Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Stout
Denver, Colorado USA

nothing remarkable or special here; pours dark brown with large brown head....aroma is somewhat muted, but has some chocolate and coffee notes, as well as some must...flavor is somewhat weak as well, and has the typical coffee and chocolate notes as well, and has some sort of roasted tinny taste to its finish...palate is nice though

Color is nice and dark, head is soapy and looks like root beer. Aroma is very chocolatey but not very complex. Flavor is watery at first, then gives way to burnt malt, chocolate and finally oatmeal. I thought the overwhelming flavor was chocolate, rather than coffee... maybe an espresso aftertaste that develops well after tasting. This has some pretty good flavors, but really lacks a solid structure a good body and a palate that comes together. Dissappointing for a stout and for Breckenridge.

Deep cherry in apppearance and total opaque. Picked up hints of roasted malt and coffee with a very slight hint of oatmeal in the aroma. Once I tasted it, the dominant feature was the coffee. If you could ferment black coffee, this might be what it would taste like. The flavor was pretty thin and dry - almost watery. For an oatmeal stout, I am suprised at the lack of oatmeal. It might be there, but is overwhelmed by other things. Overall not particularly bad, but not outstanding either.

Very unique, but not uniquely good. Not much in the aroma, dark black body with a very small tan head. Too much coffee and semi-sweet chocolate in this one. Taste that usually goes along with oatmeal stouts wasnt there. It wasnt that I hated this beer, but it is definantly classified in the wrong section. Perhaps Breckenridge needs to rethink this one a bit.

Poured with avergae light brown head that quickly diminished. Lacing was fair, color a dark muddy black. A moderately sweet flavor, average in duration, with a light hop ending. Aromas of malt, average feel in terms of palate.

Bottle. Aroma was alright. Appearance was midnight black, with dark tan head. Smokey and coffee flavor.

Courtesy of Duane. <P> Aroma is of burnt grains/malt and mildly plastic-y. So dark plack it almost has a purple hue to it. Head is a compreseed pinky finger sized affair. Fore is somewhat smokey and toasty. Not at all to style. Palate gets thin and the flavor is watery with a mish mash of weak chocolate, tone down vanilla, cream and coffee. Just doesn’t get it right.

The best beer I’ve tasted from this brewer. less bread-like, more complex than I expected. Strong roasted coffee aroma and flavor.