Great Waters Blackwatch Oat Stout

Brewed by Great Waters Brewing
Style: Sweet Stout
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

unsweetened chocolate, roasted, this stout surely won;t disappoint. the best of the beers i tried on my first visit and am glad i saved it until the end. nicely done.

a great stout i was a big fan on tap at winterfest. roated and toasted m tasty smooth a bit dry but thats what i like so go get some

Opaque black in color with a thick creamy head. On tap, it’s a bit sweet in aroma and flavor with licorice, chocolate and roasted malt in equal parts. Much more rustic on cask with espresso, earth, and ash more dominant. Light to medium bodied with a reserved, dry mouthfeel.

Cask Tap in December 2005. Black in color with a brown head. A nice roasted malt, coffee, and slightly sweet aroma. Smooth with a touch of bitterness that leaves a long lasting roasted malt finish. Rating from notes.

Cask. Opaque and midnight brown in color with only slight lightening at the edges. A sawdust concentrated mass with a tan hue plays head. Deep fudge brownies capped with mocha beans protrude from the nose, joining milky coffee coolatas. Roasted, dense chocolate fudge pulls at an exceedingly bitter-sweet aromatic arraignment. Light fairing flavor pulls like milk chocolate cafeteria offerings, diluted with water and defying government standards. No dynamic aspects whatsoever. Dry. Sweet cocoa and mocha grinds partially produce the common milk chocolate platform. So thin it’s painful to revisit the memory by recording this rating. Finish gets a smidgeon of syrupy mocha cooler, artificial additives and a new brownie offering that even Aldi stores would turn their backs on. Perhaps the cask destroyed all that was enjoyed by the others in their ratings.

Had on tap at the brewpub in downtown St. Paul. Dark black mocha, thick, creamy mocha colored head with sticky lacing. Aroma has hints of coffee and dark baker’s chocolate. Very earthy and flavorful. Good bitter background with prominent coffee and chocolate up front. Mouthfeel, thick and creamy, some good oiliness that feels just right. Cold and rainy night - wife describes this stout as "the beer equivalent of comfort food".

A respectable oatmeal stout. Black. Some smoke in the aroma; a standard oatmeal stout scent. Flavor is a little bitter, some more smoke. Very light chocolate and some coffee. More of a dry stout than a sweet stout.

Solid black, with a fine, toasted brown head, showing holes in the side like a little brown sponge. Quite nice looking. Aroma is right on for an oatmeal stout, big espresso notes, nicely roasted, burnt toast, a whiff of anise, a trickle of maple, earthy and rich. I wanna keep on smellin’ it... Fills the mouth from the start, floods all area with dark, delicious flavors, turns a trifle sweet, then dries out with a gritty edge at the exit. Fat malt keeps the tongue grabbing for more. Nicely textured. A sweetness comes in from time to time, that’s the only flaw that nags at me. but it doesn’t last long, and a tidy bitter note comes in to leaven it. Full bodied, rich, bittersweet finish, and good drinkin’...I could spend some time with this one. They ought to make it more often.