Summit Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

A great new (on draft only)offering from Summit. Smooth and balanced-the flavors are quite subtle. There’s chocolate, oatmeal, and a hint of fruit(plum?).

Truly tragic to see this one go the way of the dodo. Then again, I’m glad I was able to have some at all. This is one of the best stouts I’ve ever had...like Guiness with better aroma and more crispness. I really hope it comes around again.

Tap at union jacks- opaque black pour with thin tan head. Aroma is mild - could be that it’s served a bit too cold. Coffee and roasted malts, along with some toffee and chocoate. Flavor is sweet and roasty some chocolate, sweet grains. A bit thin in body - again could be the temp - lacks the mouthfeel of an oatmeal stout but the flavor is great

This oatmeal stout is truely a far cry from most of the others I’ve sampled in the past. But that was a good thing. I sampled this beauty on the Craft Ale House’s nitro tap, and it delivered a ton of flavor and character. The color was black and the head was a beautiful brown color. There was plenty of lacing left behind on the glass, as well. In the nose, I picked up on a ton of chocolate and coffee notes. The flavors features more tones of cocoa and coffee, but also included some hints of caramel, cream and light hops. The body was extremely smooth and very drinkable. The finish had almost a milkshake-like character to it. This is definitely one of the better oatmeal stouts I’ve had the pleasure of sampling.

2008 Tap. This is an excellent Oatmeal Stout, perhaps the best I’ve ever had. Deep, dark chocolate color with a resiliant, beautiful cream-colored head. This head lasted ’til the end of the glass, which I nursed. Smells of chocolate, maybe a little fruit, and coffee. Tastes of dark, roasted malts and brown sugar with a light alcohol aftertaste. All the flavors work beautifully together, making this ultra-quaffable and fun to drink. Enjoy!

Nitro tap at Groveland Tap. Aroma is complex after head dissapates: caramel, coffee, with slight chocolate and raisin in the background. Appearence is black with a standard frothy nitro head. Slight chocolate bitterness carries through a medium sour finish. Medium full bodied, definitely notice the oatmeal, but it could be a little less thin.

Nitro tap at Barcade. At first this wasn’t doing it for me, but the more I drank it the more it grew on me. Nice toasty, roasty aroma, with notes of cookie and chocolate chip. Delicious flavor, perfectly chocolatey and dry. Supremely chuggable. Best beer I’ve had in a while, the kind of beer that made me want to put down the pen and stop ticking for the night. I didn’t, of course, but I should have. This beer was awesome, second to only Dieu du Ciel’s Aphrodisiaque in the Dry Stout style.

2004 GTM. Cask. Cascading body when poured. Perfect lace and overall appearance. Refined chocolate aroma. Very smooth. Doesn’t have the bite you’d want. Wish it had a little more alcohol.