Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Bottle. smells like smokey dark chocolate with a hint of coffee. tan head with deep roasted flavor.

black with a oily brown head. aroma is cocoa with lots of roasted malt and a hint of smoke. flavor is dark chocolate and smoke. i didnt find it that bitter actually, just some dry sourness for the finish

Pours thick black with silky tan head. Smells roasty, chocolatey, smokey. Tastes smooth, creamy, and rich with chocolate, roasted coffee, nutty, with bitter finish. Some taste of cereal grains are present.

Bottle tasted as part of a RIS blind tasting(finished 3rd of 4) Pours flat black with no head. Aroma is hard to find. Some light coffee hints. Taste is nice and bitter. Some bakers chocolate and expresso. Light mouthfeel with some cream in the finish. Finish is bitter with some light sourness. Love it.

Bottle. Pitch black with a brown head. Very roasty aroma with chocolate, tobacco and coffee notes. Creamy body. Flavour is lots of roasted malts, licorice, chocolate and a bite of alcohol.

On tap at the Falling Rock in Denver. Thick, black oily pour with a dense thin dark brown head. Beefy smoke aroma, with underlying vegemite and dark chocolate. Wow. Heavy, full-bodied, chewy, with flavours of rich dark roast coffee beans, chocolate, smoke. Bitter, bitter finish. Loved it.

(22oz bottle) Pours a black body with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee. Flavor of chocolate, burnt grain, roasted malt, and coffee with a dry, bitter finish.

22oz bomber shared with ealdent (and another non-ratebeer-ian). Pours thick, black, and opaque with a thin brown head. The aroma is roasty - burnt toast, espresso - with some dark fruit. The flavor follows the aroma - some chocolate (though it doesn’t taste like actual cocoa, despite the label; more like chocolate malt), subtle licorice, and a healthy dose of fruity, bitter hops.The beer is surprisingly hoppy with a balanced, bittersweet finish with light licorice notes. The beer is full in body - rich and creamy. Overall - delicious. Disappointingly low in cocoa and unexpectedly hoppy (and hoppy is almost never a bad thing...). Perhaps the word "bitter" in the name refers to the hoppy bitternes, not like "bitter chocolate"...