Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Escondido, California USA

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.

Pours dark brown with a nice tan head. Smells of chocolate, pepper, roasted malt, some dark fruit. Tastes bitter and caramelly with some nice chocolatey hints on the finish. Another great beer from a great brewer.

Pours dark brown with big brown head. Aroma is of chocolate, roasted malt and alcohol. Flavor has a bitter bite up front with chocolate, alcohol and coffee. Nice mouth feel with bite on the finish as well.

Bomber. As it pours out black as midnight on a moonless night, a thin brown head forms which hangs for a while, and I can tell already this is something special. When a beer can be mistaken for motor oil.... good. The first taste, there is the bitterness. Clinging to the tongue like a parka in winter in buffalo. I’ve had some chocolates where the chocolate is overpowering the beer flavor, but not so here. It is there, to be sure, but in the background, hiding the ABV. The label on the back reads of a diary of a world without hops. Oh well... give me this, and I’ll be happy.

Pours a thick, inky black with a small light brown head. Aroma mostly of chocolate or cocoa with a thick sweetness behind it. Surprisingly smooth. Very tart at first, giving way to a smooth, slightly malty taste that blooms to a chocolatey finish. excellent.

Pours like motor oil with a thin coffee colored head. It smells slightly sweet with a hint of the chocolate waiting for you. The first taste is a contrast of sweet malts with bitter dark chocolate. The finish leaves your tongue dry - like after eating bakers chocolate - forcing you to take the next sip. This was a very good beer - probably for after a chocolaty dessert. I would purchase this again but I still think I like the Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence Stout just a bit more.