Brau Brothers Whirly Bird Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Brau Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Lucan, Minnesota USA

Bottle courtesy of Dalzale. Pours brown with a light brown head. Smells of vegetables, roasted malt, soy sauce, spice. Tastes tarte and sweet with a finish that yields some cherry touches.

Bottled. A very black bodied brew with a brown sugar colored head on top. The aroma is loaded with rich molasses and milk chocolate chips. There is some nice syrupy goodness here. The taste has some nice roast coffee along with bitter sweet chocolate. There is a lightly tart finish with dark plums. A decent brew that enjoyed until the finish after each drink.

Sampled from a 12-oz bottle at Cellar’s Wine and Spirits in St Paul, Minnesota. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thin tan head that quickly dissipates to a fine off-white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some Fritos corn chips with salt, oatmeal and a touch of dark chocolate. Taste is full bodied, very light carbonated with flavors of toasted oatmeal malt, some light cream, lactose and a touch of milk chocolate. Finish is smooth and creamy with a mild roasted and semi-sweet dark malt aftertaste. So far the best of the the brewmaster series.

Black color with a thin head. Milky aroma and lots of oats. Chalky mouthfeel. Plenty of chocolate and oats. Almost bittersweet finish. Very nice.

One of the better products from Brau Brothers. Black. Roasted malt and grain aroma and more of the same in the flavor. Some chocolate. Fairly thick palate, which is probably its best quality.

Pours deep dark brown with reddish brown edges and thin tan head. The aroma is full with roasted malts going to burnt malts then to earthiness, chocolate and molasses. Nice full aroma. The taste is similar but doesn’t seem as rich. I get roastiness mixing with burnt malts then turning toward chocolate and a bit of molasses. It ends with a modest level of roasted malts and some malt sweetness.

This one had so much promise, esp. the thick, rather luxurious-looking head. But there was a deep disappointment, because amid the obvious roasted front and some of the best dimensions, I found I just really didn’t enjoy the sourness. I’ve had plenty of lactic stouts among the sweet stout category, but this one really rubbed my palate the wrong way, with a finish that left me clamoring for a glass of water. Good palate potential in the thickness, but ruined--to me--by the sourness. Bottle.

Bottle thanks to Seabass: Poured a dark black with light beige head. Aroma is a musty chocolate, coffee, oat, and malt. Taste is a chalky chocolate with roasted malt, finished smooth and oat.