Schooners Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Schooners Grille & Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Antioch, California USA

At the PP 12-hour fest, thanks Chris Q:

Opaque with a small creamy head and some lace. The aroma has a lot of espresso and chocolate character along with lighter vapours of oatmeal, smoke, herbal hops, pepper, and tar. The taste has a big initial roasted tone along with a splash of espresso and cacao bitterness. Undertones of prune and flinty flavors. The mouth feel is lively and crisp, biting and refreshing. Not your average smooth oatmeal stout, this big dog has some bite!

Dark color. Full, light brown head. Very impressively aromatic for a low abv Oatmeal Stout. Chocolate, roast & more. Flavors are very powerful, with hints of chocolate and roast. Milky, creamy body. Nice balance. A A+ compared to other Oatmeal Stouts.

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy/frothy, brown, mostly diminishing. Body is black (not opaque). Aroma is moderately malty (roasted/charred grain, nuts, chocolate/cocoa, coffee). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Nice malt-specific stuff, but didn’t rock me.

Courtesy aspidites and stoutlover72. Black, brown edges, small tan cap. Nose of rich chocolate and roasted malt, some smores and subtle whole coffee beans, also. Same flavor, somewhat muted. Medium body, smooth and well carbonated at the same time, very easy to drink. Excellent session brew.

22 oz bottle, via stoutlover72. Pours a clear black colored body with some mahogany edges. Smallish fizzy brown head faded quickly. The aroma is nicely roasty with lots of oatmeal character. Some burnt malt, coffee, and a light lactic note. Flavor is quite dry and a little astringent. Burnt and roasted malt up front fading to a chalky and bitter finish. The bitterness is more from the malt than the hops. Lots of coffee on the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slightly oily texture and moderate fizzy carbonation. The oatmeal doesn’t seem to have much of an effect on the body. This was pretty decent, but I found it a little too bitter and astringent.

Bomber. The more I drink imperial stouts, the less I like sweet stouts and the like. This is good for a sweet stout, but doesn’t compare in taste, flavor, and body to some of the imperial stouts on the market today.

Bottle shared at the Columbus Tasting V. Dark brown pour witha light tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and vanilla...some oats and a bit of chocolate. Flavors of toasted malt, bakers chocolate, some light liqorice and vanilla. Solid body with a dry finish. Pretty good stuff.

Just can’t get enough of this brew.Pours real gloomy with a khaki colored head.Aromas of burnt coffee and chocolate.the flavors followed the nose but added was some cereal and vanilla.This was quite tasty.