Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Ghana)

Brewed by Guinness Ghana
Style: Foreign Stout
Kumasi, Ghana

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle at a tasting, thanks tomer: lots of honey, molassess and brown sugar, date syrup, toasted rye bread, sourness in the finish, not very roasty, wet wood, earthy, medium to full bodied, very odd beer.

Bottle 330ml.

[ Courtesy of fiulijn ]. Clear dark brown colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, roasted, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120420]

Bottled. A black beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, soy sauce, and wood, leading to a dry roasted finish. The body is light. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours an opaque black with a dense and creamy beige head. Sweetish, roasty nose with a little licorice. Medium body, sweet roast and a little vanilla. Very subdued bitternes. A little cough syrup-like. 200412

33 cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Caramelish sweet and toasted malty. Roasted dark malty, metallic and light liqourice. Bitter and toasted malty finish.

Bottle at Alex. Dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, bread and chocolate with roasted notes. Fruity flavour of caramel and bread with roasted notes and notes of fridge. Fruity finish.

Bottle from friend Maria
Black color, with medium sized beige head. Mild aroma of roasted malt and caramel, a bit nutty. Roasted malt flavor, not aggressive, some molasses, mild acidity.
I have never been to Ghana, but I guess this is the best beer available there.

Completely black, with very light brown head. Aroma of coffee, roasty, caramel, licorice. Medium sweetness, medium bitterness and a distinctive fruityness. Quite long roasty and bitter finish. Medium body and a soft creamyness. A bit more carbonised than the regual Guinness. This one was way better in my opinion. A very pleasant suprise, din’t have much belief here, but it luckily proved me wrong! Would definitely recommend thos one. Tasted a bit like the "Taddy Porter" accually.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2012 Rerate fresh in Ghana, 330 ml bottle pours the almost black color with almost no head. Aroma has some great spices, and some dark malts and cloves. Taste almost reminds me of an Aventinus. Nice spices and flavors coming through. Palate is smooth. This beer when stored correctly and served cold is very nice.

Pours opaque black with creamy beige head. Aroma is caramelised malt and some liquorice. Flavour is roasted malt, sweet molasses and a hint of tobacco. There is a peculiar "touch of evil" in the flavour (sorghum?). Alcohol is noticeable. Full body. Finish is sweet molasses with a "touch of evil" and tobacco tar with balancing hop bitterness. It is an interesting and flavourful stout with rough edges.

At a tasting, thanks Tomer, pours opaque black with a chocolate color head, sour aroma with rye, sorghum, almonds and sours cherries, flavor of coffee, tobacco, sour cherries, nice smokey notes, some dried fruits and noticable hops, medium bodied, nice.