Boulder Beer Obovoid Oak-Aged Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottle, pours black with a thin off white to light tan head. Aroma is light oak has a nice earthyness and a roasted malt character that rides along side the cocoa nibs. Nice roasted maltbackbone ends with a light coffee and raoted malt bitter finish. Mouth is full of lively carbonation and a lingering finish. Not bad.

Bomber into pint glass. Black pour with light, off-white head. Nice lace.Pretty rich aroma of wood, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and some smoke. Flavor is pretty much the same, but with a hint of bitterness/hops on the finish. Very smooth, Very balanced. Alcohol doesn’t have too much of a presence. Meidum bodied with low fine carbonation. Overall: nothing outstanding from the rest or spectacular in its own right, but a very solid beer thats worth a try,

Black with creamy tan head. Mild roast and coffee aroma notes. Roast, coffee, chocolate, and mild sour flavours. Watery for the style with medium bitter finish.

Bottle from Total Wine in Tempe. Pours a roasted coffee color with a creamy beige head that leaves a fair amount of lacing -- especially for an oak-aged beer. Smells predominantly of toasted malts, caramel, milk cocoa, and dark fruits. Tastes much the same with added note of coffee grounds, lactose, oatmeal, and black licorice. Nice, but a bit thin on the palate.

Bottle. Pours black with tan head and good lacing. Aroma is slight cocoa and vanilla with notes of coffee. Flavor is smooth dark roasted malts with coffee undertones. Creamy mouthfeel with slight bitter aftertaste with notes of espresso and cocoa.

All in all a very solid stout.....but to bill yourself as an oak aged imperial oatmeal stout, well you better bring something grand to the table and this just doesn’t live up to what I was anticipating. Amber~brown body, dark like a porter but not thick as a stout. Nice 3/8" brown head that sticks around followed by some splotchy lacing. Roasted malty aroma with a nice milkiness followed by a some nuts and chocolate. Medium bodied, light for a stout though. Sweet with a balancing bitter aftertaste. It’s approachable and easily consumed just nothing complicated. Fairly typical stout flavor with plenty of burnt and roasted malts mixed with some nuts, coffee and chocolate. Nothing more and nothing less. Although I was hoping for much more with this brew.

Had from a bomber into a pint glass. Not bad, but I was really expecting more out of this bad boy from a brewer that I trust relatively well.

(bomber) Pours a cloudy black color. Sweet malt aroma with hints of cocoa. Alcoholic and slightly dry texture, average carbonation, long duration, moderately sweet finish.