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Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 3.61 393

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
3933.62/5.03.61/5.07.5%80.9Snifter, 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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LeopoldT (12), Lazarevac, Serbia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 25, 2008  
It’s a great stout ok. Strong coffee flavor and coffee aroma. Dark colored head,bitter finish. Overall a great stout


 gam (1112), brisbane, Australia
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Lovely frothy head,light chocolate coloured head,dark opaque ale.Aroma crisp cocoa coffee.Smooth roast coffee and chocolate flavours,almost velvety.Made the bottle last out,had a grittyness,finish roasted bitter coffee,chocolate.Great stout to be sure.


 changeup45 (798), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Apr 11, 2008  
Blackish color with a hint of amber topped with a thick tan head and quite a bit of lacing. Roasted malty aroma. The flavor is that of burned chocolate and malts with a rich, bitter mouthfeel. It’s OK but I prefer the standard Guinness


 anders37 (4760), Malmö, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Bottle. Best before ’05. Pours a black color with a tan head. Roasted malty and a slightly fruity aroma. Smooth roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a malty roasted finish with some fruity hints in the aftertaste.


 csbosox (1082), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 30, 2008  
4/07 tasting. I picked up several of these while on port on a Carribean cruise. I had the Irish brewed version on the ship and it tasted the same. Aroma is roasty, with an acidic sour tang. Taste is sweet, roasty, tangy. Reminiscent of regular Guinness with more sweetness, more body, and a nice tang. Wonderful.


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/514/20
Mar 26, 2008  
Bottle aboard Celebrity Galaxy cruisliner originating in Civitavecchia, Italy. Sweet, malty stouty aroma. Very nice. Sweeter and richer in the nose than regular Guinness. Dark, large, rootbeer float-like head. Quite different than the cascading, tight bubble appearance of regular Guinness. Excellent lace. Molasses and higher alcohol. Definitely sweeter than regular Guinness. Pretty good. A little dry, but the best beer on board the ship.


 larsga (2970), Oslo, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 25, 2008  
Big brown coarseish lasting head. Black body goes dark brown at edges. Burnt licorice aroma, quite faint. Deep dry burnt licorice and coffee taste with a sweetish background and chocolatey, peppery notes. Traces of pine needles. Quite sharp. Some alcohol heat. Mid-bodied. Long, dry, burnt minty aftertaste. Easily the best of the Guinnesses. (0.33l bottle, SuperValu, Dublin.)


 patricks110 (285), Alberta, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Hnads down one of my favourite beers. HArd to find on tap. Kilkennys Irish Pub Calgary. Nice jet black colour.. Firm and dark white head. Great beer.



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