St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

0.34 l bottle. Black color with creamy tan head. Sweetish and mellow aroma with coffee, hay and caramel. The flavor is sweet, a bit sugary, coffeish, caramelly and toffeish. Candy-coffee finish.

Fantastic world class stout. Tastes exactly like Bell’s Kalamazoo stout actually, but there is a bit more body here, but a slight sacrifice on pure richness. I’d give the nod to Kalamazoo by a bit. Nice coffee taste, and not burnt coffee but fresh coffee. Light brown head and black transparent body. Subdued sweetness, but as you get used to the heavily malted roast complex the sugars start to grow and come forth. Figs and cigar smoke, as well as some slight avacado?

damn i saw lumpy rated the bottle i sent him and noticed i didn’t have a rating, so i searched through my notes, and i found it. cold as hell outside, i can hear what sounds like a drunk yelling in the street, and i am a bit envious. the blood on my arm is flaking off from where some jack ass cut me at work tonight. my feet hurt & i have some burritos in the making as i crack this open. it took a while to pour this. such a large brown head that took a while to subside. i can smell dusty brownies in this. charred almost smokey coffee notes, a chocolate truffle flavor too. very thick, and very good. this is really helping make my rough day fade. if cananda would allow me over the border i’d drive(well once i get a car and my license back) for cases of this. the bitterness of the roast & the coffee notes keep this incredibly drinkable and makes it possible for the lush sweetness not to get old. a chocolate coffee finish that is just the right balance of dry/sweet.the coffee really dominates the nose as this warms more. i’m just smiling and thinking of coffee and brownies. a beautiful beer. 5 8 9 5 19

Pours out jet black with a huge dark mocha head that dies very slow. Tons of lacing going on. Smell is big on roast, coffee, cocoa an minor hop. Taste is oatmeal, bakers chocolate, coffee grinds and a bitter hop finish. Silky smooth and a little thin in the mouth. Insane drinkability, packed with awesome stout flavor but still light in the stomach. Seek this one out.

bouteille brune de 341ml. très noire, collet d’un beau brun, épais, durable, nez très torréfié, goût de café, torréfaction, finale amère agréable longue et gouteuse

12oz bottle from Santa (Crizay). Pours a beautiful, rich, oily black leaving a thick and creamy khaki head. Sweet mocha, dark bitter chocolate, espresso grounds. Bitter on the palate. Bitter roasted malt. Bitter chocolate. Lots of bitterness with little to balance. Medium bodied with a lot of bitter astrigincy. Meh.

Dark black...great frothy tan, brown head. Nice sweet and roasted coffee notes in the aroma. Flavor began with mostly bitter coffee and faded towards a dash of dark chocolate. Very enjoyable and simply great when considering a low abv stout. Fits the style to a T. Nice!

Bottle. Body-opaque body with a thin beige ring of bubbles. Nose=boozy, cigarette ashtray, plastic. Taste-dull cigarette smoke, malt vinegar, butter, light smoke, toffee, light coffee, light dark chocolate, high CO2, lightly medicinal on the back end. The CO2 is way too high, too acrid and butter with just a touch too much smoke. A good example of too much meets too little. I have been looking forward to this beer for a very long time, but this is a little one-sided, and unfortunalty, a total and complete disappointment.