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Happy St. Patrick's Day! In honout of this day I'm reviewing Guinness today and yesterday was Smithwick's. The Guinness Brewing company has a long and distinguished history, not just in brewing either. They've given us the Guinness Book of World Records, originally created to end pub arguments. They financed the building of Vancouver, BC's land mark the Lions Gate Bridge (pictured below).
They are part of the Diageo Group. I've reviewed a few other's from this brewing group, yesterday was Beer #76, Smithwick's, and previously was both Beer #50, Harp Lager and Beer #55, Kilkenny Cream Ale.
Deep balck in colour with a thick light brown head with great retention.
The smell is full of the maltiness, with coffee and chocolate notes, a hint of hops is also there, notably the bitterness.
The malt hits right away, with the coffee notes, the bitterness comes in and blends in with the coffee maltiness creating nice balance, then the coffee and bitterness are joined by a light chocolate note which lingers alone at the finish.
This beer is a classic and the first of it's style, it is an extra stout porter, merging the styles of the two together. This has been copied and modified by other breweries over time but this is still the grand daddy. If you have not had a Guinness before, today is the day to do it! It drinks lighter than it looks, even a lot of people that don't much like stouts and porters quite enjoy Guinness. Slainte!
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