Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Stout
Tadcaster, England

Sampled at the Sam Smith tasting at Blacklick Wine and Spirits on 2.5.09. Dark brown pour with a medium tan head. Sweet and malty chocolate aroma with coffee and some hop. Sweet malt flavor with chocolate and coffee in the finish. Still my favorite these guys make.

Clear bottle, 500 ml, 5 %, sipped from its glass, best before 11/30/2004; eye: black with a nice tan head, no effervescence, clear, opaque, light lacing; nose: roasted malt, bitter black chocolae, coffée, molasses, really light hops, basemen; mouth: roasted malt, caramel, hops, basement that becomes more present as the beer warms, finale in malt with a hint of caramle and basement, lightly sweet, bitter and lactic, rather thin, lightly carbonated; overall: enjoyed FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, 500 ml, bue dans son verre, meilleure avant 11/30/2004; oeil : noire avec une belle mousse tan, pas d’effervescence, claire, opaque, dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, chocolat noir amer, café, mélasse, très léger houblon, cave; bouche : malt torréfié, caramel, houblon, cave qui devient plus présent à mesure que la bière se réchauffe, finale en malt avec une pointe de caramel et de cave, légèrement sucrée, amère et lactique, plutôt mince, légèrement carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

Deep dark brown appearance with a small head. Terrific aroma of coffee and rich, bittersweet chocolate. Sweet roasted malt taste with a very smooth, medium-to-full bodied mouthfeel. Nice bitter, somewhat nutty, finish.

I really don’t care much for English beer. But Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout? Man, there is no other stout like this one. I’m not going to get all high and mighty and give an intense description. I’ll just say what all the others on ratebeer already know: this is the best oatmeal stout you can get.

a nice stout. well balanced with malty flavors. a little thin. some of the higher potency stouts out there put this one to shame in terms of complexity.

A smooth, sweet stout and one of the better beers from Sam Smiths. Too sweet to be sessionable, IMO, but a bottle makes a nice dessert. A good-looking beer: coal-black with a lavish cappuccino head showing lace and length. Restrained aroma of cocoa powder, quince paste, raisins and tokay, spoiled in part by that a pasteurised boiled-lolly taint. Medium-bodied and creamy. Minimal bitterness and "roastiness". Chocolate pudding, blackcurrant jam and oodles of sugars. Nice balance for a sweet stout. Dry finish. (500ml bottle from Leura Cellars)

Horrible vegetal nastiness in a bottle. I’ve retried this a dozen times since my initial rating and have never been able to get beyond the oats lending a cabbage/broccoli flavour.

Black body with a lasting, creamy, light-brown head. Aroma of chocolate, molasses and burnt oats. Also doughy with a tinge of alcohol. Flavor is heavily sweet with a moderately sweet, moderately bitter finish. Full, creamy body. Almost a hint of dairy as it warms.

I cant’t say anything else that hasn’t been said. Very well balanced.