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Guinness West Indies Porter

Guinness West Indies Porter

Rated 3.380 by BeerPals

Brewed by Guinness Brewing

Dublin, Ireland

Style:  Porter

6% Alcohol by Volume

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Quality has always been in Guinness’ DNA, even back in the 1800s when faced with the challenge of how to maintain the freshness of our beer, on long sea voyages. To guarantee the best quality upon arrival, Guinness brewers made a porter with more hops. The recipe was a success and was soon shipped far and wide to countries in the Caribbean, America, Africa and South East Asia, and its ancestor, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is still sold there today. With origins in an 1801 entry in Guinness’ brewers’ diaries, today’s Guinness West Indies Porter was inspired by the first beer purposely brewed at St. James’s Gate to sustain its freshness, wherever it was shipped. The beer is complex yet mellow, hoppy with notes of toffee and chocolate.

ID: 63166 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 8 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank6204
Overall Percentile88.8
Style Rank250 of 1472
Style Percentile83
Lowest Score3.6
Highest Score4.3
Average Score3.950
Weighted Score3.380
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • SIGMUND 7126 reviews
    rated 3.6 2 years ago

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

    Shared 500 ml bottle, from a Tesco store in Gloucester. Black colour, moderate beige head. Nice aroma of butterscotch caramels. Roasty clean flavour, coffee, hints of chocolate, a slight acidity. Okay.

  • BUCKLECHUM 87 reviews
    rated 4.3 8 years ago

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

    Pours pitch black with a decent head which lingers for a while and never disappears completely. Lovely bitter bite followed by a smooth aftertaste. Beautiful smoky and chocolatey flavours linger on the palate leaving a warming feeling. Far more full bodied than many of the weaker porters.

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