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Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Percentile
93
overall
Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Foreign Stout

Dublin, Ireland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3893.62/5.03.61/5.07.5%80.5Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Higher in alcohol content than other Guinness products, this stout has a strong, oaky, complex flavor.

Editor’s Note: This is the standard FES. Sometimes it is imported from Ireland but more often it is brewed locally. This version is most common in the Caribbean and Africa. All versions from those places, save for Jamaica, Nigeria and Ghana should be rated here.
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 fonefan (11062), VestJylland, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 18, 2008  
Bottle 33cl @ Home. [ Trade Maria ]. Clear medium black color with a average, creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate yeasty, steam damped, cellar, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (160708)


 Tmoney99 (4713), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 11, 2008  
Bottle from Liquor Direct, KY. Poured black color with a large frothy brown head that mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted coffee aroma. Medium body with a smooth dry texture. Medium burnt coffee flavor with a medium dark chocolate bitter finish of average duration. Good start, soft finish.


 Ughsmash (3999), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/513/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Bottled, BB 12/1/08 thanks to Craig.. brewed in Ireland. Poured deep brown with a creamy cap of medium tan head. The aroma picked up charred chocolate and oaky notes upfront with what was either piney hoppage or some sort of maize-ey adjunct.. either way I enjoyed it. The flavor was on the bright end with coffee and toffee notes joined by milkier chocolates and syrupy caramel.. bitterness was high and not easily identifiable.. lasted through a longer finish. Medium-bodied and sharper on the palate with moderate, well-done carbonation.. good to begin with, but not too enjoyable at the end.


 ditmier (1059), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 4, 2008  
2008 Bottle in St Martin - Pours oily black with a small brown head - aroma is all toasty malt, smoke...flavour is strong, alcohol and taste...burnt malty bitterness on the front end, light burnt and roasty dry fruit on the back end...a nice brew thats hard for me to find in the states...


 JuStuka (187), Edo De Mex, Mexico
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 1, 2008  
first of all i’ve to say this one cost me 4dls!!!! ha, black color, it tastes like chocolate, a little bit strong the precesence of alcohol.


 bretupdegraff (172), Fishers, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 27, 2008  
Wow- I like Guinness but I really liked this brew. Had from bottle at a crappy hotel in boston area. This is the only good thing about this stay. Nice smokey flavor - nice bitter kick. very nice surprise for my 50th rating! Cheers!


 HogcliffeLenny (162), Christchurch, Dorset, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 22, 2008  
Bottle 330ml from Waitrose, Christchurch. Pours black with a good beige head. Aroma has a distinct molasses background. Reasonably full bodied. Much better than its traditional cousin.


 phishpond417 (1935), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/513/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Pours a dark opaque black colour with a small brown head. Taste is chocolatey, noticeable pepper and black cherry flavors. Aroma is sort of woody with hints of black licorice.



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