Schooners Oatmeal Stout

On tap at the Schooner’s Brewery/Restaurant in Antioch. Served to me from brewer Craig right from the holding tank. It pours with mocha head and deep dark color with the thinnest edge of garnet. There is a big aroma of oatmeal twang, roasted to burnt malts and maybe a hint of lactose. Maybe the lactose I’m sensing is really the oatmeal melding with a hint of sweet malts. Inviting. The flavor doesn’t mess around. There’s bold burnt and roasted malts mixing with oatmeal and a slight malt astringency (might just be a vague hop bitterness that seems astringent). Toward the finish the burn malts remain and ride into the after taste. This has a nice bold flavor and a body that seems just right.

2007 GABF Dark pour, tan head, small lace. Well roasted aroma, touch of chocolates, very mellow and quite nice. Palate is to thin. Well roasted light chocolates touch of coffee, nice but a bit small.

Bottle. Nose-smokey, sweet soy. Taste-medium oatmeal, dry, sawdust, roastiness, mocha, good lacticness, good iced coffee, medium thinness, good amount and mix of roast and oatmeal. Good sweetness and cream.

Draft. Black pour with a creamy tan head that coats the glass as you drink. Chocolate malt aroma with a touch of grain and coffee. Thick mouthfeel. Pretty fruity with tons of chocolate and a strong bitterness. Slight coffee notes. Clean finish and a lingering bitterness.

Date: 02/21/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

ruby edges, wispy beige head, big dry roasted malt aroma with chocolate that emerges upon warming, creamy body, roasted malt flavor, too much bitterness,
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Date: 02/26/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005

chocolate and light roasted aroma, same creamy body, same roasted malt flavor, showing some age,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4