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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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 renffisch (519), london, Greater London, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 22, 2008  
bottle @ home. pitch black colour, brown creamy head. very malty nose, very fizzy and sticky, coffee and treacle flavours with a bitter finish.


 RPillsbury (112), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 20, 2008  
Bottle. Very rich flavour of chocolate and roasted malt with almost a burnt quality to it. It was almost too much for me but by the end I really enjoyed the smooth richness of it.


 albertane (376), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Mar 17, 2008  
This was fizzier than I like my beer to be, but it’s very tasty. It has a rich, deep, spicy, oaky taste. Not as good as Thornbridge St. Petersburg or Brewdog Riptide, but very enjoyable in its own right nevertheless.


 rustychiles (1058), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Mar 17, 2008  
Pours black with a foamy brown head. Aroma of burnt barley, chocolate and malt. Flavors of roasted barley, malt, coffee and soured guinness come out in this one. More depth than regular guinness, but not as nice as the foreign extra.


 Gurst (338), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 16, 2008  
Bottle in Togo. Thick and sweet smelling, with almost no head. Tastes like burnt toast, sugar, prunes. Slighty odd metallic/ hoppy finish. Could be that the malts don’t cover the alcohol well.


 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Bottle in London, UK, imported from Ireland. Pours black with a reasonably persistent tan head. Strong aroma of cream and chocolate malt. Full on flavour of roasted malt, coffee, blackcurrant and dark fruit. Very smooth on the tongue. Coffee comes through more strongly on the finish.


 greenmanalishi (299), Leicestershire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Pours near black with a thin, tan head. roasted malts, barley, raisin, expresso, treacle, ashy finish.


 charcot25 (181), Cordova, Tennessee, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Black with a light tan head. Has a malty aroma with some coffee and chocolate notes. Also a good bit of diacetyl. Taste is similar with some dark fruits. A bit too roasty for me, though and has a an ashy finish.



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