St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle at delerium cafe, brussels. This was soo upsetting, i mean i dont like stouts generally, but this was something i was soo looking forward too but no one at the table wanted to drink it and we left over half of it, it was a dreadful attempt at a beer. Liquire and roasty malt character, some coffee in there too. Really one dimentional and utterly rubbish beer. Im suprised i gave it over a 1.

This beer rocks! The aroma holds huge notes of milk chocolate and hickory smoke with lesser notes of vanilla, dark coffee, cinnamon and toasted nuts. This stout pours thick and black. Even when held up to extremely bright light, this beer is black, black, black! A lazer beam shot from the head of a "frickin’ shark" couldn’t pass through this glass of liquid fudge. Large, rocky, deeply tanned head. Mostly diminishing with excellent lacing. The flavor is extremely well balanced. Bursts of smoke, espresso and dark chocolate up front. Excellent blend of acidity, mild bitterness and a light tartness on the backside. Just a hint of vanilla on the tongue. Medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel. Fizzy carbonation and a short crisp, clean, dry finish. This gem has a balanced flavor rarely found in an Oatmeal Stout. Sweet Stout??? I don’t think so.

Pours a mostly opaque black with dark mahogany edges and a sporry-lacing frothy light brown head. Aroma of semi-sweet, earthy dark chocolate and roasted malts. Taste of roasted oats and chocolate malt, with a relatively full mouthfeel. Finishes smooth, bittersweet and roasty, a nice oatmeal stout.

dark colour, fine lace, toasted, coffee aroma, smooth, full-bodied, nice bitterness

Bottle. Finally got to try this one. Very solid stout indeed. Medium to full bodied, with an extremely well balanced flavour. Smoky mocha chocolate characters, with touches of licorice. The flavour seems to go forever, very good indeed, especially for 5%, yum!

Deepest brown, nearly black; brown-greige head, thick & dense, leaving lace. Nose of burnt coffee, cigar tobacco, dark green leaves (aucuba...). Dark black coffee taste, fully roasted grain. There is a definite grain taste -vaguely reminiscent of diet flakes, all-bran, Knäckebrod, etc. - oatmeal, no doubt. Very bitter finish, both burnt grain and hops - not very noble though. Not very well-bodied, rather watery texture, the oatmeal notwithstanding. This is certainly a good stout. But where it hails its world-classic status from, is an enigma to me.

Deep brown colour with a light brown head. Roasted malty aroma with coffee notes and some faint hops. Roasted malty flavor with a light smokyness and notes of hops. Thanx to Engelsmann for sharing.

Bottle: Pitch black, lacing tanned head; roast malt and some slightly sourish fruitiness in the nose, hints of liquorice and coffee; dry bitter flavour; coffee, roast malt, dark fruits in the dry, lingering finish, light bodied. A satisfying, moreish stuff ! Danke vielmals, Jonas !