Guinness Drinker Hats

Guinness is a pint with a set of rituals, and the rituals are the jokes. Splitting the G, taking the first sip so the beer line bisects the G on the glass, went viral on TikTok, though its origin is unclear, and Paul Mescal, Jason Momoa, Niall Horan and Ed Sheeran have all done it. The Irish Times notes that Guinness itself recommends a wait of 119.5 seconds between the two parts of the pour, and calls out the half second as the joke. The Irish Post points out that the beer that looks black is actually an extremely deep ruby red, and a 2011 study scored Guinness 74 out of 100 in Ireland and 57 elsewhere, which is the evidence behind the claim that it tastes better in Dublin. These hats cover the pint's vocabulary, from the badge GUINNESS and the black stuff to the 1920s slogan GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU, which grew out of a belief in its iron that led doctors to prescribe it after operations. It is the most widely drunk alcohol in Ireland, and these are for the drinkers who keep at it all year, not just in March. LOVELY DAY FOR A GUINNESS is also a line the Guinness Storehouse shop sells on a bucket hat. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. They suit the pub regular, the dad on the Irish side of the family, and anyone willing to wait the full 119.5 seconds.