St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle. Beautiful pour: dark black with a huge, thick and creamy dark tan head. Left pretty lacing on my pint glass. Aroma and taste predominantly of coffee, but also some oat, faint chocolate. Some bitterness, but certainly not as bitter as other stouts that I’ve had. Very good, very drinkable.

Well, it’s not a 4.0 but it’s not bad. Brown, almost black pour, with a medium light brown head, vanishes, moderate lacing. Nose of coffee and dark malts. Taste of coffee, dark malts, some chocolate, and some hops in the finish. Not a Storm King or an Expedition or a Beer Geek breakfast. Bonus points for succeeding with low alcohol.

(Dégusté avec french tickler) Tres belle apparence noir avec un collet exeptionnel. Odeur de café, chocolat et cofee crisp. Gout crémeux de chocolat et encore une fois de cafe. Une biere tres recommander!

Flaske. Vældig flot øl, med en diskret duft af frugt og chokolade. Der er ikke så megen smag til at begynde med andet en diskret kaffe. Denne kaffe går over i en lang bitterhed. Rigtig god øl.

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Dark brown with off-white head. A very smokey aroma with dark malts, chocolate, and some hops. A similar body with a smokey finish.

Nose is decent, but a kinda vinous. Some chocolate. Flavor is buttery, chocolaty, and not that great. Finish is much better- rich chocolate & coffee but has some nice bitterness.

Bottle. Aroma of the corner coffee shop. I’m not a huge coffee drinker, in fact I probably drink coffee about four times a year, but this aroma just feels like a lovely, refreshing foray into a local, homely coffee establishment, and I love it. Sure there’s probably some more specific flavors in there, but in this case it’s definitely about the forest, not the trees. Flavor largely continues in this vain but also with some nice bitter chocolate/chocolate with bittering hops. Appearance almost garnered the rare 5, but the head wasn’t quite as refined as I require for a 5, dissipated a bit too fast...it’s pretty, I’d give it a 4.5, I’m just rambling to logically justify to myself my intense internal pull away from the 5. Mouthfeel solid, nothing special, nothing wanting. Great brew.

Pitch black, rapidly fading creamy choco mousse head. Smells like it has more alky than 5%. A little alarming on the olfactory and it makes me brace for that kind of flavor impact. However, the initial flavors are more laid back. Mild black coffee and perhaps some bitter choco flavors. Well behaved on the palate. No hint of impy stout rudeness. Slightly roasty bitter yet enjoyable. Fun to drink and experience. Mildly bitter back of throat flavors do not linger much.