Belfast Bay McGoverns Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Portland, Maine USA

12oz bottle into a pint glass. Nice and drinkable, but far from complex or amazing.

Single bottle buy from the Binny’s in Willowbrook, IL: This poured an opaque dark brown body with a short-lived brown head. The aroma was burnt coffee beans, molasses, and burnt nuts (OW!). The flavor was quite roasty and had a touch of oatmeal added to the elements from the flavor. Perhaps a hit of dark stone fruit and alcohol. Doesn’t seem much like a Sweet Stout.

12oz bottle. deep dark black with a nice fluffy tan head. aroma of bittersweet chocolate. roast and chocolate taste. a little metallic aftertaste

Pours tuirbid deep blackish with dark brown edges and brown head. Nose is patent and chocolate malt, molasses, pumpernickel bread. Tastes dark malty, with chocolate, cherry, some woody notes, and a huge head that reappears at the repour. Well balanced and very smooth. Starts a bit sweet with the chocolatey notes, but ends rather tart with cherry notes.

Pours black with a frothy mocha head. Smells of roasted coffee beans. I thought this was more of a dry stout as far as the flavor was concerned. It was dark and not the greatest choice on a summer day hah.

Almost black in color with a light brown head. Aroma of roast, some light dry chocolate, minerals, metal. Taste is roasty, with some chocolate, quickly gets acrid and hard to drink. Body a bit thin, can’t say I enjoyed this one too much.

Bottle provided at SL by Bruce, perhaps. The pour was dark brown-black, some head but small for the style. The aroma was chocolate and bubblegum. The flavor followed, chocolate, bubblegum, roasty bitter, acidity sourness in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel was acidic and thin. A below average stout, imo, not enough airy mouthfeel from the oatmeal, not enough dryness, too sour.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of light chocolate, bitter coffee, roasted malts, oats, and lactose. Poured black in color with a medium-sized brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Opaque. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly bitter and slightly sweet. Tastes of bitter coffee, roasted malts, slight sugar, light lactose, and some chocolate. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Lightly bitter, slightly sweet, coffee, lactose, and slight roasted malt finish. A surprisingly decent brew from Shipyard.