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Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout - Stout

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 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 
21253.92/5.03.92/5.05%99.2English pint
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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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thenumber1g (68), Cary, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Good stout. Bittersweet taste. Surprisingly silky texture. Palate is medium-dry. I like to drink stouts alot and this one was very good.


 Stew41 (1040), Caulfield, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Good solid stout. Mild nose of malty sweetness and a pleasant, milky sweet lift. Palate shows the attractive sweet kick but this dries out relatively quickly through some mild bitterness and astringency. Not sure what the fuss is about here and surprised the beer is a 98%er.


 GMUcrew7 (353), Mason, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 25, 2008  
Pours thick black, with a hefty tan head that leaves nice lacing behind. Roasted sweet lactic aroma, with some chocolate. Lightly roasted, similarly milk chocolate sweet flavor. Velvety smooth palate, a very good beer, but it really should be considered a sweet stout.


bobert (6), woodcliff lake, New Hampshire, USA
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 25, 2008  
Coffee like taste--sits on the tongue--slides down smoothly. Great after taste. Splendid Oatmeal Stout. Felt less masculine though after reading up on it, as it was originally produced for lactating mothers ; still would drink it any day.


lowgun1212 (75), Montclair, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 25, 2008  
This beer is balanced really well. The flavors are straight up the middle and represented well. sweet but dry, smoky but bright, smooth but sharp. a touch too much wood and smoke maybe? its really hard to criticize. Setting standards for stout makers.


 JesseM (660), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 24, 2008  
550mL bottle from my mixed gift pack. Pours what is, by stout standards, a ’light’ colour. Smells very faint of stoutness, I guess. What strikes me the most about this stout is just how sweet it is, I can’t believe it’s not listed as a sweet stout. There’s absolutely NO bitterness. Good thing I like sweeter stouts. Very velvety smooth. Caramel is apparent, mild milk chocolate, coffee, with the most subtle hint of roasted malts, but no detectable bitterness. Almost dry in the aftertaste, but not really. Extremely drinkable and tasty, there just really isn’t much in there. Quite mild, but well done.


 movezig (137), Pensacola, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Great stout. Pour is jet black small tan head. Nose of soy, leather, roasted almost burnt malt, chocolate, and toffee. Flavor is very rich complex. Light oats, bitter with chocolate, coffee, molasses. Loved it!


 Beardface (977), Eugene, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Very black pour, like a black hole with just the slightest hint of a tan head reminding us that there’s life out there somewhere. Extremely roasty mouthfeel that warms the palate and the belly as it slides on down. This beer just makes a guy feel loved and at home with the world. Superb.



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