Guinness (St. James's Gate) Special Export (Belgian version)

Special Export (Belgian version)

 

Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular
Score
7.21
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 231
Special version of bottled Guinness for Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Brewed in Ireland for Anthony (John) Martin.
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Single bottle from Mariano's, as Guinness Antwerpen Stout. Pours a great big brown head over an opaque black body, but one with a bit of brown at the edges. Dutch cocoa on the nose, some coffee, and a hint of bourbon alcohol. Foam stays stiff, and has a bit of a roast coffee taste over the liquid part. Taste is rich with bitter chocolate and coffee, a bit of velvet texture. Alcohol is present, but remains in the background to warm me up as I drink it. Goes down very easily.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2019 at 04:53

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Deep brown to black. Ruby highlights. Huge beige frothy head. Eternal retention. Aroma: roasted barley, burnt sugar, dried fruit, a little strange plasticy note. Medium body. Flat carbonation. Taste: light to medium sweet malty start. Roasted, burnt sugar. Fruity mid. Hoppy ending. Pronounced bitterness. Well, quite tasty. The huge froth took away all the bubbles though.
Tried on 27 Aug 2019 at 21:01

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Big off-white frothy head. Deep dark and a bit cloudy. Strong roasted malt aroma and flavor. Some tropical fruit and licorice. Full bodied, with a hint of sourness. Long roasted malt finish.
Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:08

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours pitch black with a thick tan head. Aroma of oily malt and herbal resin. Taste has herbal elements, chocolate and ferrous elements. Heavy palate of earthy notes and bitter hops. Best Guinness.
Tried on 06 Aug 2019 at 00:17

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
dark Brown colour, one inch of creamy beige head; aroma of plum jam, raisins, some toasted rye bread, caramel, cocoa and moderate coffee; taste of dried plum and sour cherry, some dark chocolate, caramel, burnt woody and burnt toast notes; much better than the draught version
Tried on 07 Jul 2019 at 22:01

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2019 at 23:14

7/10
Aroma karamell malt sjokolade kaffe. Smak vanilje sjokolade karamell malt. Lett fylde god smak
Tried on 12 Apr 2019 at 19:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Utseende sort med brunt skum. Aroma karamell malt sjokolade kaffe. Smak vanilje sjokolade karamell malt. Lett fylde god smak. Flaske på Humle og Bier 2019
Tried on 12 Apr 2019 at 17:06

4.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Less than 12 oz bottle. My label says anterpen, get with it guinness!! Hate to have the same beer with 5 different names. no? Pour is beautiful. Looks lovely. Tobacco initial chocolate burnt flavors. Slight metallic nose. Volatile drink, alky is held out right where you can see it. Now it starts this arrogant attitude. Wants to catch you off guard. Each swig is mind numbing. In the end there is this craggy renmaining head floating around. Pretty good overall high alky beer experience. However, was hoping for a more civilized experience.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2019 at 21:37