Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

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

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)

Completely different from Guinness Draught in Ireland. Had this in Freetown, Sierra Leone where it is actually brewed in the same factory as the local Star beer. Pours motoroil black with little head almost fizzing up like Coca-Cola and then settling down quickly. Initial taste is sort of bitter chocolate and the 7.5% ABV is not completely hidden. Then it is somewhat spicy- goes great with West African food! The roasted malt is also prevalent and the beer sort of coats the mouth for a little and then dissipates. Definitely 100% better luke-warm then cold.

330 ml bottle. Pours black with a ruby tint and a thick peaky caramel head; the aroma has lots of rich chocolate malt with candied fruit and a touch of spice; thick and oily in the mouth with heavy bitter chocolate and black coffee to start, then mellow and fruity, and then a dry and bitter finish. Very well balanced overall, a drink to sip and savour.

6/2/08 From the bottle. Aroma is roast malt forward, alcoholic, with a bit of dried fruit character. The creaminess of Guiness Pub draught is still there, just much lighter and sweeter. Appearance is very dark brown with a well maintained tan head. Flavor is sweet, roasted, carbonic, sour and fruity. There’s a lot going on here. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with a medium carb and grain texture. Overall, an interesting brew with lots of flavor and strength.

Bottle thanks to Doppelganger. Pours a pure black body with an amazing beige head. It sits atop the beer floating and towering like a mountain. The aroma is mostly rich roasted malts, some hops and metallic notes. The taste is very complex; the initial pour is quite bitter and full of roasted notes, the finish is sweet fruit and finally more bitter burnt coffee. As it warms there is more of a metallic and woody flavor, with berries and liquorice, and always roasted malt. Very good, so complex and so damn tasty. A great mouthfeel and a nice alcohol warmth. As it warms it gets a lot sweeter. My quest for Guinness continues. Thanks Casey.

Great Guinness, so much better then local draft...find off license in Ireland selling this...my lucky day :-) Pours completely black, little lasting head, major notes of liquirisel, ,inior notes of coffee, chocolate, and burned malt. Sweet and bitter in perfect harmoney, bitterness winning in the end.

Liked this more than I thought I would. Near black with a tan head. Creamy sweet malt aroma, almost like condensed milk, with just an edge of meatiness. Warm, malty, milky chocolate taste - yes, almost malted milk. Some slight fruity sourness too. Mid bitter finish. Odd, but I’m glad I tried it.