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Ingredient of the week: Guinness

Mar 11, 2013, 12:51 PM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 11:29 am

Even the Obamas enjoy indulging in some fine Irish Guinness from time to time. (AP Photo/File)...

Even the Obamas enjoy indulging in some fine Irish Guinness from time to time. (AP Photo/File)

(AP Photo/File)

It’s that time of year: March 17 you can don some green and drink a fine stout. There is no St. Patrick’s Day stout more coveted than Guinness.

But is Irish Guinness different, and as some claim, better than the stuff we have in the U.S. Tom and Thierry in the Seattle Kitchen find out from some Whole Foods experts.

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