Black as night, with a creamy tan head...

Appearance:

Black as night, with a rather creamy tan head; semi-sticky and dissipates rather quickly.

Smell:

Earthy esters, dark malts, mild aromatic hop bouquet of floral.

Taste:

Smooth upfront with a nice rich malt flavor. Some rounded malt sweetness pulls through (almost get some molasses out of it, and some ripe dark fruits), but it gets swept away by a hop flavor that is a bit lemony, puckering. There's also a dryness to the brew that is amplified by the hop snap. The dryness carries through in the aftertaste, along with some earth and grain husk flavors.

Notes:

An exceptional Stout! In my opinion, this is the real Guinness. It's known and labelled as their "Original," when in fact, the original was their porter product during the 1700s, which become their stout in 1799. The 60/40 nitro-injected stuff you get at the pub today is fairly new to this world (1961). It hardly stands up to this brew.

Beer Type: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Country: Ireland

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