Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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

A deep dark stout with a thin moka head, viscous appearance. Sweet chocolate aroma, chalky, licorice, and alcohol. In mouth, a bitter chocolate, chalky and powdery, smotth hops, rich and pleasing. Bottle at American Flatbread, Post Vermont Brewfest Dinner, July 19 2008 with TaktikMtl and Goldorak.

Bottle thanks to BMan1113VR. Pours dark brown with big brown head. Nose has chocolate and roasted malt on the nose. Flavor has a nice bitter bite up front with chocolate and coffee. Nice mouthfeel with nice bite on the finish as well.

Pours jet black with a mottled dark brown head. The head dissipates quickly leaving a silky smooth beer with a faint ring around the edge of the glass. Aroma is dominated by roasted malts, but the chocolate is pronounced. Mouthfeel is extremely smooth and well rounded, but not to the point of being thick. Dark chocolate and coffee flavors dominate, with alcohol and licorice. Bitterness seems to come more from the roasted malts than hops, as indicated by the salty hints on the back of the tongue. This one is good.

Poured into a Stone glass a nice black color, nice carbonation, nice little fizzy tan head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is slightly sweet, malty, dark chocolate. The taste is slightly sweet, big malts, lots of bitter chocolate. Medium body. Very drinkable, this is a very tasty brew. Thanks Casey.

Bomber. The pour is silent, and comes out quite black and viscous with a moderate tan head. The aroma is just a little bit boozy, with a good dose of bitter chocolate and more spicy hops than I was expecting. The flavor is a mellow chocolate with a sort of wooden and grainy bitterness behind it. Then come rum and some dark fruits. It finishes with chocolate, a little bit of roasty coffee, and alcohol, which seems to meld into a somewhat nutty aftertaste.

Poured from bomber almost completely black and thick, showed little to no light brown foamy head. Aroma of bitter chocolates, hops, burnt vanilla beans and coffee. Flavour of bitter hops, burnt oats, coffee and malt comes through. Extremely smooth beer, flavour supreme, vanilla nicely balances this beer, makes me want more!! Sticky mouth feel, oily in character, give me gallons on Tap!!!! Stone does it again, had in my fridge for about 3 months, begging me, there fore ins gone, with pleasure........

Draught. High creamy and lasting brown head. Pitch black body. Coffee choccolate aroma and flavor with a touch of vanilla and a good deal of hops bitterness. High carbonation and a long sweet aftertaste.

Finally cracked this one open. Bittersweet chocolate flavors and the oatmeal aspect mellows out the body, profile, and sweetness a bit. Roasted malt aroma and some coffee as well. Flavor also has a tinge of vanilla and there is a bit of a bitter hop finish. This one is nice and not overwhelming like many of the impy stouts running around these days.