Guinness Extra Stout (Original) | Guinness Ltd.
Brewed by:
Guinness Ltd.
Ireland
guinness.com
Style: Irish Dry Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by SixpointJMH on 11-12-2000
Ratings: 4,204 | Reviews: 1,380
4.32/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
3.81/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.34/5 rDev +17%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.5/5 rDev +21.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours opaque darkest brown with one finger creamy tan head that dissipates quickly. Good lacing. Smells of chocolate and coffee. Bread and roasted malt. Great flavor. Bitter chocolate. Expresso. The afore mentioned roasted malt, almost sweet chocolate with a mild bitter finish. Like many this was my first stout. Tastes great and earned a spot in my beer fridge yes ago.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours opaque darkest brown with one finger creamy tan head that dissipates quickly. Good lacing. Smells of chocolate and coffee. Bread and roasted malt. Great flavor. Bitter chocolate. Expresso. The afore mentioned roasted malt, almost sweet chocolate with a mild bitter finish. Like many this was my first stout. Tastes great and earned a spot in my beer fridge yes ago.
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3.34/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
4.09/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.79/5 rDev +29.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
3.67/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.29/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Very solid.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Very solid.
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2.55/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
4.25/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.74/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.24/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.31/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Poured hard into a tulip, one finger head that held on for about a minute before dying to a persistent foam on top. Look is beautiful, very dark basically black unless held up to a light, then you'll see a bit of Ruby red in there. The nose is a subtle coffee and the trademark Guinness sour. I don't get the chocolate others mention. Taste is good, a deep coffee-ish flavor profile with a very subtle chocolate sweetness and that Guinness Tang. It also has a slightly alcoholic finish to it. The mentioned sweetness will linger in the mouth for a while and is pleasant. The feel is a bit chewy and completely appropriate for a stout. Overall it's a nice beer but it lacks complexity as many stouts do. What is there is nice and appropriate for the style, which it should be because Guinness basically invented the style! You could drink a whole sixer of these without blinking. Everyone should try at least once! *I'd like to add an amendment. The alcohol content of this beer has dropped to 5.7% as per the label on my bottle.*
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Poured hard into a tulip, one finger head that held on for about a minute before dying to a persistent foam on top. Look is beautiful, very dark basically black unless held up to a light, then you'll see a bit of Ruby red in there. The nose is a subtle coffee and the trademark Guinness sour. I don't get the chocolate others mention. Taste is good, a deep coffee-ish flavor profile with a very subtle chocolate sweetness and that Guinness Tang. It also has a slightly alcoholic finish to it. The mentioned sweetness will linger in the mouth for a while and is pleasant. The feel is a bit chewy and completely appropriate for a stout. Overall it's a nice beer but it lacks complexity as many stouts do. What is there is nice and appropriate for the style, which it should be because Guinness basically invented the style! You could drink a whole sixer of these without blinking. Everyone should try at least once! *I'd like to add an amendment. The alcohol content of this beer has dropped to 5.7% as per the label on my bottle.*
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4.06/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This is my go-to beer. A little harder to find than the draught, but worth looking for. Recently found this beer in an 18 oz bottle.
Appearance is great, dark chocolate brown with ruby highlights, thick caramel head that lasts with excellent lacing.
Nice chocolate and coffee flavors, with a thick and smooth feel.
If you're a stout lover (me!), this is pretty tasty beer that is pretty easily available.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This is my go-to beer. A little harder to find than the draught, but worth looking for. Recently found this beer in an 18 oz bottle.
Appearance is great, dark chocolate brown with ruby highlights, thick caramel head that lasts with excellent lacing.
Nice chocolate and coffee flavors, with a thick and smooth feel.
If you're a stout lover (me!), this is pretty tasty beer that is pretty easily available.
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3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I tried the extra stout after trying a normal draught. Here are my thoughts.
L - Great. Pours a dark brown, almost black. Very good retention.
S - Notes of dark coffee, dark chocolate, and a little molasses.
T - Pretty similar to the aroma with a little more grain than a normal Guinness.
F - Goes down easy, Not a ton of carbonation, but slips down nice and easy.
O - Still don't like it as much as a normal Guinness Draught, but I'd take one of these any day of the week.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I tried the extra stout after trying a normal draught. Here are my thoughts.
L - Great. Pours a dark brown, almost black. Very good retention.
S - Notes of dark coffee, dark chocolate, and a little molasses.
T - Pretty similar to the aroma with a little more grain than a normal Guinness.
F - Goes down easy, Not a ton of carbonation, but slips down nice and easy.
O - Still don't like it as much as a normal Guinness Draught, but I'd take one of these any day of the week.
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3.41/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2.75/5 rDev -25.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.5/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Guinness Extra Stout (Original) from Guinness Ltd.
3.71
out of 5
based on 4,204 ratings.
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25