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Poll: Is Ireland ready for non-alcoholic Guinness?

The company has launched alcohol-free Guinness Zero in Asia, but how would it go down in Ireland?

GUINNESS IS ALMOST as synonymous with Ireland as shamrock and rain, with the black stuff encapsulating the idea of our drinking culture both at home and abroad.

Recently the company launched Guinness Zero, an alcohol-free alternative aimed at the Asian market where the non-alcoholic beverage category is well established, not least due to government hostility towards alcoholic drinks in the region.

An Irish launch still seems to be some distance away.

But if it were to launch here, how would the Irish, Guinness-drinking public react?

We’re asking: is Ireland ready for non-alcoholic Guinness?


Poll Results:

No - Guinness is a unique brand and alcohol is the main reason for its popularity (4068)
Absolutely (3242)
I don't know (595)
I don't drink alcohol but I would drink non-alcoholic Guinness (469)

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:15 AM

    How do you tell the ethnicity of a puppet? Why did it take a year? So many questions

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:23 AM

    @Disco Inferno: it’s name I suppose, also just look at the furore about Big bird from Ted cruz

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:19 AM

    What ethnicity are Ernie and Bert?

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:21 AM

    @Edmund Spencer: more importantly who calls Bert and Ernie, Ernie and Bert. Also ethnicity is pretty obvious when they combine to form Bernie Sanders

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:24 AM

    @Darren Byrne: they’ve always been Ernie and Bert to me, this is the hill I am prepared to die on.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 10:27 AM

    @mayo chicken: It will happen quickly, we’ll just bury you under all the officially licensed packaging that says “Bert & Ernie”.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 10:51 AM

    @Darren Byrne: write it on my tombstone!

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:19 AM

    The best thing about this is that for the average person, it won’t bother them – but for the real right-wingers, they’ll be screaming bloody murder over it and it will be hilarious.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:23 AM

    @Seán Ó Briain: Exactly.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:24 AM

    Is she from north or south Korea I wonder?

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    Nov 15th 2021, 9:40 AM

    @Ronan Walsh: she’s from America

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    Nov 15th 2021, 10:35 AM

    Brilliant news. Great to see such an influential TV show giving these issues so much thought, giving kids the chance to learn what previous generations have not been exposed to often enough.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 12:02 PM

    @Freudian Quip: what nonsense. Sesame Street has been a paragon of equality and diversity for over half a century.

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    Nov 15th 2021, 11:23 AM

    Oh to be ji-young again .,

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    Nov 15th 2021, 11:12 AM

    I hope Naomi will be actually able to take part in the show.

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