St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle. This beer poured almost jet black with a small tan head that did not last too long. Aroma is of dark roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is of roasted coffee that is balanced by the oatmeal sweetness. Very robust. Mouthfeel is excellent. Drinkability is good. Tastes a lot like by homebrewed oatmeal stout.

Bottle. Pours black with a nice crisp, brown head, spider web lace. Smells dark and roasty toasty, slightly sour. Tastes dark and roasty, slight coffee flavor, slightly sweet towards the finish, lingering bitterness. Medium body, on the thin side, crisp carbonation.

Pours black with a thin brown head. Classic stout aroma of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. A strong roasted flavor that is mellowed by the oat. Very smooth. Nothing offensive, a solid stout.

bottle. Aroma has notes of leather, espresso, chocolate, earth and wood. Black hue with a large tan frothy head that leaves average lace and mostly diminished. Flavor is bitter roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, wood, leather, barnyard, and finishes a little sour and bitter. Palate is light/medium bodied and watery soft. Not nearly as good as the hyped description. Way over rated.

11.5 oz. Two-finger lasting head leaves nice frosty lace. Aroma of very sweet coffee and char. Tastes of sweet coffee, charred wood, dry grain, and maybe a touch of sour milk. A bit much oatmeal and roast to be a really great stout. Medium-heavy body is nicely dryish, but a touch too rough with frothy bubbles.

Pours black with a beige head. Bitter-sweet cocoa, lactose, and espresso in the aroma. The oat comes out a lot more as the beer warms. The flavor is straightforward but very impressive: everything shouts standard stout, but it’s all put together in a way that makes this one of the best stouts I’ve tasted. It finishes dry, with espresso and bitter roasted malt, but neither flavor is over the top.

wow. Retried again: Aroma is a rich, malty-roasted sweet, with milk, oats, coffee, milk and dark chocolate, burnt toffee. Awesome, and unique. Palate is a touch thin, and quite carbonated. After letting this sit, the flavors really swing into high gear. This is no subtle beer, despite the lower alcohol. The balance and mouthfeel is so complex, with perhaps some dark chocolate, molasses, oatmeal, and roasted flavors. Dry finish, perhaps a bit light for a stout but great overall. Every tie I re-try this, I realize why this is my favorite stout of all time.

black with a small dark brown head. rich aroma of coffee, milk chocolate, and maple syrup. rich bitter dark chocolate and black coffee with sugar for flavors. medium bodied. an excellent stout.