Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Black coloured beer with a large brown creamy head. Light alcoholic malty roasted coffee and compact aroma. Creamy full roasted and bitter palate. Finish is bitter roasted with some coffee and creamy light alcoholic touches. nice balanced, good one.

Bottle from The Bottleneck, Broadstairs: Poured a rich black with a niuce tan head. Lot of chocolate flavours, the alcohol makes itself known very quickly. Not as good as it’s Nigerian brother, but a very nice stout nonetheless.

Pretty good. Had this one in london. Has a more robust flavor than the draught, but thats to be expected. It feels a bit more carbonated than the draught as well. Toasted, oaky flavor and a mildly bitter finish. I would reccomend it but I would also say that I prefer the original draught to this one.

I enjoy this more than it’s little brother. It’s a loaf of bread in a bottle.

(Bottled at the Brewery Bar, Guinness Storehouse on 2008-07-02) Black. Medium-sized tan head. Chocolate and little hops in nose. Quite amount of carbonation in full palate. Chocolate, some alcohol, sweetness in taste. Slight bite from hops. Nice.

Bottled Irish version. Pours jet black but holding it to light reveals a ruby tinge at the extreme edges. Frothy tan head that didn’t last but didn’t disappear completely, either. Coffee in the aroma with a faint hint of fuggles hops. Initial light sweetness gives way to an intense bitterness. Medium-full body with lively carbonation leads to a long, bitter finish. One bottle easily leads to two which, at 7.5%, can lead to trouble. Benefits from time in the fridge but I wouldn’t recommend serving it too cold.

I do not care for this beer nearly as much as I care for the Draught. This beer smells burnt. It pours nicely and has a nice thick dark head. It is very bitter and heavy. Sometimes it is good for something different but I mainly use it to make my batter for fish and chips!

Appearance: Totally black, loads of thick, creamy head. Aroma: Smoky, oaky, burnt. Taste: Bitter, long aftertaste. Smoky, woody. Info: 330ml bottle, 28/9-2005, 27/300 (Re-rated 26/12-2008, original score: 2.0)