Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

	Percentile
	99
	overall

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Stout
Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
2132	3.92/5.0	3.92/5.0	5%	99.3	English pint

Commercial Description:
Originally a drink for lactating mothers, oatmeal stout was described as nutritional on early labels. Oats are in the same family as barley, and a small addition yields great flavor. Popular in the late 1800’s, the last oatmeal stout was brewed before the First World War until Samuel Smith reintroduced this style in 1980.

Almost opaque, with an unusually silky texture and complex, medium-dry velvet palate. Bittersweet finish.

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hoppopotamus (182), Santa Cruz, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

May 26, 2009

A nice looking almost jet-black beer with a small tan head that dissipates. Smells great, like chocolate and burnt toast with some biscuitiness.. The flavor is a tad weeker, with some roasty notes but fairly watery. Mouthfeel not so chewy for a stout.

MiP (9025), Sønderborg, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

May 26, 2009

Bottle, 5% at KØ09. Dark brown colour. Mild malty flavour, dark malt. Low bitterness. Good mouthfeel, nicely chewy, but the carbonation is a little high. Subtle but very nice.

trapez (785), Hilleroed, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

May 22, 2009

Bottle. Malt and ripe fruits in aroma. Dark brown colour with light brown head. Sweet flavour with just discrete bitterness. The oats are probably there but not very easily deciphered. Very mild.

tekhna (102), California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

May 18, 2009 Updated: Jul 18, 2009

A nice beer. What more is there to say about this beer, really? I didn’t get much oat out of it, and to my mind it’s not 99th percentile beer, but it’s good. I probably wouldn’t buy it again, because I prefer other stouts but for readily available stout it’s not a bad fallback.

Block (365), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

May 16, 2009

Nice black pour with a cream tan head. Sweet caramel, chocolate and roasted malts aroma. Medium body with a slightly sour finish. Couldn’t taste much oat but a very good beer.

aaronhaywood (74), Kansas City, Missouri, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	9/10	5/5	12/20

May 12, 2009

Very thick creamy stout. Not really an oatmeal taste but definitely different than normal barley.

RichardW (250), Carlisle, Cumbria, England

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	6/10	5/5	9/10	5/5	18/20

May 6, 2009

Bottle, Rehills, Newcastle. A perfect bottled ale. Beautifully red-tinged black appearance, with a caramel coloured head. The sweet, malty taste is perfectly accompanied by a juicy fruity flavour and a roast, slightly smoky aroma. Plenty of body, but neither heavy, nor cloying. I wish they did this in cask, but when the bottle is this good, there can’t be too many complaints. A beer I regularly come back to.....

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