Alaskan Stout

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Sweet Stout
Juneau, Alaska USA

Serve in English pint

Pretty smokey with very little head. Nice roasted malt and a bit of charcoal. Don’t know why it’s called an "oatmeal" stout but a generally nice beer.

Hardly any head even with a healthy pour and it disappeared immediately. Low appearance score. Bad mouthfeel. Sweet and dry at the same time in a bad way. I hate to say this but for me, it leaves a aftertaste of ashtray. I’ll pass on this one.

Deep dark brown pour. Aromas of burnt caramel, with a banana ester that doesn’t quite seem to fit. a nice flavour profile of chocolate and roasted malt, with a creamy mouthfeel. Decent enough.

Rich espresso and milk chocolate, dark fruits (raspberry, plum) and burnt malts. Creamy roasted malts, mellow coffee and chocolate. Some mollasses and fruit. Texture is velvet, very smooth palate. Clean, slightly dry finish.

8/8/08 From the bottle. Aroma is roast and light black malt dominated by creamy sweetness. Appearance is black with a well maintained cream colored head. Flavor is sweet, creamy malt forward with lots of roast and a sourness in the finish that does not seem to come from the black malt. Mouthfeel is full bodied, with strong grainy texture and medium carb feel. Overall, quite good, and just seems a little light on some of the classic oatmeal creaminess and slickness.

Dark brown with a tight tan head. Sweet sour toasted oatmeal aroma with black licorice. Medium body. Flavor is again sweet sour black licorice with oat bran and chocolate. A little too much licorice here.

12oz bottle from BevMo Mission Valley. Pours black with a small beige head that disappears quickly. Nose of dark berry and pit fruits. Flavor was of coffee and toasted malts with some chocolate.

Black color with an average tan head. Aroma is sweetlike oatmeal cookies and chocolate. Taste is of oats as well. not very complex and a little weak. Body is thin.