Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout

Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Dry Stout
Dublin, Ireland

Very dark brown with a slight red tint; not quite black. Malty with tastes of dusty chocolate. Kind of boring, but solid and very drinkable.

Bottle. Pours a dark black with a decent tan head that slowly fades. Taste is of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, some smoke and some hops. Nice bitterness in the finish. Nice malt aroma. Similar to the normal Guinness, but with more flavor, not as drinkable, and the head is not as nice.

(bottle) black with generous tan head. Aroma is roast malt, a hint of grassy hops. Flavor is roast malt, less coffee than draught Guinness.

Blind tasting via Bonster. Well Bon provided the bottle and I told my wife to get me something but not to show me the bottle. I knew it was one of six stouts in the fridge but.....you get the picture. medium plus bodies and pours a photon eating stout. Chewy choco-maltiness. some cereal in the biting nose. Finish is dry and fast. A nice stout.

Pours near black with reddish hues and a mostly receding light tan head. Notes of toasted malt, toffee, salty fruits, mild chocolate, and brown malt. Medium bodied with a slighty chalky texture and soft carbonation.

Deep ruby tinted brown, would pass for black at a quick glance. Pretty nitro head. Aroma was roasty malt, not much else. Flavor was lightly coffee accented malts, with a pleasant nuttiness present that set it apart from they "typical" Guinness. Not bad, and probably deserving of a better rating than my numbers here indicate. Almost forgot to rate this one! On tap at a random irish pub in Atlanta.

Bottle. Poursdark brown, with a tan head. Aroma is malt and chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt and some coffee. Body id a bit thin.

On Tap at Katie Mullen’s, Denver 24/09/2009 250 years to the day since Guinness was first brewed. Some roast aroma. Small beige head. Black smooth on the palate and a little spicy with a hint of bitterness in a crisp and dry roast finish.