Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Nigeria)

Brewed by Guinness Nigeria
Style: Foreign Stout
Lagos, Nigeria

Tried this first time when I was travelling in Africa and was a favourite while I was backpacking. Then found that you can buy it at many offlicenses here in the UK! It’s got a really great complex roasted taste, I personally like that so I have to give it high marks! Much tastier and less watery than regular guiness if that makes sense.

Bottle 66cl @<a href=http://ratebeer.com/forums/thisted-kalder target=_new> Thisted Tasting by Maria.. Clear dark brown color with a large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy malt bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120408)

Bottle thanks to Doppelganger. Pours a swirling black body with a mighty tan head on it that floats around like an ice cream float. The aroma is full of very sweet candies and roasted malts. When I first drank this I was quite surprised; the Nigerian version is quite different for sure; imagine a deep and musty Nigerian mineral deposit hidden in the jungle, they take bits of rock and minerals and mix them with Guinness to get this. It’s full of a metallic and mineral flavors, I think I’m good on vitamins for awhile. Also, the rich malts that you expect along with a sweet coffee finish. There is also the sorghum, which really sticks out as unusual. A bit of bitterness also. Wow. This beer is amazingly complex and so very different. I think that this beer is near perfect in the sense of being exactly what is should be, and not anything else. Just damn good and different. Thanks Casey. Rating #500.

Bottle bought at Corks, Bristol 12/5/08. Jet black, with a tight, creamy tan head. Big aromas of milk chocolate, prunes, roast malt and astringent herbs. Flavour was light and creamy to begin with, before rum and raisin kicked in with bitter chocolate and a warming vinous finish. This is the most complex version of Guinness for me and is an excellent drink.

Black/brown with a slightly reddish hue and a huge, creamy head, that leaves a nice lace. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, sweetness licorice and dark fruit. The flavour is full and nice with notes of roasted malt, licorice, coffee, bitterness, berries and dark fruit. It’s nice, but I think the European variety has a fuller flavour and body, but it’s a while since I had one of those.

Bottle. Pours a dark deep chocolate coloured beer with a large foamy brown head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts and coffee. Taste is strong. Notes of chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, oak and hints of alcohol. Sweetness in the finish. Very tasty.

Very deep brown of color with nice brown head. An aroma with notes of coffee, prunes and chocolate. A flavor with sweets, prunes and coffee.

Ugandan bottle, Was 7.5% in alcohol. Sweet caramel, brown sugar aroma. Typical famous Guinness appearance. Very similar in flavour to the UK & Ireland version but has the alcoholic bite with it. More liquorice flavour with it too. I enjoyed it due to the fact I haven’t drank a Guinness for ages, yet I couldn’t drink more than one of these unlike the UK & Ireland Guinness. Tasty and probably what Guinness was originally