Our Brews | Other Fine Craft Beers A Stout Challenge Results Table Just before St. Paddy's Day 2002 a stalwart crew of tasters put Ireland's favourite beverage to the test in a "blind" tasting. Guinness was compared to an international field of seven other black elixirs. The answer to the question "Can Guinness back its marketing muscle with flavour?" is "No." The internationaly popular beer finished a distant third to Montreal's St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout, Canada's, and now argueably the world's finest example of a stout. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout edged out Guinness for second place. Appearance Aroma Flavour Aftertaste Likeability Total Rank median scores for group out of 4 out of 6 out of 22 out of 8 out of 10 out of 50 St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout (5.0%) 4.0 4.3 18.0 6.0 8.0 40.3 1 Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout (5.0%) 2.0 4.0 15.5 5.0 6.0 32.5 2 Guinness (4.0%) 3.0 3.0 15.0 5.0 6.0 32.0 3 Amsterdam Irish Stout (5.0%) 3.0 2.8 13.0 4.0 5.5 28.3 4 Wellington County Imperial Stout (8.0%) 2.0 3.0 13.0 4.0 4.3 26.3 5 Dragon Stout (7.5%) 2.0 3.0 12.5 4.0 4.0 25.5 6 Royal Extra Stout (6.0%) 2.0 3.0 13.0 3.0 4.0 25.5 7 Marston's Oyster Stout (4.5%) 2.0 2.0 10.0 3.0 4.0 21.0 8 return to top Let us know if you would like to receive our monthly e-newsletter with links to all our music updates webmaster@cestwhat.com

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