Guinness Extra Stout (North America)

Brewed by Labatt Breweries (InBev)
Style: Dry Stout
London, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Coffee like aroma with slight toffee, chocolate and roasted nuts. Appearance is a very dark shade of brown with small foam. Taste is Roasted caramel, coffee and nuts. Not very thick as stouts tend to be. Pretty full flavor with a lot of roastiness and slightly smokey. Overall, a pretty tastey stout with good flavor. I’d give this a B rating

Bottle 12 oz, Florio’s Ristorante, Little Italy NYC. Black beer with a medium brown head. Aroma of toasted and lightly roasted malt with notes of smoke. The taste is sweet and slightly bitter malt.

Has a black color. Smell is of roasted malts. Taste is also malty, some coffee notes. Overall a pretty good beer.

12 oz bottle pours black with a tan head. Aroma is of the roasted malt. Taste is of coffee and the malts. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

From notes. First reviewed 1/25/2011. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Part of a side by side with Guinness Draught and Foreign Extra Stout. Extra Stout pours a mahogany color with a slightly transparent ruby tint and edges of walnut brown. A rocky tan head bubbles up considerably and takes a while to subside. Roasted malt, raisins, chocolate sweetness, and molasses are all present in the nose. Maybe a hint of spice and light bitterness from a nuanced hop presence. The flavor matches up with the aroma. The start is sweet molasses, heavily roasted or burnt malt, chocolate, and raisins. Light coffee leads to a lightly spiced hops. It finishes with some sweetness that ties the flavor together nicely. This feel actually has some body to it. After drinking the Draught, though, maybe anything would feel thick and bold. The body is medium to full, with medium carbonation and a somewhat creamy feel, but with some carbonation that pops as well. Much different and more natural feeling than the Draught. This is the Guinness I like and can really enjoy.

I am knew to dark beers but I thought this was an okay beer. I am a big fan of Guinness but the extra stout was a little more bitter than I had hoped. The color, aroma, and appearance is great.

12oz bottle: Appearance is pitch black with tan head. Aroma is of burnt malt. Taste is slightly sour along with some roasted malt. Pretty basic stout but not too shabby.

Poured into a snifter. I hate regular Guinness with a passion for its lifeless, black water taste. I’ve heard countless times how this is a real beer. We shall see. 3.5 A: Black color. Little over one finger of frothy tan head. Retention is about average and a decent amount of lacing is left. 2.0 S: Smells like a super old pot of coffee, like oxidized/acrid coffee. Chocolate underneath and a mild roast. While the regular smells like nothing, this smells strange and uninviting. 2.0 T: This has the same taste that a horrid brewpub in Baltimore had in all their beers. It’s like a soggy piece of bread or at least something of that nature. Mild roastiness. Even less chocolate. Old coffee. 2.0 M: Just lighter than a medium body. Carbonation is a bit too high. No creaminess. 2.0 D: This is a subpar beer for sure, but at least it has some taste (not necessary a good taste) unlike the regular. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-08-2012 03:51:28

Pours dark brown/black with a tan head. Smells of bread or dough. Taste is malty sweet, hint of coffee. Much lighter than normal Guinness.