I like this — what should I try next?

Starting from Guinness Draught

The nitrogen-dispensed Irish dry stout that is, for most of the world, what "stout" means — and a much lighter, drier beer than its colour suggests.

Guinness · 4.1–4.3% ABV · Dry stout

What you are probably responding to: roast (moderate–high), dryness (high), malt intensity (moderate), coffee (moderate).

Worked out from this beer’s own profile rather than from its style, because a well-known beer is often not typical of the category it belongs to.

Closest to it

Very similar in structure and flavour. Safe ground rather than discovery.

• Irish extra stout

  A close structural match for Guinness Draught — a likely fit if you want more of the same.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — moderate–high in both. Roast is comparable — high in both. Malt intensity is comparable — moderate–high in both.

  Different: slightly more sweetness (trace → low). slightly more body (low → moderate). slightly more carbonation (trace → low–moderate).

  May not suit: Very close to Guinness Draught; if you wanted a change, this is not it.

  Try: Guinness Extra Stout

• English porter

  A close structural match for Guinness Draught — a likely fit if you want more of the same.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — low–moderate in both. Roast is comparable — moderate in both. Body is comparable — low–moderate in both.

  Different: slightly more sweetness (trace → low–moderate). slightly more carbonation (trace → low). slightly less dryness (high → moderate).

  May not suit: Very close to Guinness Draught; if you wanted a change, this is not it.

  Try: Fuller's London Porter, Samuel Smith Taddy Porter

• Foreign extra stout

  A close structural match for Guinness Draught — a likely fit if you want more of the same.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — moderate–high in both. Roast is comparable — high in both. Coffee is comparable — moderate in both.

  Different: slightly more sweetness (trace → low–moderate). slightly more body (low → moderate–high). slightly more carbonation (trace → low).

  May not suit: Very close to Guinness Draught; if you wanted a change, this is not it.

  Try: Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Similar, but different

Keeps what you probably like about it and changes one or two things. Usually the most useful answer.

• Oatmeal stout

  Keeps most of what Guinness Draught does and shifts body.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — moderate in both. Roast is comparable — moderate in both. Malt intensity is comparable — moderate in both.

  Different: noticeably more body (low → high). noticeably less dryness (high → low). slightly more sweetness (trace → low–moderate).

  May not suit: Noticeably more body than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout

• American porter

  Keeps most of what Guinness Draught does and shifts dryness.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — moderate in both. Roast is comparable — moderate–high in both. Malt intensity is comparable — moderate–high in both.

  Different: much less dryness (high → none–trace). noticeably more carbonation (trace → moderate). slightly more sweetness (trace → low–moderate).

  May not suit: Noticeably less dryness than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Anchor Porter

• American stout

  Keeps most of what Guinness Draught does and shifts carbonation.

  Shared: Roast is comparable — high in both. Malt intensity is comparable — moderate–high in both.

  Different: noticeably more carbonation (trace → moderate). noticeably more hop aroma (none–trace → moderate). slightly more sweetness (trace → low).

  May not suit: Noticeably more carbonation than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Founders Breakfast Stout

A bigger jump

Genuinely different, but connected by something specific — the shared trait is named so you can judge whether the bridge holds.

• Schwarzbier

  Both carry real malt intensity, which is the thread to follow if that is what you like about Guinness Draught.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — low–moderate in both. Roast is comparable — low–moderate in both. Body is comparable — low in both.

  Different: noticeably more carbonation (trace → moderate). slightly less dryness (high → moderate). slightly more bread & biscuit (none–trace → low).

  May not suit: Noticeably more carbonation than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Köstritzer Schwarzbier

• Munich Helles

  Both carry real malt intensity, which is the thread to follow if that is what you like about Guinness Draught.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — low in both. Body is comparable — low–moderate in both. Malt intensity is comparable — moderate in both.

  Different: noticeably more carbonation (trace → moderate). noticeably more bread & biscuit (none–trace → moderate–high). noticeably less roast (moderate–high → none–trace).

  May not suit: Noticeably more carbonation than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Augustiner Helles, Aecht Schlenkerla Helles

• Munich Dunkel

  Both carry real malt intensity, which is the thread to follow if that is what you like about Guinness Draught.

  Shared: Bitterness is comparable — low in both. Body is comparable — low–moderate in both.

  Different: much more bread & biscuit (none–trace → high). noticeably more carbonation (trace → moderate). noticeably less coffee (moderate → none–trace).

  May not suit: Noticeably more bread & biscuit than Guinness Draught.

  Try: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel