WHICH IS THE RIGHT GUINNESS FOR YOU?

Hey guys, I'm John with Hops and Brews and today we're gonna be checking out which Guinness is the best option for you so Guinness Probably the most famous stout out there Everyone thinks it's actually a really high percentage ABV beer. It's not it's actually under 5% and except for this one It's actually a kind of a light beer and they kind of get it confused thinking all stouts are supposed to be creamy No, that's the nitrogen that's in them. So yeah But let's go ahead and check out the subtle differences between all of these Guinnesses and possibly which is the best for you But before we get into it, remember to hit like and subscribe on this channel if you like this type of content All right, let's get into it. All right, so I got four different Guinnesses here Um, let's go ahead and take a look what we got. First off. We have the Guinness stout draft This is the classic one you will see with the nitrogen widget inside Second you have well the exact same beer, but it's in a glass bottle and there's no nitrogen widget. It is Carbonated however with just nitrogen it is recommended via the package to drink straight from the bottle Next we have Guinness extra stout This is actually a higher percentage ABV coming in at 5.6% Next we have Guinness's brand new Guinness zero a non alcoholic Guinness Okay, so let's go ahead and pop one of these open and just go for it, right? Okay, let's check this out. Um, it looks like a great-looking Guinness beer The one thing with this can is they do recommend from the can to pour it into a glass And then you let that Cascading nitrogen go down to create this nice creamy head so that when you drink it There's a little bit of this creaminess at first and this nice roastiness at the back end. Let's see how well that actually tastes Yeah all around Nice, it's a light solid stout the interesting thing actually about Guinness is that if you look closely every batch is Slightly a different ABV. This one comes in at 4.1 percent I've seen some come in at 4.2 and 4.3. So check the can that's kind of a neat little thing But overall it's great. You get this nice light creaminess if you want at the front you can just sip the head And at the back end it's just nice roastiness The one thing they do say about the nitrogen though, it kind of makes it have this flat tasting flavor To me it kind of makes it a little bit more drinkable because you don't have this overly bubbly carbonated drink It makes it actually go down easier. There's less gassiness. It's kind of nice overall nice roasty light beer It's not heavy. It's not thick like a lot of people say don't know why that rumor goes about Let's go ahead and check out the bottle version of this beer Recommended actually not to pour into a glass coming in at 4.2% Now even though I poured some in a glass I wanted you to see the difference So this is straight out of a nitrogen can with the nitrogen widget. This is just nitrogen carbon put into a bottle So the head right away is a lot different if you care about that kind of stuff But for review's sake they did tell us to drink out of the bottle. So that's what I'm gonna do it definitely has more of a carbonated Crispy bubbliness to it versus the nitrogen can one pouring it out curious Yes This isn't actually as smooth. I kind of do prefer the can widget Pour it out. I don't know what it is. It almost has a more flavor to it The nitrogen just smooths it out so much more Not that big of a fan of this for some reason though. The glass does taste colder These were kept in the fridge at the exact same time Maybe the fact that the bottle is a thicker glass keeps the beverage cooler longer I do like the feel of the glass too. That's cool. I feel fancier drinking out of this Alright, let's go ahead and try the Guinness extra stout the highest ABV they have of this right now Now right away the big difference I see is this looks like a normal carbonated stout I Looked it up and it said all Guinness's are carbonated with nitrogen not co2 This does not look like that. This looks like co2 to me. I mean the bubbles are just Thick look look at the comparison here Smells delicious though. Tell you what does smell chocolatey. It didn't say whether to drink it from the bottle or the glass. So let's try both That's a much better flavor. I'll tell you that much. That is a very Robust for a Guinness. That's a nice basic stout delicious but however Again, similar to the bottle one. It does taste like it's co2 maybe almost like 50 50, but It doesn't taste as carbonated as say, you know your standard lager or IPA, but I Do taste like this crispy bubbliness of co2? Versus the standard can with the widget. I Do love the roastiness of this though. This has so much more flavor There's not a creamy flavor, but it's this nice roasty flavor and coming in at five point six percent It's a nice stout. I mean technically this would be a porter but still roasty beer now, let's go see if the non-alcoholic Nitrogen widget version can compete with any of these alcoholic kind All right, this looks similar to the traditional can that we got to The head is thick and creamy. However, the cascading effect didn't last as long That's an interesting thing and take a look if you can see each head has gone down faster and faster and faster That's interesting but non-alcoholic Cheers hmm Now I remember reviewing this and I liked it This however now that I can distinctly taste all of them and gone to the non-alcoholic version. I taste the differences They're subtle they are very very subtle if you started the night out with this you probably wouldn't notice But the fact that I'm ending on this I noticed the flavor. There is less roast You know, there's almost a slight sour tartness to this however The creaminess is almost on par or even better. I might say than the standard original in the can There is a funkiness that's different in comparison. Let's but let's go ahead and try it out Yes, there's actual roast Artificial roast that's what it tastes like this tastes like an artificial roast malt This tastes like real roasted malt, but I love the head on this. This is just sick and Creamy, it's awesome. How much does this detract from the rest? Not that much actually not that much. This is pretty darn good In fact, let's go ahead and compare it to the other one Great roast tell you what See, this is the least best this one in my opinion This has a more traditional flavor than this but the fact that this is zero alcohol and tastes pretty darn good Kind of brings it up a notch for me. So what Guinness is right for you? Um All depends wait, what are you going for? You know, are you doing a st. Patrick's Day run? Honestly, the only one I would say away from on st. Patrick's Day is probably this one I'm betting this one is more expensive because it was at the store and the glass and out of the four the least exciting honestly If you're looking for a creamy smoothness The standard you can never go wrong with it if you're a DD or non-alcoholic, but still want some good flavor the non-alcoholic Actually can trick you and you could probably be drunken up and start just drinking this and trick your friends to just pour that into a glass You can probably get away with it. And even if your drunk friend grabs it be like this tastes like standard Guinness But if you're looking for some good flavor the extra stout same price as the standard But has more that just traditional stout flavor because it's Carbonated with CO2 More however, it's up to you to decide which Guinness is the best for you Are you looking for your traditional Guinness to be creamy and smoothie? Are you looking to be a little bit fancier to be like check out my glass bottle and don't mind spending that extra dollar on It you want a little more alcohol and a little bit more robust flavor, or do you want to be? Okay with night and not be wasted the next day. It's up to you See you guys Hey guys thanks for watching this video remember hit like and subscribe follow me on all my social media set the links for all of those will Be at the very bottom of the description Leave a comment or two. What's your favorite Guinness to have? I know there are technically other versions of the Golden Gate Guinness out there There's like the blonde and they made an IPA a long time ago and whatever but anytime someone says Guinness They think dark roasty beer and these are the four that you always see all the time Which is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below or is there a better one out there? I need to review to put up against Guinness as the nitro stout Let me know see you guys