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
2141	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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Hildigöltur (5109), København, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jul 31, 2002 Updated: May 4, 2004

Wonderful appearance. Not as powerful aroma as I hoped. Very pleasant mild, sweetish and grainy flavour with notes of seaweed. A good stout.

Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA

2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2	4/10	2/5	4/10	2/5	8/20

Aug 16, 2005

Pours black with a tan head. Smells of nuts and coffee. Taste is watery and boring. Not one I’d seek out again.

MartinT (5055), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	9/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 8, 2002 Updated: Apr 18, 2004

Delightful roasted chocolate malt syrup…Boiling caramel and keeping the vapor which arises from the pot…A dash of honey with some licorice...Quaffable grapes in a thinner than usual stout body...

pivnizub (5028), Bochum, Porúří, Germany

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	18/20

Jul 28, 2006

Bottle: Completely black with a quite firm tanned head; big fruity (raisins, almost vinous) nose, toasted malt also detectable, but mainly espresso; full bitter-sweet flavour, smooth mouthfeel; sweet coffee, bitter chocolate, toasted malt and traces of hops in the long, long finish. A very rich, complex and tasty brew. Great pleasure.....

JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Apr 9, 2004

Jet black, huge rocky light-brown head. After opening this I was hit with a huge coffee, espresso, and bitter chocolate aroma. There were also some hints of molasses and brown sugar. Very rich and creamy texture. Flavour is of roasted barley, coffee, some faint smokiness and a trace of plum and cherry followed by a long coffee finish with some lingering bitterness. Absolutely delicious brew.

¾ (4999), Colorado, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 10, 2003 Updated: Jun 12, 2006

Bottle - Dark pour, lighter head than I expected. Smells like roasted coffee. Taste was normal at first, hearty stout, but aftertaste was like milk and cream, very smooth.

yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Nov 30, 2005

Bottled. Looks delicious, brown/black with a light brown head. Aroma of coffe, milk-chocolate and salty licorice. Flavor much the same. Full bodied and with some dry bitterness in the end. (051104)

madsberg (4966), Søborg, Denmark

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	8/10	5/5	9/10	5/5	18/20

Aug 29, 2002

I don’t know what it is, but I get high just looking at the this drawing black colour, with this huge cocoa-brown head. Amazing. The aroma is cocoa and coffee. The flavour is silk-smoothe and very pleasant again with cocoa and coffee. Very delicious stout

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