Beamish Irish Stout

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 6

Opening these draught cans STILL gives me pause. Is it gonna overflow, or not?? Pouring into glass, it settles into an inch thick creamy tan head made of extremeley small bubbles. Dark brown beer. Not as bitter as Guinness, but that could be because the Guinness I had was not a draught can. Hops comes out in the aftertaste. Very smooth flavor. Unfortunately, another reviewer’s description of it being like a cigar is fairly accurate. No special aroma to speak of. Hopefully, I can find this in a different form someday.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

14.9oz can poured the classic nitro infused bubbling cascade and firm half inch creamy tan head with dark dark amber body. Nice looking brew but not really opaque enough for the style. The aroma is sweet caramel, molasses and brown sugar mixing with mild notes of burnt and chocolate malts. It is pretty mild overall. The taste has the typical smooth nitro mouth feel. I get tasty notes of mild chocolate, dark roasted malts, some burnt malts and an under current of molasses sweetness. It becomes a bit astringent into the finish with mild notes of coffee and burnt malts.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

16 oz widget can for $1.99. Surprised I never tasted this before, always see it on the shelf. Big beautiful rolling pour, what a show. Choco aroma. Toasty chocolate hints on the taste buds. Very flat. Not too bitter. Lacking personality but has more than most flat beers. A little roasty. Perhaps just a little better than the typical widget can nitro beer. Not too much of a bitter finish, thankfully. I found out the way to drink these widget beers is to gulp it immediately after pouring when really cold, otherwise it turns into a watery drudge in the glass if you let it sit.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pint from tap at a bar in Dublin. Black with a beige, creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt with some caramel and hints of coffee and hops. Sweet, malty and slightly creamy with some bitterness. Not so different from Guinness, but I think I prefer this one. Good industrial stout, but slightly boring. (2011-06-11)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Can: Poured a dark black with a creamy huge light brown head. Aroma is sweet malts and caramel. Taste is sweet coffee bean, roasted malts, and just enough of a tange to keep it inviting. Leaves a sweet taste on the tongue.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Can, black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, roast, liquorice, coffee. Taste is the same, sweet, bitter, smooth. Not bad

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A solid stout. A very dark brown beer with a creamy tan head that lasts. Lots or roasted malt, and coffee in the aroma. Great creamy texture to go along with the mild roasted flavours and the bitter finish. A standby for me for many years.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I had this back in March of 2009. It pours out a chocolaty brown with a very fine-bubbled head and lots of fine, descending bubbles like Guinness - clearly the result of nitrogen tapping. An extra half point for that. Smoky, chocolaty aroma has nutty and molasses hints. Flavor is mainly of unsweet chocolate with a molasses undertone and hints of smoke and nuts. Velvety smooth texture has a good tingle to it.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

My favourite stout(apart from the discontinued gillespies. Beamish has a lovely creamy taste with a perfect balance. Smells great and goes down really smooth. Superb.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

In the "nitro" can - a beautiful pour with a almost black color and that massive "live" head that maintains throughout leaving very nice lacing. Very carbonated. Big toasted malts, slight cocoa and coffee, bit of toffee and hops all in the aromas. Taste is SMOOTH with a creaminess and slight sweetness then a bit of hops. Classic.