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Guinness North Star Brew

Guinness North Star Brew

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A Dry Stout brewed by
St. James’s Gate (Diageo)

Dublin, Ireland

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233.18/5.03.15/5.0Special4%26.1 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Guinness North Star Brew is the third stout in the Brewhouse series. Brewed using lightly blended malts to produce a silky, well-rounded finish, it is a pint of rare distinction that is named in honor of the Brewer's Star.

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 rustychiles (418), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 5, 2008  
On tap @ Bewleys Hotel and St James Gate in Dublin. Pours a nice deep black with a nice nitro brown head just like any other Guinness does. Aroma of Guinness, but with a little more sweetness. Flavor is much the same........the bitterness in Guinness has been balanced out with more malt sweetness. I like it better than original guinness for sure.


 bitbucket (1536), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 20, 2008  
On tap at Temple Bar. I somehow missed entering this rating from my trip to Ireland Pours opaque black with a large tan head, much like the black stuff. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, pine and coffee. Taste is similar to the original, but may be a little smoother? Difficult to tell without a a side-by side rating.


 peter (331), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2007  
Its a slightly sweeter guinness. A bit of bubblegum but not too much. Its a nice break up of 4-5 guinness taps, but nothing to write home about (but enough to rate home about).


 Perm (134), Tryon, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/514/20
Nov 12, 2007  
Draught - McGann’s Pub, Doolin, Co. Clare A black, black stout, with a darker head than the standard Draught. From the moment the barkeep ("Are you ok, then?") drew the draught, I knew I was in for a treat. It’s strong -- definitely stronger than regular Guinness; slightly sweet, and all-around more like an American brewer’s Irish stout offering -- and, in all likelihood, I imagine it to be more like the original 18th century Guinness recipe, if still not nearly as strong.


 Chris_Thomson (183), Luzern, Switzerland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/59/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Dublin-07. I tried this one at the St. James’s Gate Brewery. Pours black with white head like the original Guinness. Very similar to the original, just not as much roasty flavour, basically watered down Guinness.




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