Spaw, for a friend of mine I can only say I'm shocked. Shocked. Even here in California, home of everything labelled "lite", Guinness is regarded as sacred and has led the way away from the pig swill of American beer. The many small breweries that have sprung up point to the example of Guinness and honor it's name be hardly trying to make anything to compete with it ('course they can't). Mend your ways. Hoist one, it's good for you.