I'm fortunate that Anspach & Hobday are my local brewery. London Black is one of the few beers that stand a chance of being an iconic beer! Paul and Jack are constantly trying new and renewed old styles and I have not had a bad beer ever from them! In fact most are just great! A number have been the best of the style I've tried! London Black is not challenging Guinness, as it's not the same beer really. But it stands apart as possibly the best Porter available right now. With luck it'll be around for a very long time! I hope that London Black becomes an unrivalled success for them, they deserve it for being the passionate committed brewers that they both are.
I was about to say. Here in the U.S. I've had many stouts that "bury" Guinness in terms of flavor and body. But like you said, it depends on what you want. There's no accounting for taste.
The best Stout I've ever had was from Blacks of Kinsale. Their Chocolate & Vanilla Stout is by far Ireland best stout. Now, working in the beer shop in Belgium, my palat would be very developed when it comes to beer specifically. Beamish is probably the best of the three big draught Irish stouts. It has the most character. I'm dying to try this stout some time.
I tried this the other day and it tastes like an espresso martini! Very strong roasted coffe flavour. Slightly creamier than other English stouts/porters that I’ve tried so big fan of it.
Interested to try this. Getting a creamy stout with good head and good flavour isn't easy. John Willie Lees Brewery make a decent stout. But Again, like all beers it has to be looked after and poured correctly.
London Black is an East London Porter. Porters taste a lot more Malty to the classic roasted bitter flavour of a Stout. Can confirm that London Black is very different but just as tasty as Guinness in my opinion
I tried Islands Edge when i was over in Ireland earlier in the year for my brothers wedding. I was very underwhelmed by it. It lacked flavour and felt watery on the mouthfeel. Ive been meaning to try this London Black as i live in London and theres some pubs not too far from me that serve it. Now ive seen this video ill probably make a an effort to try it sooner rather than later.
Porter has been around for many many years and is well worth a try (It won't be exactly like Guinness or Murphy's for you Cork people but it is from a similar background)
A French stout called Dark Side of the Moon is the best stout I’ve ever had. There’s an English one with the same name I’ve never had but the French one is a proper drink.
Ah, I think I recognise the guy in the hat - Anspach & Hobday did a tap takeover in the Bierhaus, Cork a few years ago. Very nice brews. I still regret not snagging a fancy pigeon bag/shirt!
You should try get into the more flavourful stouts. When I was in my early 20s Guinness was my favourite and Beamish was way too strong for me but as my pallet evolved I realised the dept of flavour in beamish is far superior. Having one pint of beamish is not enough you have to acquire the taste .Now Guinness and murphys lack flavour for me , too bland and too watery . McGregors stuff is not bad either . I’ve had this London Black a few weeks ago and it’s nice but still second last ahead of that vile Islands Edge .
It’s just preference. Taste is far too complicated to be absolutist about. There might be one element in Guinness that a Guinness drinker may or may not have even noticed that is actually the thing they love about it. Someone else might hate it for that one element even if they haven’t been able to identify it. Something we drink for our own enjoyment really cannot be judged by others.
I once had a better stout than Guinness in a Brewdog in Paris 3 years ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the name of it, but I’m sure it was brewed in Scotland. I hope you find it
Up here in Manchester (or across if you're in Ireland) we have a brewery called Joseph Holt. They serve their own pint called 'Black'. Same colour and head as a Guinness. Some say its better tasting than Guinness. Some say its on par. I find it tasty but not on par with Guinness. Its a nice enjoy pint if you're on a budget (can be found in some Holts pubs for under three quid a pint).
@@alfonsobonzo3782 The lagers for me are an 'acquired taste'. Takes at least two pints for my taste buds to adjust. Cheap and cheerful for an afternoon session.
i was hoping this video would come but didn't expect it! haven't been into London for ages but this is on my list to try as it looks so similar but tastes different. Don't expect to like it as much as a pint of G but it would be nice to have something like this in the UK that people say in "it just tastes better there"
You've got to try the in-house stout in Sam Smith's pubs, they're fuckin weird and eccentric places but their stout is great. Looks identical to Guinness but tastes very different.
I appreciate how Guinness has a deserved reputation. I’m less a fan however and I’ve tried for 40 years. I’m really more a Murphy’s guy. But thank Christ there’s a broad range of stouts in the world to enjoy.
The only Guinness I drink nowadays is Foreign Export (when I can get it). A couple of pints to finish the session - Guinness as it should be, full of flavour & body. Makes the regular stuff seem like gnats piss.
It's a great one that had it few times Lovely. Porter . Guinness of recent is a session drink A lot of the real stout n porters will get heavy if you're not used to them. But then I like an imperial .
I agree with you. Had it in their Temple Bar pub too, If you're on about the Irish Stout that they brew, it does have a bit more "Poke" than Guinness though? I used to like their Oyster Stout as well but I don't know if they brew it any more?
@@johnp8131 you may be right. I haven’t been for a few months and I’d had a few so maybe it was a placebo 😂 I enjoyed it tho. Some Guinness in central is horrible
@@joetudor655 Just looked at their website, it's not there, in any form? Maybe it's changed in the last couple of years due to expansion and with IPA's etc.... and the closure of the old brew-pub in Bray? Haven't been to Covent Garden since before covid as we used to meet up there after Rugby. I also concur with you about Guinness in central London too. Quality and the price!
Had a pint of this a couple of weeks ago at a pub near Ashbourne. Really nice beer, a subtly stronger roast flavour. One of the better porters I’ve had. However, if you liked this one Darragh, you NEED to try Round Corner Brewing’s Nitro Stout - Social Club (used to be called Reverend Hooker). The only stout that I think is better than Guinness! Their other beers are also exceptional, but this stout is sublime!
A 'session beer' here in Mid Wales has nothing to do with taste. It means you can drink aload of them because alcohol levels are moderate so it's great for a night out as you won't be too rough in the morning!!
I had a better stout than Guinness in the 90s - Gillespie's Scottish Malt Stout. It was glorious, but Scottish & Newcastle stopped brewing it in 1997. I've had several other good stouts that knocks Guinness into a cocked hat. I really don't understand why it's worshipped.
I’m so glad to see this review. I was excited to try it, and loved it when I did but it’s a totally different taste it isn’t even comparable to Guinness as it looks like you found out anyhow, Guinness won’t ever be beaten
Guinness has been beaten a thousand times over, it's the Carling of the stout world.. overproduced over hyped and generally very poor when you enter the stout world beyond it.
@@MrCraptakular North Coast Old Rasputin, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Founders Imperial Stout, Left Hand Milk Stout (nitro version if you like Guinness), FW Parabola, GI Bourbon County, Founders KBS, Great Divide Yeti, Sierra Nevada Narwhal, New Holland Dragon's Milk, Perennial Abraxas, Perennial Sump, Alesmith Speedway, Dark Horse BA Plead the 5th, Deschutes Abyss, Westbrook Mexican Cake, Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation, the list goes on and on and on. Guinness is great and super consistent, and my go to at BDubs or something where most of the taps suck, but so many are better, more flavorful, etc.
There are “better” beers constantly. But Guinness is consistently really good. Low cal. Crisp. Good head. Has flavor that you can dream about after a day of work. And you can get it at a ton of places. Its nice to not be challenge the palette by a robust and heavy stout or get piss drunk after a few lol. In a league of its own IMO cuz it should be like bud or other domestics but in comparison to those, it’s not nearly as shit.
The good thing about beer is that it doesn't have to be either/or. You don't have to choose one and never have anything different. You can have a beer and 5 minutes later, have a different one. You can even choose which beer you'll have next whilst drinking a beer. You can have lots of different beers in one evening and even beers on every night of the week. You can take beers home even if you have a different beer already at home. You can't say that about women.
You need to try a couple Cornish stouts, 1. Mena Dhu (Cornish for black hill) really nice dark chocolate roasted stout 2. Joe expresso stout by Goodh brewing
GG, I’m being serious now. Please go to Stockport near Manchester & try Robinson’s ‘PITCH’. If you like ‘Gravediggers’ or ‘Mulligan’s’ Guinness, you will love, ‘PITCH’. Slainte!
I'm new to your channel, only came across it today, have subscribed. I would have loved to give you a list of questions to, to complement the one's you did ask quite diplomatically. Sorry for boring you with some of my background, but I wanted to put my questions in context. I served my time in the wine trade in London, 1st working for a Company called 'Phillips Newman' a wine importer and bottler under the arches in Waterloo, so your video location is a very familiar setup. I then worked in the 'Civil Service Stores wine department in the Strand London, before moving to Tipperary, in 1976 to run my father's country Pub. At 12.27 your host states 'clean lines' is everything. An absolute I cleaned mine every Sunday Lunch time. I am retired now with a 20 cider apple tree hobby orchard. In my youth, UK Guinness was made in Park Royal (until 2005) and was quite different to James Gate Guinness, and the kegging and taps thus method of pouring were also very different. So I expect the comment at 4:15 'settles very quickly' could be down to a different tap system? I like your remark 'goes down easily' very good concept as was your hosts 'sessionable' I would have like to have known do they roast their own barley? Do they Sulphate? What kind of yeast do they use? When making my cider I make two different styles, a flat cider which I let the wild yeast do the job, this is fine but if I want a bottle conditioned cider as in my second style I have to Sulphate and use a propriety yeast, other wise the bottle will foam everywhere on opening. The other down side of bottle conditioning is the remaining film of yeast at the bottom of the bottle, causes the end of pour to be cloudy. I use old Guinness bottles as they are rated for 3bar pressure. Guinness(until very recently) bottle conditioned and they developed a strain of yeast that stuck to the bottom of the bottle when pouring no cloudiness and a white film of yeast was left behind, now there is no white disc and the bottles are disposal. Will be watching your other videos with no long diatribe afterwards. Cheers
iv wanted to try this but its so hard to find in the north of england think the closest to me is a 30 min drive n would probably not have it when i got there. did notice the glass isnt the same as the promo of it though.that was a straight glass 2.09 in the vid
london black does sound nice ! I believe the very best beers are brewed in copper kettles . There is only one brewer in the uk that use a copper kettles , I cant remember the name ? It was a scottish brewery . The beer was high quality
Spoiler: Even if the other stout is crap and Guru wishes he was holding a pint of Guinness instead he will not say it to the person who gave it to him.
I mean with all due respect to guru he kept comparing it to Guinness when in reality irish stout in general is made differently and uses different ingredients to a traditional porter or English stout. So from looks of it, the brewer is probably biting his tongue while guru waffles about porter being too "coffee, roasted in flavor."
@@jamesk1806 I mean the reality is Guinness isn't what it used to be it's pretty dull if we are being honest, so tbh if you are used to and like that, being handed something with decent flavour is always going to be polarising.
I had a stout by Robinsons brewery called Pitch on Saturday, it was amazing so much so its outselling Guinness, they took the Guinness pump out. I will never touch Guinness again if I can get this in cans in the supermarket's soon
Great to see credit given where its due, thst brewer lad looked chuffed. My only issue with these new stouts is.. Why would I want something similar to Guinness when I can just have Guinness
@ 10.34, totally agree with the comment about any drink down the side of the glass, awful and you know the person behind the bar has no clue how to pour Guinness. Sadly over the last 50 years I have had my fair share of them. Back in the 70's I never drank a pint of Guinness that was watery and back then it wasn't uncommon, might was well drink it on the throne!
I’d be interest to know your thoughts on Oatmeal Stout, tried one or two before and very smooth. Guinness will always be my go to Stout though. Great channel by the way 👍🙌🏻
Everyone knows the schtick of a Guinness is solely down to how clean/dry a glass is. After being washed a number of times, a glass builds up a film of chemicals. Any good bar will strip this film at the end of the day/week using a product called Resolve. In turn, the head will stick to the glass better thereafter. This really isn't a good metric for how good the drink itself is.
Great video, if you ever come to Yorkshire, there's a brewery called Sam Smith's, they have there own pubs around Yorkshire. They sell a stout and it is very, very drinkable, it would be a good one for you to try....but there's a few things that make Sam Smith's pubs different.... Cash only, there's no TV's or music, no swearing, no laptops and no mobile phones out 🤣 which could make the video awkward hahaha
We can get a few different Sam Smith's stouts/porters here in the northeastern US. They're very good. I used to have a Sam Smith's pint glass which sadly broke. It had a Yorkshire rose etched in the bottom that you could see once you'd finished the beer.
I'm fortunate that Anspach & Hobday are my local brewery. London Black is one of the few beers that stand a chance of being an iconic beer! Paul and Jack are constantly trying new and renewed old styles and I have not had a bad beer ever from them! In fact most are just great! A number have been the best of the style I've tried!
London Black is not challenging Guinness, as it's not the same beer really. But it stands apart as possibly the best Porter available right now. With luck it'll be around for a very long time!
I hope that London Black becomes an unrivalled success for them, they deserve it for being the passionate committed brewers that they both are.
It looks like a good tipple
Can confirm it is a delicious pint. It’s now my go to pint if it’s on tap
@@michaelevans933 So many better pints of plain than BMG
I totally agree, I think if your comparing both, you have a very bad palette.
A lot of stouts are better than Guiness, but it depends on what you want. Guiness is rather light and even watery compared to some stouts. :)
I was about to say. Here in the U.S. I've had many stouts that "bury" Guinness in terms of flavor and body. But like you said, it depends on what you want. There's no accounting for taste.
As an avid Guiness drinker. This is a fair comment. I do love my stouts though!
Guinness isn’t my favourite porter/stout but if there is nothing else in Ireland I will have it.
yah the reason i love guiness is because its simple. not over powering, seems like the rest are too much.
@@Wugti O’ Hara’s nitro stout isn’t overpowering
5:25 geezer thought he was gonna slate it
The best Stout I've ever had was from Blacks of Kinsale. Their Chocolate & Vanilla Stout is by far Ireland best stout. Now, working in the beer shop in Belgium, my palat would be very developed when it comes to beer specifically. Beamish is probably the best of the three big draught Irish stouts. It has the most character. I'm dying to try this stout some time.
Spot on about the spillover!…but, he is all over the Domeage! Can’t wait to try when I am in the UK
I was loving this pint last time i was in London, sank 4/5 of these went to a gig then went back to the same pub for another couple
You can’t beat small breweries plain.
Well hello Van Man I’m one of your subscribers
I tried this the other day and it tastes like an espresso martini! Very strong roasted coffe flavour. Slightly creamier than other English stouts/porters that I’ve tried so big fan of it.
I would love to try it
Interested to try this. Getting a creamy stout with good head and good flavour isn't easy. John Willie Lees Brewery make a decent stout. But Again, like all beers it has to be looked after and poured correctly.
A pint and good head at the same time.... sign me up 👍
London Black is an East London Porter. Porters taste a lot more Malty to the classic roasted bitter flavour of a Stout. Can confirm that London Black is very different but just as tasty as Guinness in my opinion
@@martinrea8548 winner winner 🤣🤣
@@williamwhite8884 cheers I'm more intrigued to try this now 🤣
I've tried it, unfortunately,the pub didn't have clean lines or fresh beer. So i can't say if it's nicer not
I tried Islands Edge when i was over in Ireland earlier in the year for my brothers wedding. I was very underwhelmed by it. It lacked flavour and felt watery on the mouthfeel. Ive been meaning to try this London Black as i live in London and theres some pubs not too far from me that serve it. Now ive seen this video ill probably make a an effort to try it sooner rather than later.
Islands edge is no more than black tea with a hint of alcohol, not a patch on the real black stuff , Love Guinness ❤
It's awful. Has crappy tea/coffee extracts. Tastes like chai or cardamom to me.
Island's Edge was bland. Had a pint of it back in February in Galway.
Porter has been around for many many years and is well worth a try (It won't be exactly like Guinness or Murphy's for you Cork people but it is from a similar background)
Originally, stout was just a stronger version of porter, it used to be called stout porter.
Titanic Stout is another great English Stout on draught 👌🏼
Would love to try it
A French stout called Dark Side of the Moon is the best stout I’ve ever had. There’s an English one with the same name I’ve never had but the French one is a proper drink.
Ah, I think I recognise the guy in the hat - Anspach & Hobday did a tap takeover in the Bierhaus, Cork a few years ago. Very nice brews. I still regret not snagging a fancy pigeon bag/shirt!
Nice one, GG, added to my list of places to visit when I’m back home.
You should try get into the more flavourful stouts. When I was in my early 20s Guinness was my favourite and Beamish was way too strong for me but as my pallet evolved I realised the dept of flavour in beamish is far superior. Having one pint of beamish is not enough you have to acquire the taste .Now Guinness and murphys lack flavour for me , too bland and too watery . McGregors stuff is not bad either . I’ve had this London Black a few weeks ago and it’s nice but still second last ahead of that vile Islands Edge .
It’s just preference. Taste is far too complicated to be absolutist about. There might be one element in Guinness that a Guinness drinker may or may not have even noticed that is actually the thing they love about it. Someone else might hate it for that one element even if they haven’t been able to identify it.
Something we drink for our own enjoyment really cannot be judged by others.
@@Dreyno Hear hear
I once had a better stout than Guinness in a Brewdog in Paris 3 years ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the name of it, but I’m sure it was brewed in Scotland. I hope you find it
Maybe the black heart, mate
If it's Scottish it'll likely be the Belhaven Black
Jet Black Heart or maybe Roaster Coaster? Both nicer than Guinness. Northern Monk make better stouts than Guinness as well
"The most drinkable stout so far that is not Guinness".... Jaysus, high fucking praise right there lol
Guinness Fisher price plain
Brilliant video. I shouldn't be so thirsty this early in the morning 😩
Up here in Manchester (or across if you're in Ireland) we have a brewery called Joseph Holt. They serve their own pint called 'Black'. Same colour and head as a Guinness. Some say its better tasting than Guinness. Some say its on par. I find it tasty but not on par with Guinness. Its a nice enjoy pint if you're on a budget (can be found in some Holts pubs for under three quid a pint).
@@alfonsobonzo3782 The lagers for me are an 'acquired taste'. Takes at least two pints for my taste buds to adjust. Cheap and cheerful for an afternoon session.
Guinness is the go to for me, but Murphy’s is definitely my favourite especially when I visit Cork
That’s a lot better then Guinness I’m afraid it’s not what it used to be
Depends where you get the Guinness.
This is a great product and I prefer it to Guiness and also I take alot of satisfaction in putting no money in Diageo's pocket🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
A pup local to me has started serving youngs London stout which I'm enjoying a lot
i was hoping this video would come but didn't expect it!
haven't been into London for ages but this is on my list to try as it looks so similar but tastes different. Don't expect to like it as much as a pint of G but it would be nice to have something like this in the UK that people say in "it just tastes better there"
You've got to try the in-house stout in Sam Smith's pubs, they're fuckin weird and eccentric places but their stout is great. Looks identical to Guinness but tastes very different.
its not bad, i always get it when im in the blue post, but yeah its flavour is overly chocolate i would say
Spot on about Samuel Smith extra stout,in my opinion its better than Guinness its stronger and more taste
Yeah it’s just Sam Smiths Extra Stout or something another brilliant beer
I like everything Samuel Smith brews I wish that it was easier to get
@@bentonmckinney5454 you get from the brewery or there locally deli shops in the UK were do you live
I appreciate how Guinness has a deserved reputation. I’m less a fan however and I’ve tried for 40 years. I’m really more a Murphy’s guy. But thank Christ there’s a broad range of stouts in the world to enjoy.
The only Guinness I drink nowadays is Foreign Export (when I can get it). A couple of pints to finish the session - Guinness as it should be, full of flavour & body. Makes the regular stuff seem like gnats piss.
And now all the workers can't afford the prices of these drinks
It's a great one that had it few times
Lovely. Porter .
Guinness of recent is a session drink
A lot of the real stout n porters will get heavy if you're not used to them.
But then I like an imperial .
I call Guinness Fisher price plain
Porterhouse in london do their own stout and I rate it. Worth a try. They have a guinness copy then an another with a more chocalatey coffee taste
I agree with you. Had it in their Temple Bar pub too, If you're on about the Irish Stout that they brew, it does have a bit more "Poke" than Guinness though? I used to like their Oyster Stout as well but I don't know if they brew it any more?
@@johnp8131 you may be right. I haven’t been for a few months and I’d had a few so maybe it was a placebo 😂 I enjoyed it tho. Some Guinness in central is horrible
@@johnp8131 they still brew oyster in porterhouse by the last time I went too 👍
@@joetudor655 Just looked at their website, it's not there, in any form? Maybe it's changed in the last couple of years due to expansion and with IPA's etc.... and the closure of the old brew-pub in Bray? Haven't been to Covent Garden since before covid as we used to meet up there after Rugby. I also concur with you about Guinness in central London too. Quality and the price!
@@johnp8131 I was in there a few months ago and it was still on the taps
Had a pint of this a couple of weeks ago at a pub near Ashbourne. Really nice beer, a subtly stronger roast flavour. One of the better porters I’ve had.
However, if you liked this one Darragh, you NEED to try Round Corner Brewing’s Nitro Stout - Social Club (used to be called Reverend Hooker). The only stout that I think is better than Guinness! Their other beers are also exceptional, but this stout is sublime!
A 'session beer' here in Mid Wales has nothing to do with taste. It means you can drink aload of them because alcohol levels are moderate so it's great for a night out as you won't be too rough in the morning!!
I had a better stout than Guinness in the 90s - Gillespie's Scottish Malt Stout. It was glorious, but Scottish & Newcastle stopped brewing it in 1997. I've had several other good stouts that knocks Guinness into a cocked hat. I really don't understand why it's worshipped.
I’m so glad to see this review. I was excited to try it, and loved it when I did but it’s a totally different taste it isn’t even comparable to Guinness as it looks like you found out anyhow, Guinness won’t ever be beaten
Disagreed I find Guinness to be underwhelming after you have tried other porters/stout.
Guinness has been beaten a thousand times over, it's the Carling of the stout world.. overproduced over hyped and generally very poor when you enter the stout world beyond it.
@@Matty8787 share some recommendations, I'd love try them out.
@@jayharper1894 Loch Lomond - Silkie Stout, Wiper & True - Milk Stout, Ten Fidy, Evil Twin - Even More Jesus
@@Matty8787 Where can I find the Loch lomond stout on tap? I live not far from there so could maybe check out the pubs there.
That’s because it’s a porter not a stout
Guiness is the Budweiser of stout. I can name 6 off the top of my head that are WAY better than Guiness.
What would you recommend?
@@MrCraptakular North Coast Old Rasputin, Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Founders Imperial Stout, Left Hand Milk Stout (nitro version if you like Guinness), FW Parabola, GI Bourbon County, Founders KBS, Great Divide Yeti, Sierra Nevada Narwhal, New Holland Dragon's Milk, Perennial Abraxas, Perennial Sump, Alesmith Speedway, Dark Horse BA Plead the 5th, Deschutes Abyss, Westbrook Mexican Cake, Bottle Logic Fundamental Observation, the list goes on and on and on. Guinness is great and super consistent, and my go to at BDubs or something where most of the taps suck, but so many are better, more flavorful, etc.
There are “better” beers constantly. But Guinness is consistently really good. Low cal. Crisp. Good head. Has flavor that you can dream about after a day of work. And you can get it at a ton of places. Its nice to not be challenge the palette by a robust and heavy stout or get piss drunk after a few lol. In a league of its own IMO cuz it should be like bud or other domestics but in comparison to those, it’s not nearly as shit.
Go then put your money were your mouth is
You’re in the wrong comment section lad.
The whole over pouring 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is down the road from me definitely gonna go give it a try now the guru has gave it the Seal of approval
It would have to be pretty dire NOT to be better than Guinness.
Guy who poured the pint had extremely shaky hands
The good thing about beer is that it doesn't have to be either/or. You don't have to choose one and never have anything different. You can have a beer and 5 minutes later, have a different one. You can even choose which beer you'll have next whilst drinking a beer. You can have lots of different beers in one evening and even beers on every night of the week. You can take beers home even if you have a different beer already at home.
You can't say that about women.
I love the name of the brewery! It sounds like either a Harry Potter shop or a solicitor or chartered accountancy firm from Monty Python!
You need to try a couple Cornish stouts,
1. Mena Dhu (Cornish for black hill) really nice dark chocolate roasted stout
2. Joe expresso stout by Goodh brewing
Guinness isn't really that good. Murphy's has a better taste. Belhaven black is also far superior.
Guinness Fisher price stout
GG, I’m being serious now. Please go to Stockport near Manchester & try Robinson’s ‘PITCH’. If you like ‘Gravediggers’ or ‘Mulligan’s’ Guinness, you will love, ‘PITCH’.
Slainte!
Definitely going to bear this tip in mind when I find myself in Manchester
Off to mulligans on Saturday cant wait
Well I want to try it now so the Guru has worked his magic as far as I'm concerned. Hopefully they'll do a nitro can version at some point.
You can't find it easily, but I like Marstons Oyster Stout.
Also Dark Island from the Orkneys.
I want to try a pint!!!! Sounds lovely!!!
I'm new to your channel, only came across it today, have subscribed. I would have loved to give you a list of questions to, to complement the one's you did ask quite diplomatically.
Sorry for boring you with some of my background, but I wanted to put my questions in context. I served my time in the wine trade in London, 1st working for a Company called 'Phillips Newman' a wine importer and bottler under the arches in Waterloo, so your video location is a very familiar setup. I then worked in the 'Civil Service Stores wine department in the Strand London, before moving to Tipperary, in 1976 to run my father's country Pub. At 12.27 your host states 'clean lines' is everything. An absolute I cleaned mine every Sunday Lunch time.
I am retired now with a 20 cider apple tree hobby orchard.
In my youth, UK Guinness was made in Park Royal (until 2005) and was quite different to James Gate Guinness, and the kegging and taps thus method of pouring were also very different.
So I expect the comment at 4:15 'settles very quickly' could be down to a different tap system?
I like your remark 'goes down easily' very good concept as was your hosts 'sessionable'
I would have like to have known do they roast their own barley?
Do they Sulphate?
What kind of yeast do they use?
When making my cider I make two different styles, a flat cider which I let the wild yeast do the job, this is fine but if I want a bottle conditioned cider as in my second style I have to Sulphate and use a propriety yeast, other wise the bottle will foam everywhere on opening. The other down side of bottle conditioning is the remaining film of yeast at the bottom of the bottle, causes the end of pour to be cloudy. I use old Guinness bottles as they are rated for 3bar pressure. Guinness(until very recently) bottle conditioned and they developed a strain of yeast that stuck to the bottom of the bottle when pouring no cloudiness and a white film of yeast was left behind, now there is no white disc and the bottles are disposal.
Will be watching your other videos with no long diatribe afterwards.
Cheers
Hopefully we will start to see this more prominently in London pubs?
He is going to say all that with Gunness being number one .
9.43.. proud moment when your here your quote going international, the guru is mr worldwide
iv wanted to try this but its so hard to find in the north of england think the closest to me is a 30 min drive n would probably not have it when i got there. did notice the glass isnt the same as the promo of it though.that was a straight glass 2.09 in the vid
I’ll give it a try, looks decent. Would like to see some more creamy lacing
london black does sound nice ! I believe the very best beers are brewed in copper kettles . There is only one brewer in the uk that use a copper kettles , I cant remember the name ? It was a scottish brewery . The beer was high quality
Had one of these last weekend and it’s no where near as good as Guinness in my opinion 😃. Great review
One of best low abv stouts around
Would love to try this
Recently tried OHaras Irish Stout and really enjoyed it
That is really lovely on nitro haven’t had it out of the bottle
Green Duck Proper Porter is worth a shout! Only stout I've had with comparable consistency to a draught Guinness.
O’ Hara’s draught Irish stout is consistent
Drink this all the time at my local
Wouldn’t doubt it , Guinness is too light to be a stout
Spoiler: Even if the other stout is crap and Guru wishes he was holding a pint of Guinness instead he will not say it to the person who gave it to him.
He didn't look too impressed with the feedback 😅
It was more like a Guinness promotion than anything 😂😂
I mean with all due respect to guru he kept comparing it to Guinness when in reality irish stout in general is made differently and uses different ingredients to a traditional porter or English stout. So from looks of it, the brewer is probably biting his tongue while guru waffles about porter being too "coffee, roasted in flavor."
@@mikothomas728 Yep pretty much spot on.
@@JackBWakeham guru knows 1 product and 1 product only! Hare it when he compares stouts to Guinness!
@@jamesk1806 I mean the reality is Guinness isn't what it used to be it's pretty dull if we are being honest, so tbh if you are used to and like that, being handed something with decent flavour is always going to be polarising.
I love London Black. Its like Guinness in that it looks the same colour. Black has flavour though, the main difference.
Mena Dhu stout is a good one to try
Way Better than Guinness
Great content mo chara, Guinness and Murphys are both decent tack. ☘
Do we have to listen to this man talk about him shaving his ball bag .
Bro it's 2022. There's a million stouts better than Guinness. Still a great beer, but certainly not hard to find something better.
London Black is brilliant. I recommend putting it on tap in my local and it fly's out. Great video!
Orkney Breweries, Dark Island and Black Country Ales Plum Porter 👌
Definitely get your chops around some of Kernels darker stuff. London Black is class though.
Belhaven Black, Dunbar Scotland. Absolutely Delicious
I had a stout by Robinsons brewery called Pitch on Saturday, it was amazing so much so its outselling Guinness, they took the Guinness pump out. I will never touch Guinness again if I can get this in cans in the supermarket's soon
Beamish for me, I'll only drink Guinness in Dublin
Great to see credit given where its due, thst brewer lad looked chuffed. My only issue with these new stouts is.. Why would I want something similar to Guinness when I can just have Guinness
Some find a grand beer but lacking in flavour like I do.
Would love to try this looks interesting. Have had quite a few A&H stouts and ales all have been very good top quality brewery 🍻
@ 10.34, totally agree with the comment about any drink down the side of the glass, awful and you know the person behind the bar has no clue how to pour Guinness.
Sadly over the last 50 years I have had my fair share of them. Back in the 70's I never drank a pint of Guinness that was watery and back then it wasn't uncommon, might was well drink it on the throne!
I’d be interest to know your thoughts on Oatmeal Stout, tried one or two before and very smooth. Guinness will always be my go to Stout though. Great channel by the way 👍🙌🏻
Samuel Smith Brewery in my opinion make the best oatmeal stout.
I agree
Great video, really good conversation. Loved this format
Kernel do a decent stout, shame he didn't visit there whilst in London. Thornbridge do a decent one too, McConnels.
Better than Beamish. Lad please stop
I would highly recommend Camden Ink. Very easy to quaff.
Hope the girl in my local Weathspoons is watching this, i want a dome love
Three large gulps = Irish sip ;-)
Will it be available in pubs in Brighton? Will it be available in cans from the webshop?
Siri galore Guinness is amazing.
Where can you try this?
The original Guinness in a bottle is the best, in my biased opinion. It's the CO2 bubbles that make it. The modern Guinness doesn't do it for me.
Charlie Wells make genesis top notch
Everyone knows the schtick of a Guinness is solely down to how clean/dry a glass is. After being washed a number of times, a glass builds up a film of chemicals. Any good bar will strip this film at the end of the day/week using a product called Resolve. In turn, the head will stick to the glass better thereafter. This really isn't a good metric for how good the drink itself is.
The moment you promoted the shaving company I knew this video would be bollox.
I agree, he seems like an amateur who hasn’t go t a clue what he’s on about! Not much of a guru
Try belhaven black , the scottish guinness
Its horrendous from a scot
Great video, if you ever come to Yorkshire, there's a brewery called Sam Smith's, they have there own pubs around Yorkshire. They sell a stout and it is very, very drinkable, it would be a good one for you to try....but there's a few things that make Sam Smith's pubs different....
Cash only, there's no TV's or music, no swearing, no laptops and no mobile phones out 🤣 which could make the video awkward hahaha
They're all over the country. There's many across London.
Plenty of Samuel Smith pubs in London, lovely stout
We can get a few different Sam Smith's stouts/porters here in the northeastern US. They're very good. I used to have a Sam Smith's pint glass which sadly broke. It had a Yorkshire rose etched in the bottom that you could see once you'd finished the beer.
That glass is beautiful
Titanic stout brewed in Stoke is a great stout.
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Guinness does need an update. It no longer satisfies when in today's world.
My top stouts
1. Kernal export London 1890
2. Guinness
3. Titanic
Watched a video on here from this brewery. Was hoping you’d get round to it ! Would love to try it . Well done 👍
I don't like London Black nearly as much as Guinness but I'm not a fan of most stouts I've tried