Arbor Oatmeal Java Breakfast Stout

Brewed by Arbor Brewing Company Pub & Eatery
Style: Stout
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

Date: 04/27/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black, thin brown head, huge roasted coffee aroma with a touch of sweet butterscotch, big coffee flavor, nice roasted, acceptable level of coffee bitterness, long bitter finish, butterscotch comes through in the flavor upon warming

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

On tap at the brewpub on 4/27/06: Pours a nearly opaque black with dark brown edges and a frothy tan head. Aroma of rich caramel java and dark chocolate, but somewhat subdued. Body starts with a mild dark caramel and milk chocolatey sweetness with good coffee bean mocha balance. A smooth and balanced beer, but a little thin.

Draft @ Arbor Brewing: Very dark brown to black color with a think brown head. The aroma was coffee over big amounts of butterscotch. Roasted malt in the aroma as well. Sweet roasted malt flavor with notes of chocolate and a big black coffee finish. Medium bodied.

Good coffee color, with a little white/beige head. Seemed a bit to prone to being watery and had an interesting cofee spice that complemented the roasted malt. Wasnt very sweet, not at least what i was expecting for an oatmeal stout. Carbonation gave it a bad texture. Nothing special here, but has potential. Mildly sweet/ roasty aroma of bitters and coffee.

draught. deep black body with a small ring of mocha head. fairly typical for a sweet stout - nothing out of the ordinary. some oily chocolate roast and raisin in the aroma with a touch of sweetness. tastes sweeter than I would have expected but has a fair share of mild bitter coffee roastiness. straightforward for the most part but it’s still quite tasty.

Deep chocolate and coffee aroma, fresh and wonderful. Head is completely dead after a moment. Hefty and still in the glass. Totally opaque. Creamy, coffee and chocolatey milk components, chalky, long bitter finish (the finish has weird multiple interweaving levels) - good but only so-so.

Tap. Deep black color. Off white to tan head. Some lacing. Aroma smells of coffee. Flavor is a mishmash of oatmeal and coffee. Somewhat confusing. Body is thin. Some chalkiness. Fair.

On tap at the brewpub.

Pours very dark with burgandy highlighs and a small but nice head.

The flavor is sweet canned-cold-latte with a bit of overcooked coffee, but no hint of the 8%. While this is not a standout overall, the beer is plenty drinkable.