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Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Jamaica/Kenya)

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Jamaica/Kenya)

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76
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A Foreign Stout brewed by
Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)

Kingston, Jamaica

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533.39/5.03.37/5.06.5%49.3Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The basis is an unfermented but hopped Guinness wort extract shipped from Dublin, which is added to local ingredients and brewed locally. The abv may vary.

There is also another Guinness FES at 6.5% alcohol, brewed in Kenya, by Kenyan Breweries Ltd.

Editor's Note: Not sure at what point this went from 7.5% (the standard FES) to 6.5%. This entry is for Jamaican and the Kenyan FES' only - we don't know of any others at 6.5% but if you see one let us know.

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 Cajun (136), Ball, Louisiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20

Jul 12, 2007  
Bottle - from Craven’s shop, Montego Bay via friend - Pours dark brown/black with creamy tan head. Notes of sweet malted grain, roasted nuts, coffee. Flavors of spice, coffee, caramel, chocolate, roasted nuts, tree bark, molasses, with bitter finish of hops. Medium body. Nice brew with steak and baked potato.

 tupalev (2337), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, Jerc, Mabel, and GregClow, courtesy of Blankboy. Slightly roasty, sweet aroma. Black, hardly any head. Sour but in a good way - sour and roasty together make for a tasty offering. Tangy, especially in finish. Good, different.


 mabel (1710), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 13, 2008  
[1520-20080711] 275mL bottle. Candied figs and caramelized evergreen-esque molasses aroma. Hazy, dark brown red-hued body with a quick tan foam. Syrupy molasses and toast malt flavour has a little sourness. Medium-full body. Interesting to try but it’s not to my liking, and as someone put it: "it tastes like lemons... it’s gross&#033;" <br /><i>&#40;Jamaican version; c/o blankboy, w/ him, GregClow, HogTownHarry, jerc, tupalev&#41;</i>


 IrishBoy (2211), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 30, 2008  
300 ml bottle from garthicus; Thanks Al; says "BREWED UNDER LICENCE IN KENYA BY KENYA BREWERIES"; Nose of oats; burnt malt, light molasses, and a roasty molassesy note. Black with a big, glass-lacing tan head; Flavor has pepperiness, raosted coffee, chocolate, and mild hop bitterness: Better than the NA version but not as good as the Irish FES&#033;


 blankboy (2687), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 20, 2008  
<i>Bottle &#40;275ml&#41;, Jamaican version.</i> Pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a large diminishing frothy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and llightly burnt caramel or toffee. Flavour’s quite roasty and dry with a hint of "bottle", some toffee and hops &#045;&#045; a bit of a burnt quality to it too. Medium bodied. Significantly different then the Guinness we get here and pretty good stuff.


 jerc (3268), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 15, 2008  
2008-07-11. Black body with a good sized brown head that fades. Quite sweet at first, interesting character to the malty roast in the aroma. Flavour is oddly tangy, touch of sourness in the flavour? Sweet malt undertones. &#40;6+&#41; Average palate. Okay.<i>Jamaican Version. Bottle shared by Blankboy</i><br /><br /><i>"Of the non-sorghum Guinnei..."</i> - GregClow



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