Special Export (Belgian version)
(has 1 batch)
Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular|
Score
7.21
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Special version of bottled Guinness for Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Brewed in Ireland for Anthony (John) Martin.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black colour, large long-lasting creamy tan head, good lacing. Roasted malty nose, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, smoke, syrup. Taste initially medium sweet, followed by strong bitterness and less sweetness, resulting in lasting bittersweet sensation (chocolate, coffee) with hints of dark fruits. Medium to full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation; bittersweet taste lingers on in finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2013
at 12:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
27.09.2013, 0,33l bottle shared with Palme @ hotel in Amsterdam:
Nice slightly brown creamy longlasting head. Aroma is kind of neutral, slightly sour-ish roasted, dark malts, caramel, dark sugar, chocolate, coffee, cardboard, butterscotch. Taste is dark malts, hops, burnt caramel, butterscotch, cardboard, grass, bitter chocolate, hay, coffee. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Pretty boring.
Nice slightly brown creamy longlasting head. Aroma is kind of neutral, slightly sour-ish roasted, dark malts, caramel, dark sugar, chocolate, coffee, cardboard, butterscotch. Taste is dark malts, hops, burnt caramel, butterscotch, cardboard, grass, bitter chocolate, hay, coffee. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Pretty boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2013
at 04:59
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle. Pours murky black with huge foamy brown head. Aroma is heavy roasted malt, hints of camp fire smoke, milk and overripe plums. Taste is very rich with initial sweetness then heavy bitter, medium sweet and light acidic. Body is oily and mouthfilling with crisp carbonation. Finish is very long and rich with notes of coffee, sweet licorice, gravy, dark fruits, toasted bread, Sunday roast. This is a classic beer, but the aroma is a bit vague compared to the taste and finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2013
at 13:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33CL bottle at my student home, very dark almost black beer with a brown head. Aroma has Liquorice (confectionery) in it, taste has a bit of sweetness in it. very good beer, cant remember what Guinness tasted like so I can’t compare.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2013
at 13:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Guinness Special Export (Belgian version) (by St. James's Gate (Diageo)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
6/IV/13 - 33cl bottle from Delhaize @ proeverij bieren uit de supermarkt, Gentse Biervereniging - BB: n/a (2013-308)
Very dark brown to black beer, creamy beige irregular head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: some caramel, dairy, hay, grains, stable. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: some caramel, grains, dark chocolate, mocha, bit cheesy, stable. Aftertaste: cocoa powder, mocha, bitter hops, bit sourish, cheesy touch, more dark chocolate, coffee.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
6/IV/13 - 33cl bottle from Delhaize @ proeverij bieren uit de supermarkt, Gentse Biervereniging - BB: n/a (2013-308)
Very dark brown to black beer, creamy beige irregular head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: some caramel, dairy, hay, grains, stable. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: some caramel, grains, dark chocolate, mocha, bit cheesy, stable. Aftertaste: cocoa powder, mocha, bitter hops, bit sourish, cheesy touch, more dark chocolate, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2013
at 11:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep black colour with a dark brown, thick head, long lasting. Smells roasted malts, coffee and burnt bread. Taste too, but is a strange bitter/sweet together. Round finish, less dry than usual Guinness. A background taste of smoked a nd burnt, coffee bottom also. Full bodied, and low/medium carbonation. Alcohol completely hidden. A nice beer, interesting, but a smoker would like it better than me :) anyhow, a good beer.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2013
at 08:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home, thanks to an IP trade with Dennis, 02/02/13. Light black/dark mahogony brown in the light with a thin tan head that dissipates and retains as a thin film and edgeing. Nose carries roast malt, cardboard, mineral tones, metallic notes, dark toffee, hint of coffee. Taste comprises roast malts, cardboard/paper, hint of chocolate, mineral tones. Medium bodied, prickly carbonation - too much so, dry finish. Better than standard Guinness but still nothing special!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 15:42