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Guinness Draught

Guinness Draught

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A Dry Stout brewed by
St. James’s Gate (Diageo)

Dublin, Ireland

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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28403.46/5.03.46/5.04.1%83.3 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Available in cans, kegs and bottles with nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Pasteurised. Usually called Draught; sometimes called Cold or Extra Cold - same beer, but served colder.
Launched in 1961.
Ingredients: Pale ale malt, about 25 to 30% flaked barley, and about 10% roasted barley, with no other grains or sugars; several hop varieties, mainly Goldings (pellets and isomerized extract); a flocculent head-forming ale yeast.

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EValP (30), Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/512/20

Aug 4, 2006  
Opaque pour with that fantastic creamy head that lasts the whole pint. This stout needs an appropriate pour to fully enjoy the taste and look. Even though I prefer the Extra Stout version, this is a decent commercialized stout beer. Burnt chocolaty and malt aroma, the taste is a bit light for me as far as stouts go. Not bad if poured correctly and you can get it on tap in allot of places so you can’t complain, better than having to go for a Coors on tap at a restaurant…my .02.

Necron99 (19), Clermont, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 3, 2008  
A classic beer, pours black with a creamy head. Light malt aroma. Thick and creamy roasted malt flavor. Slightly milky and metallic finish, but still smooth. Hard to beat a good guinness.


 Lubiere (3250), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Sep 2, 2008  
A dark clear brown stout with a creamy nitro light moka head. A light chocolate malt aroma, coming more clearly as beer warms up (served way too cold). In mouth, a nice peaty malt, roasted notes, especially when imbibing the foam. Lighter bodied, but overall, much superior to what we get in Canada. On tap at O’Neill’s, terminal 3, Heathrow. Mid Nov. 2006.


 JuStuka (143), , Mexico
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Dark color, creamyness on top, taste was very smokey with a touch of coffee


 wheresthepath (226), Buckinghamshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/102/515/20
Aug 31, 2008  
[Nitrokeg at Nut & Squirrel, Milton Keynes] For many, this is the definitive stout when served correctly. And alone out of the ubiquitous macro keg beers it lives up to its reputation and advertising, and is a decent, nay welcome fallback if you’re forced into a pub with nothing interesting available. You all know what it’s like, but for the record: Black body, thick and creamy lasting head. Aroma of roasted malt, taste of coffee and cream with a little smoke and a dryness on the tongue. Very easy to drink, and very comforting. Just let down a little by a slightly watery body and a hint of metals in the aftertaste. This was probably the first time I’d had it in a couple of years, but it lived up to my fond memories!


BlackAndTan (2), Glen Carbon, Illinois, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Absolutely the best beer that I can say that I have had so far. There is nothing like sitting in McGurk’s in St Louis and taking down some Guinness or some Black n Tan’s. Go Irish, Go Guiness.




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