Big Sky Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Big Sky Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Missoula, Montana USA

pours a great head cascades down nicely and hit the palate easily.also it has a hint of coca or something along that line for a oatmeal stout its pretty darn good

12 oz bottle from Enniskillen. Nose is roasty nuttiness, plain old fashioned oatmeal, chocolate, plummy fruitiness, and a light vanilla note. Black with a good sized heavy lacing tan head. Flavor is of coffee, cocoa, very light caramel, oaty grassiness, and a bit of very light bitterness. All this complexity and flavor out of a 4.9% stout! This would be a goto beer if I could get it here.

Notes from 2004 - Too bad this one isn’t around anymore. Found that out on my last trip through Montana. This is a really rich, and creamy take on this style, with chocolate coffee notes, roasted like it had been on the bottom of the pot for several hours, slightly burnt but not in a bad way. Rich oatmeal, along with caramel and toffee, and a dollop of cream to finish it all off. This was really tasty. I don’t understand why they stopped making it.

Pours a nice dark brown. Aromas of malts and chocolate. Flavors of oats, slight caramel, roasted malts and some slightly burnt chocolate tones. I wish they hadn’t retired this one.

Has a great ’small-batch’ flavor to it. Not to toot my own horn, but it tasted VERY similar to a coffee stout I recently brewed. I still think their’s is better though.

Garnet highlights show through the dark brown body when held ot light. The light brown head pops and is farily dense as it fades. Milk chocolate mixed with coffee make a nice mocha aroma. There is also a little bit of pancake dough. The taste has light milk chocolate chips balanced with some hints of pancakes. There was also some dark corn syrup that hints at molasses. The soft mouthfeel helps to make this very drinkable. Nicely done.

Rich black color with some dark ruby highlights with a tannish small bubbly head that fizzes away quick. Smells of oats, roasted malt with some chocolate and burnt cookie caramel notes. The taste was a little on the light side for a stout that looked so dark, but is pretty good non the less. Lots of solid oats, slight caramel, roasted malts and some slightly burnt chocolate tones. Has a nice smooth feel with a sweet tang, caused by the chocolate and from a very small hop presence. This stuff ain't bad, I actually liked it alot and would drink it any old time.

Good, smooth, sweet, chocolatey oatmeal stout, creamy mouthfeel.