Guinness Extra Stout (Canada)
Guinness Ltd.

Guinness Extra Stout (Canada)Guinness Extra Stout (Canada)
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From:
Guinness Ltd.
 
Ireland
Style:
Irish Dry Stout
Ranked #118
ABV:
5%
Score:
77
Ranked #27,062
Avg:
3.38 | pDev: 15.38%
Reviews:
106
Ratings:
306
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 06, 2023
Added:
Sep 05, 2009
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  38
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Ratings by utopiajane:
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Reviewed by utopiajane from New York

3.46/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This beer pours out thin and black but if held to the light you can see a dark brown hue. A fat loose head of tan foam that fell slowly to a film, then a small ring and left lace that was not permanent. Nose is malty and grassy. Sweet malt , light toast, light caramel and grassy hops. Then some dark fruits evolve. Prune and a bit of something grapey and quite sweet. Taste follows the nose all the way except the first thing to greet your palate is metallic. The malt is a bit awkward and husky but you begin to enjoy it as robust as you drink. The dark fruits are light and at first the prune is sour but that gives way to this grapey sweetness. Mouthfeel is light and has a nice dryness to the mid palate. Finishes a touch bitter and with that grass over top of a light caramel.

For a stout this was crisp and mild. With a bit of hop presence this is an easy drinking stout that gives some light buttered toast and a touch of caramel to a bit of dark fruits and finishes a bit tame but altogether pleasant.
Feb 23, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.2 by TrashPanda93 from Canada (SK)

Jun 06, 2023
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.87/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Guinness Extra Stout (Canada) @ 5.0% served from a single 341 ml bottle & 6pack of 330 ml bottle's
A-pours a dark cola brown from the bottle to almost black in the glass with small size tan head leaving a fine spotty lace along the pint
S-dark malts , roasted barley , hints of coffee
T-toasted grains , bit more robust than original Pub Draught , very dry finish
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-disappointing brew (July22/2012-341ml single bottle ) , recent re-review 6pack , still lacking something
prost LampertLand
Mar 17, 2023
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Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland

3.79/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Dark brown black appearance with a foamy beige head and moderate retention. Coffee, cocoa, stone fruit, raisin. Moderate body, light carbonation, creamy and dry.
Jul 08, 2022
 
Rated: 4.33 by Eagleyes from Missouri

Jun 11, 2018
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Reviewed by Almapercus from Canada (QC)

4.15/5  rDev +22.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I prefer this beer over the draught. Nice and steady collar, full bodied taste and lightly sparkling. This version is more pleasant than the original export counterpart. Smoky scent in the empty glass. I went back to this stout after several years with real pleasure. Maybe not outstanding but quite good. Well done.
Feb 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

4.17/5  rDev +23.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
For my money, this is the beer to buy when confronted by a wall of mass.
Not the nitro, this one. It's a great session dry stout equal to any.

A: The thick head mounds and holds a convex shape above my glass, and the slowly descends into the man face on the moon, which becomes the bat face on the moon. Rich, thick, lacy.
Pours a tight, stiff, massive head from the bottom up; great retention w sheets of lace.

Smell: Stiff smell too, of roasted malt with pier woody, urban river, (the Liffey?) charcoal, coffee and a bit of dark fruit.

Taste: Follows the smell, with charcoal dominent: Roasty malts, with coffee and dark fruit then a modest bitter from grassy hops and a stiff, tangy sour note that adds complexity; the finish is long, woody, dry and roasty.

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with low carbonation. Chewy, good with food and in black & Tans in a good way.

Overall: Extra Stout is brewed in Canada for US distribution. It's superior to any other low alcohol dry stout that I have found.
Nov 03, 2017
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Rated by OzmanBey from Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +40.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Don't know why but the Canadian version seems to have a little extra bitter bite, either way it's delicious. Salante
Sep 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Sep 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.42 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Jun 29, 2017
 
Rated: 2.86 by mistahmojoryan from Canada (SK)

Apr 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.6 by Mr_Rocca from Canada (QC)

Apr 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Jan 22, 2017
 
Rated: 2.99 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Jan 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by eldoctorador from Chile

Sep 17, 2016
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Reviewed by Folderol from New Jersey

2.48/5  rDev -26.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
This beer is an abomination. That's the best word for it. It looks like Guinness, pours like Guinness, the label says Guinness... but this is not Guinness. Contract brewed in Canada, this tastes like bland yellow beer with a shot of Guinness extract added. Which is pretty much how it's made.

Seek out the real deal brewed in Ireland, or better yet the Foreign Extra Stout.
Aug 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.92 by direwolf00 from Rhode Island

Mar 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.71 by BigBry from Canada (AB)

Mar 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.04 by SirDirtJoe from Mexico

Mar 05, 2016
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Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)

3.42/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Serving: Bottle


Pours an opaque black with three fingers of off-white head, which settles to a chunky cap. Nutty, slightly toasty aroma with a hint of chocolate and brown sugar in the background. Roasted flavor with hard water and a little cocoa; and not much else. Thinnish feel with medium body and carbonation and a smooth, soft finish. Decent beer with a simple but tasty profile. Nothing mind-blowing, though.
Feb 28, 2016
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