On December 31, 1759, a relatively obscure Irish brewer made one of the most consequential business decisions in history. Arthur Guinness, then 34 years old, signed a lease that would become legendary: a 9,000-year agreement on a dilapidated brewery site at St. James’s Gate…
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The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published in Great Britain on August 27, 1955, marking the beginning of what would become a global phenomenon. Conceived as a book to settle pub arguments, it quickly transformed into one of the most…
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On January 24, 1935, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey, changed beer drinking forever when it introduced the first commercially available canned beer, a groundbreaking innovation that transformed the beverage industry. This development revolutionized how beer was packaged, distributed, and consumed,…
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