Beamish Irish Stout

Brewed by Heineken Ireland
Style: Dry Stout
Cork, Ireland

Serve in English pint

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Dark, almost black, Has a light brown head, mostly lasting. Milky-roasted aroma, sweet. Flavor is moderate sweet and finish heavy bitter. Dry texture.

50 cl can. Very dark brown/red with small creamy off-white head.. Flavour is roasted malt, coffee and a bit watery.

Can. Nice microfoam head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, licorice and hops. Smooth and creamy.

Can. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting nitrohead. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Coffee notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Roasted notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tap @ Tuomari, Kuopio. Rated @ 21.3.2009.
Pours a black colour with a beautiful creamy, slightly off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts and smoke. Flavour of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Pleasant taste. Medium bodied with watery mouthfeel. As good as Guinness Draught.

Can: Light beige pretty vast foamy head. Pours a dark to almost black beer. Smell some roasted ingredients, hints of coffee and chocolate. Taste is pretty soft and creamy with hints of roasted malts, coffee and slighter hint of soft chocolate, sweets and some hops/bitter. Not bad at all with low carbonation, but maybe a bit too sweet.

I always kind of liked Beamish. A change up from Guinness. A slight peppery flavor. Serving: Can

Serving: 440 ml. can from Total Wine Sterling.
Aroma: The nose has light roasted notes, a bit of husk, and some cooked vegetables.
Appearance: It pours a very, very dark brown with lots of ruby highlights and a dense, creamy, light tan head. Thanks nitrogen widget!
Taste: Mmmm... cooked veg, some stale roasted malt, an off green bitterness, and burnt notes. This is dreadful.
Palate: Thin and limp on the palate with no carbonation (thanks nitrogen widget!) and a nasty bitter finish.
Overall: This can o’ crap is pretty bad. I managed two sips before I poured the rest down the drain. Anyone who prefers this to Guinness has no tastebuds.
Score: 4.3.2.1.5

Extremely dark-red (opaque) with the cascade-effect running through (up the hill). Massive thick and creamy tanned head. Mild aromas of nuts and alcohol . Taste is very smooth, with hints of molasse, and not bitter like Guinness. Dry finish. Good mouthfeel, but not as thick (and filling) as the above-named brew. I really enjoyed this Irish Stout, but still my favorite stays the St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout (in the overall stout family).

Doing a 3-way shootout with Guinness, Murphy’s, & Beamish tonight. Let’s see who comes out on top.

16oz nitro widget can. No freshness date.

Pours black with a one-finger+ dense nitro light brown head. Light brown and ruby highlights under light. Comes in middle of the pack in darkness of the head and body, leaves good lacing, head retains well but falls apart a bit at the end. More similarities to Murphy’s rather than Guinness in the appearance (and really all categories for that matter).

Aroma is pretty quiet but does feature some sweet malt, roast, chocolate, touch of coffee. That nitro "smell" is present. Middle of the pack in aroma.

Flavor is quite nice, light milk chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, very smooth. Equal to Guinness, although different. A bit sweeter and roastier.

Mouthfeel is amazing...I love nitro beers. Incredibly smooth and drinkable. Fuller body than Guinness, identical to Murphy’s.

A close 2nd in this shootout. Similar but superior to Murphy’s. Subtle differences between this and Guinness and they are both quite good. Guinness gets a SLIGHT nod due to better appearance and aroma, availability and price also help the classic from St. James Gate take the victory in the shootout. Still, very glad to FINALLY be able to try Beamish after years of hunting, a solid silver medal winner in my book!