The ultimate Irish Guinness beef stew recipe

Cozy up to this delicious traditional Irish Guinness beef stew recipe, filled with veg and delish Irish stout - yum!

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What could be better than an Irish Guinness beef stew? This hearty Irish meal is sure to remind any Irish person of their home and childhoods. A hug-in-a-bowl Irish Guinness beef stew is just one example of the wonderful things you can cook up using the world-famous Irish stout. Guinness, Ireland's famous black stout, has been brewed in Dublin since 1759.

It has a very special place in Irish life. In "Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History", publican John O'Dwyer recalls the importance of stout in the lives of the poorest tenement dwellers in Dublin: "They had nothing. They lived for pints.



Drink was the main diet. It was food..

. they used to call the pint the 'liquid food'." Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Ingredients: Method: Source: allrecipes.

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