Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout

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

Can’t tell a difference to the draft, other than carbonation. Both are so light in flavors. This 250th pours medium to full dark brown with off-tan head. Nose is light with roasty components and some whoppers nougat candy. Palate is light bodied with roasty flavors up front, some sweet caramel/chocolate in the middle, and a semi-sweet caramel finish. Easy drinking.

I prefer the 250th over the regular guinness. Its slight tweak just edges it over for me. Still one of the most overrated beers though.

It pours an extremely dark caramel color, almost black, with a small foam ring of a head. It smells of barley and roasted malt. It is ashy and dry. There is not much to the aroma as it is just a basic stout. Upon tasting, I noticed how smooth it was, a very good amount of carbonation, and a hint of roasted malt. Overall, it was a very good brew for being mass manufactured around the country.

Bottle, pours very dark with a tan head. Light aroma of chocolate malts. Watery, not much too speak of with this one, not the guinness is that great of a brewery but wow for a 250th anniversary, lame. The commercial description makes no sense, two types of malts, ale and stout? Anyways not a great brew, but not surprised either.

This dark brown ale poured with a foamy tan head and a burnt aroma. It is indeed dryer that the standard (good) guinness, and is also thinner-bodied with much less flavor. There is some chocolate and toffee with a roasty feel to it, making this a drinkable, but not excellent brew.

Very slight cocoa, malt, and roast...perhaps a little burnt...bitter, thin, and not very good.

Black pour with a thick foamy tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel and roast malt. Taste is plain with a slight chalkiness from the fizzy carbonation maybe. Not very rich like the other Guinness beers.

Pours black with a moderate tan head. Aroma is strong with roasted malts. Flavor is coffee and roasted chocolate malt. Mouthfeel is thinner and more carbonated than traditional Guinness. All in all, it’s a prety run-of-the-mill stout.