Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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

Tap @ Stone Bistro during the RBSG 2008. Poured black with a copper edge and beige head. Very roasty aroma with some sweet coffee. Roasted malt and dark chocolate flavor. Warming with a medium body.

Bomber. Poured nicely-viscous deep brown with a rich tan head. The aroma picked up a hefty dose of baker’s chocolate with flaked oat and lactic sweetness around.. vanilla and coffee grounds as you stick your nose farther in.. earthy and spicy on the very back. The flavor found a blend of baker’s chocolate and sweeter, milkier chocolate at the core with intermittent cofee character.. moderate-to-high roast to it.. vanilla, char, and ashy smoke rode out the edges.. finished with chocolate bitterness and alcohol warmth. Heavier-bodied and a little bit slick on the palate with rising bitterness and warmth as it made its way through the mouth.. lasting, tasty impression on the finish. Solid, but not spectacular.

A great stout, thanks Radek Kliber. Good looks and lacey. Good aroma, a little ourness and hops. Balance in the taste, a sipper, a good bitterness. I will try this with friends again soon.

Bottle (22oz). Shared with blankboy and garthicus. Opaque black pour, decent and lasting creamy/foamy brown head - 4+. Very dry aroma, moderate alcohol, plenty of bitter chocolate and herbal/resin hoppiness, nutshells and some coffee. The taste follows - stronger alcohol, something oddly like cherry-flavoured milk, but it’s about the bitter chocolate, really, some woodsmoke - niiiice. Only average body, slick, somewhat alcoholic and acidic, long bitter resin/chocolate ..... damn that’s nice - packs a punch too.

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+

This Imperial Stout pours an eclipse black color from a 22oz bottle. Small to medium sized beige foamy head, with good lacing and nice retention. The aroma is roasted/burnt malt, chocolate and coffee. A medium bodied Imperial Stout. The malts are semi sweet chocolate, coffee with some burnt malt notes. The hops are earthy. Nice balance. Good carbonation. Interesting beer, it has the full, chewy feel of an oatmeal stout but still has the roasted malt, chocolate and alcohol qualities of an imperial stout. Add to that some very nice semi sweet chocolate flavors, yet with a fairly strong overall bitterness. It’s a interesting compare and contrast, but it works very well. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

2009-02-28. Pitch black with a modest khaki head. (4+) Sweet aroma, sweet malt, rich cocoa and mild dry roast malt, light alcohol notes. (7+) Flavour is similar, fairly dry overall impression, dry roasty malt, and dry cocoa has a dusty character somehow, sweet underlying malt base. Very light bitterness in the finish. Smooth medium bodied palate is a touch under carbonated. (3+) Pretty decent. Bottle from Village Beer Merchant, Buffalo

Bottle. One bad ass demon raising his glass to me. Dark black body with a creamy tan head 2 fingers deep. Bitter chocolate oats etoh burnt malt dry oat finish.