Whitstable Oyster Stout

Brewed by Whitstable
Style: Stout
Maidstone, England

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as medium notes of chocolate, leading to a dry roasted finish. The body is thin. Thanks yespr for sharing.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours black and opaque with a firm, rough light brown head. Sweetish aroma of vanilla and hard roasted malt. Medium body, hard roasted malt, some coffee accents and a burned malt bitter finish. 190209

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to pitch black with a small tan head. Roasted, slight burned and bredish aroma. Smoked and roasted malt flavoured with a light bitterness coming through. Lasting smoked and dry flavoured into the far finish.

[Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm] Very black with small beige head. Dry with light body and soft mouthfeel. Lightly salty and discretely flavourful. There’s roasty malt and tobacco. The hop rate is fairly low, so the lightly salty finish has less than medium bitterness. An excellently balanced session stout. The antipode to US microbrews.

Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark London, Greater London England SE1 9AA.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is malty, burnt, coffee, salty sea water notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light light heavy bitter, light salty with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20081231]

Cask@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Dark ruby red colour, brown mediumsized head. Aroma roasted malts as well as coffee. Smoked and roasted flavour with sweet toffeeish hints. Some chocolate also noteable, but no coffee at all in the flavour. Tnx to omhper, for recomending this before leaving for the OMH-rating session.

Cask handpull at The King & Queen, East Malling. Good fullness, richness in the mouth, hinting at the richness of oysters. Sharpness on finish. bit too much burnt malt maybe, but actually a very good half. Maybe even a bit too rich for me. Tasty and well put together. Some blackberry fruit.

Cask@GBBF 2009. Opaque black color, small beige head. Strong licorice aroma, some coffee. Flavor is lighter than aroma. It has dark coffee, some milk chocolate and other toasted flavors. Very good flavor but overall too light. Maybe ok with oysters.