Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Bottle 650 ml
Appearance: Dark brown blend with mica , tanned creamy head.
Nose: Choco blended with hops, chicory and full heavy brown malts.
Flavor/Palate : Big heavy ale. Drinkable despite alcohol content. Bitter chocolate with touch of sourness. Good heavyweight brew.f-7+

22oz bomber. I always get excited to try new stone beers. This one is not what I hoped it would be, but still decent. Poured pitch black w/tan head. Aroma and taste is dark chocolate. Had a smokey flavor to it as well.

man!!.. i wish i had cases and cases of this brew, it lives up to the stature of an anniversary beer most definetly ... "i will never love an otter" ... wow, lots of dark chocolate and bitter chocolate in the aroma and taste department ... pours a dark brown .. just plain delicious!! ..nuff said

Bomber from Whole Foods, Portland, OR. Poured a healthy blacker-than-midnight black into the glass. Chocolate, cherries, rum on the nose. Smooth mouthfeel with slight carbonation and a slightly oily slick presence. Flavour was wheaty, milky, creamy, hoppy, dry and bitter. Was hoping for a little bit more of a "bang!" in the finish. I dug this beer, although l liked Stone’s 11th Ann. IBA a bit more.

650ml bottle. Dark brown, close to black body with a firm beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet, light roasted malt, coffee, and bitter chocolate. A very good balance between bitterness and chocolate, I find the flavor more like chocolate beans and cacao rather than milk chocolate, which suits this beer fine. A bit short finish, but very pleasant.

Poured a nice black color with a small tan head. Aroma was very strange, i guess it was the bitter chocolate, and some licorice. Flavor was a bit better than the aroma, just very bitter, but not in a good way, the oatmeal and sweet chocolate flavors I expected werent there at all. i was very disappointed with this.

Pours Black! Aroma is slight coffee, not much chocolate slight hop aroma, smokey. The head is light brown and creamy, mostly diminishing with a little lacing. The initial flavor is bitter chocolate lasting on the back of the tongue, a little alcohol burn in the stomach. The body is medium, the texture creamy. I loved the 11th anniversary and this is right up there, I have a few in the cellar but I’ll be getting more of these to drink now.

Bottle: Pours very black. Aroma seemed a little light, that was the worst part about it. Rich tan head. Strong expresso taste with a sweet finish. lightly carbonated. after a few sips (or the temp rose) the alcohol was more noticable. Drank at about 55 F, as stated on the bottle. Perfect temp.