Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Nearly black with a deep beige head. Intense burnt malt aroma, molasses, roasted coffee, light oats, and dark fruits. Medium full body. Very bittersweet flavor. Chocolate, roasted malts, burnt malts, coffee, light oats, vanilla, and light raspberry. I was hoping for more oatmeal flavor, but I think it is overpowered by the intense roasted malt. Good, but maybe a little too burnt. (Draught at Thrash Zone- Yokohama, Japan)

Pours black with dark brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, molasses, bitter chocolate, and slight nutty-wheaty notes. Flavor is roasty and chocolatey with a nice bit of vanilla and malted chocolate ball notes, its boldness tempered with the oatmeal. Lingering bitterness in the finish with slight oak notes. Alcohol is still fairly present even after six months of aging. Nice full, creamy palate, though slightly sticky. A good impy, but not a great one.

WOW huge pour with a big roasted malt chocolate aroma.same on the flavor. Very sweet and syrupy. and a great long bitter finish. This is alot like the russian impy but with more chocolate and not as good but.......still thats not saying much cause its still really good.

bottle, from Carny77. Good aroma, yup, Baking chocolate and oat, little fruity some raspberry and/or cherry,. Blackish brown color, small head, no lace. Bitter sweet flavor, like aroma basically. Thick, body, oily creamy mouth feel, bitter dry finish. Wow, weird, but to me the chocolate and oat see to play against each other, oat mellow the bitter chocolate and bitter chocolate hides the oats usual smoothness. Still kind of hot. Really enjoyed rolling this one around the mouth as it got thicker as it went.

It’s about time I got around to this one. Bomber, of course. Black with a dark brown head, a bit loose. Huge burnt chocolate nose, roasted sweet maltiness. Flavor is very bitter and burnt, malty with lots of bittersweet chocolate. Lingering bittersweet chocolate finish. Nice stuff!

Yummy yummy in my tummy. Dark as night -- very thin head. Sweet aroma -- starkly bitter chocolatey aroma and bite in the flavor -- licoricey, raisin, maybe even some date. (#3492, 11/2008)

Pours black with brown head. Typical coffee, chocolate, nuts, oatmeal. Gets more bitter and more hot/alcoholy as it warms up. A well crafted brew!

Bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate covered coffee beans and dark roasted malts. Taste is warm with alcohol followed by a rush of bitter cocoa and sharp coffee notes. IMO, this is a great stout but it will be amazing in a year.