St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle sent by ben4321 in a trade. Thanks, Ben, this was a good one. Pours black in color with a one-finger beige head that leaves a little film on the beer after awhile. Aroma is roast, chocolate, and coffee. Pretty typical for an oatmeal stout. Flavor is very interesting. Starts out as a pretty standard but well-balanced stout with chocolate and espresso notes. Then the roast really hits you. Really gets intense in the finish. There’s also a nice oatmeal/milk character in there. Palate is smooth but fairly light. This is not a terrible thing, as it adds to the drinkability. Leaves a little char in your mouth.

Pours to a luxurious chocolate brown hue topped with a creeping web of mocha lace. Aroma is all sturdy graham cracker crust and vanilla extract with bits of sweetened, old espresso and flavored milk. Sweet, but belying a body full of chunky, muscley malt character. Flavor doesn’t deliver on that suggestion, settling for mostly sweet milk, metallic cheap coffee, sugar, and sterile cherry fruitiness. Coffee tones tend to carry a soapy, overextracted quality. Hops tend to present vegetally and with bits of old citrus rinds. Non dairy graham crust peeks in again with a wink of odd, tangy sweetness in the mid palate. Palate is light to medium bodied; brittle, unsupported, loose. Cinnamon tinted oatmeal and some iron water in a lengthy, earthy finish full of minerals. Plenty of unlikeable qualities here, but none to any obscene degree. Fair enough.

Poured a nice black color with a tan head.A strong hint of chocolate and coffe.Very smooth going down but did leave me tasting it a for a lil longer than i wanted.

Um....I’m gonna assume that this was a bad bottle and try again later. Super bitter and metallic. Pretty much undrinkable.

Solid dark brown body, big brown head, turns into a lasting ring. Taste is creamy oatmeal with cocoa powder sprinkled on top and some roasty hop hints. The taste is good, but I’m not finding it as deep as other similar "light-bodied" stouts. I’d gladly take another bottle though :)

Pours deep brown with a tan head. Nose is rich with chocolate, molasses, a touch of coffee and roasted malts. The flavor is quite the same. Medium mouthfeel and dry finish.

Bottle. Opaque black, thick tan head. A bit disappointing, slight cherry flavor with the roastiness. Rather sour. I had sought after this stuff for a long time.

almost 100% opaque....very deep brown with a light brown creamy head, mostly lasting, with lots of delicate lacing. aroma has some lactose, LOADS of milk chocolate, mild roast, vanilla/chalk. flavor has moderate chocolate, lots of roastiness, bit of a cola feel, lots of hops, quite bitter really. aftertaste is of dark chocolate with a hint of citrus. really every bit as good as advertised! Thanks to MrManning for this one!