Beer Works Buckeye Oatmeal Stout

Date: 04/27/1999
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black, thin tan head, roasted malt aroma with a touch of chocolate, good body, rich roasted malt flavor, touch of oilyness, too much malt bitter finish
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Date: 02/08/2007
Mode: draft
Score: 2.6 to 2.7
Words: Brewpub Fenway

dark ruby red? lasting fine tan head, solid lace, roasted malt aroma with light hops, slightly burnt roasted flavor with a lingering bitter finish, a little thin, no better than before,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: **/4

Sample at the Fenway Park location. Not quite opaque dark molasses color, small bit of receding off-white head and no lacing...roasty-bitter black coffee and baker’s chocolate in the nose...in the body, thinness and a bit of oil, bland weak coffee grounds in a dried old cocoa bath, tepid water floats some hints of tarragon later but I don’t care.

on tap-pours a creamy retaining tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is roasty dark malt-oatmeal. Taste is roasty dark malt-oatmeal, faint hops bitterness. mIld carbonation.

(Draught) I had this Bat Brew the night before Halloween in Salem, MA. Pours a dark brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roastiness, light lactose, and cocoa. Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, and chocolate.

On tap at the Fenway location, 5/9/2005. Dark black color, small, creamy white head, low retention. Aroma of black malt, oily roast, quite a good deal of lactic notes and some caramel. Flavor is oddly quite burnt, yet also incorporates the lactic quality. Oats give it a smooth mouthfeel, but there is a strange burnt rubber and chalkiness that don’t go well together. Dark, burnt hazelnuts, soured cream and a bit of sweet malt. Body was medium, with no real wateriness, but the flavor is just off.