Barleys Ol Rons Surly Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Barleys Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Columbus, Ohio USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Poured on draft. Pours a darker brown with a khaki colored head of foam. Aroma is roasty and sweet with some Oreo characteristics. Semi creamy mouthfeel. Reminds me of dirt pie, the shit with oreos crumbled up in a vanilla pudding and chocolate pie crust. Nice stuff.

Draft in a sampler at Barley’s #1. Pours a cloudy, dark coffee brown color with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, cream, chocolate, and toasted sugar. The flavor follows the same lines closely. Medium-bodied, with a malty, roasty mouthfeel and bitterness at the end. Medium carbonation. Solid oatmeal stout.

Solid, but safe, oatmeal stout. Very black pour, cocoa colored head. No real aroma to it, but a smooth malty flavor and a sharp roasty finish.

Sample at the Alehouse. Darkest brown pour with a medium tan head. Coffee nose with some cream and sweet malt. Sweet malt flavor with vanilla, chocolate and a coffee finish.

Draft@ Barleys Pours a deep dark brown with a decent tan head. This one laces excellently. Has a good roasted coffee aroma. Has a decent amount of carbination. The flavor was good. Has touches of chocolate and heartiness. Has a thick texture and a full body. Did not seem to be high ABV. Has a solid finish, and good aftertaste. Overall I liked this one a lot.

Tap @ Alehouse: Pours a very dark brown with lighter brown highlights, ring of tan head. The aroma has a nice roastiness to it and smells a bit like burnt sugar. Flavor is scalded milk, rich chocolate malts, some dark chocolate and chicory coffee. There is a little bit of toasted caramel malt in there as well. Finishes like a dark coffee roast. A bit bitter.

Objectively speaking: A brown, sweet and globally nondescript stout saying soft in every fashion.
I like: Can’t blame it of being agressive. Rather large initial head, though it quickly fades. Minimal coffee roastiness.
I dislike: No filling oatmeal presence, light-bodied and rather watery. Sweet, almost sugary palate never gets sufficient roastiness to be balanced. Blatant lack of depth for a beer scoring above 3.5.

Dark, of course. Sweet, milky roast aroma. Sweet, a bit vacant in the middle, toasty and fruity. Fairly heavy body, but silky and watery at times. Sweet finish.

On tap at the Alehouse.Pours a gloomy black.with a small khaki head that laces on the edge of the glass nicely.The nose was a wonderful roastedness of coffee.The flavor was creamy with some burnt coffee and mild bitterness.Finished off creamy and bitter.

Opague with a tan creamy head and lace. Burnt coffee with a bit of chocolate. A medium bodied beer with good carbonation. Pretty solid body just off a tick on body and flavor. Close to being a damn fine beer.