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ARNAUDGuinness Gruit
Personal work for a Guinness Gruit Limited Edition.
The gruit was the medieval ancestor of modern beer, made with a misture of herbs dinstilled without hop.
Gruit is a Celtic word derived from the letter G (”goort”) of the Ogham alphabeth, which originally meant “ivy”. Each letter was indeed associated to a particular plant and consisted in a combination of horizontal and oblique lines.
This project is ispired to this ancient alphabeth typical of pre-Christian Ireland and to the stained glasses of medieval Irish curches, since Guinness was always famous for being faithful to its Irish roots and traditions.
This project is ispired to this ancient alphabeth typical of pre-Christian Ireland and to the stained glasses of medieval Irish curches, since Guinness was always famous for being faithful to its Irish roots and traditions.
