Quote Originally Posted by cdarwin View Post
I see many mentions of Guinness on this forum. There seems to be some preference towards it by the members. Dust thou consider Guinness to be the epitome of malted beverages? I once considered it among my favourites until I started branching out. I generally prefer a stout over most other options, though I am also quite fond of some Belgian ales. Among stouts, however, I now consider Guinness a last resort. There are so many interesting and different stouts out there.
Guinness is available, has a rich history, has a very unique flavor, and is the epitome of the "session beer" being relatively low in alc %, and easily tolerated/neutral taste-wise.

However, other Irish dry-style stouts such as Murphy's, Donniebrook, etc. are also fantastic, they lack the lactic "twang" that is the Guinness trademark, but they are also easy to drink.


Me personally? I'm an Imperial stout fan. You can't session-drink Imperial stouts though... especially Old Rasputin, Samuel Smith, or Rogue XS Russian Imperial.