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New Research: Pension Gutting Proposals will Unduly Harm Low-Wage Workers and cost Taxpayers More
SACRAMENTO - New national and academic research reveals that the hybrid pension plans that Gov. Jerry Brown and Republicans want to force on California's public employees would strap taxpayers with higher costs and place an unfair burden on the state's lowest paid public employees.
According to a new University of California, Berkeley, study, the hybrid pension plan included in Gov. Jerry Brown's pension proposals would "have a disproportionate impact on the retirement security of lower wage workers and those in occupations requiring higher levels of physical activity." The governor's plan, along with a pair of proposed pension-gutting ballot measures, would force public employees into a hybrid plan that combines stable defined benefits with risky 401 (k)-style investment plans. "401(k) type plans entail a host of risks and costs that lower-wage workers are ill-equipped to absorb," the Berkeley study reports.
The analysis also finds that Brown's proposal to raise the minimum retirement age to receive a full California pension to 67 could "have significantly greater impacts on workers at the bottom of the wage spectrum."
"When combined with important differences in career timing and life expectancy by income and occupation, the costs of this policy will be borne disproportionately by low-wage workers and blue collar workers who start their working lives earlier and who die younger than professional workers," the study finds.
A full copy of the report is available at http://www.letstalkpensions.com/newsroom/memos. For more information, contact study author Nari Rhee, Ph.D., Associate Academic Specialist, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education at
or Ken Jacobs, Chair, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at
Meanwhile, a new national report concludes that defined benefit pension plans with reasonable fixes, including many long supported by public employees in California, are the best option for taxpayers. According to the Center for American Progress Action Fund, "the smart money in any state pension-reform plan would go toward smaller-scale changes."
"While proponents argue that these alternative defined-contribution plans are good for taxpayers, in most cases taxpayers are better off making relatively minor reforms to the current defined-benefit pension system rather than scrapping it entirely. Why? Because the defined-benefit pensions held by public employees are much more cost effective than 401(k)-style retirement plans, costing roughly half as much to provide the same level of retirement benefit to workers such as police officers and firefighters, librarians and teachers, and other public-sector workers."
Read the entire the issue brief at http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2012/02/pdf/defined_benefit.pdf
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4.06/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I purchased this from Brass Rail in Campbelltown, enjoyed chilled in a mug.
The color is sunny golden with light haze and thick white cream with fine bead, lace sticks in spots and retention is very good. The smell is herbal, fruity, lemon-zest and light grassy hop aromas are present too with slight yeast mineral note adding to the blend of hops and malt. The feel is very good, medium bodied with moderate bitterness and mild sweetness with nutty malt texture and subtle yeast creaminess with a mostly dry finish.
The taste has a honey-like flavor with mild toasted grain and gentle yeast up front with slight herbal hop flavors coming through mid palate with a slight lemony aspect adding a hint of tangy flavor to the malt which is lightly nutty and with a slight flavor of mineral in the yeast but the dominant taste is a more noble-hop like flavor of saphir which adds a fruity element. The overall taste is a great blend of malt yeast and hops adding a dimension which is not common in the style, the aroma and flavor of Saphir is great and adds a brightness which keeps this bock from becoming dull at any time, I would certainly drink this again.
Serving type: bottle
12-15-2013 22:24:26 | More by Slatetank
United Kingdom (Wales)
3.83/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a white head with a bit of retention and some lace. Color is a golden orange.
Flavor profile is surprisingly hoppy. I figured the hop profile from the dry hopping would have faded by now, but it hasn't. Clean, earthy, grassy, and spicy hop flavors. Malt profile is of light bread and biscuit flavors. Kind of on the sweet side of things as far as the malts go. There is a hint of citrus fruit flavor near the finish.
Mouthfeel: Smooth with a touch of bitterness. Light to medium bodied. Ends with a touch of dryness.
Overall, I really enjoyed this one. It was easy drinking and very enjoyable. I'd definitely drink more of this.
Serving type: bottle
12-01-2013 02:05:07 | More by mothman
North Carolina
3.96/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a half liter stein a hazed honey color with a thinner white head atop,I like a little more of a head for the style.Wow the herbal leafy hops really jump out at ya in the the,nice and fresh,some toasted grain and an iron note compliments the hops well.Dryish upfront on the palate with mild toasted grain a bit of honey-like sweetness and drunken fuit comes into play with a nice lingering herbal hoppy finish.This is a nice version of a helles bock,the hops are big and fresh tasting,well done.
Serving type: bottle
09-29-2013 19:20:01 | More by oberon
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500 ml bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours moderately cloudy golden straw color with a 1 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of big lemon, orange, apple, pear, pepper, floral, grass, bread, cracker, light honey, and floral/yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance of malt, hop, and yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, orange, pear, apple, pepper, floral, grass, bread, cracker, honey, and floral/yeast earthiness. Light earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, light fruits, floral, grass, pepper, bread, light honey, and floral/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance of malt, hop, and yeast ester flavors; with good robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very wel lhidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice hoppy Helles bock style. All around good balance and robustness of hop, malt, and yeast ester flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Serving type: bottle
09-14-2013 07:02:02 | More by superspak
North Carolina
3.98/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with some light amounts of visible carbonation and some apricot highlights. The beer has a finger tall sudsy soapy white head that reduces to a couple of medium thick patches of larger bubbles with a thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of bready malts with some lighter amounts of spicy and grassy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of bready malts that is the strongest flavor in the beer. The hops are mostly spicy in the taste and light to moderate in intensity with the faintest of grassy hints. Light to moderate amounts of lingering bitterness.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Moderately dry with some hints of alcohol warming in the finish.
O: I enjoyed the intensity of the spicy aspects of the Saphir hops in this brew and found it a little more interesting than the average Maibock / Helles Bock. I would definitely consider picking this one up again.
Serving type: bottle
07-24-2013 23:30:26 | More by dbrauneis
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle into tumbler.
No visible date.
A- Hazy yellow pour, with a two finger snow white head. Lacing is sticky and soapy.
S- Lemons, pears, grass, oranges, pilsner malts and a bit of cereal.
T- Lemons, pears, mandarin oranges, grass and some cereal grains.
M- Light to medium body, slightly chewy.
Serving type: bottle
09-24-2012 00:30:03 | More by korguy123
3.93/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a one finger frothy white head that slowly settles into a lasting ring. Streaks of soapy lacing left behind.
Earthy hop aroma with a floral, grassy character that's countered by musty funk, pale malt and light fruit. Hints of grass and pineapple followed by grass, straw, bread, biscuit and light fruit notes. The spicy, earthy hops really shine in the nose.
Chewy full body that's much heavier than I expected with a nice balance of earthy hops, bready yeast, pale malt and light fruit. There's a prominent spicy, grassy hop flavor up front that lingers over the sweeter notes into a slightly dry finished. Nice amount of dry bitterness that refrains from becoming one dimensional. Well balanced by bready yeast as well as hints of grass, straw, biscuit, apple and pear. The relatively high ABV is nicely masked making this complex beer pretty easy to drink.
Serving type: bottle
08-15-2012 07:01:42 | More by corby112
4/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a clearish golden orange with fizzy one-finger head on top of a grassy, hoppy aroma with some citric and a sweet undercurrent from the pils malt (and touch of caramel - I swear). Great balance, light body and easy to drink, as the dry, citric hops mix well and balance with with sweet malts for a sweeter than usual maibock (that little dry twinge I usually get on the end of a beer of this style is less pronounce/muted by sweetness). It might not please some fans of this style, but I enjoyed the sweetness and breadiness from this beer that made it less dry than usual.
Serving type: bottle
01-24-2012 21:58:20 | More by clayrock81
Saphir Bock from Brauerei Hofstetten Krammer GmbH & Co. KG
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Beauty Army sent this via email on November 3, 2012.
Glossybox sent this out today (November 6).
At the very least it is shocking to me. I applaud creativity and seeing this is a disappointment. I will type more after my nails dry!
Beauty Army has Allure's permission to use the image (which came from the article) but I don't know if Glossybox does. It's just weird how both use the image in the same manner since there are other ways Glossybox could have used the article/image. In the Glossybox pic it looks like they cropped the model at the knee where the Allure Magazine credit was at in the Beauty Army version. It's just so weird!
That would make sense if it is an allure ad used by both companies.
This might be the answer for this. They featured some beauty subs in their article:
GB is also featured in their article:
I'm betting allure made the images for them.
errr wait, now that I see the knee cut off thing..idk. Strange.
I think the picture for glossybox lives up to what ive experienced the other two do not. Thats a disspointment.
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The geography of opportunity: spatial heterogeneity in founding rates and the performance of biotechnology firms
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Guinness Extra Stout (Canada) - Guinness Ltd.
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Ontario (Canada)
3.28/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
341 ml bottle purchased from the singles bin at the LCBO for $2.00 CDN. Served well chilled into a pint glass.
Appearance - Dark cola brown nearly black in appearance. A few bubbles can be seen rising very close to the edge of the glass. The remainder can't be seen since the color is dark. Nice 1 finger of tan head is poured with good retention time. Would've expected something a little bigger and more billowy however.
Smell - Faint coffee aromas, but significantly sweeter smelling as well like caramel and Christmas baking. Also a bit of a merichino cherry aroma in there too. Pretty tasty but not overly potent.
Taste - The coffee is there with some earthiness too, but that's about it. Touch of smokey ash, but not really in a good way. Slight bit of leather too. Not bad flavored just not as appealing as the nose would otherwise present.
Mouthfeel - Dry slightly earthy finish. Medium-high carbonation. A bit watery makes this really easy drinking albeit not as flavorful as other Guinness products.
Overall - A bit disappointed in this, would much prefer the original draught beer, although this has a lightness that makes consuming multiple an option if you enjoy this. For me I will pass and move onto something more to my liking.
Serving type: bottle
02-25-2014 23:43:06 | More by DenisKolkin
New York
3.44/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours out thin and black but if held to the light you can see a dark brown hue. A fat loose head of tan foam that fell slowly to a film, then a small ring and left lace that was not permanent. Nose is malty and grassy. Sweet malt , light toast, light caramel and grassy hops. Then some dark fruits evolve. Prune and a bit of something grapey and quite sweet. Taste follows the nose all the way except the first thing to greet your palate is metallic. The malt is a bit awkward and husky but you begin to enjoy it as robust as you drink. The dark fruits are light and at first the prune is sour but that gives way to this grapey sweetness. Mouthfeel is light and has a nice dryness to the mid palate. Finishes a touch bitter and with that grass over top of a light caramel.
For a stout this was crisp and mild. With a bit of hop presence this is an easy drinking stout that gives some light buttered toast and a touch of caramel to a bit of dark fruits and finishes a bit tame but altogether pleasant.
Serving type: bottle
02-23-2014 13:30:44 | More by utopiajane
2.99/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Picked this up for about $8.50 from Target today. Typically don't get many imports but I am officially bored with Target's unchanging selection and decided to give it a go. The last time I had this was probably in high school, and I remembered it being OK but thought it was too strong back then. Would I like it now? Hmmmm....
Before I get into it, let me say that the iconic Guinness packaging is attractive as always and made me feel a little nostalgic whenever I looked down into the shopping cart. Didn't I have the tee shirt? Anyway, poured it into a goblet when I got home, and it poured black with an airy looking tan head that fell almost immediately and left virtually no lacing on the glass. I scanned the bottle looking for the abv again and couldn't find it, but looked it up and found it to be a fiver, and was a little surprised. Usually when I read "extra" on something it makes me think it's going to be a little more potent than the ordinary stuff, but lesson learned, I guess. And hell, if that's the case, I'm having another.
Nose is nice, toasty and malty, but a little tame. The flavor is really where I take issue with this one. Starts off the like nose, roast, toast, malt, but then there is the back end which is something I've experienced in other beers that I don't like. The malts take on this kind of pungent grape juice like flavor to me, and I just can't get over it. I guess it's like a dark fruit maltiness, but it's just pruney to me. Kind of levels down in the second one, but I know it's there. My next issue is with the airy mouthfeel, but that's not as major and I actually think they do pretty well bringing in some structure with that 5%, I'm just used to a bit more heft. Other than that I think the carbonation is appropriate and the body is inoffensively medium.
Overall I think they did well for what's practically a light beer to me, and I do actually like that I can have a few of these, but I just can't bring myself to get over the grape juice finish, and I still don't understand why this is an "extra" stout. Bring on the Obsidian.
Serving type: bottle
12-20-2013 01:24:57 | More by BeerWizard
3.61/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Apearance - a thick black color, with a tan colored head.
Smell - a very sweet sugary smell, with caramel and toffee.
Taste - a sweet burnt malt taste, with coffee and caramel.
Mouthfeel - silky and a bit syrup like, thick beer.
Overall - I enjoyed this Irish stout.
Serving type: bottle
12-19-2013 21:55:37 | More by Captain_Komamura
3.43/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Compared to import genuine Guinness the Canadian big bottle seems to be more "drinkable" I mean this in the sense that I could picture college frats chugging this on some sort of bet, dare or challenge and it could be done with ease. Surely not as good as the traditional, but still good.
Appearance is very dark and syrup like
Smell is kind of weak and adjunct(y)
Taste has less of that stout tongue coating pleasure I am used to, but still very acceptable
Mouthfeel is still kind of weak and has that same adjunct feel
3.5 - 4 depending on my mood
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Serving type: bottle
11-20-2013 20:11:22 | More by Democritus
North Carolina
4.36/5 rDev +29.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Reddish Black with creamy two finger head.
Smell: chocolate malt, and some roasted malt with a end note of hops
Taste: Smooth, malty, Chocolate malt, Little black satin malt. When chewed the hops come out alot more. Finishes with a note of coffee.
Mouthfeel: clean and smooth
Overall: Easy drinker, Even my wife likes it. I could drink a bomber of it easy.
Serving type: bottle
11-05-2013 00:34:37 | More by bearfootdaddy
3.53/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 341 mL bottle into what appeared to be a 12-ounce pilsner glass.
2-finger head (bear in mind the glass is small). Very solid black. I couldn't see any light at all through it, and the restaurant was not that dark.
In the beginning, the head had moderate smells of berries and raisins. As the beer warmed up and I progressed down my glass throughout the course of my meal, the smell improved to something somewhat richer. The scent is hard for me to describe, but it is typical of what I smell from a good beer that's warmed up.
Taste was bittersweet, in a nice way. I might say it tasted like beer mixed with the flavour of bitter raisins. I think I detected notes of cocoa. I more or less liked the overall taste, though it didn't wow me like some other fantastic beers did on my first try.
Mouthfeel: There was a mild tingle of carbonation.
Overall, a good beer. I'd buy this again to have with my meal if there were no craft offerings, or any amber beers available in the restaurant.
Serving type: bottle
10-25-2013 16:16:54 | More by The-Jolly-Imbiber
Alberta (Canada)
3.34/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
It is a pity that Guinness is basically a synonym for stout. I do not loathe the beer and actually view it as a reasonable session option, which probably sounds insane to beer novices (those novices who know what session means in any event). Seriously, drink more stouts, even other Irish drys, and you will see what I mean. The beer is that light and drinkable in quantity despite being considered the iconic Irish dry stout. Guinness in Canada pours up with a reasonable light mocha head and one is immediately struck by the reddish brown non-opaque appearance, not the black murk one would see with most microbrewed stouts and porters. The aroma is faint chocolate malt, a hint of burnt barley, bread, light roast coffee, a tinge of grape/muscat/random funkiness and little to no hops. The body is surprisingly thin and weak, almost feels like a mainstream Irish red ale like Kilkenny, very smooth and perhaps a tad watery. The taste is more bitter than the aroma but still the hops are subdued and the flavor is burnt toast, dilute dark chocolate, some vinous fruit but again its subtle, and a sweet black tea astringency. There is a touch of the vaunted Guinness sour which probably saves the beer from total mediocrity. If you are a stout fan you want to keep sipping to see what else emerges but alas there not much else and pretty soon the beer is gone. Its not terrible but its not great. Try it to pad your list but look elsewhere for better examples of dry stout.
Serving type: bottle
08-03-2013 20:23:44 | More by CalgaryFMC
Ontario (Canada)
2.94/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Guinness should be in the world record book for blandest stout. Seriously, just look at the thing - it isn't even really black! Light and clarity sneak through the beer's many soft brown spots and hardly any head materializes atop (this brown bottle version is obviously not nitrogen-infused). This has hardly more colour than my morning toast.
Many people wrongly assume that a beer that is dark will be heavy and that darker colour means richer flavour. This is not always the case and, in this instance, it's an outright untruth. Leave the knife and fork behind - this thing is better suited to a sippy cup. No roast, no bitterness, no real impression at all - it's a stout that could be right under your nose and you wouldn't know it.
An interesting fact about Guinness that most people don't know is that they tinker the recipe to cater to local palates. Depending on where in the world it's brewed, the formula might be sweeter or stronger, less dense or more yeasty, less dark or more carbonated, etc. This Canadian-brewed offering is the weakest I've tried, with hardly enough malt to feign even roasted grain (let alone chocolate or anything else).
While I'm relieved that my palate isn't drowning in foamy nitrogen, I'm equally put-off by the cloying corn syrup texture (not to mention the near total lack of roast and body). Guinness is a stout in the same way that I'm the world's best guitar player - I can call myself that but it doesn't mean I actually have the credentials. This feels less dense than water, something criminal for any beer but especially a stout.
Whether I prefer Labatt's version (brewed in Ontario) over the actual Irish-brewed import requires a blind taste-test I do not care to take. In truth, I don't care for either. Odd though it may sound, Nigeria, Ghana and Jamaica all have better Guinness on offer than cold-climate Canada. Maybe it's a case of not wanting what you have, but I doubt it; Caribbean, African and Belgian Guinness are simply formulated for more refined palates.
Serving type: bottle
06-11-2013 00:13:35 | More by biegaman
4.29/5 rDev +27.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 24 oz (or so) bottle into glass.
A: Great head. Screw the nitro tap, this pours fine as it is. Deep black body with off-white foam riding high on the glass.
S: Dark chocolate and caramel, slightly sweet aroma
T: A little bite and bitterness, trace hop presence although little or no flowery tones. Sweet, caramel and chocolate notes
M: Thick, slightly carbonated, a little bit of clinging to the tongue. It's oily in a positive way like a good stout should be.
I enjoyed it. I got a larger bottle for $3. It had two glasses worth in it. This is certainly best enjoyed in winter and in traditional Irish weather where it's never what we in North America consider "warm." It sticks to your insides and builds a fire there. It's a safe bet for a nice stout. I don't like it nearly as much as Magic Hat Heart of Darkness, but it's a solid bet if you want a nice dark beer that clings to your ribs.
Serving type: bottle
04-14-2013 23:18:09 | More by nofalltoofar
2.94/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured from the bottle into a pint glass.
A- Very dark brown, foamy and fluffy tan head, bit of lacing on the glass. Looks like a typical stout.
S- Smokey, a bit of hops, but not that great.
T- A bit hoppier than expected, tastes like a cigar, but not in a good way, got better as it warmed up.
M- Creamy, meduim carbonation, not bad but not great.
O- Overrated beer, not worth it. A disappointment.
Serving type: bottle
04-06-2013 06:07:40 | More by sajaffe1
2.31/5 rDev -31.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
The smell is pretty good but the taste is another story.
It pours a black with a tiny dark tan head.
The smell rich with malt and some piney hopiness and metal.
The taste like an old cigar. It is to bold for my taste . I could only drank one or two of this beers. I still have four beers left in the cooler. I wish I can return them. This is not a good stout!
Serving type: bottle
03-27-2013 17:02:56 | More by bbluemzbeer
3.08/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bonus bottle drained watching Temple Owls attempt to dislodge the (1) Indiana Hoosiers.
O lovely Guinness. Perhaps I shouldn't settle for the extra stout Canadian brew, but it's what's available. Pours with a reasonable dense head a deep brown. Just a hint of color. Nose of roasted malt, and hints of coffee. Mouthfeel is a bit sharp and carbonated for a stout. Taste is also somewhat unrefined and clunky, but certainly enjoyable. Goes down smooth enough. Need to get myself to Arthur's Gate.
Serving type: bottle
03-24-2013 19:49:51 | More by Rast
North Carolina
3.45/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours an opaque very dark amber (almost black) in color with some very light amounts of gentle visible carbonation and some light amounts of brown highlights. The beer has a two finger tall creamy light tan head that slowly reduces to a very thin film covering the majority of the surface of the beer with a couple of small slightly thicker patches that include some large bubbles and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Light aromas of lightly roasted malts along with a slightly nutty hint and there are some light hints of dark malts. Overall, the smell of this beer is pretty light bit strengthens slightly as the beer warms.
T: Light to moderate flavors of lightly roasted malts, dark malts, and just a touch of sweetness to the malts (not dissimilar to the sweetness you usually find in a milk stout).Very light amounts of bitterness which fades quickly.
M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Light and airy with some light to moderate amounts of dryness in the finish.
O: Easy to drink and sessionable - definitely would be happy to put a couple of these down during a session (I guess I should have had this one on St. Paddy's Day).
Serving type: bottle
03-22-2013 01:36:21 | More by dbrauneis
Ontario (Canada)
3.45/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Close to opaque but not pitch black. It really seems to be a very dark brown, that sort of brown that is so dark it looks black. The light creates highlights in the beer at the edges of my glass, making it's brown hue more visible. It's frothy cappucino head is plentiful and long lasting, and thickly coats the walls of my pint glass. I actually think this looks better than the nitro Guinness Draught. Mild roasty aroma smells of coffee. Tastes of black coffee with a pleasing, tangy, slightly fruity acidity. Finishes with a lingering light charred bitterness.
It doesn't feel as smooth as the Draught, but I think this has a bit more body to it. The smoothness provided by the nitro dispense can make it feel a bit weightier than it is, but I've always found the Draught very thin. This isn't heavy either, but it's also not as thin. It's definately not watery. I think this would work pretty well as a session stout. It's not great, but it works.
Serving type: bottle
03-21-2013 19:22:46 | More by mintjellie
3.95/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz bottle into an imperial pint glass. Pours a deep brownish black w/ a big mocha head that settles to a rich sea foam on the surface.
Aroma is nice and mildly roasty with notes of chocolate and dark fruit.
Taste follows nose. Soft bitter roasted malt, dark fruit, chocolate. Good, minerally water. A well-balanced stout.
Mouthfeel is soft and smooth, drinkable. Clean, semi-dry finish.
Overall a solid representation of the style.
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03-17-2013 23:11:05 | More by draheim
3.79/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Chilled to around 50 degrees and served in a tulip glass. Thick brown head atop red-brown beer that's practically black. Aromas of sweet fruits, chocolate and spices. Flavors of sweet coffee, fruit and dark chocolate. Other than its seeming unpopularity, I'm not sure why I've never had this before. It's as good as, if not better than, regular Guinness.
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03-17-2013 17:54:50 | More by keeganfrank
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3.44/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is close to being near black in color and has amber visible at the bottom of the glass when it is held up to a bright light along with some slight hints of carbonation. It poured with a three quarter finger high tan head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and a good amount of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: There are light aromas of dark malts in the nose along with some hints of roasted malts. The smell becomes a little stronger as the beer warms up.
T: The taste is similar to the smell, but has a little more roasted malts along with slight hints of toasted malts and sweet malt extracts. Minimal bitterness is present.
M: It feels a little shy of medium-bodied and somewhat airy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation. The finish leaves a bit of dryness in your mouth.
O: This beer goes down quite easily and can be considered sessionable. I wouldn't have a problem drinking a few of these in one sitting.
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2013 13:23:19 | More by metter98
4.15/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
I poured from a bottle into a regular glass.
I was actually pleasantly suprised by this beer. My wife bought it for me, after urging me to try Guinness stuff. I'd tried their regular Supermarket stuff, and wasn't particularly impressed. But this stuff had a pretty good taste about it. There's definately a hint a chocolate in there, which is a big thing for me when drinking a beer, especially a stout. The rest of the taste just seems like dark roasted malts. So a pretty simple, but a very drinkable beer. If you like something complex or unique, I don't think this will do it for you. Not terribly expensive, and an alright session brew, so if you like dark beers, give it a shot. Not the best beer I've tasted by any stretch, but certainly not the worst.
Serving type: bottle
02-04-2013 18:13:17 | More by EarthRocker
Quebec (Canada)
3.83/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served from a bottle into a English pub glass
A: Black as a typical stout maybe a little bit more transparent then your regular Guinness. Brownish-red tinges when under light. Minimal lacing and small head.
S: Some roasted deep chocolate/ coffee flavours. Not to deep or overpowering.
T: Noticeably more bitter than regular Guinness. More burnt/darker flavor to it as well. A little bit of a metallic taste as well but its pretty slight. Nothing too bold or flavorful.
M: Personally I love the mouth feel of the nitro tabs Guinness has in their Draught but this was pretty smooth too. Decent carbonation. Feels a bit strange for a stout but its good I guess.
Overall: Meh. It was a decent beer but nothing special. Honestly I prefer the regular Guinness for its creamy mouth feel. I probably will not buy this again. However if they released it with a nitro tab I would definitely give it a go. Don't get me wrong a stout doesn't need a nitro tab to be great but its just something i would like to see in this one. I'd rather save some cash and get the regular or even better get some St. Ambroise or Youngs if I'm in a stout mood.
Serving type: bottle
01-08-2013 00:13:11 | More by Haydn-Juby
4.35/5 rDev +29.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A: poured from a 22 oz bottle into a nonic pint glass, pours a dark orange brown with a huge creamy tan head that lingers leaving good lacing, clear
S: smell of bitter hops, burnt toasted malt, coffee, floral bready quality
T: bitter hops up front that fades to dark roasted burnt malt, finish is dry and quite choppy with flavors of coffee
M: fuller bodied with a dry quality, less creamy than regular Guinness, stronger aftertaste
O: Guinness Draught's more robust heavier brother, it has more hop flavor and more alcohol content, flavors are similar but the texture is much different
Serving type: bottle
12-31-2012 18:56:53 | More by M_C_Hampton
3.75/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A- One of the most beautiful beers I've ever poured. Excellent two finger, creamy, tan head with superb lacing. Completely opaque however under a bright light you can vaguely make out a red tinge. Its appearance is definitely this beers stong suit.
S- Pleasant malty aroma but not as potent as its appearance leads you to expect.
T- Certainly an eye opener. Very strong coffee and chocolate notes which would be welcoming if not for the burnt undertones which tarnish the lingering aftertaste.
M- Underwhelming. Could be creamier. Too thin and lacking in carbonation.
O- Excellent beer but the burnt aftertaste is a distinct issue.
Serving type: bottle
12-28-2012 21:05:00 | More by BillyPirate
3.13/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 oz bottle was poured into a Guinness glass.
Appearance: This beer poured a dismal head that reduced to a thin layer and left slight lacing on the glass. It is a pitch black color with no clarity or visions of bubbles coming up the side of the glass.
Smell: burnt malts, slight toffee, and a weird aroma that I can't explain.
Taste: Lots of bitterness, burnt chocolate malts, sour notes, and really not sure about this single I bought.
Mouthfeel: awkward, low carbonation, watery, light, and extremely strange.
Overall: I used to love Guinness, but this version made in Canada is definitely not the same as the original. Off by a few steps.
Serving type: bottle
12-22-2012 20:11:14 | More by Flounder57
British Columbia (Canada)
2.98/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A: Massive 1 1/2" tan head on a bad pour over cola coloured liquid.
S: Yeast, baking soda and grassy hops.
T: Toasted malt, somewhat metallic, grass, earth, pine and espresso. Quite strong tasting.
M: Thin viscosity and a medium to low level of fine carbonation.
O: I thought that Guinness Foreign Extra Stout had finally come to Canada, and was disappointed when I realized that I picked this up instead.
Serving type: bottle
11-20-2012 22:39:42 | More by DaftCaskBC
New Jersey
3.08/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A: Pours an opaque black with a two-finger+ creamy tan head that persists quite well, leaving a good amount of lacing.
S: Scorched toffee, chicory coffee and a faint hint of Goldings, along with the trademark Guinness sour edge.
T: Bracingly acid up front, the roastiness kicks in mid-palate and increases in the finish, where it takes on burnt overtones. There is a noticeable hop presence in the middle, which is quite nice.
M: On the watery side, and lacking the smoothness of either nitrogen or the hand pump.
O: In the end, a rather bland offering that bests the swill offered on tap as Guinness in the US, but not what other dry Irish stouts are capable of.
Serving type: bottle
11-17-2012 23:19:05 | More by speter
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Helen McGregor, Head of Screen Arts
Helen is a writer, actor and lecturer in film history and theory. She trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and worked in professional theatre in Scotland and Ireland for six years before joining Mike Alfred's company at the National Theatre. She remained at the National for 14 months also working with Sir Richard Eyre. She gave up acting for some years to focus on an Open Univerity Degree and writing: her first novel Schrodinger's Baby was published in the UK, US and Germany. Her short story The Confession was published in Fresh Blood III in 2000 (The Do Not Press, eds. Mike Ripley, Maxim Jacubowski). Her poetry has been published in several journals and in the anthology of Oxford poetry, East of Auden.
Helen taught on the Screen Arts Programme at the National Film and Television School for six years before going to the University of Cambridge's Moving Image Studio (CUMIS) to do an M.Phil. Here she made two experimental documentaries. Since graduating she has been an Associate Screen Arts Tutor at the NFTS, and has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Cambridge, where she has also been an external examiner. In addition, she has taught Experimental Film and Video at Central St Martins School of Art and Design.
She is now acting again with a one woman version of Shakespeare's Richard III called Now is the Winter, which has played to critical acclaim at Oxfringe and the Edinburgh Fringe and will be performed at Brighton May Festival and at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh 2011. Helen has just embarked on a Ph.D.at Kingston University on the use of animals in film. She also gives talks on Film History on P&O Cruises and has twice been around the world giving passengers her potted history of World Cinema 'All the World's a Screen'.
Read Helen's interview, Meet the Tutors - Helen McGregor (Our Meet the Tutor series is designed to give you an insight into our tutors and their experience at the Met Film School.)
Bren Simson, Head of Student Film Production
Bren is an NFTS graduate with many years experience directing primetime television drama including Brookside, Eastenders and The Bill as well as award winning film drama series, Pressgang, Children's Ward and Starstreet. More recently, Bren directed 'If Oil' for BBC 2/Discovery and 'Lost on the Mountain' for C4 as well her own independent documentary on a current legal case for Al Jazeera Television.
Jamie Nuttgens, Feature Film Production
Jamie Co-Produced Red Riding, David Peace's dark detective trilogy with Revolution Films for Film Four and produced Smita Bhide's first feature, the microbudget The Blue Tower, winning Best UK Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2008. He trained at NFTS and in BBC Drama, Script Editing Jimmy McGovern's The Lakes and Casualty, before going on to produce at ITV. He has written and directed for network television, directing the first DVCAM drama to be aired in primetime, a Special for The Bill shot live at Notting Hill Carnival. He has been an actor, Stage and Lighting Designer and a Commercial Producer in Independent Radio and recently added editing to his skills roster.
Jamie has taught Direction and Screenwriting at NFTS, Westminster University, Polish National Film School Lodz, La Femis Paris, Blanquerna Barcelona and Oxford University and formatted many of the original short courses at Met Film School.
Anthony Alleyne, Senior Tutor Screenwriting and Directing
Anthony Alleyne is an award-winning writer/director who has had projects in development with the BBC, as well as having worked on feature film rewrites on projects both in the UK and America.
He is currently writing, producing and directing Borderline, a low budget thriller set in the Italian and Austrian Alps, produced by Jamie Nuttgens of Monkey In Heaven Films, and slated for a January 2013 shoot. In addition he is also developing The Removal Man, a thriller set in Colombus, Ohio, USA.
Anthony has also been a Board Member of Screen South, formerly The UK Film Council's Regional Screen Agency for the South East, for the last eight years and has been closely involved in the assessment, development, production and financing of a number of UK shorts and features during this time.
In 2009 Anthony set up Born Wild, and as well as having developed Borderline, Born Wild has also produced a short film, Boxed In, which aired on Italian national TV, as well as producing a self-funded webisode miniseries.
Anthony is a full voting member of Bafta, and speaks Italian to a good standard.
Giacomo Cimini, Tutor in Short Film Production
Giacomo is a London-based Italian filmmaker, represented by Anthony Mestriner at leading talent agency Casarotto Ramsay. Following his Laurea in Communications from Rome's La Sapienza University and a filmmaking course at the New York Film Academy, Giacomo earned an MA with distinction in Filmmaking from the London Film School. His graduate sci-fi short film, La Citta' nel Cielo (City in the Sky), premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival and achieved online distribution on major platforms. Previous credits include a low budget horror feature and the 8-part TV series Delitti for Fox International's Fox Crime channel on Sky Italy.
In 2010 Giacomo was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus and awarded funding for the Trailermade competition to direct a promotional trailer for his submarine monster thriller, Bleak Sea. The project was subsequently picked up for development by Working Title Films. Giacomo is currently developing a slate of film projects and is a lecturer at the Met Film School where he teaches Short Film Production.