Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

Bottle. Black with a thick and dense cappuccino coloured head. Aromas of coffee with sugar, toffee, roasted malt and cocoa powder. Flavour of sweet malt, roasted malt, chocolate, dried fruit and coffee. This is a classic..

pours black with nice tan lacing. smells of caramel, roasted malt, and some bitter chocolate. taste of roasted malts and sweet toffee.

Bottle from a pizzeria in west philadelphia. I am genuinely surprised to see the high ratings on here - I usually rate on the low side, but not like this! Pours like hot maple syrup. Tastes like cold maple syrup (e.g. 1000% too sweet). Smells like a bad cup of coffee. Finish reminiscent of oatmeal that was cooked along with a bar of soap. Either I got a bad bottle, have gone quite mad, or something seriously weird is going on.

Bottle at the Chandos, London. Sweet gentle roast malts with a hint of liquorice and toffee. Plenty of fresh tasting english hops in the finish. Good mature natural tasting carbonation and attractive lacing. Classy beer.

Bottle: Pours very dark brown with a ruby red hue. Large light brown head eventually disappears. Not an overly powerful aroma, but you can pick up some chocolate, cream, oats and sweet fruit. Very smooth tasting. Nice chocolate malty taste with hints of raisin. Bitter cocoa finish. Not a heavy stout but its not lacking in body. Dry, creamy texture. Not too sweet, not too bitter.

Pours a very nice dark brown color. Smells of oatmeal, almost raisin. Complex taste, with coffee, chocolate, malts and other grains, smooth and enjoyable.

Pours similar to a dunkelweisen, dark with a tan head. Had a hint of chocolate on the nose and had a very nice grain taste with a tart finish. This is probably the smoothest beer I’ve ever drank, goes down like it’s not even there.

Bottle, black color. Aroma of roasted malt with raisin notes. Very smooth taste highly drinkable. Strong dark malt taste with a slightly sweet taste that has raisin undertones.