Boulder Beer Obovoid Oak-Aged Oatmeal Stout

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

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.

22 oz. bomber for $7.50 at Total Beverage. The color is black but not completely black with a thin-as-paper white head. The first smells are oatmeal, oaky, stouty goodness. Whoa, the taste is crazy..subtle woody vanilla flavors but I am disappointed by the thin mouthfeel. Interesting beer, good for a one-time purchase but its a little expensive, if it was a little thicker it would be perfect. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-20-2007 06:20:13

Pours a black color with thick tan head that fades quickly. Aroma is of cocoa nibs, light roasted malt and mild coffee. Taste is much the same with the cocoa being in the forefront and a bitter hop taste in the finish. Kinda wonky to me, but not bad. Just a one buy for me.

Dark black pour with a nice tan head. Milk chocolate and oat aroma, don’t really get much oak. Smooth, medium bodied, bittersweet chocolate flavor with a hint of coffee. Once again I don’t get too much oak in the flavor, but it makes a nice appearance on the aftertaste. Flavor improves as the beer warms, I really enjoyed this somewhat underrated stout.

650 ml. Opaque with a half-inch of creamy foam above. Beautiful frosting on the glass. Nose is dark chocolate, raisin and espresso, with some hints of fruity caramel and wood. Flavor is dark chocolate and espresso on front, with later notes of vanilla, caramel and cherry/lactic acid. Oak and charry roast on the satisfyingly dry, slightly astringent finish. Medium-heavy body is super smooth and dangerously drinkable as it seems to have struck a perfect balance between watery vs. sticky.