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Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 3.61 397

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
3973.62/5.03.61/5.07.5%79.8Snifter, 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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 DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Apr 17, 2004  
Bottle from Safeway, Shirley, West Mids. Intense aroma: berries, choc and red wine. Dark black/brown, with a diminishing beige head. Fairly harsh taste initially. After a few sips however, my mouth grew accustomed and started to enjoy it. Smoothish, oily and chocolately creamy. A dry aftertaste, with a lingering bitter coffee taste. A pretty rich experience, which settles in and is relaxing and enjoyable.


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 26, 2003  
I think this only just recently was avaliable in the uk. It was quite nice, from what i can rememeber. I probably would buy again.


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/517/20
Jun 26, 2007  
Bottle purchased in Cork City, IRE. Dark ruby body, with a tan head. Aroma is awesome, very roasty, chocolate, cappacino, caramel. Taste is coffee, espresso, decent background hoppiness.


 mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Pours black with a small creamy light tan head. Smells a little fruity, with a good amount of roast and dark malt, and a distinct toffee aroma as well. The mouthfeel wasnt as thick as I thought it would be. The burnt malt and roast flavors were abundant with hints of dark chocolate coming through at the end. A touch of some hops comes through but not in abundance. Just decent, maybe could have used a bit more body.


 Crosling (1856), Loveland, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/59/104/516/20
Oct 3, 2004  
Sampled at the White Horse in London, England. Dark Brown. Slightly astringent, burnt grain, molasses, chocolate, coffee, brown sugar and prunes in the nose. Traditional dry stout characteristics throughout, just much bigger with notes of raisins, alcohol, chocolate, cocoa and prunes. Full bodied. Wow, Guinness can make a good beer. What a surprise.


 lithy (1855), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Two bottles both 7.5%. One brewed at Commonwealth Brewery in the Bahamas. The other brewed at St. James’s Gate in Ireland. The Irish beer is dark dark brown, red hints and a thin tan foam leaves only a cover. Aroma is burnt coffee, roasted malt. Taste is roast, burnt coffee, berries, lingering bitter malt finish. Rating: 7:3:7:3:14 The Bahamian beer is dark black with hints of red and a thick lasting light tan head. Aroma is sourish, chocolate, coffee, roasted barley. Taste is very sour in character, an astringent roast and light coffee and chocolate. Rating: 6:4:6:3:12


 oldrtybastrd (1846), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 30, 2005  
Pours a deep dark brown color. Aromas of chocolate, espresso, and a scattering of hops. Flavor is bold bitter roast malts with a smooth chocolate like finish.


 SudsMcDuff (1841), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 14, 2006  
snaggles...got u...it was good for me, ...black as a stuck match..ok head..some sticks around, dirty i sez..smooth and oon crisp...roasted + toasted...delicous...and forgein like ****. i like this best of all..extra stout look out...had at the "smallest pub" in africa..(trust me ..this place was tiny, my bedroom is way bigger than this place..and they have a decent select of beer!)



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