Murphys Irish Stout

Brewed by Magor (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Dry Stout
Caldicot, Gwent, Wales

Sto mangiando la bresaola equina. Bevuta alla spina alla Polena di Genova (mai stato prima, posto abbastanza commerciale ma qualcosa di curioso in bottiglia c’è); può essere un’alternativa all’altrettanto stupida Guinness, ma non aspettatevi granché: colore usuale molto scuro, schiuma maron, aroma pressoché inesistente, vago, di caffè e nocciola, corpo acquosissimo sapore terribilmente sbilanciato sul dolce: stucchevolissima e dopo tre/quattro sorsi vien voglia di prendere una lunga pausa. Non va bene. _________ENGLISH TEXT HERE________Now I’m eating horse meat. Draught at the Polena bar in Genova (never been before, a rather commercial place but has something curious in bottle); it could be an alternative to the mainstream version of Guinness, but do not expect much more; color is usual, very dark, with brown head, aroma is non-existing, very distant, of coffee and nuts; body is watery as ever, flavor is overtly sweet: fulsome brew which, after two sips, you want to put in the wc. Not right.

Draught - nitro. At "It Ain’t Nothin’ But A Blues Bar" in Soho, London. Well, it looks fine - dark, opaque, decent creamy lasting tan nitro head. Lighter aroma than many stouts, nutty, sweet, hint of sweet chocolate and dry herbal hops. The taste is very light, sweet roast somewhat chocolate malt, sort of dry and very mildly herbal (almost faintly minty), with a very quick finish. Creamy, light body, dry on the palate, almost no linger at all - it went down smooth and quenched my thirst, frankly I’d probably take it over most draught Guinness I’ve ever had - but it didn’t make me forget non-nitro, full-bodied stouts by any means.

9/5/07 From a draught can. Aroma is toast, roast and a lightly tart malt forward with subtle chocolate notes. Appearance is a very dark brown with a medium tan head. Flavor is roast malt forward followed by a mixed finely grainy/coffee flavor. There is a sour hop tone with low bittering. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with a very dry finish. It’s smooth, with both some creaminess and astringency. Overall, it’s just not an exciting beer and needs more flavor.

Nitro can. Pours brown black, off white head. Aroma is chocolate, molasses, caramel, wheat. Flavor is malt, chocolate, coffee. Mellow.

Pour: deep chocolate brown. Head: creamy, light beige. Aroma: roasty, malty, some coffee. Flavor: very weak, coppery, some bitterness, metallic. Palate: hardly any carbonation. Finish: very abrupt.

mild aroma with some caramel and vague roast. black with no lacing and a medium sized creamy tan head. flavor has notes of caramel, light roast and milk chocolate. very creamy, smooth palate. low carbonation.

tried it on tap. pretty similar to guinness....slight roasted coffee flavors..little bit thin and watery to me...excellent creamy head.

This is the third time I’ve had to rate this due to computer malfunction. This is the abridged version. I didn’t like it. It was much too sweet. Don’t buy it.