Guinness Draught | Guinness Ltd.
Brewed by:
Guinness Ltd.
Ireland
guinness.com
Style: Irish Dry Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.20%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 02-02-2001
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Ratings: 7,897 | Reviews: 2,304
3.58/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle - very dark brown with light tan head and bubbly lacing .Nose is faint roasty malt and dark coffee. Taste follows nose ,not as pronounced as I remember it being in Ireland. A decent low abv dry stout with a thinner mouthfeel than I am used to.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle - very dark brown with light tan head and bubbly lacing .Nose is faint roasty malt and dark coffee. Taste follows nose ,not as pronounced as I remember it being in Ireland. A decent low abv dry stout with a thinner mouthfeel than I am used to.
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2.42/5 rDev -32%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Very watery and sweet for a stout
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look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Very watery and sweet for a stout
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3.67/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.5/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.21/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This is my favorite stout and my go to beer. It is not as bitter and bold as extra stout but it is more smooth and a tad more sweet in my opinion. It pours a beautiful cascade waterfall of frothy and creamy bubbles with a great head. The aroma is dark coffee with a sweet medley of burnt wheat and malt. The taste is complex with notes of burnt grain,dark chocolate,molasses,and dark coffee. This is what they call the black stuff in Ireland and I love it !!!!
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This is my favorite stout and my go to beer. It is not as bitter and bold as extra stout but it is more smooth and a tad more sweet in my opinion. It pours a beautiful cascade waterfall of frothy and creamy bubbles with a great head. The aroma is dark coffee with a sweet medley of burnt wheat and malt. The taste is complex with notes of burnt grain,dark chocolate,molasses,and dark coffee. This is what they call the black stuff in Ireland and I love it !!!!
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3.25/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.75/5 rDev +5.3%
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
4.27/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.63/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.18/5 rDev +17.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.53/5 rDev +27.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Have had on draft hundreds of times, in a pint glass.
L---Pitch black. Thick head that has perfect retention and leaves lovely lacing. A properly poured Guinness is what a beer should look like.
S---Roasted malts come out as coffee & chocolate.
T---Follows the nose, but taste is stronger than the smell.
F---Creamy & rich. Coats the mouth and lingers.
O---As good as it gets and it's a mass produced one as well. Why can't other big brewers be like them?
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look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Have had on draft hundreds of times, in a pint glass.
L---Pitch black. Thick head that has perfect retention and leaves lovely lacing. A properly poured Guinness is what a beer should look like.
S---Roasted malts come out as coffee & chocolate.
T---Follows the nose, but taste is stronger than the smell.
F---Creamy & rich. Coats the mouth and lingers.
O---As good as it gets and it's a mass produced one as well. Why can't other big brewers be like them?
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5/5 rDev +40.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The best mass produced beer ever made. Sublime. Well played Ireland!
Creamy, complex, thirst quenching, a delight at any time of year.
It is my favourite beer by a long way! I couldn’t do without it, sheer perfection.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
The best mass produced beer ever made. Sublime. Well played Ireland!
Creamy, complex, thirst quenching, a delight at any time of year.
It is my favourite beer by a long way! I couldn’t do without it, sheer perfection.
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4.71/5 rDev +32.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
3.75/5 rDev +5.3%
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
3.7/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Very dark with a beautiful tan fluffy wow fading head - they have mastered the pour! Smooth silky and dark, a nice mass stout with no hop. Best cold and quick as taste starts to fade as warms.
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look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Very dark with a beautiful tan fluffy wow fading head - they have mastered the pour! Smooth silky and dark, a nice mass stout with no hop. Best cold and quick as taste starts to fade as warms.
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3.69/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +18%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from can into a pint glass
Looks great, jet black with a massive creamy head, excellent retention, some lace.
S: faint aroma of toasted or burnt malts. Not bad just faint,
T: sweet and dry. Has a slight cream lactose sweetness
F: super silky, low carbonation, super quafflable, rich and full but light body.
O: very approachable beer, haven’t had this in awhile cuz I drank to many at the bar one night a few years ago. But definitely worth a revisit
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from can into a pint glass
Looks great, jet black with a massive creamy head, excellent retention, some lace.
S: faint aroma of toasted or burnt malts. Not bad just faint,
T: sweet and dry. Has a slight cream lactose sweetness
F: super silky, low carbonation, super quafflable, rich and full but light body.
O: very approachable beer, haven’t had this in awhile cuz I drank to many at the bar one night a few years ago. But definitely worth a revisit
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4.38/5 rDev +23%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.68/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours solid black,light carbonation and despite a slight creamy element it comes off a little thin. Aroma isn't overpowering, roasted malt and coffee mostly. Taste was identical, much better and complex as it warms up
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours solid black,light carbonation and despite a slight creamy element it comes off a little thin. Aroma isn't overpowering, roasted malt and coffee mostly. Taste was identical, much better and complex as it warms up
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Guinness Draught from Guinness Ltd.
Beer rating:
3.56 out of
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7,897 ratings
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