 changeup45 (577), Orlando, Florida, USA
Apr 10, 2008
I sampled this beer on an Anheuser-Busch tour about 2 1/2 years ago, when I believe it was just coming out. So that’s my disclaimer; it was a while ago, right at the plant, early in it’s existance and I was on a beer tour (and thus in a good mood). I recall it being very much like Guinness but a touch thinner on the mouthfeel. Everything was just a little bit watered down when comparing to Guinness but it wasn’t bad at all. I actually enjoyed it. Decent coffee presence, some malts and a hint of dark chocolate. Wasn’t as dark as Guinness, more of like a dark brown but they did have some similarities. Also mine had a pretty decent sized creamy head but that could be because it was forced draught at Anheuser-Busch.
Sparky27 (587), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Oct 4, 2008 On tap. Pours a dark brown with 2 finger tan head and very nice lacing. Nose is very light with roasted coffee and some malt. Taste is mild roasted coffee, malt and a touch of cocoa. Medium mouth feel. Tasted like a watered down Guinness. Not very good.
Ceebs25 (66), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Sep 15, 2008 On tap at Davids. Smell of soda, minor alcohol, and stale coffee. Looks kinda like soda with less carbonation and very small brown cream border of head. Tastes also like flat soda with a little lemon, coffee, and weak roasted caramel malt, watery, slightly harsh on the palate. This is not a particularly good beer, though better than most made by this brewery solely because its not a lager, but at the same time it does not have the redeeming quality of it being easy to chug, so i almost am willing to put it on that same level.
BlackDonald (1039), North Carolina, USA
Aug 3, 2008 This stuff is heinous, I don’t like Guinness and dry stouts are not my favrotie category especially on nitro, but this is absloutely horrid. How can people drink this crap. Acrid burnt chocolate roastiness. Over roasted to the point of being bitter and sour.
bbrock81 (191), Le Mars, Iowa, USA
Jul 19, 2008 This is Guinness lite (and since Guinness is stout lite, I guess that makes this stout lite lite). It has the typical stout appearance - dark, opaque, fairly thick head. It also has the typical stout aromas and flavors, but they are so watered down as to be almost nonexistent, and this also prevents there from being any subtle nuances. There’s a basic, very mild coffee-ish roastiness (we’re talking cheap Folgers here, not a nice custom roast or anything even halfway decent), and a bit of hop bitterness going on, but that’s about it. If you’re in the situation I was in when I tried it (i.e. it’s either this or the typical Miller/Bud choices), then go for it. But if you can get damn near anything else, you’ll be better off.
Cybercat (421), Georgia, USA
Jul 3, 2008 I am normally partial to stouts and porters, but this is an exception. It looks nice coming out of the keg (had this at the Mensa AG in Denver), dark sable-brown with a decent head. Aroma, however, is rather weak, albeit typical of a stout. Flavor is rather insipid - it tastes like watered-down coffee with just a little bit of an alcohol zing. Texture is smooth but lifeless. Forget this one.
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