Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Nigeria)

Brewed by Guinness Nigeria
Style: Foreign Stout
Lagos, Nigeria

Serve in English pint, Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle brewed in Cameroon. Dark brown body, almost black with a moderate sized beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and hint of caramel. Flavor is rather sweet, roasted malt, coffee and chocolate, low bitterness. Surprisingly sweet for such a light body. Roasted aftertaste. Absolutely drinkable but not very exciting.

325ml bottle. Black with dirty grey and thick head. Nose : chocolate, cheese, yeast, wet laundry, toast with Nutella. Sip : medium thick with good carbonation. Smooth. Sweet and malty, roasted flavours mixed with red fruits. It develops sour and cacao like bitterness. Bubblegum and metallic flavours mingled in. The beer is not bad but quite funky too.

Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Malt,roasted and fruit aroma ; Black color with huge head ; Sweet taste with lighter bitter finish ; Medium body ; Creamy texture ; Pretty good.

325ml bottle, The Cave, Glasgow (£2.50):
Darker, milky chocolate and some coffee with a huge amount of sweetness and some roasted malts, none of which seemed as strong as they were with the Irish version of this beer other than the sweet sugars. There is some darker fruits too.
Deep ruby colour that borders on black and is topped with a centimetre tall, creamy head that is a light brown colour and eventually turns into a foamy lacing on top.
Milky chocolate to begin along with some darker, roasted malts and a bit of coffee. Again the sweetness of the beer outshines most of the rest and there is some plums, raisins and various other darker fruits.
Creamy, full bodied mouthfeel that has a lot of sweetness and some grain coming through. There is a touch of alcohol grain in the middle and some bitterness to go with the mainly sweet feel.

Seemed completely different the Irish version although that may be because I’ve only tried the Irish version once. Very sweet, surprisingly so and lighter than expected with regards to the roasted malt and coffee flavours. Hidden alcohol content in this one.

325ml bottle, bbe 07/13. Poured black with a creamy, light brown head. Aroma has oatmeal, candy sugar, herbal notes and roastedness. Sweet and smooth moutfeel. Roasted malt, maize, caramel and ash. very ashy finsih with some tobacco as well. Quite dry finish, saves a little, otherwise sweet in flavor. Drinkable, but not nothing I would buy again. light to medium bodied.

Bottle. Very dark brown, small to average and fully diminishing light brown head. Moderate, malty and sweet aroma, roasted malt and dark fruits - berry fruitiness, vinous notes, light licorice and light alcohol. Body is medium to full, malty and sweetish flavor, some roasted malt, dark fruits - berry fruitiness, vinous notes, light alcohol. Finish is average to long, malty and sweetish, roasted malt and light coffee, some dark fruits - berry fruitiness, light alcohol. Sweetish foreign stout with dark fruitiness. Interesting Guinness - bit too sweet though.

Bottled. Pours dark brown in color with a frothy beige head. Burnt wood, earthy notes with some tobacco and ashes in aroma. Wooden notes in taste as well, some dark red berries as well comes to mind. Unusual, but in a good way. Dry. The aftertaste is overwhelming, like some burnt wok mushrooms/vegetable and light wooden kind of elements. Hard to describe this one. Roasted and burnt malts in aftertaste. Liked this one.

325 ml bottle.
Pours a black colour with a creamy beigeish head. Aroma of flour, lingonberry juice and ash. Flavour of sourish berries, roastiness, grassy bitterness and some grainy notes. Medium bodied, slick mouthfeel and a mouthdrying finish with berries. Rather interesting for a foreign stout.

325 ml bottle. BBE 19.07.2013.
Pours pitch black color with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma of ripe berries, ripe fruit notes, some toasted malts and hints of red wine. Flavor of red wine, some mild alcohol, malts, ripe and somewhat sourish berries. Sourish palate. Quite weird.
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32,5 cl bottle @ home, BBE 18.07.2013
Aroma is odd with chlorine, some alcohol, berries and hints of coffee. Flavour has toffee and hay typical to English ales, very roasted malt, some coffee and red wine notes. Harsh bitterness in the finish. Toffee takes over at the end of the glass. Not the most typical foreign stout.