Guinness Red

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

On tap, Turf Tavern, Oxford, RB Pub crawl 08. Deep russet colour with huge beige head. Not a huge aroma, a little bit of fruit, lots of nitro smoothed out flavour, slight tang on end. Some creamy red fruit. Not a huge flaovur, mouthfeel is obviously lacking. It’s ok, but very bland.

Looks beautiful. I expected it to taste like a slightly roasty bitter but it’s not. The subtle sweetness of Guinness extra stout amplified and the roasted malt and bitterness all but eradicated. Guinness for those who don’t like Guinness.

Yeah well boo sucks to you all, as a quaffable pint to drink over and over, it really works. I think it has established itself as my new drink of choice, besides it beats most of the other crap they have at most pubs. Not as nice as guinness but easier to drink, the point i think, though.

nitro at o’neill’s, glasgow. dark reddish, lasting head, lightly nutty aroma, almost entirely devoid of flavour but i guess that was the idea

This one looks better than it tastes. I like Reds but this one misses for me. Not as dark as the original Guinness. But not as red or flavorful as I felt it should be.

(Draught) Dark red colored, thick medium sized "Guinness-head". Aroma is lot like basic version: cream, caramel, smooth sweetness and fruitiness, hints of raspberry comes up too. Flavor is also creamy with slight hops, sweetness and caramel.

Draught from O’ Neill’s. Dark amber/mahogany in colour topped with the trademark off white foam. Nose of roasted malt with a taste to match. Slightly sweet with underlying bitter hop and barley notes that shine through. Baking chocolate comes to mind. More watery than expected but enough creamy Guinness character to just about pull it off. I had two pints from the same pump only poured by two different people. The first was actually quite nice but the second, as mentioned by most, was tasteless and I think the glass was a bit grimey by the way the bubbles clung to it. Anyway, still a nice twist on a classic.

Draught. Not much flavour. Watery, with the same old crappy creamy Guinness thing. This had NO flavour. I can’t say anything more about it.