Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Foreign Stout
Dublin, Ireland

Serve in English pint, Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks beerandbeyond. Black, opaque, beige head. Wine, a little roast, a little fruit, a little sugar and coffee aroma. Roasty, coffee, bitter taste. Full body, fizzy, roasty dry finish, less creamy than the usual Guinness.

Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks beerandbeyond. Dark brown to black with a beige head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice, dark fruits and light roastiness. Sweetish and slightly acidic flavor with some chocolate, light roastiness, a bit of fruity notes and a drier finish. Medium-bodied.

Black with foamy off white head and lots of lacing. Aroma is slightly sweet, molasses, citrus, rich fruit, fig. Taste is roasted chocolate, prune like deep fruit, some toasty malt, smoke and bitterness on the finish.

A - Black as night, 2 finger of dark mocha head that turns to a lighter color as it starts to slowly sink. S - Roasted cocoa, molasses, a smoked turkey cold cut kind of aroma(good), earthy coffee grinds, brown bread, caramelized brown sugar. T - Charred molasses, toasted brown sugar, roasted malt comes in strong toward the middle, sugary coffee coats the entire mouth, unknown peppery spice, has a sour fruit characteristic toward the finish. Finishes very dry for all the malty sweetness. M - Full bodied, luscious feel, moderate creamy carbonation, alcohol is present but fits and plays well with all of it’s counterparts. This is the Guinness that you dream of. A full and robust stout. Complex and extremely tasty. Serving type: bottle 03-17-2011

Pretty good for Guinness licoriius flavor dark body thin fading head enjoyable though lots of body ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours a black brew with a medium light brqon head with regular to poor retention, Aroma is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with dark fruits(mostly prunes), roasted malt, caramel and Vanilla, médium bodied, flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to low bitter, bittersweet finish

Aroma of burnt, charcoaly malts and a little aniseed. Texture is a bit watery and the flavour does not come through so well. Overall the mouthfeel is quite rough and unrefined. The bitterness is prominent and the alcohol is also present. There’s a bittersweet, treacley background in there somewhere.

[Bottle from Riviera Restaurant, Selsey] Dark brown with a light brown head and a light fizz. Fruity up front, then coffee, roasted malt and smoke develop, A little dryness too. The finish Is on the bitter, burnt side, but overall it’s a very decent stout, worlds away from the standard Guinness!

Bottle:   Deep brown, nearly black, moderate frothy beige head, fairly nice lacing.   Apple skin nose, roasted malts, slight ash and campfire.   Ash and campfire are more noticeable on the tongue.   Smooth, but not coating, roasted malt flavor.   Low hop, moderate malt base.   Fairly enjoyable.   Apple or Pear fruit skin flavor is fairly assertive, after the roastiness.   Semi-sweet lactose finish.   It reminds me of a milk stout for some reason.   Better than I anticipated.

33cl bottle. Large tan head atop cola-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, roast, cocoa, light smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, roast, cocoa, some smoke. Smooth medium-full body.