Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout

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

Pours pitch brown with a thin tan head, lots of fizzy carbonation. Aroma is mild chocolate and licorice. Flavor is smooth tobacco, bitter chocolate, sharp hop pepper and a bitter licorice finish. Mouthfeel is slightly sharp and acidic, overly carbonated.

Bottle Pours a deep brown with a good tan head. The head lasts well and laces nicely. Has okay aromas of chocolate and grain. A light carbonation. Good flavors, it is a lot like Guinness. Has a medium body the texture is on the flat side. A good finish with a good aftertaste. Not bad.

11.2 oz bottle from Canal’s Haiensport. Pours like a classic Guinness a flat super dark black body sitting underneath a large creamy light beige head. Aroma of sour milk, bitter dark chocolate, and dark grains. Body is slightly more carbonated then your standard Guinness or perhaps it’s simply because this is from a bottle and not a nitro widget can. Flavor had some harsh metallic notes on the first few sips but luckily that quickly passed. The remaining flavors are sour milk, toast, stale freeze dried coffee and old bakers dark chocolate. Not really any crazy variation from the original Guinness at all.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a massive rocky tanned head. Lightly roasted malt, brown sugar and nuts. Smooth mouthfeel. A touch of sourness in the finish. Unoffensive and tastes like Guinness...nuff said.

Looks like Dr. Pepper. About a two finger cream head. Aroma of roasted malts and barley. Taste is very similar to regular Guinness but a bit more fizzy and carbonated. Light body and an oily texture. Finish is a little bit bitter. Average, I’ll take a Draught instead.

Pours black, crema head. Smells mild, of roasted barley and quite a lot of grass. Palate is thin. Coffee, some chocolate, nuts and fruit. Mellow with a nice dry finish.

Not bad. Lighter than expected. Easy to drink. Still has some roasty notes to it. Bit creamier mouthfeel.

Opaque black with a nice foamy tan head. Smells lighter than it looks, with some grainy cereal malts that have a nice hop freshness to them. Starts off dark and malty, with some light roast. The barley takes over and things get a little sweeter, but not for long. A slightly bitter hop finish comes through, but it’s a bit too much and throws the smoothness off. There’s also a weird medicinal taste on the finish, kind of like aspirin. Not as sessionable as the regular. Medium-bodied and slick, with some fizzy carbonation. Not bad, but I don’t need to have this one for another 250 years.