West Indies Porter
Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
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Score
6.88
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A style with origins from our brewers' diaries dating back to 1801, West Indies Porter is complex yet mellow, hoppy with notes of toffee and chocolate.
A style with origins from our brewers' diaries dating back to 1801, West Indies Porter is complex yet mellow, hoppy with notes of toffee and chocolate.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 6%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, caramel and a little liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, little liquorice, hop, medium sweet and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2016
at 05:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black as porter should be. Nice head. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, hint of herbs, hop bitter. Smooth, full taste. Enjoyable beer. In my opinion this one is better, compared with the Dublin porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 11:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Guinness West Indies Porter (by St. James's Gate (Diageo)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
12/VI/16 - 50cl bottle from Albert Heijn (Ghelamco) @ home - BB: n/a (2016-648)
Clear dark brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, malty, lots of coffee, mocha, cow fodder, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet malts, caramel, some coffee, mocha, little sour. Aftertaste: some dark chocolate, coffee, bitter hops, bit grassy, malty finish.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
12/VI/16 - 50cl bottle from Albert Heijn (Ghelamco) @ home - BB: n/a (2016-648)
Clear dark brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, malty, lots of coffee, mocha, cow fodder, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet malts, caramel, some coffee, mocha, little sour. Aftertaste: some dark chocolate, coffee, bitter hops, bit grassy, malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2016
at 16:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Black, with a tall, thick tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, light maple smoke. Taste is sweet......molasses, chocolate malt. Steady herbal/grassy bitter. I have a soft spot for Guinness and this one hits it...... Exactly what I like in a porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2016
at 16:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
First thing I noticed is that it does have a rather large molasses component, or treacle, as the Brits would call it. A little bit of hoppiness and low carbonation, no doubt to match the lower carbonation level of a cask pour of this beer. Like the Dublin Porter, I could catch a note of the Guinness sourness. This is very much an ancestor of the Guinness Export, definitely stronger than their usual session stout. Again, probably not that close to the way an actual beer from that time would taste, but it does suggest the "rawness" of an older recipe.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2016
at 00:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Albert Heijn Culemborg. Clear dark brown with a tan head. The usual roasted malts, caramel, light coffee and chocolate aroma’s. Sweet taste with a mild bitter finish. Solid porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2016
at 15:06