Swale Oyster Stout

Formerly brewed at Whitstable
Style: Stout
Maidstone, England

A black beer with a dark brown head - that disappears extremely fast (the fastest I've seen). Second to none aroma - slight hints of smoke. The flavor is strictly opposite. It's smooth with powerful notes of tar, smoke, and rope to start of, then a little thin in the middle (for a stout), but it ends on a smoked dry bitterness. A great stout.

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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Very dark brown. Sweetish, roasty aroma. Thinnish body...this always bugs me, but especially in a meaty beer like a stout. Slightly oily, chocolatey. Sweetish finish.

BLACK black beer, with minimal head or carbonation. Sweet slightly roasty aroma. Flavorwise, a trifle thin, but decent english-style stout. Smooth, pretty mild aftertaste, but one that lingers.

Cask Stillage at the Town Hall, Stockport 01/06/2001 Dark coloured stout with chocolaty aroma and flavour.

Cask gravity Canterbury beer festival. Aroma of molasses flavour is drier, good mouth feel, finish is dry . It is almost, but not quite there. Chewy malts with some coffee

Pours a thin black with little head. Light roasted smoke and salt aroma. Pleasant sweet roasty body with good flavor, but a little thin. Still a good English stout.

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.