no doubt that passengers will be very keen to try this exclusive new brew. It\u2019s also fitting, given Guinness\u2019 world famous Irish heritage, that Dublin and Cork are the only airports in the world to stock this one of a kind limited edition stout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duty Free Hunter special offer: Enjoy a \u20ac10 discount on all online purchases over \u20ac70 at The Loop Duty Free &#8211; visit this link for code and more details &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/liveadmin.theloop.ie\/t\/Dutyfreehunter\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Loop Duty Free at Dublin and Cork airports have\u00a0introduced Guinness\u2019 first premium beer &#8211; The 1798 Double Extra Stout &#8211; as a global travel-retail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1028,409,1877,777],"class_list":["post-12165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-cork-airport","tag-dublin-airport","tag-guinness","tag-the-loop-duty-free"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}