Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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

Bomber from GM Liquors; Nose first had a light bit of piney hops, then the chocolate took over; along with toastiness; black with a medium, glass-lacing, cinnamon tan head; flavor is bitter chocolate with some oaty substance in the creamy body; finish is light bitterness.

Bomber. Nose is all about dark chocolate, roast and a little black malt murking through with faint hops and chalk. Pitch black pour with a pretty, dark brown dense and rocky head. Taste is big chocolate black malt and roast, dark and sultry, only lightly bitter (from what was expected) with a little prickling, reasonably well hidden alcohol in the sweet mid-body and a viscous, sludge feel going into the aftertaste. Dry and dark. Big story here is the oatmeal! Swimming in it, great flavor. Prunes and a salty end. Lovely citric hops taking over toward the end [along with a little Fuji apple and red berry], relatively mild but contributing a lot, and not of the normal Stone profile; they’re enough to pull this over a 4.0 for me. Really nice, going to go try it with some cheese, should be great.

Bottled. Pitch black with a small to medium brown head. Quite malty with notes of chocolate, hops, grain, hops and a hint of ashtray - also a bit vinous. Quite nice and well balanced.

Great especially for an oatmeal stout full flavor with good mouth feel and a not overly bitter finish.

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........

Very smooth and delicous...just goes way too quickly! one of the easiest drinking heavy beers Ive had the pleasure to try. Reasonably bitter chocolate taste that slides down the throat. Would age well I think

Bomber. Black, motor oil pour with a medium brown head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Taste of dark chocolate, oatmeal with roasted almonds present and a really nice even but bitter finish.

Bottle, thanks M@. Oily-thick black with thick brown head. Nose of coffee, black chocolate, toasted marshmallow. Mildly sweet flavor with slightly dark and smoky edge. Bit of pumpernickel type sourness. Nice thick MF. Roasty aftertaste.