Guinness forgien extra stout recipe

[Leann ull]

Brewed in Dublin exported to Belgium in liquid containers and bottled and distributed across Europe exclusively by Timmermans.

[delzep]

And imported here rarely. Haven't seen it in ages 
Tried a 30 year old bottle of it a few years ago and it was heaven

[cruiscinlan]

Beg pardon.  I think I'm going to order some in after hearing so much about its qualities.  Anyone ever get an idea of what the recipe is?

[Leann ull]

Guinness won't allow it to be sold officially here we asked the distributor

[Beerbuddha]

I have 20 year old bottle Guinness FES gonna open next club night hope it still tastes good.
It was a special commemoration brew.

[cruiscinlan]

Guinness won't allow it to be sold officially here we asked the distributor

Any idea why?  Diageo and a lot of the majors love playing silly buggers with stuff like this. Like Jameson selling ex-whiskey barrels to the US but not selling any in Ireland.

[Leann ull]

The distributor told us it goes back years and is because of the taste and ABV to compete in the Belgian Market where Malty high abv stuff is the norm.

[cruiscinlan]

The distributor told us it goes back years and is because of the taste and ABV to compete in the Belgian Market where Malty high abv stuff is the norm.

Ehhh sounds like typical corporate BS along the lines of 'we don't want to'.  Why would Guinness have an issue with a different specialist product being sold in the home market when they have/had loads Breó/Foreign Export/North Star/Brew 39/Toucan/West Indies/Dublin Porter etc. etc.??

[delzep]

John Martin have been importing it to Belgium for about 100 I believe.

Don't understand why FES isn't sold in pubs here

[Will_D]

My info sugests that the thinking is along these lines:

Kegged Guiness drinkers drink Guiness from ther tap
Bottle drinkers drink pint bottles from "the shelf"

Diageo do not want these two classes of drinkers to try ANYTHING else even another Guiness product in case they may start to drink other peoples dark beers/stouts/why!

[delzep]

What about the north star stout and others they released a few years ago (or was that pre-diagio?)

[Leann ull]

John Martin have been importing it to Belgium for about 100 I believe.

Don't understand why FES isn't sold in pubs here

Absolutely and that's where I had it, not overly impressed tbh, probably spoilt for choice with everything else on offer.

and where my little mole on the left there comes from it's the brand from the barrels

[delzep]

I meant 100 years by the way

[Leann ull]

Yep
http://anthonymartin.be/en/our-beers/guinness/-1-/

[delzep]

It's fairly tricky to find in Belgian pubs. It's in every supermarket though. About €4.50 for a 4 pack