River Horse Oatmeal Milk Stout

Brewed by River Horse Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Lambertville, New Jersey USA

Pours a mostly opaque with dark mahogany edges with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate with some mild English hops. Body starts with a good fullness and rich sweet dark chocolatey notes with a roasty coffee finish. Nicely balanced with bitter chocolate and oatmeal smoothness. An enjoyable milk stout.

Inviting aroma of all things roasted. Flavor had hints of milk chocolate, caramel, oats, and biscuits. Minimal carbonation and mild hop bitterness helps this go down smooth. Overall, there’s a moderate sweetness followed by a slightly dry finish. One of the better brews from River Horse. If this wasn’t a seasonal (and so expensive for a six-pack) I’d drink this quite often.

Pours a very deep, almost black-brown with a thin, short-lived tan head. The aroma was an interesting blend of roasted and almost caramel malts. Reminded me of chocolate covered caramel candies that melt in your mouth like Riesens. Coffee aromas as well. The flavor was deeply roasted with tastes like that of the smell but with more coffee in the mix. As njbfr said, the beer just wasn’t sweet enough with too much bite, finishing too dry for my liking.

Rich coffee/cappuccino aroma. Pours extremely dark with a short-lived tan head. Blasted with roasted oat malt. Creamy mouthfeel without becoming sticky. Sort of biscuity finish. Not sweet enough for my taste.

Bottle. Huge roasty, milk chocolatetly aroma. Notes of vanilla & coffee. Creamy body & tastes that the great aroma indicated were on the way. the best of the River horse beers i sampled today.

Black, thick tan creamy head. Rich vanilla mocha cream aromas ride undercurrents of roasted black chocolate coffee. Deep roasted coffee and toasted cream flavors balance well on soft swirl of charred dark chocolate. Medium bodied and smooth, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. Great brew and certainly one of River Horse’s best to date...

On tap at Clover leaf Tavern. Pours a nice deep dark brownish black with a real nice creamy head and great lace. Aroma is nutty, good roast, some chocolate, earth, toasted malts, and a light sweetness. Flavor is moderately sweet with a nice nutty chocolate- some yeasty doughy hints from fermentation, but works ok with the dark roasted malts, and has a really smooth creamy finish. One of the best from River Horse for sure.

09 New Years- Well, probably the best River Horse I have had compared to there others. Dark pour and head. Good blend, not sure I picked up the milk but malts and a smoothness like ice coffee was present.