Millstream Colony Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Millstream Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Amana, Iowa USA

Bottled. A dark red - almost brown beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and lots of caramel, almost caramel soup, making it a bit cloying towards the finish. The body is a bit light. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of pepsican. Pours an opaque dark brown with an orange hue and a small light brown head. Sweetish aroma of hard roasted malt. Quite full-bodied for such a low ABV beer with plenty of sweetish roasted malts a whiff of coffee and an edge of dried fruits. Has a light malt bitterness in the finish. 220808

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to black with fully diminished tan head. Almost smooth mouthfeel. Chocolate and roasted malt aroma, quite dark and slight roasted. Roasted malt base flavour with a smooth chocolate note and a reappearing roasted malt flavour showing a distinct acidity into the finish. Lingering chocolate malty finish.

Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (220808)

Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

black with ruby edges, fine tan head, bits of lace, dark chocolate aroma with a touch of sweetness and a hint of roasted, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, light roasted,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

(12oz bottle, thanks MilkmanDan) Small tan head atop a black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, some cherry, butter, light coffee. Taste is medium sweet, chococoffee, some roast, light burnt. Watery medium body. Despite its unusualness, by no means is this a bad beer.

12oz bottle. Poured a dark, dark brown (almost black) color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of oats, chocolate, some roastiness, and coffee. Tastes of some oatiness, chocolate, and lighter coffee. I thought this one smelled pretty damn good and was somewhat let down with the tastes (on the weaker and thin side).

An Oatmeal Stout lager? Hmmm? Pitch black lager. The nose releases wafts of vanilla, milk chocolate, coffee, cola and buttermilk. The flavor is pure chocolate buttermilk. This bottle just has to be infected. So very pungent, but other raters have stated the same. Very tart and lightly chocolatey. Medium-bodied a dry mouthfeel with fizzy carbonation. Short, sour finish. I really like sour beers, but I can’t imagine the brewer actually intending this sort of pungency in an oatmeal stout. The commercial description concurs. Bigtime points deducted for flavor. I can’t really say pass up on this beer as another bottle may be much better than mine.