Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Singapore)
Asia Pacific Breweries Limited
- From:
- Asia Pacific Breweries Limited
- Singapore
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 7.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 29, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 19, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.73/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jet black with a hint of brown, topped with a huge head of chocolate milk brown.
Smells of molasses, those Halloween taffy's that everyone hates, bananas and chocolate.
The taste is of molasses without the sweetness, malty, sour, slightly milky, and cigarette smoke.
Medium, light body with little carbonation.
I got this in Singapore where I am drinking it Feb 19, 2022.
Feb 19, 2022Smells of molasses, those Halloween taffy's that everyone hates, bananas and chocolate.
The taste is of molasses without the sweetness, malty, sour, slightly milky, and cigarette smoke.
Medium, light body with little carbonation.
I got this in Singapore where I am drinking it Feb 19, 2022.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.28/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
320 ml can, at Singapore Airport Changi. ABV was 6.8%. Black colour, moderate beige head (no nitrogen). Roasty aroma and flavour, coffee notes, quite dry. Okay, but there is not much complexity here.
May 06, 2021
Rated by sokol_1993 from California
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Quite a solid stout, actually.
Nov 10, 2019
Rated by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.15/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
S$3.75/330ml can from Cold Storage in April 2018.
Apr 17, 2019
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.84/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottled
Pours a jet black body with big foaming tobacco stained head that retreats but pretty much covers the surface
Malt like malteser aroma with hints of cocoa
Coffee and liquorice flavour
Feb 24, 2017Pours a jet black body with big foaming tobacco stained head that retreats but pretty much covers the surface
Malt like malteser aroma with hints of cocoa
Coffee and liquorice flavour
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.36/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
320ml aluminum pull-tab can purchased at Changi Airport. "Guinness Foreign Extra" / "Singapore Edition Foreign Extra."
5.50% ABV. 47 kcal per 100ml. "Brewed to travel the world. With more hops for a bold, intense, rich flavour." "Brewed and canned under license in Singapore by Asia Pacific Breweries." Best before 06 April 2017.
APPEARANCE: Khaki foam bursts out of the can upon opening.
AROMA: Obvious rich roasted barley character - the highlight of a great Guinness. Chocolate malt, a blip of burnt malt character, a kiss of fennel/aniseed, robust dark malt sweetness. The roast is what sets this apart, but I'm not finding the ostensible increased hop presence.
Aromatic intensity is average. Promises a beer of impressive depth with stellar balance.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Roast is impossible to miss, but is accompanied by subtle hints of burnt sugars and smoked malt. It doesn't have any rauchbier-redolent meaty flavours, but the subtlety of the smoke is wonderful, especially when coupled with the roasted barley. Bitterness comes entirely from the roast as far as I can tell, with the beginnings of some bitter coffee grounds coming in as well. Chocolate malt sweetness keeps it balanced but the dryness of the beer prevents it from ever coming off cloying/saccharine.
No off-flavours here at all.
Flavour duration is substantial. Flavour intensity is assertive but style-appropriate.
It does get a bit brittle in the third act, and it's by no means a refreshing beer (to style). Perhaps less approachable than American/Irish versions of Guinness Foreign Extra as a result of its more noticeable bitterness, but that bitterness doesn't come from the (purported) increased hop content at all. Coarse and dry; true to style. I love that Guinness (and their licensed breweries) don't shy away from full-bore commitment to dryness in a stout; that adherence to tradition is what keeps me coming back to the brand.
Medium-bodied. Somewhat parching on the palate without fatiguing.
It's a nicely balanced brew, but there is room for more intricacy in terms of build; just look at Guinness' own Special Export for an example of how an export stout can boast still more complexity.
Not oily, gushed, hot, astringent, harsh, or boozy. Some may find it somewhat rough or even scratchy on the palate as a result of its extreme coarseness.
Sadly, it's a bit thin, actually, which really kills the whole robust dark malt backbone they're going for.
OVERALL: This iteration of Guinness brings the roast but doesn't bring the complexity. It's not my favourite expression of a foreign export, and as much as I do like it just for trying to be a roast bomb, I can't say it's up there with the best examples of the style. Absolutely a brew I'd revisit when in Singapore, but I do think Irish Guinness Foreign Export is superior.
B- (3.36) / WORTHY
Jul 19, 20165.50% ABV. 47 kcal per 100ml. "Brewed to travel the world. With more hops for a bold, intense, rich flavour." "Brewed and canned under license in Singapore by Asia Pacific Breweries." Best before 06 April 2017.
APPEARANCE: Khaki foam bursts out of the can upon opening.
AROMA: Obvious rich roasted barley character - the highlight of a great Guinness. Chocolate malt, a blip of burnt malt character, a kiss of fennel/aniseed, robust dark malt sweetness. The roast is what sets this apart, but I'm not finding the ostensible increased hop presence.
Aromatic intensity is average. Promises a beer of impressive depth with stellar balance.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Roast is impossible to miss, but is accompanied by subtle hints of burnt sugars and smoked malt. It doesn't have any rauchbier-redolent meaty flavours, but the subtlety of the smoke is wonderful, especially when coupled with the roasted barley. Bitterness comes entirely from the roast as far as I can tell, with the beginnings of some bitter coffee grounds coming in as well. Chocolate malt sweetness keeps it balanced but the dryness of the beer prevents it from ever coming off cloying/saccharine.
No off-flavours here at all.
Flavour duration is substantial. Flavour intensity is assertive but style-appropriate.
It does get a bit brittle in the third act, and it's by no means a refreshing beer (to style). Perhaps less approachable than American/Irish versions of Guinness Foreign Extra as a result of its more noticeable bitterness, but that bitterness doesn't come from the (purported) increased hop content at all. Coarse and dry; true to style. I love that Guinness (and their licensed breweries) don't shy away from full-bore commitment to dryness in a stout; that adherence to tradition is what keeps me coming back to the brand.
Medium-bodied. Somewhat parching on the palate without fatiguing.
It's a nicely balanced brew, but there is room for more intricacy in terms of build; just look at Guinness' own Special Export for an example of how an export stout can boast still more complexity.
Not oily, gushed, hot, astringent, harsh, or boozy. Some may find it somewhat rough or even scratchy on the palate as a result of its extreme coarseness.
Sadly, it's a bit thin, actually, which really kills the whole robust dark malt backbone they're going for.
OVERALL: This iteration of Guinness brings the roast but doesn't bring the complexity. It's not my favourite expression of a foreign export, and as much as I do like it just for trying to be a roast bomb, I can't say it's up there with the best examples of the style. Absolutely a brew I'd revisit when in Singapore, but I do think Irish Guinness Foreign Export is superior.
B- (3.36) / WORTHY
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