Beamish Irish Stout

Brewed by Heineken Ireland
Style: Dry Stout
Cork, Ireland

Serve in English pint

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4 tinnys of beamish and a plate of chips{fries} with red curry sause. My mouth waters for those olden glory days, spent about 8 days in cork ireland. all I had was the ticket to england, my only plan was to travel, get lousy jobs and drink beer. the best 9 months of my life. Cource that was a WHILE back. Better,than guinness, heartier than murphys, beamish is amasing. Just been to a friends house, a friend who secured a keg for a party, and invited my to a pre party taste. Pours the clasic nytro imbeded white, rises to a perfect jet black with just a hint of ruby in the light. Head is just the slightest tint of brown off white. very nice laceings. Aroma is nutty, cream, and roasted. Palat is thin, and watery on the tongue, full and heavy in the throat. taste is at firts very robust roasted barley, folowed by a dance of nutty malt and chocolate, a lovley bash of sweet malt and enough hops just to slightly balance the sweetness. Undernotes are of coffie, burnt molasas, cream, mixed nuts, fig, plumb and ripe peach. Aftertaste is very smokey, with returs of coffie and chocolate, and a simple little hello from the 50/50 floral/bitter hops in the very finish. Overall, some might say that the flavours are a little muted, and that may be true, but look deeper, there’s a pot o’ gold in dere. Also once had the bottled un-nytro orignal beamish, it was a long time ago, I remember it being the same flavours as the tap but amplified, but as I say, it;s been a while, and I dont think the bottled stout is still avalible. Cheers

Unfortuneatly Beamish is widely overlooked by the General Stout consumer by the that other Dry Stout. For those that feel it is a bit thin do a side by side with Guiness (Guiness is one of the lightest on the market)

I don’t care if it comes in a can or not, this beer is one of the finest specimens to ever come out of a brewery. A+

I had the opportunity to travel Ireland for ten days with a couple buddies. And we began out tour downing plenty of Guinness. When we reached Cork we got our hands on some Beamish. We never looked back. Wherever we could get the stuff (which even in its home country is suprisingly limited) we drank it. I find myself craving it regularly, with its thirst quenching quality and malted goodness. I only wish that it was readily available.

My beer of choice for fall and winter. A warm taste with plenty of body to carry you through the day.

UPDATED: AUG 25, 2008 500 mL can: We just lost good old Beamer in Canada as well due to multinational business issues. No where near as bitter in the fnish as Guinness and way more flavour than Murphys. Mild hints of oatmeal, caramel, molasses with bigger notes of coffee. MiIld but great frothy flavours, which slightly heighten as it warms. Hard to find a stout this versatile. Anybody I give a can to, can’t believe how light it is. It is crazy how this beer can have so much flavour and yet so few calories and alcohol. What a treasure this stout is.

I had this beer on tap in Missoula. The malted full body was surprisingly light in weight. I was absolutely hooked by the finishing aroma and the feeling of spice in such a mysterious and unique stout.

Beautiful pour: Dark brown with a creamy brown head that lasts and lasts. Smells like chocolate milk. Chocolate & toffee flavor with a [surprisingly] thin mouth feel. A nice bitter aftertaste is another surprise. Wonderful! Just wonderful!

Excellent, creamy stout. Better than Guinness