7.5%ABV Guinness, my my.
Inky as a school blackboard's heart and chocked forth with hazy roast and dark fruit aroma, this promises much. The taste is a pitchy swirl of coffee and bitter chocolate . It's texture is a sliding silky wonder, and although creamy, doesn't insulate the tongue against the orchestra of flavours on offer. Butterscotch and a mild pleasant ash rise and fall, and the notes are complex and mature.
The length is bitter with a fading smoke, like the final railway scene of 40's film where love doesn't win the day. Wonderful beer and surely the best in the Guinness range.
9/10 - Outstanding stout from those who should know. Smoky and authentic.
- The Broadside
I used to drink this down in the Congo & Gabon, ace stuff most unexpected in the tropics!
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