Ipswich Oatmeal Stout

Bottle @ Lower Depths Boston. Dark black with tight head. Deep roasted flavor with malts and clear oat finish. Motor oil viscosity. Great mouth feel. Will be buying this again.

Pours black, black, black with minimal head although after a few sips lacing is left on the glass. Very slight roasty aroma that is much more prominent in the flavor. Taste is also grainy and dry and a slightly oily aftertaste. Minimal carbonation contributes to the mouthfeel. A flavorful stout. On tap at The Shep.

Medium, dark-beige head over black beer with a reddish shine. Oatmeal clearly in the nose, with non-fermentable sugars as lactose, and milk chocolate, only slightly burnt notes. Cigarette ash, still quite some restsugars or non-fermentables in the main taste; ending burnt-bitterish. Very slick - oatmeal slick? - with a wry aftertaste, drying out. Nice stout, really. Thanks to Dirk & Leen for sharing, and to Eugene, of course.

Thanks Todd. This beer pours to a black body with a creamy tan head. The aroma is dark malt and licorice with a touch of oatmeal. The flavor is lightly creamy black malt with a black licorice. The palate has that charred malt and a light peppery alcohol.

(Bottle) Looks syrupy, jet black, as opaque as coffee, with no head. Aroma clean, vanilla-y, highly alcoholic. Aroma is tantalizing like a bottle of really high-grade vanilla extract. Flavour: nicely bitter, without being overwhelming. A rich texture emerges, some sort of coarse carbonation present. DAMN this beer is good. Rich and complex enough to sip like a good wine, but good for straight up drinking too.