Guinness (St. James's Gate)

Commercial Brewery in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Owned by Diageo GB
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1759

Contact
53 James’s Street, St James’s Gate, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland
Subsidiaries
Guinness (St. James's Gate) owns 2 breweries:
Description
It takes adventurous spirit and irrepressible ingenuity to do things the Guinness® way. From our humble beginnings in 1759 to the present day, we’ve gone to extraordinary lengths to bring you exceptional beer. But, while many milestones mark the way on our long and illustrious path, we’re not ones to rest on our laurels. As we like to put it: our greatest work is yet to come.

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Niet helemaal zwart. Schuim beige, heel fijn. Roasty, fruitig. Smask ietsepietsje bitter, roasty. Lichte body. Roasty bitterige afdronk.

Tried from Draft on 14 Jan 2026 at 21:50


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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tiefschwarze Farbe; cremige und stabile Schaumkrone, die etwas grobporiger ausfällt als bei der normalen Variante. In der Nase zurückhaltend und wenig aromatisch, etwas Röstmalz, etwas Schwarzbrot, eine leicht sahnige Note. Im Geschmack nicht schlecht, von allem viel weniger - aber alles ist da, cremiger Körper, malzig, Röstmalz, Bittere ist präsent - fällt aber milder aus als erwartet, trocken.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2025 at 12:07


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A classical lager, not the thing that you could expect of guiness, malty, caramel, hop, a bit watery, not so aromatic, reasonable, 16.07.18, buying it at one coop and serving me this can at home, Prélaz.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2025 at 13:06


6.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

440 ml nitro can, alcohol free stout, from a grocery store in Brighton, consumed at home. Black colour, moderate but nice and creamy nitro head of good retention. Malty and roasty aroma and flavour, surprisingly similar to the "ordinary" Guinness Draught. Well, not identical, of course, but more than good enough when you need a n/a alternative.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2025 at 19:50


6

Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2025 at 11:43


6

Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2025 at 10:36


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Reddish black with a solid tan he’d. Aroma of caramel malts. Flavour is creamy roast malt, lightly smoked. Burnt sugars at the base, lingering bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2025 at 00:00


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Draft. Cloudy golden/copper pour, one finger creamy white head, long lasting, sticky lacing on the glass.

Light to medium body, soft carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel and texture, soft, chewy, slightly fizzy, easily drinkable. Nicely balanced bittersweet taste. Aroma of grass, grains, bread and pale malts. Mild fruity notes in the background. Light peppery. Medium lasting finish, slightly dry, lingering herbal bitterness.

Solid.

Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2025 at 14:01


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Tried on 29 Nov 2025 at 00:51


7.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

Can at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. It's black with a thick, lasting creamy head - if anything, it looks evrn better than regular Guinness. The taste though is definitely different to regular Guinness - in place of the usual dry coffee and smoke there was a semi-sweet combo of berries and cocoa that was rather tasty. The only downside is with the mouthfeel - somehow they've avoided the thin-ness that plagues most AF brews, but however they've done it has made the beer a little gloopy in the mouth. Fortunately that did not detract too much from my enjoyment of it. In fact, it's possibly the best AF beer I've had, and is equally as enjoyable as the regular Guinness (despite tasting very different to it). Nice one!

Tried from Can at Back of Beyond on 28 Nov 2025 at 19:11