St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Foam Rangers January meeting. Dark brownish black with tan head. Rich coffee and chocolate nose with distinct sweetness in each. Flavor is roated matls, creamy chocolate and coffee. Very nice.

Bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar. Thanks. I ’ve been wanting to try this one for a long time.

Pours very, very black and thick, elegant tan head, full but with lovely fine bubbles. This one’s a five on appearance. Rich chocolate aroma, slightly metallic, inous hints, malty. Whispers of smoke and grape on the bitter-chocolate-dominated flavor, gently, gently sour, easy drinking, hints of sweetness ducking in at unexpected moments in the flavor profile, that smoke lingering into the finish beyond any serious trace of the hops.

After dozens of great big impy stouts, it’s so refreshing to sit down with a classic like this one. Beautifully done.

Bottle. Tan head, rapidly dissipates. Black, opaque body. Strong malt in aroma, and sweet nose. Sweet dry finish. Malty and fairly good.

Robe noire opaque surmontée d’une mousse beige persistente en dentelle. Arômes de café, de chocolat, d’avoine et de levure. Saveurs d’avoine, de chocolat et de café. Capiteuse en bouche.

Bottle. Poured black with a creamy tan head that has a thin layer lasting and left light lace. Nice milk chocolate and coffee aroma. The flavor also finds chocolate and coffee with a light bitter roast background. Medium body, smooth, and a toffee aftertaste. A very great stout!

Opaque black pour with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and pecan, roasted malt, coffee. Flavor is lightly sweet: chocolate and coffee. Nice body and a crisp dry finish. Very nice.

Pours dark, dark brown with ruby hints around the edges when held up to the light. Head is one finger tan and retention and lacing are very good. Smell is fairly sweet with chocolate, vanilla and (surprise) oatmeal. Initial taste carries the sweetness indicated in the smell with oatmeal, chocolate, and vanilla. However, the taste has a much more roasted coffee and malt presence than the smell. The finish is fairly crisp with a slight hop kick at the end. Mouthfeel is medium and crisp with the slightest hint of smoke in the background. This is an excellent example of an oatmeal stout and extremely drinkable as stouts go.

Thanks to aabrewer for sending me this one. The St. Ambroise is one of the best looking beers I have ever seen. This is how a beer should look after being poured--huge black body topped by a huge tan head that sits up there with no intentions of going anywhere anytime soon. The head leaves tons of lacing on the glass all the way down. The aroma is sweet chocolate. The taste is more coffee-like than chocolate I think. The mouthfeel was a bit thin I thought, but it was also very creamy at the same time. Not as sweet as I had expected from reading the other reviews--but still sweeter than most stouts. A very solid stout to be sure."