Swale Oyster Stout

Formerly brewed at Whitstable
Style: Stout
Maidstone, England

Little or no head. Dark color with roasted malt aromas and flavors. Just a hint of chocolate. Low carbonization. Very drinkable. I want to try next time with oysters.

Pours a headless black, but not the sludge-like consistency of Imperial stouts. Oddly, the first smell I note is apples, also mild English hops and very roasty malt. I don’t find the nose up to some of the prior reviewers. I could swear though, that there is a sea breeze in the bottle. Very thin body and flavor. Mostly sweet and roasty, but watered down, somehow. Finish is almost stark, dry and without alot of character. This is a very drinkable, fruity stout, suitable as n accompaniment to meals, but overall, unremarkable. I think SilkTork has stock in the brewery...

I usually like strong bold beers, but this is a beautiful stout that would probably be great with oysters(as the label states). Very light, without a bite.

Flat looking beer with a very very deep coffee aroma. The flavour is very bitter coffee but with very little else which was a disappointment. A pleasant enough beer but not as good as the Irish stout’s.

Very low carbonation on this bottle conditioned stout. Pours dark brown in color with just a couple of bubbles for head. Very chocolatey aroma with some fruit. Body is relatively light for a stout. Roasted malts and coffee finish the whole thing out. Sensed a little metalic taste as well. I would like it better if it had better carbonation.

A very memorable beer. good taste, cool bottle, cool name. Glad I finally found it.

Isn’t Oyster Stout a type of stout on it’s own? Not sweet, but not bitter.

Black with a halo'd tan head..aroma of fishy chocolate roasts & Burnt malts..
Smooth but a tad metallic..roasty & toasty but lacking pizazz..not a sweet stout at all..closer to a dry if anything...light bodied..and a tad bland..
A Bitter dry ending