Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Jamaica/Kenya)

Brewed by Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)
Style: Foreign Stout
Kingston, Jamaica

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle in Jamaica. Nice strong beer with lots of coffee aroma. There was a roasted coffee taste with chocolate notes. balanced nice by hops. Contrasting sweet and bitter flavors added a complex taste. very similar to the US extra, but different.

11.2oz bottle drank from the bottle. Pretty much regular Foreign Extra with something slightly sour and a little more hops. I would drink it again though given the chance. Much better than the free Red Stripe at the resort.

Bottle: Poured a black color stout with a large brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate with some lactose notes are quite interesting and different then the aroma of the regular version. Taste is also dominated by loads of black chocolate notes with some sweet undertones with lactose notes. Body is thinner then I would have expected with some good carbonation. Enjoyable in the sense that there is not much else to drink that is somewhat interesting in Kenya.

Bottled, Jamaican. Poured medium-deep brown with a nice, sticky beige head. The aroma picked up sweet molasses and licorice notes with some vanilla bean and lightly-smoked malts too.. sweet and welcoming. The flavor found a mess of burnt dark sweetness at the core.. sharp oxidation cut through and rode out the finish along with nondescript bitterness.. ugly in the end. Medium-bodied with poor sweet/sharp interplay on the palate.. seemed past its prime.

Can 33cl. Dark color with great head. Traditional Guinness with smooth palate. Raisins and caramel

Bottle. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, medium sweet, caramel, little toffee and a little butter.

Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, butter and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 270112

Can. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, chocolate, notes of coffee. licorice and is a little earthy. Dry finish.

Can. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and light hopy aroma. Toffee notes. Moderate bitter roasted flavor. Dry coffee notes. Average dry coffee finish. Oily palate. Strange but a nice experience.

50cl bottle brewed in Kenya. Pours a lightly viscous, opaque black with a creamy, slightly thick beige head. Doesn’t look like your typical Guinness. Nose is mostly roasted barley, a little hay, some light grass, brown bread, a little licorice. Flavor is big, heavy licorice, very malty, sweet, molasses, roasted barley, dark toast, a little hay, chocolate. Full bodied, sweet, sticky finish.

500 ml bottle in Kenya in my hotel room. What Jamaica and Kenya have in common but here goes. Pours an almost black color with a full tan head. Aroma is roasted caramel and malt. Taste is much the same with some smoke as well. Palate is smooth and ends somewhat bitter. Not bad.