Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Although non beer geeks made fun of this IS, this beer had great flavors of oatmeal and chocolate. Roasted flavors but not burned roasted. Overall great Imperial Stout.

Very dark brown. Roasty and burnt dark fruits on the nose - even more so than in the Zywiec I just had. There is a nice nuttiness to this nose as well, from the oatmeal. Very oaty body. Rich chocolate taste with a hint of roast, slight burnt fruit. This really cuts between your typical low-grav oatmeal stout and a top-fermented Baltic porter.

Cocoa hops and malt join in great harmony. Fairly great density of flavors as promised by the dense blackish-brown pour (it has dark cognac edges and espresso-like foam.0 Taste is a little smokey! That’s the roast character when it warms up. I think the bitterness is mostly the hops. A little alcohol creeps through though not much.... aroma is subtle and rich for the blanket or rich malt chocolate and hops in the flavor.

Full bodied. Pours dark black with a nice amount of brown head. On the aroma I get chocolate, coffee, a hint of sweet malts. Some toffee in there as well and an oh so subtle hint of caramel. Great mouthfeel. On your palate you get chocolate, coffee, toffee and again a subtle hint of caramel also oatmeal in there as well. Great beer! Stays on your palate for awhile reminding you of it’s chocolately deliciousness.

22 oz bottle, via Stateline Liquors. Pours a pitch black body with a great creamy espresso brown head that fell to a thin covering. The nose is pretty great, roast, espresso, dark chocolate, and just a little bit of hops. Smells like dessert! The first sip takes me back though, very astringent and over roasted with too much alcohol and too much hops. The bitterness from the chocolate combine with the hops to just assault the tongue. Hot harsh finish. The mouthfeel doesn’t help things either, it’s just not thick or creamy enough to withstand all this alcohol or hops. This just is not that pleasurable to drink. Too much of everything.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a deep dark brown color with garnet highlights and a medium dark tan head with good retention. The aroma is dark chocolate, molasses, oatmeal, a hint of dark fruits, and cocoa powder. The flavor is bitter dark chocolate. Hey, the title warned us all. Roasted malts, molasses, oatmeal, and alcohol are also present. This is at times a little hot, but I enjoy it very much. Medium-full bodied and one that I hope tastes as good with a little age on it.

Thanks eagle. Poured was as dark as used motor oil major choco head good lacing throught. Aroma was a nice chocolate, roastedness. Flaove was amazing chocolate smoke not overly hot either. Wow another from stone I love it.

Picked up at Five Points Bottle Shop in Athens. July 2008 bottle. Wow, nice chocolate head. Looks lovely. Without a doubt a fine black looking beer. Nice fluffy chocolate head. Nice bitter chocolate flavor. Honestly, the name is very indicative of the aroma. Coffee in the aroma. Smells like a great stout. A very pungent beer. Alcohol is present. Nice coffee/roast/wood finish. Oats due come through. Very sweet flavor at first and then you get that very nuanced mellow flavor. Nice chocolate roast flavor...one of the best. Great brew. Nice and smooth texture.