Guinness, Nigerian Foreign Extra

Nothing like the original Guinness. Took me ages to find one of these, then all of a sudden, south London was flooded with them. I reckon this one is sufficiently different to the regular export version (readily available in Sainsbury's) to be a different drink. It still has a light body when compared to export stouts from the likes of Kernel and Partizan, but that's ok (particularly when you've got 660ml of it). Weak coffee plus a winey, berry nose. Taste is quite sweet (particularly as it warms up), perhaps more sweet than the regular export version. A bit more boozy than that one too. This drink will forever remind me of many good times in my younger days at FWD (when it was in Plastic People). Sigh.

Partizan, Foreign Export Stout

Stouts are alot easier for me to quantify and calibrate than IPAs it seems - I seem to have more notes for them than my IPAs... Fantastic FES from Partizan: stinks of coal, charcoal and sweet tar. Murky yellow foam head. Creamy mouthfeel with the alcohol detectable on the extreme edges. It's strong though and it got me drunk. Heavy and my sips were small and slow. Knowing with Nicholas Cage was on whilst I drank this - some scenes reminded me of the the Thin Man from that educational children's series that I watched at middle school. Anyone else remember that? Late on in the drink I realised that my teeth had sort of a slight iron coating on them.