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Guinness Draught 3.45 3188

Guinness Draught

Percentile
85
overall
Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Dry Stout

Dublin, Ireland

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
31883.45/5.03.45/5.04.1%88.1English pint
Commercial Description:
Available in cans, kegs and bottles with nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Pasteurised. Usually called Draught; sometimes called Cold or Extra Cold - same beer, but served colder.
Launched in 1961.
Ingredients: Pale ale malt, about 25 to 30% flaked barley, and about 10% roasted barley, with no other grains or sugars; several hop varieties, mainly Goldings (pellets and isomerized extract); a flocculent head-forming ale yeast.
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 dionysus (119), Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20
Oct 19, 2009  
As an irishman, I feel bad not being able to find some more points to donate to this score. Bottle pours black with a creamy khaki colored head. Aroma smells of burnt malt and bakers chocolate. Flavor is primarily the same. Body is thin and soft, definately one of the lighter stouts on the market. Nothing remarkable, but still a staple.


 milewide (619), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Beautiful creamy head, but weak aroma and taste. The stout for "wimps"! No hops and thin body.


wlminter (14), Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/54/103/58/20
Oct 17, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours, well, pours like Guinness. Mouth-feel was pretty thin for a stout. The taste was watery, with only a slight bitterness at the end. Tasted like a watered-down Sierra Nevada Stout. I think this might be due to the nitrogen capsule in the bottle, because on tap this is delicious. Or maybe, I just got a bad batch. So given the choice, avoid the bottle, go for the tap.


 JanVittrup (151), København V, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/105/518/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Nothing looks like a Guinness. In its own class. Dark. Foam. ’nuff said. Little to no aroma. Atleast when I’m out on the town. Flavor: Perfect balance - but no real characteristic. A little hop, not much. Palate: Here is where it really shines. Thick. Velvet. A great beer with little taste(!) Purchased at some bar in Vesterbro.


mallons72 (19), livonia, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/57/104/515/20
Oct 17, 2009  
I dont’ know why, but I like the can much better than the bottle. Widget seems to work better in the can.


 KyotoLefty (1468), Kyoto, Japan
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Finally got around to rating it. Malty aroma with chocolate and coffee and a touch of sour. Flavor of chocolate, roasted malt, some hops, a bit of coffee, some cereals, a touch of fruit, and a bit bitter roasted finish. Dry and silky smooth. Not a whole lot of flavor, really, but subtle and very drinkable. Served usually far too cold to get a good nose.


 mcberko (169), British Columbia, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 14, 2009  
On tap, the only proper way to drink Guinness. A thick, pleasantly bitter, and heavy dry stout. One of my safe go-to beers.


Fevernova (62), Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/514/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Tap -- What else can I say that hasn’t already been said. A Classic.



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