Swale Oyster Stout

Formerly brewed at Whitstable
Style: Stout
Maidstone, England

Bottle. Thin dark brown pour with a tan film. Aroma of oats and fresh cardboard. Flavors of water and watery roasted malt. The body is thinner than the old men’s hair on the bottle....it’s actually refreshing at times, as if it were the Gatorade ® of stouts!

Bottle: Pours brown with a loose tan head, I can tell it’s thin by the pour. Aroma, slight smoke, oats, a hint of a brand new freshly cut cardboard box. Flavor, some fruits, sweet oats, some slight hints of roasted malts and chocolate. Body is very thin and watery, and really detracted from the beer.

Name: Oyster Stout
Date: 02/12/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

Black, nice tan head, roasted malt aroma, light roasted malt flavor, touch of chocolate, dry finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Cask Stillage at the Town Hall, Stockport 01/06/2001 Dark coloured stout with chocolaty aroma and flavour.

Cask @ Blakes of Dover, 2 February, 2006
Loads of chocolte in both aroma (could smell it two feet away) and in taste. Ther are also burned sugar and licourice in there. Nice aftertaste.

Too sweet for the light body but the toffee? flavor melds well with the roastiness. Still quite drinkable. Finishes light and dry.

Cask@The Market Porter, Borough, London. A bit too sweet and soft for a stout, quite light, with some sweet caramel, and then a touch of roasty, chocolatey bitterness. Needs more body and length of flavour.

Bottle. It’s quite dark with a little reddish hue. It produced no head whatsoever. I found it somewhat refreshing due to the faint light notes. The oyster taste is existent. This would probably be better if it was paired with a meal, but it’s an okay beer.