Redondo Beach Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Redondo Beach Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Redondo Beach, California USA

Draft at brewery / restaurant. Aroma of roasted chocolate malt and oats. Pretty standard flavor for this style; it could have had a creamier mouthfeel. Good balance of flavors.

Tap at brewpup; similar to the IPA, not in flavor but quality. Good, but lacking assertiveness. I didn’t mind this that much because I don’t normally like this style. It might have made me like it more. Good palate and coloring; spot on. Flavor was coffee, chocolate with a milky sweetness.

Tap @ Brewpub: Dark brown, black, nice head and light lacing. Nose of sweet subtle roast, chewy fig and chocolate, a bit of coffee and gluten. Not that stouty, more of a smooth robust porter. Good though. Flavor is balanced, nice body, clean chalky finish. Par.

Beer has a very roasty aroma. Color is dark dark brown, almost black. This beer is rather light for the style and it tastes exactly like carbonated coffee.

Clear red-black body with tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, mild, some anise, light roasty. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, anise, light coffee. Watery light-medium body, some creaminess.

Light in aroma. Overly sweet for a stout. Pastey with light roasted coffee flavors but stout qualities lacking for the most part. Disappointing for a style that brewpubs usually do well.

Served warmer than their other brews, which is appropriate. Once more, this brewpub indicates that they just might know something about beer. Surprisingly fizzy for a stout. Frankly, not all that thick, either. Mild and somewhat sweet. Tad smoky. Probably their best beer.