Guinness Draught

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

I have always loved me a pint (or more) of Guinness. It always satisfies, it’s always good. At home I drink the cans and it is truly a miracle how good it can still taste. The "widget" is a wonderful thing. Yes, I have tasted better beers and more specifically better stouts but for my money Guinness is a classic that I will always sing the praises of. 10-23-09: Despite my love for this classic I could no longer justify keeping it scored higher than some of the other great ones out there and had to bump this down a bit.

Not great, not bad. The pour is the best part. Malt flavor is fairly bland.

Wonderful beer. Pours like a waterfall of living God juice. After poured, the phrase "It’s Alive Inside" comes to truth as the creamy head slowly makes it’s way to the top, giving a show of beautiful colors and aromas. Tastes rich and roasted with a finish of cream.

(Pint at the Cock Inn, Diss) Black with a ruby tinge and a creamy white head that lasted the whole drink, but actually got more murky in colour as it went on. Creamy smell with a hint of nutmeg, coffee and chocolate, but only light hints. Not particularly breathtaking too be honest. Tasted thick creamy (suprise) with a sweet start and a coffee nutty bittery finish. Tasted like guinness to be honest, which is not bad but oh so mellow compared to other stouts and porters I’ve had. (Can) This is a lot worse than the actual draught version, it may have been a bad can but it was watery, boring, and a little off tasting. Not very nice. The only good thing was the appearance, which is a novelty really.

Pours with a cascading head that beautifully waterfalls to turn deep mahogany and produces a creamy off-white micro head with excellent retention. Caramel malt aromas. Roasted creamy malt upfront turning thin with a distinctive sour sweet hop finish.

If you don’t know about this beer by now, you need to get out more. Guinness is one of the few solid beers that you’ll find at your average macro-dominated, beer-clueless bar. Pours jet black with a creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt, more of that plus coffee and a slight sour character on the flavor. Incredibly creamy and full on the palate, especially considering it’s only a little over 4% abv. Tastes much better across the pond for my money.

the perfect pint is a good image at first but after it gets warm its to "filling"

16 oz. draught can. This may be the most beautiful pour in the world. Dark brown/black with hints of ruby red where the light hits the bottom of the glass. Solid, creamy white head unlike any other beer variety. Very unique aroma of roasted malt blanced with sweetness and light hops. Taste of chocolate and caramel malt, texture of iron in the finish which is also dry. This is a unique and world class beer - one of the absolute best. The final reason I rated this a 4.6 (19 overall) is that the alcohol content is so much lower.