Guinness Extra Stout (Canada)
Guinness Ltd.

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.

Pours a very thin head of foam compared to their Nitro Stout. Same black color. Taste is pretty similar, although this non Nitro Stout version is more fizzy like a regular beer. I actually prefer this one over the Nitro canned drought beer but overall there are still tons of craft breweries that beat Guinness all day every day. Nothing special or great about this beer.

 

SAME AS GUINESS EXTRA STOUT (ORIGINAL) copied from other description... This is for the usa/ canadian version.... Not a bad beer overall. But nothing like the nitro Guinness draught obviously. Also, weak in comparison to o hara's leann follain the best extra stout available in my opinion.

Soapy smell, plenty of carbonation... not very flavourful... bubbles are bigger than ohara's leann follan and it's not as silky smooth as oharas.

 

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

Dark brown black appearance with a foamy beige head and moderate retention. Coffee, cocoa, stone fruit, raisin. Moderate body, light carbonation, creamy and dry.

 

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.

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.

Don't know why but the Canadian version seems to have a little extra bitter bite, either way it's delicious. Salante

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.