Guiness is Overated

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

I buy their beer about once a year, just bought a 6er of the Guiness Draught in 11.2 oz bottles,,,,,got 5 left, free!! The bottles are nice.....

 

[stevo4361]

I like Guinness.

 

[Beernik]

I find Guinness Draught to be a bit watery and thin compared to Guinness Extra Stout.

 

[DSorenson]

Guinness was the first stout I ever had. I decided stout beer was awful. I then had many good craft stouts and now really enjoy them. I had a Guinness a month ago and I still hated it. At least I am consistent!

 

[Carllous]

Nothing an Irish car bomb can't fix

 

[BigFloyd]

I buy their beer about once a year, just bought a 6er of the Guiness Draught in 11.2 oz bottles,,,,,got 5 left, free!! The bottles are nice.....

Agreed. It's drinkable on tap, although below average compared to most stouts. Awful in the bottles. Makes me think of stale coffee grounds.

 

[te-wa]

guinness is not overrated, it's rated just and fairly: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinness-original--extra-stout-ireland-uk/55/

 

[Picbuddy]

Gotta agree with the original poster. Went to an event a few years ago for like the 7000th anniversary of Guinness or something like that and they had a limited edition "original". Getting away from open fermentation was a big mistake.

 

[smcinco]

Agree. Everything on nitro tastes the same to me. Now in the UK, having a John Smiths with some fish n chips, whole different story...

 

[jmcquesten]

Guiness Foreign Export is definitely the best of the Guinness lineup. The extra stout is ok too. The draught is just not good.

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[DSorenson]

I concur regarding the Foreign Extra Stout.

 

[atom]

yeah..guiness sucks!

i do however like guinness.

 

[hunter_le five]

I love Guinness on tap, served properly from a nitro faucet setup. Not my favorite beer by any means, but if I want something creamy and light, it is nice.

Out of a bottle, meh. Tastes completely different.

The only bottled Guinness I'll drink is the Extra Stout, and even then only if there are no other stouts available.

 

[CountryGravy]

I credit it with helping me to think "outside of the BMC box". Plus, when I was in college, drinking it made me look "cool" (saaarcasm).

Really, though, it did get me away from drinking BarleyRicePeeWater (no beer snobbery here, right?), and led to the wonderful beers I drink today.

I still drink it now and then for nostalgia's sake.

 

[mesa4234]

When I was in Ireland I think I had one Guiness and that was at the factory. I did have a few Murphy's stouts and I liked them quite a bit more than the Guiness.

 

[passedpawn]

Guinness is a dry stout (BJCP cat. 13A). There are a lot of styles of stout. You can't compare Guinness to a typical American stout.

Jump into the BJCP styles and learn the different types of stouts. Compare Guinness to others in the same category.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style13.php

 

[aryoung1980]

Guinness is a dry stout (BJCP cat. 13A). There are a lot of styles of stout. You can't compare Guinness to a typical American stout.

Jump into the BJCP styles and learn the different types of stouts. Compare Guinness to others in the same category.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style13.php

+1

You can't even compare Guinness dry stout to Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. Two different styles.

I, for one, thoroughly enjoy a Guinness every so often; draught or bottle.


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[singybrue]

I prefer Murphy's over Guinness as well...

 

[brett1341]

Not a big fan of Guinness but then again I'm not a big fan of dry stouts in general. I guess I can appreciate it as an example of the style about the same as I can appreciate BMC as examples of Lite American lagers.


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[cthulu1975]

I wish we could still get Beamish. Victory Donnybrook on nitro is a fav of mine.

 

[Darkness]

guinness is not overrated, it's rated just and fairly: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinness-original--extra-stout-ireland-uk/55/

Well played, I would have given it about a 59 overall but! I want a STOUT to me Guinness is a average Porter. To me I know it is not in guide lines but stouts that I like and want are 8%-14% and it takes 30min or better to finish. We have so many amazing craft brewed Stouts I have no reason to by Guinness, and I have never liked it.

 

[bandt9299]

Guinness out of the bottle does suck, out of the can or on draft it is much, much better. When I do feel like a guinness it's a must to buy the cans.

 

[Tarks]

Guinness is awesome IMO. The bottles suck though. It's cans or draft only for this kid.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

general consensus says.........Guinness is overrated. no matter if it's dry or not

 

[ron,ar]

I like it....sometimes

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

I like it....sometimes

which means overrated

and this......https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/guiness-wtf-56358/

 

[soccerdad]

I have an Irish friend who crossed the sea to work in Liverpool (I think maybe there's millions of Irish in that Liv / Man area) and he SWEARS that what Guinness sends over is not as good as what they keep in Ireland. Maybe back in the day there was something to it, but with Diageo owning it maybe they water it all down. Thomas also said that bottles and cans are trash .. kegs only in his opinion

 

[paperairplane]

I'll take a Guinness draft anytime.

 

[zardozap]

Not a fan of Guinness at all. However, I will make a Black and Tan mixed with a favorite light beer, which makes it very drinkable. Has to be Guinness from a can tho.

 

[DSorenson]

If I am not mistaken, the Guinness we (don't like to) drink is brewed in Canada.