St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

This is all that it’s cracked up to be. Glorioius head and nice cascading when poured in a tall glass. Super persistant head that actually forms an eternal peak when you poke your finger in it. Creosotic, pruney roasted ale aroma with a little hazelnut and chemical. Superbly balanced. Tasty and smooth. Not too sweet, bitter or otherwise. Nutty graininess and mild cocoa on top of the porter flavoring. Well done, well done.

Bottle smuggled illegally across the border. Super-smooth and creamy in the mouth, much like if it were on nitro. Great roastiness and a very slighty funky sourness plus a creamy, oaty nose make this an outstanding stout. Totally restrained yet still lush, very dry, and pretty much the antithesis of the typical top 50 stouts you see.

Vintage 2003.
Pitch black with a thick brown head. Roasted aroma with chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet, full and nice. Coffee and roasted flavor with dusty hints. Good taste, but surprisingly thin bodied. Little dissapointing.

Dark black color with a thin light brown head. Roasted malt and oatmeal aroma. Sweet caramel flavor with hints of chocolate.

[118-20061126] 341mL. Hints of chocolate and nutty coffee in the aroma. Dark dark brown-black body with a long-lasting brown-red foamy head. Flavour is very rich bitter coffee, still the dark chocolate hazelnutty present with a little medicine. Full heavy and thick body with a bitter tongue feel. Nicely comes together.

On tap, beer bistro (re-rate). One of the best Canadian beers out there. Pitch black, great chocolaty white head, thick and lasting. Lots of roast in aroma, and chocolate notes. Tons of roast and chocolate in taste, hint so coffee and vanilla. What a great chewy oatmeal stout, this is my go to winter pint.

Bottle: Opaque pour with creamy brown head. Lots of roast in the nose with some grainy earthy bark and dark chocolate. Rich velvety/creamy body with a better flavor than aroma. Richly roasted flavor with some mocha & coffee flavors, accompanied by bitter dark chocolate. There’s also a smoky touch and a tobacco hint in the later palate. Rich malt presence and easy drinking.

Bottle: Courtesy of hopdog via trade. Pretty big cocoa aroma with some vanilla and light coffee. Pours a dark brown, virtually blac, with a small off-white head. Flavor is roasted grain and roasted coffee with a nice chocolate balance. A very nice stout. 8-4-8-4-15

Bottle: The aroma has lots of milk chocolate, vanilla, and espresso. It pours a dark brown, virtually black, with a moderate tan head with decent retention that leaves behind thin rings of lacing. The flavor starts with moderate chocolate and a hint of toffee. The finish has moderate amounts of espresso with some light piny bitterness. Medium-full bodied with some slight lively carbonation. 8-4-8-4-15