Adnams Oyster Stout

Brewed by Adnams
Style: Stout
Southwold, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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UPDATED: FEB 19, 2004 Cask Conditioned, at the Wenlock Arms, London.
Stout black with a contasting white head. Wow. This stout was absolutely, uniquely amazing. Not full of roasted malts, not toasting or dry but lovely. Somehow green seaweed flavours, perhaps romanticised but enjoyable none the less. Dakar’s world rules.

Cask Conditioned at The Black Horse, Moreton Morrell, Warks. Black with ruby hint and tan head. Lovely thick stout, dry and powdery with a chocolate roasted malt. Nutty at the finish with a silky smoothness. Very good beer, however; this used to be 4.6 ABV and somehow I remember it being a little better.

Cask at the Number Twenty-2, Darlington. Black colour, ruby in the highlights, creamy beige head. Nice aroma of mildly roasted malts, mild coffee and chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel. Roasty flavour, medium sweet (or medium dry, if you like), notes of coffee.

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A black beer with a red shine. The aroma has notes of chocolate, roasted malt, and a bit of coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate, toffee, roasted malt, and butterscotch, leading to a bitter finish.

Cask. Creamy off-white good fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy nice aroma. Week oyster notes. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Some roast . Long moderate bitter finish. Nice creamy palate.

Cask at the Victoria Station JDW. Pitch black with loose beige head; aroma of malty chocolate; soft and creamy in the mouth with red fruits and sweet malts; the finish is dry and warming with richly roasted malts and a touch of dark chocolate. Really enjoyable.

Cask at the Euston Tap. Pours dark brown with a very faint film. Hold a nose of hard, chocolate malts with a mineral quality. Lightly sweet, has some nice charcoal and tobacco, along with a slight saltiness and hints of ham. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dark, lightly sweet malt finish with mild smoke. Really good beer.

From cask at Charlies. Pours dark brown with a deep amber golden glare and a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, caramelish and breadish. Light liqourice. Roasted malty and liqourice. Bitter and dark roasted malty. Bitter and liqourice finish.

A dark, almost black beer, with a strong coffee brown head. A bittersweet malty nose with a toasted nuttiness. The taste is also of butter sweet malt, plus a hint of liquorice and hops. The body is medium for such a beer and the aftertaste is smooth and rounded. (Draught - Darby’s, Swanton Morley, Norfolk).

Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms, London. Black, dark beige/tan head. Decent fullish stout. Great roasted slightly toasty stout. Bit of liquorice. Lovely rich stout. Not too subtle, but a decent stout wtih moderate richness.