Brown bottle, 330 ml, purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) on November 20 2007, savoured on November 20 2007; eye: dirty brown, no effervescence, no head; nose: caramelized malt, stale, molasses; mouth: stale, caramelized malt, sweet, lots of molasses, finale in "tired" caramelized malt, thin, rather sweet, no bitterness, no carbonation; overall: not that good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) le 20 novembre 2007, bue la même journée; œil : brune sale, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : malt caramélisé, éventée, mélasse; bouche : éventée, malt caramélisé, sucrée, grosse mélasse, finale en malt caramélisé fatigué, mince, plutôt sucrée, aucune amertume, pas de carbonatation; en résumé : vraiment pas terrible

12 oz bottle from Bottleworks in Seattle. Pour looks like cola, color, carbonation , the head - really everything. Sharp aroma of scotch malt. Taste is really thin bodied, almost like a watered down scotch ale. In a blind tasting, I would have never guessed Foreign Stout on this one. Oh well, Ethiopia, check!

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a slightly hazy golden with a white head leaving some laces. Sweetish malt aroma. Medium body with a sweet, unclean malt profile. Finishes fairly dry though. Tasted at The Axum Cafe in San Francisco. 210307

Bottle Pours a hazy medium chestnut color. Small off white head after a fairly aggressive pour. Aromas are of apple, honey, light roasted malts and some spices like cinnimon. Flavor is sweet, a bit cardboardy. More like a sweet brown ale. This softly carbonated palate. The best beer Ive ever had that claims to have been made at a "Beer Factory"Thanks Jordan My first Ethiopian beer

330 Bottle Pours out a dark amber topped with a light tan head. Aroma of red vine. A little odd on the tast but not to bad. Thanks Jordan

Bottle: Thanks to Jordan for sharing. Pours a hazy reddish, mahoghany with a small white head that dissapated quickly. Nose is fruity, even a bit of winelike qualities. Bubbles tingle on the tongue with tastes of fruit, raison, wine, and a sour blend. Not what you’d expect a stout to look like; nor what you’d expect a stout to taste like. Leaves a lot to be desired...

Bottle at Awash Ethiopian Restaurant in D.C. on 1/20/07
Stark white head is actually fairly dense, though small. It slowly recedes to partial-cover, leaving no lacing behind. Bubbly/fizzy liquid is a deep bronze. High clarity.
Papery acetyldehyde meets spoiled fruits and light sulphur. Peachy and lightly milky, there nonetheless does seem to be some malt sweetness behind the flaws. Powdered sugar rounds out the finish, with more apples and peaches and I’m left wondering where the beer went. No alcohol apparency, medium strength of aroma.
Wet, actually undercarbonated texture imparts a sweet, not-quite wholesome flavor of light honey and dough, but some light sourness and spoiled fruit flavors sit rather heavily on the end. Not oxidized, and the beer seemed to be selling fairly briskly while I was at the restaurant, so I dont think it’s a case of it being too old. Furthermore, the beer was kept refrigerated so it hadn’t gone bad on the shelf. Perhaps the trip from Ethiopa to America? More likely, poor brewing exacerbated by the usual pasteurization and filtration. Light body, some doughiness and heavy powdered sugar-like sweetness. No alcohol noted.