Guinness Draught

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

Serve in English pint

Can. Very cereally. Maybe the can was old. Not up to usual guinness experience.

50 cl dåse. Sort krop med cremet beige hovede. Aroma og smag ristet malt og noter af røg. Cremet mundfornemmelse, men alligevel lidt vandet i forhold til aroma og smag. Lidt tør afslutning. En øl man skal lære at kende, før man virkelig sætter pris på den. DK-B-24,00

Draught @ Haandverkeren Restaurant, Kristiansand
Pours black/ruby red with a white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt. Taste is light sweet and bitter. Texture is creamy with soft carbonation.

On nitro tap, pours awesome, which is to be expected, aroma is of sweet malt with some chocolate notes, I honestly let this one sit for about 30 minutes before I drank it, it poured very cold at first and wasn’t enjoyable, once it warmed up the flavors came out, flavor of chocolate and sweet malt was great, not the best stout in the world but still pretty good.

Draught (Pint): A perfect looking pint, settles very well with a perfect white head that lasts though out the drink. Roasted malts, malts & barely dominate the smell which is really quite pleasant overall. The taste matches the smell with roasted malts & barley dominating. There is a nice taste of coffee which surfaces near the end of the sip. & the after taste is one of bitter barely that lingers for some time. Medium bodied & really smooth. Very easy to drink although being slightly thicker would have been nice. An amazing stout, as simple as that. (abarwithnoname.wordpress.com for more reviews)

Bottle. Pours black with a long lasting off white head that leaves wonderful lacing. Aroma is a bit of roast malt, maybe a little chocolate. Don’t really get much of an aroma, honestly. Taste is highly inoffensive - there ain’t much going on. It looks to be creamy and thick, but it’s a tad watery and bland. A bit of roasted malts, chocoate and even some milk (?). Maybe a bit of coffee - I was surprised how little taste it had. Light and easy to drink. A milky-like finish. Again, I don’t detect much in the finish. As inoffensive and bland as it is, it surprisngly easy to drink and sublte. While it seems like I would score this a lot lower, I actually kind of liked it.

The epitome of session brews. Pours dark with a long lasting head, sweet malt and caramel balanced by a yeasty bitter. Lots of taste, low alcohol, smooth finish; great for hanging out.

Black with ruby highlights when held directly to the light. The head is only the slightest off white. I love the way the head builds in the glass. Nice 2 finger head that hung around forever and left very, very nice lacing. The head is very creamy looking. A lot of carbonation building the head. The aroma started with sweet chocolate. Almost smells like an Oatmeal Stout. Smells creamy with a dark malt and a slight roasted character. Not much roast, but enough to remind me of it. It even smells a bit thin after it warms. This has an unusual flavor to me. It’s almost like chocolate skim milk. Some smokiness and roastiness is invilved with the flavor also, but they don’t arrive until the sip is gone. It’s a bit like milk and water mixed. The mouthfeel is rather thin. It is smooth, but it goes down so quick and easy that I don’t get to savor it. Watery finish also. I was expecting this to be dry!!! It really didn’t feel like beer. Nothing left on the palate. I can see why a lot of people really like this beer. it’s very easy drinking. It was almost gone before I even knew what was going on. The look of this beer was outstanding, but that was the best aspect in my opinion. I bet one could pound several of these no problem. For me, however, the taste and mouthfeel do not make this real drinkable. I could drink a few, but I prefer the Extra Stout.