Most surprised you did not enjoy the Nigerian Guinness , but I will try the Irish Foreign Stout version on your recommendation ... looking forward to that . Some long years ago I used to make my own beer from the grain , not the malt syrup tinned stuff , and my go to yeast was usually found at the bottom of an Original Guinness bottle . Since our water comes from a canal ... honest ... I found my best brews were stouts so the yeast worked great .
Like many real ale drinkers of my generation, I have drunk a lot of draught Guinness when I couldn't get a decent pint of real ale. I was never very keen on the regular bottled Guinness, but the FES is a classic in its own right. It was a life-saver for me during lockdown, when I discovered it in a local corner shop at 4 bottles (330ml) for £6. I also discovered that half a bottle of FES plus a can of draught Guinness-in-a-can-with-with-a-widget makes a very decent approximation to a pint of the real draught version (you need an oversized pint glass for this).
I have spent literally years in Nigeria , I love Nigerian Guinness it has a very rich malty flavour with absolutely nothing tinny or metalic about it, in fact I treated my self to a bottle to night. All I can say you must have got a bad bottle, another one to try is Legend Stout which to me is the real king of West African beers.
Man, those look delicious! I wonder how Guinness 0.0 holds up against these beers. Back jn January I took a break from alcohol, and haven’t had a sip since. Had to take a break for health reasons. I know you don’t particularly fancy the non alcoholics, but it gave me an opportunity to enjoy a few beers again. Thank you for the review!
Guinness 0.0% is decent, had it with a meal today funny enough. If someone had Blindfolded me I might not have been able to tell the difference between the 0 and the regular draught Guinness.
Yes, Ive tried quite a few of the no/low-alcohol beers and the Guiness was my favourite along side two of the Brulo ones that Morrisons sell/sold. The 7 hop 7 Grain one by Brulo was particlarly good.
Thanks for the reviews, enjoy them a lot. Porter is attributed to London but was quickly brewed across Britain and Ireland and as mentioned stout is short for stout porter but quickly differences became negligible. Guinness made dry stout famous and this defined that style. Note in 18th and 19th century guinness strength was closer to foreign extra stout now but as with many beers in Britain and Ireland the wars and then drinking patterns caused a drop in strength. The loss of bottle conditioning ruined the natural beer but i still love the FES, the west indies and the original is good with and in food but smaller breweries now make some fuller tasting dry stouts in the 'irish' style
I love the Nitrosurge. Its about 90% to a draught pint. But the widget that you pour through really puts a nice head on it. The Nigerian stuff is good. Never knew about the indies one. Have to track one down.
I recently tried a bottle of Guinness "Original" and it was utterly disappointing - no strength, no bitterness, no body, no burnt malt taste, an insult. When I find bottles of the Jamaican Guinness I buy some, that is great stuff. I don't know if it is still the case but the best Guinness I ever drank was the draught stuff on the ferry between Liverpool and Dublin.
I like guinness foreign extra (irish brewed), Dragon stout (Jamaican) and Lion Stout (Sri Lankan). They range from 7.5 to 8.8% alcohol. I like strong flavours and I sip it more like wine rather than knock it back like lager
You may have a dud bottle of Nigerian Foreign Extra Stout there, you gave it 9/10 in 2014. The 'Original' Stout is brewed to a 1821 recipe, so Guinness say. The other 3 are all versions of 1801 West India Porter, this was later renamed for the export market. The Nigerian version has added maize and sorgam malts for a local flavour.
I say the same the nigerian bottle is better than the irish in my opinion and cheaper. Sorry simon not often I disagree with you but I do on this occasion 😂
@@kylereed9309Why? Is the Nigerian version much better than the Irish Foreign Extra Guinness? I also watched the same video from 2013 when he reviewed the Nigerian Guinness but I have yet to try that version.
I have a Nigerian friend and he told me years ago when I first met him that the bottled Guinness is the most popular beer in Nigeria. I thought he meant the British / Irish version but then I got some on import and I loved it ! (I am not a big fan of the black stout we get in the UK). And it got me hammered, a real nice warm buzz. You can find it pretty easily in the Netherlands, but I just moved back to the UK after 20 years so haven't found anywhere yet that I can buy it here. I'll keep looking though. By the way, the Nigerian stuff I think is brewed for it's thirst quenching properties and also for the Nigerian palate, who do like bitter tastes. I think you got a duff bottle by the way. It should have a well rounded taste with a touch of sweetness that breaks through the sharpness. My favourite beers by the way are the +10 % lagers and bokbiers which are undrinkable to many people. The ultimate for me is Grolsch Kanon, so that should tell you what my taste is, hence my liking of Nigeria Guinness possibly..
After posting my last comment walked into a bottle shop here in NI yesterday and behold I saw the Guinness Original in a bottle. So it still exists, will buy one next time.
A friend who ran a pub told me that he could name several lnearby pubs who water down the guiness ( he didn't say how ). Ever since, with guiness in a pub, after a few slurps, I give it a little shake while it's flat on the table, to see how quickly it settles - and there is a big variation, presumably the watery ones slop around a bit longer?
That Nitrosurge widget transforms other nitro stouts (eg the Brewdog one) use mine all the time! I haven't tried the two 7.5 ones I must grab some next time I'm in the supermarket, as I do like a Guinness...
A big fan of the standard draught, but the West Indies Porter is on another level. Granted it’s a completely different approach to stout. But I personally like both. The West Indies Porter I believe is one of the best beers you’ll find in the 4 for 3 offer Morissons deal. Id recommend you all try it.
Love the West Indies Porter, sat here with a bottle right now. Much prefer that over the Original. Haven’t tried the Nigerian, I must see if they have that in any of the local supermarkets. Need to check the world foods aisle!
Do like a standard guinness always surprisingly refreshing and easy drinking whether can or draft. I've tried all of these, the Nigerian brew is the kind of one I'd like for a last of the night drink. Strong and warming. Good review cheers.
Used to love the Guinness Dublin Porter they did for a while (blue label one). Could even get it on draught back in NI, but sadly they seemed to discontinue it a while back.
Tried the Nigerian one myself a few years ago (330ml I think) and didn't like it at first but it grew on me and I actually prefer it over original. Not tried the porter or Irish import yet though.
I must be sensitive to the Sorghum the Nigerian stuff is brewed with because it made me fart like a cow the next day, fun at first but then painful stomach cramps
I always thought that the difference between a porter & a stout was that a porter is what you order if there's no stout available? I still rate Guinness original because it's nice & malty. Maybe I'll give the Nigerian one a swerve. Cool idea for a vid, Si. Cheers
There's many different Foreign Extras from a few areas in Africa, Carribean, and Asia, wherever Diageo/Guinness have a brewery really. They just ship the wort syrup from Ireland to the breweries and mix it with a local pale ale.
As far as I have seen, Guinness Original isn't available in the US. Now we do get Extra Stout which is at 5% abv. We also get two different types of the Nitro Stout. The regular and the Coffee. Both are at 4% abv. We now get the Foreign Extra Stout from Ireland which is 7.5% abv. I love both the Extra and Foreign Extra stouts. In the US, those beers still "got it". The Nitro Stouts are just blah for me.
On a quick side note Guinness is planning to open a brewery in London in Covent Garden area. Specialises in small batches and crafts style beers. This is one for the future visit for the channel as they will have a bar similar to what BrewDog have. I think they trying to compete with BrewDog. Set to open in Autumn. It would be nice if you took a visit for the channel. Thanks
Tried all of these and even enjoy the original which started me on the road to loving stout. I do not enjoy the Nigerian FE and having enjoyed very much the Irish FE I looked into what may be different. If it's still the same now the odd taste is in my opinion down to their use of sorghum produced locally rather than the usual barley
It's weird Simon, we get a different one over here in the states too, its called foreign extra but it looks different to the one you've got there. It's 5.5% in a slightly smaller bottle, its pretty good.
I’ll probably get roasted in the comments for even saying this, but I actually tried the Guinness blonde, just for the hell of it, and it was actually pretty decent.
Si plenty of people including my great grandfather called Guinness a porter as did the company itself. Stout is from stout porter or stronger porter. Guinness Nigeria did not create FES St James Gate in Dublin did which is where all the main FES markets used to to get their Guinness from until the 1960’s. Irish brewed FES is a fine drop and should be in pubs especially winter as I think winter warmers should come back into more Irish and British pubs.
I drink the draught Guinness from the can mostly they're easy to drink. The best Guinness would be the Nigerian for me with the west indies a close second. The Nigerian might not be for everyone but for me it's the best with some nice rich fruitcake flavours coming through love it.
I like the Nigerian one. Got a bit of a twang the first sip but once you get over that it's alright. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who doesn't rate the original that highly.
I remember having some Nigerian Foreign Extra in a bar years ago when I drank nothing but Guinness and being astonished at how metallic and bitter it was. It kind of reminded me of the first time I had Special Brew in that it just tasted to me of Carlsberg but to the power of 10 and not in a good way at all.
is the trinidadian foreign extra stout like the irish foreign extra? same alco, yet bottled like the modern nigerian botttle. doesnt have sourgum and corn like the nigerian so def not the same taste. cant wait to try the nigerian:)
I had the Guiness brewed in St Lucia under license by Heineken if I remember correctly while I was there on holiday last year and it was very good, would go as far as saying it's one of my favourite versions of Guiness.
the one brewed in Trinidad and Tobago taste a lot like the Irish brewed one. Unfortunately it is impossible to buy in the uk! It would be fascinating to see the difference!
@@gingerNinja688 don't think I tried the Trinidad one while I was out there. Recall having a Guiness Smooth, come to think of it that may have been Trinidadian. Definitely had the Royal Extra Stout from Trinidad and that was pretty good.
Its funny i won't buy guinness draft anymore to drink at home but love a pint in any pub, its so much better. At home i drink the nigerian guinness which i love but I've never compared it with the irish version so I'll have to try it. I really wish i could buy the guinness draft from kenya which is brewed at 5.1% in 440ml cans but they don't export it anywhere. I've looked all over.
Agreed just today I had Galway Bay Ostarra dry stout 5 percent abv in Dublin city cost the same as a Guinness. There are the O’ Hara’s stouts,Porterhouse stouts,Dundalk Bay stout, Wicklow Wolf stouts,O’ Brother brewing stout, Brehon brewing stout, BallyKilcavan stout, White deer stout, west kerry brewery stout, Kinnegar stout, Lineman FES, Boundry FES, Trouble brewing stout, Falway,Sullivans stout, Heaney stout the Galway Bay oyster stout and White Hag Black pig stout.
@@OscarOSullivan Here in the USA I had the O'Hara's stout in the nitro can and it was great, but it costs twice the price of Murphy's or Guinness!!! I won't pay that so I buy the Murphy's.
I just bought Guinnes special export at the norwegian Vinmonopolet (national beer store only place in Norway above 4,7 procent beer is legal to sell). This Guinness special export is 8 procent abv. I'm surprised it's not available in the UK?
Prob is, he just missed it I guess which is a pity. For me Special Export is the king of Guinness that's widely available here in NZ & well worth the extra pennies.
Had been drinking Belgian Guinness for years without having a clue that it was different. Was quite disappointed after tasting the Guinness I ordered in the UK to accompany my muscles and fries 🙂
Years ago there was a Guinness Red bitter but it didn't take off at all, used to be on draft. I tried the recent 0% Guinness stout. Is far too sweet and doesn't taste like proper Guinness.
I don't think Guinness Extra Stout is the Original m8. Think the original carries a yellow label. Seen it in bars but not shops. There is also about 6 different abv variations of the extra stout depending on where you live in the world. I kinda like it more so than Draught which I think is pretty tasteless though the head is off course nice and creamy. Will pick up the Porter today I think from Tesco.
Asia Pacific brewery does a Guinness for Singapore, it’s sweet and quite thin. Porters where originally brewed for the London porters at the docks, it was basically their food and was fully of loads of energy at a fairly low alcohol percentage, so they could sup it and keep working. Wadworths used to do a great stout called Corvus, it was far better than Guinness, I think they stopped a couple of years ago after being taken over.
Very interesting. I haven't rated regular Guinness since they stopped bottle conditioning it back in the 80's. It used to be fascinating to compare the offerings of the different bottlers, there really was a difference. In Australia we have a 6% version brewed by Carlton in Melbourne. Where the 6% went I don't know because it is desperately thin stuff, I wouldn't advise anyone to seek it out. I was interested to hear your report on the Nigerian Guinness, I've never tried it, but I have read that it was intentionally made in a more sour style because that was what the local drinkers preferred. When I lived in Manchester back in the 80's you could get 'Guinness XXX' which 7 and a bit percent, it was very rich and mellow, and you could see the yeast stuck to the bottom of the bottle when you poured it out. I really enjoyed it, then it was withdrawn, a great shame I thought. But I think my favourite is the Guinness produced in S.E Asia. Malaysia, Singapore or somewhere like that. 7.9%, very rich, very full bodied, but the real Guinness taste. When I was travelling between the UK and Australia (20 years ago) the highlight of the journey was sinking a Guinness or three at Kuala Lumpur airport, an otherwise dismal place to be stuck for any length of time. Hopefully it is still as good.
Guinness XXX is most likely foreign extra brewed in Ireland that is according to Ron Pattinson. Bottle conditioned Guinness used to be brewed here in Ireland until 2000.
Different ingredient in Nigerian FES. BTW , as I have found, many of the Nigerian Guinness bottles are near their use by date in the shops. Could be the reason why you didn't like it.
Love these reviews - watch daily - but I love the taste of the Nigerian Guinness its sharp but less sweet than the others - and I think more flavour comes through - though its more of a literal interpretation but for £1.49 from Home Bargains _ for a 325ml bottle you cant go far wrong .....
As a brewer of 40 odd years my guess is the Nigerian brew is malt extract based rather than full mash which is why the head dissipated so fast and it tasted metallic. I loved Guinness original 30 years ago but these days they are taking the piss.
Absolutely right about the Nigerian version - I can't enjoy it. The metallic, aniseed, aftertaste ruins it for me. I rate the Irish version as one of the best beers I have ever drank but the Nigerian uses the bitter sorghum and it's an acquired taste. But not for me I'm afraid. The West Indies is lovely too.
I bought a 4 pack or 330ml bottles of the Nigerian stuff for the wife's bro as he likes Guiness. He had half of one, said it was dreadful 😂 The rest was given away
@@christineayres7199 Nigeria brews a version of guinness foreign extra which is a really strong flavoured stout brewed to survive being exported long distances. It's 7.5% compared to 4% for normal guinness and has a lot more flavour than regular guinness, it's very bitter and is best sipped slowly. The regular guinness hardly tastes of anything. I drink foreign extra sometimes but only the Irish one as the Nigerian one makes me fart like a cow
The Guinness Original (4.2%) is the same strength as the Guinness Draught which is sold in Ireland. However, the Guinness Draught sold in the UK is 4.1%, and I believe it arrives in high-strength "gravity" form before being diluted for kegging/canning/bottling here. Irish people are adamant that the stuff over here tastes distinctly different to that in Ireland, even when establishments know what they are doing when it comes to looking after and pouring Guinness. It seems widely accepted that there is a bitterness in the aftertaste. Given the miniscule difference in ABV, which I believe is well within accepted tolerance, I wonder if it, again, comes down to the water we use over here. Would be good to see you do a comparison of the two Guinness Draught variants and see what you think!
I have been drinking the Nigerian for about four years now (Tesco do it cheaper in a 4 bottle pack) I really like ii and find it a bit like Guinness on Steroids. I get a much better head than you do and agree the taste is different though not because of water but the use of a different grain (Sorghum) in the brew and also the strength. Perhaps you got a bad one but just research the sales of Guinness in Nigeria! They must be doing something right!
There are many better Irish stouts than Guinness it has like most beers become changed over time. Not what I started to pull pints behind the bar as it was unpasteurised.
Agreed just today I had Galway Bay Ostarra dry stout 5 percent abv in Dublin city cost the same as a Guinness. There are the O’ Hara’s stouts,Porterhouse stouts,Dundalk Bay stout, Wicklow Wolf stouts,O’ Brother brewing stout, Brehon brewing stout, BallyKilcavan stout, White deer stout, west kerry brewery stout, Kinnegar stout, Lineman FES, Boundry FES, Trouble brewing stout, Falway,Sullivans stout, Heaney stout the Galway Bay oyster stout and White Hag Black pig stout.
the reason stout was stout and not porter.. stout in old English, "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386., but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Stout means strong with good body and porter, the beer Porter was named after Porters in London who moved the cities commerce around.
Most surprised you did not enjoy the Nigerian Guinness , but I will try the Irish Foreign Stout version on your recommendation ... looking forward to that .
Some long years ago I used to make my own beer from the grain , not the malt syrup tinned stuff , and my go to yeast was usually found at the bottom of an Original Guinness bottle . Since our water comes from a canal ... honest ... I found my best brews were stouts so the yeast worked great .
Like many real ale drinkers of my generation, I have drunk a lot of draught Guinness when I couldn't get a decent pint of real ale. I was never very keen on the regular bottled Guinness, but the FES is a classic in its own right. It was a life-saver for me during lockdown, when I discovered it in a local corner shop at 4 bottles (330ml) for £6.
I also discovered that half a bottle of FES plus a can of draught Guinness-in-a-can-with-with-a-widget makes a very decent approximation to a pint of the real draught version (you need an oversized pint glass for this).
thank you so much for making this video, really appreciate the request!
I have spent literally years in Nigeria , I love Nigerian Guinness it has a very rich malty flavour with absolutely nothing tinny or metalic about it, in fact I treated my self to a bottle to night. All I can say you must have got a bad bottle, another one to try is Legend Stout which to me is the real king of West African beers.
Yeah, he’s completely talking out his arse here
Man, those look delicious! I wonder how Guinness 0.0 holds up against these beers. Back jn January I took a break from alcohol, and haven’t had a sip since. Had to take a break for health reasons. I know you don’t particularly fancy the non alcoholics, but it gave me an opportunity to enjoy a few beers again. Thank you for the review!
Guinness 0.0% is decent, had it with a meal today funny enough. If someone had Blindfolded me I might not have been able to tell the difference between the 0 and the regular draught Guinness.
Yes, Ive tried quite a few of the no/low-alcohol beers and the Guiness was my favourite along side two of the Brulo ones that Morrisons sell/sold. The 7 hop 7 Grain one by Brulo was particlarly good.
Alcohol free Guinness is hands down one of the best alcohol free drinks on the market.
Can't imagine Si in a big rush to review it 😉
Quite a decent drop
Thanks for the reviews, enjoy them a lot. Porter is attributed to London but was quickly brewed across Britain and Ireland and as mentioned stout is short for stout porter but quickly differences became negligible. Guinness made dry stout famous and this defined that style. Note in 18th and 19th century guinness strength was closer to foreign extra stout now but as with many beers in Britain and Ireland the wars and then drinking patterns caused a drop in strength. The loss of bottle conditioning ruined the natural beer but i still love the FES, the west indies and the original is good with and in food but smaller breweries now make some fuller tasting dry stouts in the 'irish' style
I love the Nitrosurge. Its about 90% to a draught pint. But the widget that you pour through really puts a nice head on it. The Nigerian stuff is good. Never knew about the indies one. Have to track one down.
Roasty, Toasty, Biscuity, Bready... Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub.
I just had the Irish Foreign Extra and it was lovely, I will go back to B+M's to get some more bottles!
I recently tried a bottle of Guinness "Original" and it was utterly disappointing - no strength, no bitterness, no body, no burnt malt taste, an insult. When I find bottles of the Jamaican Guinness I buy some, that is great stuff. I don't know if it is still the case but the best Guinness I ever drank was the draught stuff on the ferry between Liverpool and Dublin.
Guinness have completely changed the way that they roast the barley. Its all done by other suppliers and it's crushed so it's a different product.
you never drink guinness in a bottle
@@laoch5658 Sound advice.
I like guinness foreign extra (irish brewed), Dragon stout (Jamaican) and Lion Stout (Sri Lankan). They range from 7.5 to 8.8% alcohol. I like strong flavours and I sip it more like wine rather than knock it back like lager
Best Guinness Draft we ever drank is at The Fiddlers Elbow Brighton ... Cheers 🍻
What about their Special Export - really good imperial for the discerning Belgian market
The extra is lovely. I get fruits like currents and raisens on top of a booziness. I quite liked the milk stout they produced at one point too.
You may have a dud bottle of Nigerian Foreign Extra Stout there, you gave it 9/10 in 2014. The 'Original' Stout is brewed to a 1821 recipe, so Guinness say. The other 3 are all versions of 1801 West India Porter, this was later renamed for the export market. The Nigerian version has added maize and sorgam malts for a local flavour.
I say the same the nigerian bottle is better than the irish in my opinion and cheaper. Sorry simon not often I disagree with you but I do on this occasion 😂
@@kylereed9309Why? Is the Nigerian version much better than the Irish Foreign Extra Guinness? I also watched the same video from 2013 when he reviewed the Nigerian Guinness but I have yet to try that version.
I have a Nigerian friend and he told me years ago when I first met him that the bottled Guinness is the most popular beer in Nigeria. I thought he meant the British / Irish version but then I got some on import and I loved it ! (I am not a big fan of the black stout we get in the UK). And it got me hammered, a real nice warm buzz. You can find it pretty easily in the Netherlands, but I just moved back to the UK after 20 years so haven't found anywhere yet that I can buy it here. I'll keep looking though. By the way, the Nigerian stuff I think is brewed for it's thirst quenching properties and also for the Nigerian palate, who do like bitter tastes. I think you got a duff bottle by the way. It should have a well rounded taste with a touch of sweetness that breaks through the sharpness. My favourite beers by the way are the +10 % lagers and bokbiers which are undrinkable to many people. The ultimate for me is Grolsch Kanon, so that should tell you what my taste is, hence my liking of Nigeria Guinness possibly..
Regular Guinness is 45 IBU I have had Lineman Astral Grains foreign extra stout which is a lovely drop at 7.2 abv with 65 IBU and brewed in Rathcoole.
After posting my last comment walked into a bottle shop here in NI yesterday and behold I saw the Guinness Original in a bottle. So it still exists, will buy one next time.
great to watch as always - thanks SImon!!
You missed out on Guinness milk stout, lovely stuff.
A friend who ran a pub told me that he could name several lnearby pubs who water down the guiness ( he didn't say how ). Ever since, with guiness in a pub, after a few slurps, I give it a little shake while it's flat on the table, to see how quickly it settles - and there is a big variation, presumably the watery ones slop around a bit longer?
That Nitrosurge widget transforms other nitro stouts (eg the Brewdog one) use mine all the time! I haven't tried the two 7.5 ones I must grab some next time I'm in the supermarket, as I do like a Guinness...
Foreign extra stout brewed in Dublin is the king. Massive amounts of flavour and far superior to the other 'foreign' products
It is the original Guinness foreign extra
Very good Simon. You could do a nitro stout video, guinness v brewdog v forged v murphys v left hand v o'haras
Murphy's appears to be no more but Beamish is still available.
@@oracleoftruth I've been told b&m still stock murphys
Who even drinks Murphy’s?
@@davidanderson6639 it's nicer than Guinness. I prefer Beamish though. Of the macro nitro stouts.
A big fan of the standard draught, but the West Indies Porter is on another level. Granted it’s a completely different approach to stout. But I personally like both. The West Indies Porter I believe is one of the best beers you’ll find in the 4 for 3 offer Morissons deal. Id recommend you all try it.
Reminds me of a skiing holiday back in the day, a great Irish pub we went in daily only served Guinness Original 😋👌
Love the West Indies Porter, sat here with a bottle right now. Much prefer that over the Original. Haven’t tried the Nigerian, I must see if they have that in any of the local supermarkets. Need to check the world foods aisle!
love the foreign extra but ive never seen it in a 650ml bottle here in ireland.
west indies porter is my favourite guinness drink......
Do like a standard guinness always surprisingly refreshing and easy drinking whether can or draft. I've tried all of these, the Nigerian brew is the kind of one I'd like for a last of the night drink. Strong and warming. Good review cheers.
Extra Stout in the US is 5.6%, and it's a fantastic beer. Ticks all the boxes when you want a good standard style stout.
Used to love the Guinness Dublin Porter they did for a while (blue label one). Could even get it on draught back in NI, but sadly they seemed to discontinue it a while back.
Belfast was the last bastion of Guinness porter.
@@oracleoftruth used to get it on tap down at the Dirty Duck in Holywood. Real shame it has gone 😕
@@oracleoftruthAs was Dublin
Tried the Nigerian one myself a few years ago (330ml I think) and didn't like it at first but it grew on me and I actually prefer it over original. Not tried the porter or Irish import yet though.
pretty much my thoughts too.
I must be sensitive to the Sorghum the Nigerian stuff is brewed with because it made me fart like a cow the next day, fun at first but then painful stomach cramps
I always thought that the difference between a porter & a stout was that a porter is what you order if there's no stout available? I still rate Guinness original because it's nice & malty. Maybe I'll give the Nigerian one a swerve.
Cool idea for a vid, Si.
Cheers
Guinness are opening a covent garden brewery for next year.
There's many different Foreign Extras from a few areas in Africa, Carribean, and Asia, wherever Diageo/Guinness have a brewery really.
They just ship the wort syrup from Ireland to the breweries and mix it with a local pale ale.
As far as I have seen, Guinness Original isn't available in the US. Now we do get Extra Stout which is at 5% abv. We also get two different types of the Nitro Stout. The regular and the Coffee. Both are at 4% abv. We now get the Foreign Extra Stout from Ireland which is 7.5% abv. I love both the Extra and Foreign Extra stouts. In the US, those beers still "got it". The Nitro Stouts are just blah for me.
On a quick side note Guinness is planning to open a brewery in London in Covent Garden area. Specialises in small batches and crafts style beers. This is one for the future visit for the channel as they will have a bar similar to what BrewDog have. I think they trying to compete with BrewDog. Set to open in Autumn. It would be nice if you took a visit for the channel. Thanks
There is also a Belgium made guinness called "Guinness Special Export"
I'll take "Special Export" all day long & It's well worth the extra pennies.
I do love a west indies porter on a dark winters night.
I’ve never been a fan of Guiness Original but love the West Indies Porter and Foreign Extra Stout. Never tried the Nigerian one.
Guinness foreign x stout is far superior to Guinness in the cans with the widget, good work Simon as always
Agreed FES should be sold in pubs in winter
i love all things Guinness of course here in America you also get the Guinness Baltimore blonde ale which is pretty good too.
Tried all of these and even enjoy the original which started me on the road to loving stout. I do not enjoy the Nigerian FE and having enjoyed very much the Irish FE I looked into what may be different. If it's still the same now the odd taste is in my opinion down to their use of sorghum produced locally rather than the usual barley
Irish and British foreign extra is St James Gate’s finest
It's weird Simon, we get a different one over here in the states too, its called foreign extra but it looks different to the one you've got there. It's 5.5% in a slightly smaller bottle, its pretty good.
I’ll probably get roasted in the comments for even saying this, but I actually tried the Guinness blonde, just for the hell of it, and it was actually pretty decent.
Si plenty of people including my great grandfather called Guinness a porter as did the company itself. Stout is from stout porter or stronger porter.
Guinness Nigeria did not create FES St James Gate in Dublin did which is where all the main FES markets used to to get their Guinness from until the 1960’s. Irish brewed FES is a fine drop and should be in pubs especially winter as I think winter warmers should come back into more Irish and British pubs.
Simon what ye think of the new tax bollo*** from August 1st?
I drink the draught Guinness from the can mostly they're easy to drink. The best Guinness would be the Nigerian for me with the west indies a close second. The Nigerian might not be for everyone but for me it's the best with some nice rich fruitcake flavours coming through love it.
I like the Nigerian one. Got a bit of a twang the first sip but once you get over that it's alright. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who doesn't rate the original that highly.
you need to try Badger Master Stoat Coffee Stout its a banger.
I remember having some Nigerian Foreign Extra in a bar years ago when I drank nothing but Guinness and being astonished at how metallic and bitter it was. It kind of reminded me of the first time I had Special Brew in that it just tasted to me of Carlsberg but to the power of 10 and not in a good way at all.
As a West Indies Porter enjoyer I love this. So many great Guinesses are being hidden from the wider audience.
is the trinidadian foreign extra stout like the irish foreign extra? same alco, yet bottled like the modern nigerian botttle. doesnt have sourgum and corn like the nigerian so def not the same taste. cant wait to try the nigerian:)
Virtual Stone Crow tonight Simon or tomorrow? I have my beer at the ready 🍻🍻🍻
Forgot the coffee brew guiness. The best I think.
Prefer it in a can so you get the smoothness from the widget
Had a guinness smooth in Jakarta that was really quite nice. Never seen it anywhere else before.
Guinness has a Barrel aged stout, brewed in Ireland and aged in Baltimore Maryland, USA . They also have a Blonde beer as well. I like the draught.
I had the Guiness brewed in St Lucia under license by Heineken if I remember correctly while I was there on holiday last year and it was very good, would go as far as saying it's one of my favourite versions of Guiness.
the one brewed in Trinidad and Tobago taste a lot like the Irish brewed one. Unfortunately it is impossible to buy in the uk! It would be fascinating to see the difference!
@@gingerNinja688 don't think I tried the Trinidad one while I was out there. Recall having a Guiness Smooth, come to think of it that may have been Trinidadian. Definitely had the Royal Extra Stout from Trinidad and that was pretty good.
Unsure of availability but there's also Guinness Antwerpen.
Using your car engine analogy, it does 0-60 in 8% abv.
West Indies Porter my favourite by far. :)
Its funny i won't buy guinness draft anymore to drink at home but love a pint in any pub, its so much better. At home i drink the nigerian guinness which i love but I've never compared it with the irish version so I'll have to try it. I really wish i could buy the guinness draft from kenya which is brewed at 5.1% in 440ml cans but they don't export it anywhere. I've looked all over.
Also why was it £4 a bottle they do 660ml bottles for £3 in my home bargains. The bottle size you have is £1,69 in my local shops 😮
The oatmeal stout by Samuel Smith's absolutely destroys this 's'h'i't
Agreed just today I had Galway Bay Ostarra dry stout 5 percent abv in Dublin city cost the same as a Guinness. There are the O’ Hara’s stouts,Porterhouse stouts,Dundalk Bay stout, Wicklow Wolf stouts,O’ Brother brewing stout, Brehon brewing stout, BallyKilcavan stout, White deer stout, west kerry brewery stout, Kinnegar stout, Lineman FES, Boundry FES, Trouble brewing stout, Falway,Sullivans stout, Heaney stout the Galway Bay oyster stout and White Hag Black pig stout.
@@OscarOSullivan Here in the USA I had the O'Hara's stout in the nitro can and it was great, but it costs twice the price of Murphy's or Guinness!!! I won't pay that so I buy the Murphy's.
I like the Guinness Bud Light (4.2%) by InBev (Anheuser-Busch) the best.
In the States Guinness is $9.99 USD for a 6-pack of 11.2 ounce bottles. They are trying to pull a fast one so I switched to Modelo Negra.
Which one tastes better?
@@robertdevoy3119 Modelo!
Home Bargins do the Nigerian Guinness in the smaller bottles, is the Dublin Porter not still available in the UK aswell
I wonder the difference in taste between the two Foreign Extra Stouts is due to poor transportation?
I just bought Guinnes special export at the norwegian Vinmonopolet (national beer store only place in Norway above 4,7 procent beer is legal to sell). This Guinness special export is 8 procent abv. I'm surprised it's not available in the UK?
Prob is, he just missed it I guess which is a pity. For me Special Export is the king of Guinness that's widely available here in NZ & well worth the extra pennies.
We can't buy Guinness at retail level here in Thailand. Only available as draught in pubs.
Yes you can now. Just ordered a case of 24x440cl
@davidquelch4990 Please tell me where!
shame u didn't review the Belgian Guinness version which is my favourite coming at a whopping 8.5%, u can get it from beers of europe i believe
Had been drinking Belgian Guinness for years without having a clue that it was different. Was quite disappointed after tasting the Guinness I ordered in the UK to accompany my muscles and fries 🙂
Years ago there was a Guinness Red bitter but it didn't take off at all, used to be on draft. I tried the recent 0% Guinness stout. Is far too sweet and doesn't taste like proper Guinness.
7/10 for the WIP is harsh. I think that's my favourite out of the lot. Foreign extra included.
The extra one can be found in some B&M stores as well 👍
What ever happened to the Guinness brewers project, they made different beers and thinking about this I havent seen any for years.
Guinness Draught in cans is a different drink than Guinness Original.
There's also Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee Beer which comes in cans.
I don't think Guinness Extra Stout is the Original m8. Think the original carries a yellow label. Seen it in bars but not shops. There is also about 6 different abv variations of the extra stout depending on where you live in the world. I kinda like it more so than Draught which I think is pretty tasteless though the head is off course nice and creamy. Will pick up the Porter today I think from Tesco.
Cannot stand Guiness but interesting review. Cheers.
The Nigerian stout is now available quite cheaply in Home bargains ( alongside a reasonably palatable Nigerian Lager)
Asia Pacific brewery does a Guinness for Singapore, it’s sweet and quite thin. Porters where originally brewed for the London porters at the docks, it was basically their food and was fully of loads of energy at a fairly low alcohol percentage, so they could sup it and keep working.
Wadworths used to do a great stout called Corvus, it was far better than Guinness, I think they stopped a couple of years ago after being taken over.
Stout comes from stout porter or stronger porter. Pint of plain refers to plain porter the weakest porter in a breweries line up
Too hot for stouts Simon lol , I like the canned Guinness with the little plastic ball inside its very refreshing compared to that bottled one
Never too hot the Nigerians,Malaysians drink strong porter all year round
And where are Guinness Milk Stout, Rye Pale Ale, and Irish Wheat ? I buy them from time to time in supermarkets in UK :> ?
Very interesting. I haven't rated regular Guinness since they stopped bottle conditioning it back in the 80's. It used to be fascinating to compare the offerings of the different bottlers, there really was a difference.
In Australia we have a 6% version brewed by Carlton in Melbourne. Where the 6% went I don't know because it is desperately thin stuff, I wouldn't advise anyone to seek it out.
I was interested to hear your report on the Nigerian Guinness, I've never tried it, but I have read that it was intentionally made in a more sour style because that was what the local drinkers preferred.
When I lived in Manchester back in the 80's you could get 'Guinness XXX' which 7 and a bit percent, it was very rich and mellow, and you could see the yeast stuck to the bottom of the bottle when you poured it out. I really enjoyed it, then it was withdrawn, a great shame I thought.
But I think my favourite is the Guinness produced in S.E Asia. Malaysia, Singapore or somewhere like that. 7.9%, very rich, very full bodied, but the real Guinness taste. When I was travelling between the UK and Australia (20 years ago) the highlight of the journey was sinking a Guinness or three at Kuala Lumpur airport, an otherwise dismal place to be stuck for any length of time. Hopefully it is still as good.
Guinness XXX is most likely foreign extra brewed in Ireland that is according to Ron Pattinson.
Bottle conditioned Guinness used to be brewed here in Ireland until 2000.
Different ingredient in Nigerian FES. BTW , as I have found, many of the Nigerian Guinness bottles are near their use by date in the shops. Could be the reason why you didn't like it.
i really like the Nigerian version , its made with sorghum so maybe its an acquired taste but for me it tastes quite similar to FES
Love these reviews - watch daily - but I love the taste of the Nigerian Guinness its sharp but less sweet than the others - and I think more flavour comes through - though its more of a literal interpretation but for £1.49 from Home Bargains _ for a 325ml bottle you cant go far wrong .....
There is also a Guinness dublin porter available
Maybe next time all the Dutch Lagers available in the UK
As a brewer of 40 odd years my guess is the Nigerian brew is malt extract based rather than full mash which is why the head dissipated so fast and it tasted metallic. I loved Guinness original 30 years ago but these days they are taking the piss.
Fuck I love Guinness.
porter is more bitter than stout right ? I tried Fuller's Black Cab Porter...I love Fuller's beers but this Porter is just TOO bitter for my taste
No difference between the two stout meant stout porter or stronger porter
Foreign extra or nothing. The regular one is especially metallic tasting in America.
They are all miles better than the draught Guinness anyway, surprised at the last one though.
Absolutely right about the Nigerian version - I can't enjoy it. The metallic, aniseed, aftertaste ruins it for me. I rate the Irish version as one of the best beers I have ever drank but the Nigerian uses the bitter sorghum and it's an acquired taste. But not for me I'm afraid. The West Indies is lovely too.
What’s the difference between Stouts and Porters?
It wasn't just that bottle. I've had the Nigerian one and its true its a completely different. Pretty unpleasant also
I bought a 4 pack or 330ml bottles of the Nigerian stuff for the wife's bro as he likes Guiness. He had half of one, said it was dreadful 😂
The rest was given away
Probably contaminated water in Nigeria ?
@@christineayres7199 Nigeria brews a version of guinness foreign extra which is a really strong flavoured stout brewed to survive being exported long distances. It's 7.5% compared to 4% for normal guinness and has a lot more flavour than regular guinness, it's very bitter and is best sipped slowly. The regular guinness hardly tastes of anything. I drink foreign extra sometimes but only the Irish one as the Nigerian one makes me fart like a cow
@@wullaballoo2642Nigeria’s Guinness as was the rest of the world’s used to come from Dublin
West Indies Porter........... 😍🥰
I used to like the porter, but I never see it anymore
The Guinness Original (4.2%) is the same strength as the Guinness Draught which is sold in Ireland. However, the Guinness Draught sold in the UK is 4.1%, and I believe it arrives in high-strength "gravity" form before being diluted for kegging/canning/bottling here. Irish people are adamant that the stuff over here tastes distinctly different to that in Ireland, even when establishments know what they are doing when it comes to looking after and pouring Guinness. It seems widely accepted that there is a bitterness in the aftertaste. Given the miniscule difference in ABV, which I believe is well within accepted tolerance, I wonder if it, again, comes down to the water we use over here. Would be good to see you do a comparison of the two Guinness Draught variants and see what you think!
All guinness in uk is brewed in ireland, so its all the same water
@@xXLuK3Xx1that's not correct.
@@didyeaye2481 yes it is, for england at least, they did have a brewery in london til 2005 now its all brewed st james gate
@@xXLuK3Xx1 I was actually thinking about Belfast but it looks like that is closed also.
There you go. I stand corrected.
It ain't the water so.
@@didyeaye2481 haha nice one mate
I have been drinking the Nigerian for about four years now (Tesco do it cheaper in a 4 bottle pack) I really like ii and find it a bit like Guinness on Steroids. I get a much better head than you do and agree the taste is different though not because of water but the use of a different grain (Sorghum) in the brew and also the strength. Perhaps you got a bad one but just research the sales of Guinness in Nigeria! They must be doing something right!
Is the water safe from Nigeria?
@@s125ishYes
I think one could trust Guinness on this one! They import it and would be liable here.
@@garethwilliams976 Add to that Guinness Nigeria’s brewery is one of the newest
There are many better Irish stouts than Guinness it has like most beers become changed over time.
Not what I started to pull pints behind the bar as it was unpasteurised.
Agreed just today I had Galway Bay Ostarra dry stout 5 percent abv in Dublin city cost the same as a Guinness. There are the O’ Hara’s stouts,Porterhouse stouts,Dundalk Bay stout, Wicklow Wolf stouts,O’ Brother brewing stout, Brehon brewing stout, BallyKilcavan stout, White deer stout, west kerry brewery stout, Kinnegar stout, Lineman FES, Boundry FES, Trouble brewing stout, Falway,Sullivans stout, Heaney stout the Galway Bay oyster stout and White Hag Black pig stout.
the reason stout was stout and not porter.. stout in old English, "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386., but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Stout means strong with good body and porter, the beer Porter was named after Porters in London who moved the cities commerce around.
My goodness my Guinness!
Simon, the gunniess on tap in Ireland is far superior than this. Until you've tried that, it's hard to benchmark the other accurately
I disagree