Oakshire Overcast Espresso Stout

Brewed by Oakshire Brewing (Willamette Brewery)
Style: Sweet Stout
Eugene, Oregon USA

22. pours black with a dense, creamy burnt tan head. sweet chocolate and roast on the nose. creamy medium body with plenty of big bubble carb. big roasty mid palate with tons of rich coffee swirling around. long dry finish.

22oz bottle from John’s Market. Pours a clean chocolate black with with a wonderful looking large but uniform and tight mocha tan head. Looks fantastic in the glass. Nose isn’t overly deep, strong or overly complex...but mostly silky oat, deep roasted malt, touch of nuttiness and rich bitter coffee...smelling good. Feels a little thin and watery on the body. Touch of vanilla and hazelnut up front, then roasty malt moving into some bitter coffee that doesn’t have the sweet or artificial taste that some other coffee beers can often have. Nice stuff, but I think a touch more depth in the body would really help it out. I am really digging the straight coffee thought.

22oz bottle poured into a tulip. The pour is gorgeous with a thick tan head growing gradually on top of a completely opaque black. No light penetrating this one as the head sticks to the sides begrudgingly on the way down. The aroma is massively roasted, with a nearly-burnt espresso aroma dominating throughout. There is some evidence of dark malts, oatmeal and some bakers chocolate as well. The taste is also extremely roasty but with a little less coffee and more dark chocolate malts and roasted black malts. There is a smooth oatmeal presence balancing the bitterness of the roasted malts in the finish. The mouthfeel is interesting in that it’s extremely dry and roasted but also extremely smooth with good carbonation and on the fuller side of things. This is a very good espresso stout with a thick creamy mouthfeel and good coffee presence in the nose. Good beer for coffee lovers who don’t mind the big burnt malt character.

Pours a pitch black colour with a thin brown head. Not much to the froth but it leaves behind a pretty coolour Instant coffee- not "instant coffee" but INSTANT COFFEE scent right off the bad. Black coffee, this shit is burnt. Burned toast. Definately a lot of oak . Playing pool today I smelled something that smelled like grease. Something burning in the kitchen. That’s what this aroma is like. Taste is really full and creamy. Dark roasted and tasteful in every way. Thanks for the beer brandon!

Date: September 22, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Bottleworks, Seattle
Appearance: black, frothy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big chocolate and espresso aroma, caramel sweetness adds richness
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, roasted and coffee meld together, lots of dark malt bitterness, a touch of burnt character, caramel sweetness brings it back to add a sweet creamy character
Overall: over the top on the roasted, dial it back a notch and it will be a winner in my book
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *** /4

Pours jet black with off brown head. Aromas of coffee, light cocoas and malt. Drinkable espresso stout, I can easily put to pints back.

October ’09 O-Town Throwdown, courtesy of BA trade. Pours dark brown, beige head. Aroma is malty, roasted and coffee. Flavor, roasted malts, plenty of coffee, light bitter mouthfeel, some chocolate with good espresso palate, light bitter chocolate/coffee finish. Low abv and still carries a good roast/coffee presence.

Bottle… October ’09 O-Town Throwdown... Pours almost black and sits that way in my glass with a small, fizzy, beige head. The nose is simple, straight-up chocolate and espresso – mocha. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. The flavor is acrid, bitter and offers plenty of burnt dark chocolate. Burnt, bitter, dry finish. Bottle provided by sebletitje