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Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout  - Foreign Stout

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 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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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3873.62/5.03.61/5.07.5%80Snifter, Tulip
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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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 Grovlam (3790), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 19, 2007  
Bottle. Head was Large, creamy, light brown and mostly lasted. Good lacing left in glass. Color was of cause pitch black. Aroma was quit pleasing with the bearing notes being heavy malt. Butter, dry fruit, caramel, chocolate, coffee, burnt, smoke, licorice. Quit nice mouthful, still possesses some smoothness. Full bodied with a creamy texture and a flat carbonation. Flavor was moderated sweet with light bitterness to balance the beer. Sweet and average duration finish.


 irishsnake (353), Oakland, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 15, 2007  
beer pours a thick, deep brown-tinted black, with a dense tan head that retains quiite well and leaves tons of lace. rich boozy nose with elements of chocolate and buttered figs (yes, perhaps a bit of diacetyl, but low-level, and well-integrated). great aroma - fun to just sniff. flavor starts with a deep, bitter-chocolate rush, that is quickly dried out by an obviously healthy punch of bittering hops. a very well balanced beer for its size - and a hell of an offering from a brewery that I honestly don’t think so much of. a bit hot in the finish.


 rauchbier (2992), Isle Of Beer, Lincolnshire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Bottle, from Sainsburys Jan 2007. Jet black, excellent rocky beige head with good condition. Creamy coffee , butter and some slight bloody iron notes in the nose, roast coffee, chocolate and toast in the mouth and a suggestion of tartness toward the end. Dry roasty and powdery in the finish with some lingering sweet creamy coffee notes.


 Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Jan 12, 2007  
Bottle: Black,dark red colour, flat head. Aroma of vine,,werry malty, but enyway a bit thin nose(?) Flavor is Vine,sugar,Coffee, and a bit sournes in it to. Thin to medium body, thin to medium finish.


 Tranquillity (1165), Espoo, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/513/20
Jan 5, 2007  
Bottle, bought in Ireland. Dark malty aroma, nuts, oak, coffee. Dark, dark red-brown, with a recognizable head. Taste of bitter nuts, chocolate. Nice.


 Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/517/20
Jan 4, 2007  
Thanks to Marianne and Kenni from www.g2b.dk for this one. It’s pitch black with a nice brown and creamy head. The aroma has notes of toasted bred, roasted malt and prunes. The flavour is delightful and the mouthfeel is oily. It has notes of bitter chocolate and licorice mixed with prunes, a bit of smoke, sweetness and oak bitterness. It’s a complex and utterly delightful stout!!


JohnnyZ (80), USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Dec 31, 2006  
It is the best Guinness. Smells malt and smooth coffee chocolate. Real good brew. Drink this beer.


Ace81287 (10), England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/512/20
Dec 30, 2006  
bottle, bahamas, very dark beer, very strong robust flavor, coffee like flavor



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