The Seychelles version of the original foreign stout by Guinness, thanks to tderoeck for this interesting find. Loose, greyish off-white, bubbly, opening head on a black beer with hazy chestnut brown glow. Quite unusual aroma - for this brand - of caramel, 'koetjesreep', elderberry syrup, ground hazelnuts, some rusty iron. Sourish onset, weirdly and unexpectedly so, hinting at blackberries and elderberries, but with evident caramelly malt sweetness making up the core of this beer; softly carbonated, with a slick, smooth mouthfeel, a tad thinnish even for this ABV. Caramelly, Ersatz-chocolatey and lightly brown-bready malt body, straightforward but pleasant, though plagued by a metallic edge and some onsetting oxidation in the end. Remains sweet-caramelly in the finish too, with only very soft toastedness and hardly any hop bitterness, followed by a glow of warming, though well-behaving alcohol. I will never forget the distinct character of the Nigerian variant of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, and this one comes quite close to that, in a way; tastes quite different from any of the other regional interpretations I had of this beer so this must be a tick in its own right - even apart from the fact that it obviously makes for a difficult country tick as well.

Bottle, thanks Grumbo. Clear golden, medium white head, nonlasting. Crisp nose, quite some corn. Medium bitterness, somewhat grassy. A bit of corn sweetness. Light body. Nicely drinkable for what it is.

27/II/20 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ a pretty big tasting for a workday, BB: 12/V/18 (2020-172) Thanks to Alengrin for the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, stable, bit irregular, adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, sorghum, some chocolate, soy sauce. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet touch, nice roast, bitter, bit sourish, chocolate, cocoa powder, bitter touch. Aftertaste: nice roast, malty, grains, bit sweet, dark chocolate, pretty decent.

280ml bottle as EKU Bavaria. Brewed in the Seychelles! Pours clear gold with a medium-sizes white head. Aroma is wet grain, cooked vegetables and malt. Taste is the same. Light bitter finish. Didn’t expect something this unpleasant from a German beer brewed under licence.

280ml bottle. Pours clear gold with almost no head. Aroma is skunky, cooked vegetables, malt and grass. Taste is medium sweet, grassy, grainy, light bitter finish. Ok exotic lager.

Bottle, 0.30l, courtesy of Marko, shared with colleagues. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, leather and alcohol. Pours cloudy dark brown color with thin quickly diminishing light brown head and almost no lacing. Tastes of medium sweet roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and leather with grassy bitter finish. Medium body, oily texture and lively carbonation in palate. Brewed in Seychelles, drank in Slovenia...

Bottle, 0.28l, courtesy of Marko, shared with colleagues. Aroma is clean malty, grassy and a bit dusty. Pours clear pale golden color with thin quickly diminishing white head and average sparkling appearance. Tastes sweet grainy, grassy and medicinal with pretty bitter astringent finish. Medium body, slick texture and lively carbonation in palate. Brewed in Seychelles...