Tröegs Scratch 5

Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury. Pours black with a thin tan head. Caramel, vanilla, coffee. Smells amazing. Smooth coffee flavor and a long smooth finish.

Pours a very dark amber brown color with reddish chestnut brown edges when held to a light source and a huge foamy beige head with excellent retention leaving chunks of lacing here and there on it’s way down. Sweet alcohol aroma with a lot of dark fruit notes and an underlying roasted chocolate malt backbone. Hints of chocolate, toffee, coffee and oatmeal. Medium bodied that is slightly watered down. Pretty hoppy up front with a lot of oatmeal flavor followed by by a smooth roasted maltiness with hints of chocolate, caramel, oatmeal, burnt toast, coffee, toffee and a sweet yet dry hop finish.

12oz Bottle. Thanks for sharing FooFaa! Soft, slightly oxidized alcohol and carameled brown sugars. A bit of deeper grains. Pours a dark clear brown, with a yellowish tan. Flavor is genericly sugar and alcohol. Hot. Hot. Hot. I can’t dig much out other than some plain malt, darker sugars, and a bit of grain. Past peak, probably. As an Imperial stout, this seems sub-par.

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ Courtesy of Secret Santa ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, fresh raisin, prune, licorice notes, light alcoholic. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy - oily, carbonation is soft. [20090220]

12oz bottle from MrBendo - thanks, Todd!!! Super yummy aroma on the pour from this bad boy. I’ve enjoyed the regular oatmeal stout from Troegs, and this amped up version is pretty tasty too. Oddly thin pour, looking more like an old ale or a brown, but the mouthfeel is somehow just fine, velvety and thick. Lots of chocolate and caramel for sure, and I wish there were just a bit more of the roasted quality. But overall this is a fine brew, which they should do again.

Poured black with tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted coffee. Light coffee and chocolate flavor. Medium body. Solid.

Near black in colour with a thin tan head, good lacing. The aroma is lightly roasty, some white sugar, dark fruits and chalk. The flavour is quite sweet, roasty, dark malts, unsweetened bakers chocolate. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes medium length, moderately bitter with some chocolate malts.

Not overly alcoholic but at times you can notice it. A bit harsh and acidic at times.

355ml bottle obtained in a trade with TheCheeseMan, thanks Dan.
Opened on November 9, 2008.
Bottled 2007.

12oz bottle from a trade a ways back....pours an almost black pour, closer to a dark brown with a thin wispy white head..... sour yeasty, roasted malt, red fruit, and chocolate aroma that seemed a bit off.... flavors recover a bit with chocolate, dark fruit, roasted malt, and a little booze. smooth mouthfeel with light carbonation.