Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Now this was good -- hadn’t ever had the foreign version, but the extra alcohol kick gives this guinness a nice nose. The taste is still smooth and the palate crisp. A very nice "imperialized" guinness.

Irish Version: Poured an extremely dark brown color that was almost opaque. There was a small creamy brown head and a brown oily film on the glass. It had a big roasty aroma with big notes of chocolate pudding. Also noted was some tartness, coffee, prunes and light alcohol. The aroma was thick and full. The flavor was fairly sweet and roasty. Light coffee, tart with a bitter finish. Medium body that was almost creamy.

(Irish version) Almost black colored, huge beige head. Fine guinness-aroma: roastiness, licorice, sweet chocolate and coffee with nice touch of fruits and mild alcohol. Medium to full bodied. Flavor is also rich with obvious alcohol, chocolate, licorice, aftertaste has medium alcohol with roastiness. Excellent aroma with slightly too strong alcohol-flavor.

Bottled (Cameroun version): Dark dark brown almost black coloured. Dense light brown head. Sweet and buttery aroma. Notes of molasses, chocolate and fruits. Flavour of light roast and chocolate. Some fruitys and caramel. A nice hoppy bite leads into a light bitter end. A bit watery, but all in all a nice beer.

12 oz bottle found at the guinness store at the brewery in dublin. Pours a medium to deep dark black with a deep beige head mixed with small and large bubbles and some lace. Aroma is nutty, yeasty, roast and some chocolate malts. Sweet upfront with some nice dry roasted malts in the back. THe middle is a bit too sweet with some caramel malts. Moderatley smooth but nothing special here- kind of a let-down.

(Bottled) Colour is opaque black, with a firm, lasting brown head, leaving lots of lacing. Roasted nose with chocolate and liquorice, somewhat bitter-sweet, with hints of raw fish and wet ashes. Taste is roasted, almost burnt, with an initial punch of alcohol and bitterness, turning into liquorice, bitter chocolate, espresso and a long, roasted bitter-sweet finish. Full-bodied and powerfull!

Bottle from a food store in London. Opaque black. Salty licorice and coffee in the aroma. Full-bodied with too strong carbonation. Strong roasted, coffee-like flavor with dark fruits and vinous bitterness. Roasted and bitter finish with coffee notes. Balanced with strong flavors.

Bottled(330ml). -Cameroon version- found this one in East Asian Shop???!!!Graz, Austria. Pours a deep black coloured with large brown head, aroma of black chocolate with roasted malt notes, bitter chocolate and mild coffee finish, quite good but Belgian Special Export is better