Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

• Name: Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, 7.5%, Ireland
  
• Appearance: Totally black, loads of thick, creamy head.
  
• Aroma: Smoky, oaky, burnt.
  
• Taste: Bitter, long aftertaste. Smoky, woody.
  
• Bought: Sainsbury's, 330 ml, £1.43
  
• Overall score: 4/6*
  
• Info: 28/9-2005, 27/300

* I originally gave this one 2/6, but I changed this to 4/6 after a re-taste in December 2008. I think I wasn't used to stouts back in 2005...