#25: Foreign Extra Stout 1.0
So really, we’re going to start blogging again… promise. To kick it off, here is a page for one of my latest beers. I’ll be doing this for every beer and asking you, my audience of tasters, to leave comments below with your opinions of it. I want to hear if you love it or hate it and, if you can articulate it, why you love it or hate it. I’ll try to keep each page as up to date as possible.
Picture coming soon.
Brewed this beer on January 2, 2010 to kick off the new year. It’s, as it’s name implies, a Foreign Extra Stout (13D). Very dark in color and a wonderful, roasty, flavor. I aged this beer in my Dad’s 5 gallon french oak barrel, after he conditioned his Zinfandel in it. It took on a lot of the Zinfandel, which you can clearly taste in the finish.
It was entered into 2010 National Homebrew Competition in both the 13D (Foreign Extra Stout) and 23 (Speciality Beers) categories. I’ll update this space with how it does!
OG: 1.085, FG: 1.011, ABV: 9.7%, SRM: 36, IBU: 40
It had a lot of great rich flavors (can’t remember them all right now). What I remember very well was how smooth and not bitter it was. I am not a hard core stout drinker but I loved this stout!