Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

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.

Haha. American Guinness sucks. This pour was thick dark black with a full tan head. Aroma of dark roasted malt and chocolate. Full body with strong flavors of roasted malt, cocoa, slight coffee, and a slight bitter finish. Very good. Would buy again.

Dublin brewery.Yes, this is much better than the draught style, much more character. I poured this one a little on the cold side, so I am having a hard time with the aroma- after swirling a bit I am getting some creosote, faint hop background, malt wort. Taste is bitter and dry, strong roasty presence, a bit like old coffee grounds. Finishes out with some astringency. Pretty good for such a commercial beer, just crosses over into the territory of beers I will drink with regularity. *addendum- after closely inspecting the bottle, I found that this was actually brewed in Canada, in spite of the Dublin , Ireland claim in larger print.