St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

12oz. bottle. Had this one stored for about 1.5 years. Pours nearly black with a nice brown head. Sticky lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, bitter coffee, and chocolate. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, with a bit of an acidic/lactic kick. A touch of smoke as well. Mouthfeel is on the thin side, but incredibly smooth with low carbonation. I just love how smooth oatmeal stouts are and this is a great example of the style.

Bottle from a mix-6 pack - Black pour with a huge creamy tan head. Beautiful. Smells chocolatey, with bitter coffee, roast, light cinnamon, nuttiness, and a little heat. Tastes real lactic that flows into some dark bitter chocolate and roast. Finish is bitter hops that feel dull in the back of the mouth rather than sharp. It’s a bit watery and thin, and the carbonation is little too much right away, but it settles down as you get through the glass. Real nice and smooth.

On tap at Brasseurs du Temps. What a difference a freshly tapped keg makes! This beer was already awesome pouring them out of near to a hundred bottles but now so much better. Super fresh on tap! The pour is a 10. Black with no light penetration around the edges, thick soft brown cap that never fades and glues itself to the glass. The aroma is milky and more cherries??? creme du caramel. Sweet taste: creme du caramel, tart, dark fruit, chocolate, roasted malts, slight coffee, very very mild bitterness. Probably the smoothest thing on Earth. Leaves my teeth soooooo smooth.

Bottle poured into a chalice with a brown head. The aromas is coffee and chocolate. Palate is thick, heavy on oatmeal, coffee and a little chocolate. One of the best stouts out there, and one of Canada’s best. Best served slightly cooler than room temperature.

Poured super dark brown with an almost one-finger tall, off-white head. The aroma was lots of coffee with some thin chocolate. The flavor was a bit of chocolate and a swig of day old coffee. Thin bodied and it finished slightly sour. Just OK.

One of the darkest pours ever. Just like a dark roast coffee. Lots of light brown head. Beautiful sweet oatmeal notes with a little coffee backing it on the nose. No real bitterness on the taste. Good oatmeal balance to a great stout favor.

Bottle. A dark, almost black stout with a tall, thick, creamy tan head. There is dark roast coffee in the aroma, some burnt nuts, light molasses, cocoa powder. My memory of draught and nitro-keg versions includes a thicker mouthfeel than this. The bottle seems more carbonated and crisp with medium body. The flavour emphasizes coffee flavours, especially espresso with some more light cocoa and faint hops behind both. The finish has more of the hop presence and lingers nicely.

Dark brown to black pour with a moderately large tan head with good retention. Coffee nose. Mocha flavor with rich chocolate malts apparent. Coffee-like finish.