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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 03-03-15 - 500ml bottle, pours a very dark brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, coffee, raisins, toast & dark malts. Light to medium body. Soft carbonation. Moderate bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2025 at 20:38


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

Old rating - 500ml bottle. Pours black with a foamy beige head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, raisins, toffee & roasted malt. Medium body. Slightly roasted bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2025 at 15:56


7.8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottles from Morrisons. Black body with a tan head. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee, orange, ginger and milk chocolate. Flavour of dark chocolate, charred gingerbread and a bitter, steely finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Dark and slightly hoppy. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle from Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations) on 06 Jun 2025 at 18:31


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Guinness Storehouse shop, Dublin. Tried this one after the excellent Foreign Extra Stout. Light to medium body. Cocoa , roasted malts. A bit on the sweet side

Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:13


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

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Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:13


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

In Dublin ,Guiness Storehouse.Lovely beer. Couldn't even pour it on a glass or refrigerate it properly. Full body.

Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:12


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From Delhaize, Brussels. At home.
Observations: I find the Guiness Foreign Extra Stout quite superior to this one. Consumed it a bit colder and faster than normally would.Solid beer though

Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:12


5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Aroma a milho e cereais. Notas metálicas. Ligeiro, muito ligeiro lúpulo. . Quase com uma consistência igual a água.Parece-me uma lager equilibrada e suave com um leve sabor a lúpulo no final.Algo banal

Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 13:08


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

First Rating a couple of years ago:Not my favorite style of beer. It is pretty dull actually.Widespread because there’s a Irish Pub in every godforsaken place around the world.

Second rating:
On tap at the Guinness Storehouse. The best Guiness I ever tried. Coffee , cocoa, roasted malts. Perfect body.Delightful

Couldn't replicate the experience in several pubs in Dublin. The beer seemed a bit too watery and with some metallic taste.
Even in some pubs renowned for pouring the best Guiness in Dublin the beer was like that.
Outside Guinness Storehouse maybe the best Guiness was in some pub near Google headquarters and in that big red tourist trap pub in Temple Bar.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2025 at 12:49


5.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Old rating from 12-04-16 - 330ml bottle. Pours a golden colour with a white foamy head & lively carbonation. Aromas of grain & malt. Tastes of much of the same especially malt. A fair amount of malt & hops in the aftertaste. Overall not terrible, but then not something I have a second off.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2025 at 20:27