Guiness, Guinnes, why do I keep trying? It must be the mystique of the first ‘craft’ beer I sampled, years ago, along with Heinie dark. But I sample this one as I rate. I have been mostly disappointed with the few other guinnes styles I have drank. I’m hoping this has some carbonation left over from 1759. Brown 12 oz bottle, must be from the UK, 12 oz, not 11 point something. Shorter and stubbier than most bottles. With a small head it pours nearly opaque in my stein. Not overwhelming but the slight aroma of a porter or stout, you know, typical dark beer smell. The flavor is pleasing with the available carbonation. Smooth fine bubbles grace the back of my throat. After the sip a nice short burst of foam arises to the top of the brew. Has a nice roastyness about it without being overbearing. Finish is not an onslaught but it does gently fade into a grapefruit peel bitterness that you won’t soon forget. Carbonation is much better than the other guins. Best guinny I’ver recently had. Could not drink too many of these at a time. Taste is somewhat like La Rossa but not as oppressing. Better than draught guin and mendico black hawk dry stouts.

Hmmm... this is a drudgingly mediocre pale lager. I really think that Americans put Canadian beers on a pedestal and consider them higher. This is just margainally better than the American beers that are of the same calibre. Frankly I would mind this less if it wasn’t for the finish and aftertaste which I found abrasive and somewhat offensive.

Wow, this beer kinda sucks you know. It is kind of dark for a pale lager and all. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t suck... eh. It smells like bad. It also is pretty tasteless, except for the bad. My friend noted that I made the hard luquor face while drinking this urine water. This beer should die. How in the name of the maple leafs is this in the 7 percentile?

A golden lager with a thick creamy white head. Aroma of strong methane and sulfur. In mouth a rather sweet concoction, with the said apricot, rather short in mouth, and ...gratefully...forgotten. Drainpour. Evil perpetrated by the Capflu...evil, I say.

Tap. Pour I had seemed very fresh. Nice clear yellow color, decent head. Taste is clean and refreshing. Not a serious beer, but a step above the normal macro.

Golden amber in color with a foamy white head. Smell was hoppy and grassy. Taste was a grainy and somewhat watery.