Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Foreign Stout
Dublin, Ireland

Pours a five finger light tan head that fades very slowly, leaving a good lace. Black color, no high lights. Light carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Light malty nose. Flavor is sweet bakers chocolate, with a more bitter chocolate finish. Best by May 25, 2010. 330ml bottle - gift brought back from Ireland.

Got this from a local off license in a whopping 660ml bottle! Pours black, thick looking with a big dark head - what a beer should look like! Dark viney wine and malt smell, red fruit, syrup with a hint of alcohol richness. Warm, thick, dark and rich taste, balancing coffee biterness and chocolate sweetness. Some warming alcohol and more vine fruit. Roasty malt blends well with the hops to create a very BIG flavour that sits great on my palate.

Waaaaay better than Guinness Draught or Extra. Coffee, dried dark fruit, some sourness, a little bit of soy (but not too much), a nice level of sweetness, some hoppiness at the end.

31/10 0.33 l bottle courtesy of Doggythedog, thanks for sharing! It poured dark brown to black body with bigger brownish head. Weak aroma, some yogurt, coffee and caramel. Slightly sweetish flavor, caramel and coffee here as well, slight fruitiness. Fuller in body with longer sweet finish that misses something I can’t explain. Fine FS once again, I may have liked the Nigerian version better, but this isn’t far as well.

Bottle found at the Excalibur store on the Czech/Austrian border. Black, beige head that went away fast. Yoghurty, dried figs, light alcohol, ok enough nose. Bitter malty taste, bit roast, smooth dried figs again, maybe some alcohol. A pleasant enough stout and a far cry from Guinness Draught and similar crap.

I agree with the previous poster who commented that this is Guiness on steroids. Big chocolate flavor that isn’t afraid to let you know it it there. It is, however, a bit overbearing as not much beyond that and a dry finish show through. Either way, it was a fun thing to drink on a cruise this summer.

12oz bottle bought from Guinness in Dublin. Wish we could get this in the states. I bought this after the tour and brought it back to the hotel for a night cap. This is a totally different beer than regular Guinness on tap. The looks and aroma are similar, but the Foreign Extra Strout is much more hops. The taste is like a regular Guinness (tap) on steroids. Finishes nice, with a chocolate and coffee flavor.