Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Nigeria)

Brewed by Guinness Nigeria
Style: Foreign Stout
Lagos, Nigeria

Bottle, 330ml. A dark black coloured pour with a small brown lasting head. Light aromas of treacle. A quite sweet, somewhat medicinal taste with hints of treacle and sorghum. A strong, burnt finish with some sweetness. Alcohol is very noticable. As it warmed up, more sorghum became evident. Certainly a very complex and interesting brew!

Bottle from Tesco. Pours a thick black oily liquid with a dark beige head. Intense amlt aroma. Coffee/choc with burnt dryness. Bit of powder. Very enjoyable. Thicker, maltier than other Guinness I have had. A certain lactic quality too. Quite nutty for some reason.

Picked up in Tesco Aylesbury 22-05-06 had this last night. Once again like the Funchal Maderian version I had this poured a very dark black colour but a darker chesnut coloured head on this one compared to the slightly lighter chesnut brown of the previous one. Once again this had a great roasted and slightly smokey flavour, with lovely bitterness a drier taste than the funchal version but this was equally good if not a little better. Stunning!

Bottle brought over from Leeds, England, by a friend of mine. Bought in a special beer shop in Leeds.
Black color, pitch black. Huge brown lasting head. Mix of burnt and fruity scent. Big mouthfeel, mix of burnt and red whine like taste. Big bitterness, sour aftertaste.

Bottle 17/03/2006 Black with a small bubbly creamy yellow head. Big fruit and whisky aromas. Smooth on the palate with a fruity flavour. Strong in alcohol with a slightly dry lasting crisp and bitter warming coffee roast flavoured finish. 330ml BBE Oct 2004. Purchased from GABF 2003.

The Great Guinness Taste Test with <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinness-foreign Standard FES and <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinness-special FES.
Slight murky appearance and compact head. Massive liquorice aroma with salty heady roast. Lots of treacley sugar baked into flapjacks - I could have gone on smelling this all day. After the wonderful aroma the taste was a bit of a let down but still good. Salty almost sour with hints of roast and chocolate. Winey finish with growing sweetness. Suprisingly light but still a sipping beer. Easily the best of the 3 Guinness FES’s I tried.

VEry awesome, the aroma is like sweet and like coffee, but that is how the Extra Stout is, I like it. The flavor is great too, very sweet but strong in character.

Well, if burned toast is your favorite flavour, then this is the beer for you. Had it in Kenya and was not impressed whatsoever.... perhaps an aqquired taste, but not for me! Enjoy....