Guinness 200th Anniversary Export Stout
The commemorative Stout is inspired by a recipe Benjamin Guinness – the son of Arthur Guinness – originally developed in 1817. It is the latest beer to be created by the Open Gate Brewery – the pilot brewery located at St. James’s Gate in Dublin – where Guinness brewers experiment with new styles and reinterpret historical brews.
3.6
174 reviews
Dublin, Ireland
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Pours black with a thick creme head. Aroma of roasted nut elements. Taste has bitter toasted element, slightly watery. Palate has creme, toasted hop elements. Pretty good.
12 oz. bottle from Tmoney99. Pours dark brown to black in color with a medium sized creamy beige head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malts, chocolate, molasses, some dark fruit, dry, not bad for what it is.
Bottle from Total Wine in Sunnyvale, CA. Aroma is dark charred meats, smoky earth, some licorice. Taste is thin and dry smoky meat, mild licorice. Very crisp but also beefy.
Bottle. Poured dark brown color with an average to large cascading frothy tan head that lasted with very good lacing. Moderate to heavy toasted dark malt aroma. Medium body with a dry smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate to heavy dark sweet flavor with a moderate to heavy sweet finish of medium to long duration. This solid beer met my expectations.
The export stouts from Guinness are my favorite. Roasty aroma. Dry finish. Strong hop notes. Nice body.
Bottle pour with a deep brown color. Chocolate and brown bread aroma. Flavors of light coffee syrup, dark chocolate and charcoal. Nice balance and the chat at the end be is really nice.
Thank you Lucia Sigmar for this July 4 treat. Nice tight density frothy tan head that dissipates slowly. Good lace retention. Simple sweet nose of roast malt and bitter chocolate. Taste is mildly sweet, roasted malts, chocolate, a bit of coffee, char and ash. Finish has astringent ashy vibe. Medium body. Becomes more bitter as it warms up. Nothing remarkable, but not bad. Not world class, but good.
[11.2oz bottle from Albertsons, Fullerton, CA] A glossy dark brown pour with a tight pale tan head; aroma of rich tarry malts; in the mouth there's a very milky feel, with deeply roasted malts adding sweetness, and some coffee and chocolate; the finish is drier and gently bitter and goes on and on. This is really well balanced, and better than any other Guinness I've tried, giving fullness of flavour without the alcoholic kick of some of the Foreign Export Stouts. Excellent.
Aromat czekolady, toffi, karmel. W smaku lekko słodkie, wysycenie dosyć spore.
Was a bit disappointed with aroma ( roasted bread mostly with light chocolate notes). However the taste is perfectly balanced, rather on a sweet side but extremely drinkable . Moderate, roasted bitterness takes over at the end.
Bottle - Overall a good legacy beer. Nice head retention, color and aroma. Perfect roast. Would've loved to have done a taste comparison with the modern recipe.
Very black color with modest head. Touch sweeter than other Guinness export stouts. 6.0% ABV is good for a full bodied stout.
I'm a sucker for a Guinness every now and then, esp. on St. Patty's day. This has a tiny tiny bit more kick, but it's hard to say as the CO2 vs N2 (science ?) makes a bigger difference than a minute extra roasting of the malt. Presuming this is ever so slightly better than the normal bottles of carbonated Guinness. Go for the can and the Amazing Widget*.
11.2 Fl oz bottle
Black pour with tan head.
Malty aroma with slight metallic note.
Sweet malty taste.
(11.2 oz. Bottle) - Pours a tall rocky head, which slowly collapses leaving behind some foamy lace. Aroma of dark cocoa powder and dark grain. Flavor of wet dark grain, with a bitterness lingering on the palate. Thin to normal mouth feel. Refreshing for a stout, and would go good with a sweet stew of some sort. Sure wish the current Guinness Draft tasted like this!!
Classic stout appearance - opaque dark chocolate brown, pale tan pillowy head. Aroma, again classic, hint of porter sour, then baked shortbread, hint of molasses. Taste follows, a bit of sour but more molasses, and some deeper roasted notes, a mildly sweet finish. Palate has a bit of cream texture, amd bit boozie. Satisfying.
Poured from bottle into a tall beer glass. The color is almost as dark as a really strong black coffee and the head is of light brown. Long head retention as you would expect from a Guinness. The taste is of dark malts, coffee, hints of cocoa, and finishes with a dark chocolate mouthfeel. Another great libation from one of the best breweries around.
Bottle. Perfectly black body with traces of a light tan head. The nose is dark chocolate and stone fruit with hints of anise. The smell is warm, sweet and inviting. The body is surprisingly smooth. This has medium roast coffee for up front flavor with just. A hint of molassess character. There is a light anise finish. Well made and highly drinkable if you like roast character and anise. Solid.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, and caramel. Flavor is sweet caramel malt with chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt.
This beer pours an inky black color with a medium tan head that recedes steadily to a film. Small patches of lace. Aroma of roast malt, dark chocolate and coffee. Medium body with flavors of charred malt, bittersweet chocolate and a bit of earthy coffee. The finish is roasty with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
C'mon guys! Why is everyone giving this beer a pass?! I tasted multiple bottles on multiple occasions, and it's a total diacetyl bomb. Not in a cool, historic replica kinda way...in a deeply flawed kinda way. Good appearance, probably a good base beer underneath, but diacetyl completely overpowered the aroma and flavour. Bummer, such a missed opportunity.
Pours like a (duh) Guinness with huge head and lovely lacing. Nose is (mostly) licorice with hints of molasses, dark chocolate and lactose. Finish is drying light bitterness with some sweet present. A nice recipe from the archives. Bottled June 18, 2017, so this one was allowed to sit about 18 months before consuming (alas, the last one of its pack).
12 ounce bottle. Dark and a bit roasty with some chocolate and fairly rich overall.
Pours opaque ink-black with a 3-finger tan head. Coffee aroma mixed with touches of chocolate and char. Maybe some molasses too. Medium body with a touch of oil Mildly dry finish. Flavor of coffee and maybe chocolate, with a slightly sweet note underneath that cuts the bitterness some. A bit of char at the back.
This stout pours a completely black color with a big, sticky tan head. The head left plenty of sticky lacing around the glass. The nose was pretty tame, with just some simple hints of milk chocolate, roasted malt and very faint hops. The body was smooth and drinkable, though, with delicious flavors of creamy chocolate, light hops, roasted malt, coffee and toasted bread.
Bottleshare: pours black with an off white head. Aroma is strangely wuite fruity, roasty, soy sauce. Taste is fruity, low bitterness, sweet, but not too sweet. Solid.
Here is the kind of beer you sit right down and drink in the dining room.
This lil guy pours a deep black color with a big fluffy tan head and good lacing on the glass.
The aroma is molasses right away with a good bit of roastiness & a touch of plummy like fruitiness. Almost like a faint hint of smoke as it opens up with a touch of licorice.
The flavor is really pretty rich for being as dry as the beer is. Light tones of cocoa & molasses give way to a big heavy (sort of burnt) toast flavor. As it opens up there is a certain Je ne sais quoi that reminds me of funkier rums.
a good one
Black with off white head - Roasted malt aroma - Roasted malt body with some coffee notes and bitterness - The roasted malt goes into the finish with bitterness - This was nice
Bottle. Pours jet black with a light tan head with good retention. Hits heavy with bitter coffee and burnt toast at first, but this beer really shines on the finish - long and complex, bitter at first but gets sweeter. Toffee, vanilla, hops, just a hint of molasses. This is a damn fine beer, especially at the price point of less this hey an $1.50 per bottle. Forget the other four; I want a 12 pack of this!
Bottle. Roasted malt aroma with notes of chocolate, anise and coffee. Pours black with a thin light brown head that has good retention and lacing. Starts with roasted malt and coffee flavors as well as having a rich, creamy mouthfeel. Finishes very smooth with anise and dark chocolate flavors that linger on the palate after each sip. Brilliant!