Pints I Go Back To

Cian Kavanagh

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This is the short list of stouts and dark things I actually reorder in Dublin, as opposed to just Instagram once and forget. Think of it as my personal watchlist: a mix of canonical episodes (Guinness in all its forms) and a few spin‑offs that quietly review higher than you’d guess if you ever went down a ratings-data rabbit hole. I’m not chasing whales here; these are the beers that survive a full season of wet Tuesday evenings and overlong Netflix queues.

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Name	Style	Brewery	ABV	Typical setting	My take
1Guinness Draught	Dry Irish stout, nitro	Guinness, St. James’s Gate	4.2%	Busy city-centre pub where the pints move fast	The pilot episode of Irish stout: you come back to it to remember what the whole genre is trying to do. Creamy, low-key, and dangerously easy to turn into a four‑pint data point before you notice.
2Porterhouse Plain Porter	Porter (on nitro in pubs)	The Porterhouse Brew Co.	4.2%	Porterhouse bar with too many taps and not enough seats	Does exactly what it says in the title card: plain in the best way. Soft roast, gentle chocolate, and the sort of balance that makes you suddenly realise it’s your third glass and you’ve taken no notes.
3Trouble Brewing Dark Arts Porter	Robust porter	Trouble Brewing, Kildare	4.4%	Craft‑leaning pub or can from a decent off‑licence	Feels like a comfort rewatch: familiar coffee-and-caramel beats, but with enough roast to stop it turning into dessert. Light enough to session, complex enough that I still overthink it.
4Kinnegar Yannaroddy Porter	Coconut‑tinged porter	Kinnegar Brewing, Donegal	4.8%	Fridge find in a good indie off‑licence	Reads like a gimmick on paper—coconut porter!—but drinks like a well-edited cut. The coconut sits in the background, more supporting character than main star, which is exactly how I like it.
5Rascals Breakfast of Champions (stout)	Coffee stout	Rascals Brewing Company, Inchicore	6.1%	Rascals taproom with pizza and too many plans	Essentially the ‘working from home’ episode in liquid form: coffee, chocolate, and enough booze to make you question your life choices if you start before the watershed. Rich but not cloying.

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