Guinness Original / Extra Stout (Ireland/UK)

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

Serve in English pint

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Warning if your in America Pay the money and import it from my home town. If you don’t you’ll be sorry.

The original drink is always the best. I have been drinking this for a number of years and I dont intend to stop. Absolutely gorgeous taste when freezing cold, if bought in bottles, its best to leave them in the fridge overnight to get the best temp. Or bung it into the freezer for about 30 minutes, whichever you prefer. :)

Provdatum: 2004-05-03 Ett en av de bästa ölminnena - längst upp i museet i Dublin.

This beer definately lives up to its billing! I waited so long to try it because people used words like bitter and sour to descibe it. The bitterness is a good kind of bitterness and to me the sour notes were just barely detectable. The best beer I have tried so far. Update: I’m not changing any scores, just wanted to point out that the Guinness Extra Stout I rated came from Ireland, not Canada.

Bottle. Unfortunately it’s no longer available in its bottle conditioned form when it was a match for any beer. Pours very dark with beige head that lasts down the glass. Aroma is an immediate hit of burnt malts with a bit of treacle, coffee and hop thrown in. Intensely bitter on the tongue, the mix between malt and hop is near perfect. For all its carbonation it is a remarkably smooth drink. Very dry in the finish. I must try to find the Irish unpasteurised version.

The perfect pint of the black stuff is an amazing thing a popular drink with both young and old in Ireland. It’s a must have for every beer fan. Coffee cream and chocolate aromas. Best out of a large bottle

raisin, cooked vegetables, skunky, butterscotch, leaves, grass, caramel, coffee, chocolate, black, brown foam, cloudy, light sweetness, very bitter, heavily sour, full body, creamy, sticky, average carbonation, long finish, bitter,

The original and by definition, the standard-bearer of the style. I know most swear that the version in Ireland is significantly different from America, but I am not one of them. While I prefer Murphy’s because it is "smoother" to me, this is still one of the world’s great beers.

Strongly intense, with great park of scents. Toasted and cereal in relief. Darkest, black from the persistent and compact foam. My favourite beer style.