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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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 redgold07 (308), Irving, Texas, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/519/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Pours almost jet black with a milk-chocolate colored head. Aroma is of coffee and roasted malt. Taste is delicious... with flavors from caramel, to roasted coffee, to coffee and oaken flavor as well. 1 pt. 6 oz. bottle.


 BlackForestCO (820), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 29, 2007    Updated: Feb 13, 2009
Poured from a bottle. Poured a deep brown color with ruby highlights and a nice tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and some coffee. Flavor is mostly roasted malts, with some chocolate and coffee, and a bit of bitterness and nuttiness on the finish. Pretty nice.


 joe19612 (688), camberley, Surrey, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 29, 2007  
Bottle. I prefer this to the draught. Nice and easy to drink. Not sure why , better taste and finish to me.


 Dogbrick (2855), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 18, 2007  
Thanks to Homerwantsbeer for sharing a bottle from his travels. The beer pours nearly black with a bit of amber around the edges. Medium thick and foamy dark beige head that dissipates steadily, and rings of lacing. The aroma consists of coffee, roasted malt and molasses. Rich, roasty body with coffee, chocolate and burnt malt flavors. Some bitter hops shine through as well. The finish is bitter coffee and hops with malty/chocolatey undertones. Leaves a hoppy aftertaste that lingers awhile. Miles better than the "regular" Guinness.


 JFURYCAT (791), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
Dec 12, 2007  
I like the Nigerian version better for its syrup qualities but this one has the complexity regular Guinness lacks such as a heavier cereal mix with more bitter tones, roastedness and well hidden alcohol. I would say this is better crafted than the Nigerian cousin I just sipped but it seems a bit overloaded as far as flavors are concerned.


sickassmick (81), Concord, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 4, 2007  
why can’t they put THIS in the nitro can? This is an awesome beer. Just had it a few days ago after some fat tire... maybe thats why i’m so crazy about it right now. Make 12 packs of this ... m


 SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/104/512/20
Nov 21, 2007    Updated: Nov 22, 2007
50cl bottle from russia, thanks to Chad. Black with a nice tan head. Aroma is milk chocolate and some alcohol. Very dark, roasted malt flavor, and a lot of alcohol mixed in, almost like a white wine. Slightly sweet with some bitterness from the malts. thick and smooth body. The alcohol is was too present in the flavor. Definitely not the better of the foreign stouts I’ve had. It’s like Guinness draught with more alcohol and body, and It’s not working so well, but not too bad overall. A little hard to finish though.


 Russo (595), Campinas, Brazil
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 21, 2007    Updated: Dec 22, 2007
Can 33cl. Black color with a brown and persistent foamy. Aroma is roasted malt and notes of chocolate and coffee, flavor is bitter and dry. Mouthfeel is bitter a lot!

Português:Cerveja escura com espuma marrom persistente. Aroma de malte torrado com notas de chocolate e café. Sabor amargo e seco, Retrogosto bastante amargo!



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