Lobethal Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Lobethal Bierhaus
Style: Stout
Lobethal, Australia

Decent tan head on a black body. Some chocolate notes in the taste but probably expecting a little more, smooth taste, coffee and grainy aroma, a touch thin but enjoyable and drinkable. Notice the oatmeal and maybe a touch of smoke.

Bottle. Pours almost black with a thin light brown head that retains a nice lace in the glass. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, cocoa and fruity hops. Sweet mouthfeel with a creamy malt finish.

Pours jet black with a nice tan head that settles pretty quickly. Nose has alot of dry roast, coffee & dark dusty choc. Palate translates well, choc notes dominating but has good balance. Lively carbonation dres up the palate & makes it very creamy. Finishes with dry roasted malt notes lingering. Overall a very good stout, pretty robust in the choc department but still very balanced with coffee notes. As said below is quite delicate yet robust.

Bottle. Pours pretty much jet black with a large tan head that diminishes quickly to surface cover. Aroma is fairly light with notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, vanilla and coffee beans. Flavour is more substantial than the aroma but is otherwise pretty much the same. Smooth mouthfeel, a little thin and with high carbonation but with a long, creamy, roasty finish. This is a nice stout, the chocolate element is very subtle but on the whole everything is well balanced and surprisingly delicate.