In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. Matthew 5:16
You may be wondering why a born again Irish Christian would want to brew beer. But it is because of that very reason he began his brewery with a £100 inheritance from his father and his employer Arthur Price, the Archbishop of Cashel, in the Church of Ireland. .They were his stewards and where he learned to brew beer as part of his job on the estate.
During this time in Ireland because of a lot of disease infested water, people drank beer and hard liquor. Due to the high alcohol content there was a lot of drunkenness and all the things that stem from it, such as fights, theft, domestic abuse and socially unacceptable behavior. So Arthur decided to make a richer more dense beer to not only cut down on the alcohol content, but to also make the partaker feel full and therefore consumed less of the beverage. He did this by roasting barely, which gives it its dark red color and added it to the hops, yeast and water. It worked, less alcohol was being consumer and things began to change at St. James Gate Brewery and Dublin.
Arthur was influenced by the life of St. Patrick and his love and heart for the Irish people through his relationship with Jesus and always wanted to know more about him. His motto in life was Spes Mea in Deo, which means, “My hope is in God.”. It was seeing the love of Jesus in the Scriptures, the life of St. Patrick and the preaching of John Wesley that he developed a heart of compassion especially for the poor and downtrodden and those who were addicted to alcohol.
He lived for good to mankind and the praise of God. He passed down his generosity and love for others to his 21 children, unfortunately only 10 lived to adulthood.. Although the Guinness Brewery is now co-owned by a corporation but 51% is still owned by the Guinness family, who still are carrying on Arthur’s legacy of love that began almost 300 years ago. What kind of a legacy of love are you going to leave for the next generations?
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