rader58 (20), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Pours to a VERY dark brown. Flavor is a bitter malt taste, not unlike coffee. I am sampling this on a hot day, I truly believe this would be a great beer on the slopes in January. I may resample in the winter
 GarrettB (358), Centennial, Colorado, USA
Jul 12, 2008 The oatmeal stout is a hard beer to coax from its shell, but when you do, it makes for good winter drinking. This was my line of logic drinking the Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout, whose quarter-moon-in-pajamas logo is the most characteristic of Breckenridge’s beer bunch. True to the style, and maybe even a bit overboard, the beer pours a sludgy, black and almost gray with yeasty flotsam, like a mud slide. After this the aroma immediately strikes the drinker with the scents of mocha, cream, dark chocolate cake, tiramisu, cocoa powder and, in general, is very, very sweet. Now, normally with such a rich and detailed aroma I’d be going crazy to give the beer taste, but I’ve begun to catch on to the expected deviations between aroma and flavor. My caution was justified. Less than dark chocolate and oozing cocoa, the flavor is more bitter, pellucid and refreshing in its lightness, in the same way that water or even iced tea can be refreshing. Match this with a paired fizzy malts and chalky dark chocolate, in other words DRY, and you get a disappointing taste affixed to a wonderful aroma. I hate it when this happens.
slipy120 (16), Michigan, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Definite tones of roasted oats. Very bittter due to oatmeal content. Good odor and bitter, yet pleasent aftertaste. I enjoy stouts and bitter beers so this was a treat.
dkachur (623), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Jul 10, 2008 Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Viscous chocolate brown pour with a one finger head. Aroma if faint and shows notes of bitter roasted malt and an oatmeal sweetness. Taste is roasted malt, oats and a little smokiness. Smooth, creamy and full bodied.
BREWMUSKCLES (728), WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, USA
Jun 24, 2008 UNASSUMING straight and honest oatmeal stout. nice malt flavors a touch of cocoa with coffee. bottle ended with a touch of acid and a true burnt wood smoke flavor that was delightfully refreshing. odd as normally i hate that flavor. so satisfying with that alcohol !? this beer is well balanced and has quite a good mouthfeel that is mainly velvety. bit of raisin and cherry in the malty aroma. can’t say enough as this beer is so well put togeather.
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