On tap at Onley Taphouse – Maryland, easygoing German-styled pilsner retains dry earthen musk and light herbage contrasting sweet-corned rice sugaring wavering thru toasted wheat breading.

In the can, creamily smooth cask conditioning serenades sweet molasses maple-dipped nuttiness and mild cocoa powdering plus tart raisin, cherry and purple grape notions to dry dark chocolate malting in pleasantly understated fashion.
In the bottle, this Foreign Extra Stout competes favorably with Guinness Extra Stout and the nuttier dark-roasted Draught version. As of 2024, 50% of Guinness brews sold worldwide were FES. Creamier and sweeter than porter-inspired GES or nitrogenated Draught, its dark chocolate syruping, maple molasses sugaring and burnt toast remnant reach a less nutty mocha finish than the aforementioned variants (though the dark-roast hop char remains elevated in comparison).
Richly creamed Italian cookie-inspired pastry stout perfectly combines pureed raspberry, honeyed almond, cocoa and vanilla adjuncts as ancillary red grape, black cherry and blackberry illusions heighten lively dried fruitiness draping vanilla-frosted chocolate caking. On 2026 re-tasting, viscously rich Italian Rainbow Cookie confection saddled adjunctive raspberry pureed cocoa nibs and honeyed almond pasting with teasing maraschino cherry, creme brulee, bourbon chocolate, grenadine and Napolean ice cream illusions.
“Classic unassuming” traditional oatmeal stout lets wood-charred hop roast penetrate dark chocolate fudging that contrasts raw molasses bittering and dark-roast coffee swipe ultimately sweetened by sugared maple oats at the blackened mocha finish.