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AI visibility

What AI assistants say about Guinness

We asked ChatGPT

“What are the best stout beers? Which would you recommend and why?”

Guinness was among the recommendations

Also named:

Samuel SmithLeft Hand BrewingNorth CoastGoose IslandFounders

“Nice question - stouts cover a lot of ground (Irish dry, oatmeal, milk/sweet, imperial/Russian, barrel‑aged, pastry/dessert stouts). Below I’ve grouped my recommendations by style with a short tasting note and why I’d pick each one. Tell me which style, price range, or availability you prefer and I’ll narrow the list or suggest local buys. Classics / sessionable - Guinness Draught (Guinness) - the benchmark Irish dry…”

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90/100 AI-readiness

www.guinness.com (official site, from public records) · can the AI crawlers read the site? Checked by code, not by a model.

AI assistants can read pages when answering (robots.txt):ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google, Copilot and Mistral can all fetch your pages when a person asks about you.
AI models may train on the site (robots.txt):No training crawler is blocked, so future model versions can learn about the brand from its own pages.
llms.txt for AI assistants:Not found. An llms.txt gives AI tools a reliable, curated summary of who you are.
Homepage reachable:Loads over HTTPS.
Structured data (schema.org):Found 1 JSON-LD block (WebSite).
Title and description:Both present and descriptive.
Sitemap:Listed in robots.txt.
One live question to one assistant, asked by PollyX on Oct 15, 2026 and asked again about once a month. Assistants answer differently every time, so this is a sample, not a score. The full check asks 12 buyer questions of nine assistants and records every page each one reads. How AI visibility is measured

Is Guinness the first recommendation, and how is it described?

That was one question to one assistant. The full check asks nine assistants 12 buyer questions each, shows where Guinness is first, listed or absent, who is named instead, which pages the assistants read, and what to publish to change it.

Looking for what real people say? See the Guinness brand sentiment snapshot.