Grays Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Grays Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Janesville, Wisconsin USA

12 oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with only a bit of orange light getting through. Head was tan and two fingers high, but dissipated relatively quickly to a thin film. Smelled of chocolate and molasses with a hint of roasted malt. There was a fleeting sweetness on the tongue which was quickly replaced by a pleasant dry roastiness. Some milk chocolate came out in the background. Not a bad beer.

This sweet stout pours a eclipse black color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized beige foamy head, with good long lasting retention. Aroma is roasty malts, bitter chocolate and some vanilla. A medium bodied sweet stout. The malts are chocolate, coffee and roasty malts, there is some vanilla here as well. Nice balance. A very nice, very drinkable stout. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet with a touch of lactic sweetness

Bottle from brewfiend. Thanks Brad. Pours with no head, but a nice microbubble lacing clinging thinly to the side of the glass. Aroma of chocolate, slightly over roasted grains. Medium body. Dry roasty toasty taste with a bit of acidity. Bite a spice on the tongue.

Pours black with a fine, white head. Aroma of bourbon and chocolate. Flavor is bourbon, chocolate, some coffee. Dry and lightly sweet. Very creamy mouthfeel. Very good beer.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle at Bob McFarland’s Liquors in McFarland, Wisconsin. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a fast dissolving thin tan had that leaves behind a film film and a thin tan ring. Aroma of light toasted dark malk, some flowery hops, oatmeal, some coffee and roasted hazelnuts. Taste is full bodied, light carbonated with flavors of toasted malt, coffee, lactose and dark chocolate. Finish is slightly dry with a toasted malt aftertaste that lingers a little rough afterwards.

Poured a black body with a small and quickly gone head. Aromas of light coffee and cream with some sweet malt. Tasted of medium roasted malts and left a coffee and underripe banana aftertaste. A thin bodied stout that seemed pretty basic without much going on. Easy drinking.

Bottle - from sampler pack. Black & opaque. Pretty good. Somewhat rich, but not as flavorful as other oatmeal stouts.

Poured black with tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, and oatmeal. Wasn’t that strong of a taste with coffee, chocolate, and sweet malt flavors. Aroma was good but the taste just wasn’t there.