St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle generously given to me by Ross on our first trade. I had been wanting that for awhile.This says best by nov 30. 2006. Uh oh! Pours deep brown black with a brown head. Strong aroma of dark chocolate and burnt malts. Nice slick mouthfeel. Initial flavor of dark roasted malt, unsweetened chocolate, dried oats, and peppery hops. Very expresso like bitter finish. Not much sweetness at all on this one. My first bottle, so I am not sure if this is past its prime or not. Good, but I would love to try a fresh one.

A taste treat from Dave (pootzboy) in Canada. Thanks, Buddy! Pours a beautiful black and tan: black body with foamy tan head. Decorous lacing. The aroma is roasted malts, subtle coffee and chocolate notes. Full and rich bodied, smooth and creamy in the mouth. Just the slightest hint of carbonation. The flavor was a beautiful blend of roasted coffee and Dutch cocoa and malt. This is a stout I can live with. Would love to taste side-by-side with Dark Lord, Siberian Nights, Speedway, and Stone Imperial. Stoutie Ecstasy. Thanks again, Dave.

341ml bottle from alexsdad06 - thanks, Brad! Nice roasty smell, just as I remember from an earlier sample. Big and bold, and a nice rich dark color too. The flavor, however, is very prominently oaky to me. Certainly the roast and the choco malts are in there, but there’s a noticeable tart/sweet strain in there that really recalls oak barreling (and yeah, I know there’s nothing that suggests this was actually done to the beer). Just a hair too thin for my blood as well.

en roasting with flavor, smokey and cocoay with semi sweet malts and bitter flavors. smooth and soft.

Pours black with a light brown foamy head. Smells of malts. Sweet with aromas of malts, some caramel and dark chocolate and hints of smoke. Also somewhat buttery in the early finish (not so good). Light bodied. High, sharp carbonation. Lots of toasted malts in the finish.

On tap (nitro) in Toronto. I don’t get the buzz here. Its a nice beer with chocolate, coffee and an intensely bitter finish. Still, the nitro kills the nose and while the finish sticks around for a really long time I find it overly bitter. Maybe its better out of a bottle?

Black of color with a nice brown head. An aroma of roasted malt, coffe, liqurice, salty notes and hints of smoke. A flavor of liqurice, salty notes, hints of smoke and coffee.

Poured into an English pint. Pours very a very silky and seductive opaque black with a long lasting brown head and nice lace. Aromas of cafe mocha, and, Whoppers malted candies. Well blended roasted and chocolate flavors take center stage, with a subtle hop character. I bit of sourness that doesn’t exactly offend, but can certainly be done with out. Velvet across the tongue. Very worthy of its position, yet under rated. Thanks a million to Saarlander for the hookup.