DuClaw Alchemy Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Very pronounced flavor. Chocolate, not bitter roasted, but a toasted flavor. Very flavorful. Body smooth, but not thick...a bit on the watery side.

pours DARK brown black with not much tan head. aroma is roasted malts and coffee. slight bitterness. dark fruit in the taste, heavy roasted malt, coffee. aftertaste has a lingering bitterness.

on nitro-pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/molasses, some acidic. Taste is sweet oats/dark malt-roasty/molasses, some acidic, milk chocolate, some earthy hops. Mild carbonation.

Pours a deep black with a fairly viscous consistency. Aroma of roasted malts, oat, coffee and chocolate. Tastes more like an imperial stout. Not sweet at all. Lots of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate.

On Tap-Bel Air-Black pour w/a slight tan head. Coffee aroma. This was a pretty standard stout, coffee, chocolate, roasted almond; didn’t really detect a whole lot of sweetness or oatmeal. Kind of a thin, watery mouthfeel. Nothing terrible, but I’d say it’s not up to typical Duclaw standards. I’d wait for the Bad Moon Porter to come on tap if you want a dark beer here, it’s so much better.

Draft at Bel Air. Pours a deep brown with a beige head. Strong dark roasted malt and coffee ground aroma. Medium bodied but with a dry feathery texture. Flavor of cocoa powder, dark roasted malts, and coffee beans countered by a non-aggressive, but balancing bitterness. Easy to drink, but seems more like a coffee stout than a sweet stout.

Very pronounced flavor. Chocolate, not bitter roasted, but a toasted flavor. Very flavorful. Body smooth, but not thick. Body was too watery.

7/16/08 - Draft sample at Bowie location. Pours black with amber hues and a khaki head. Coffee and caramel nose. Creamy mouth feel with roast and chocolaty sweetness and a slight bitter. Good stout.