Big Sky Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Big Sky Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Missoula, Montana USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Pours opaque brown-black with a smallish tan head. Aroma is standard stout, roasty, malty, coffee. Flavor is fairly typical as well, very well balanced, coffee and roastiness, a bit of hoppiness, a nice malt base. Palate is excellent, this is where the oats really come in to play, smoothing everything out very nicely. Overall a good oatmeal stout.

On tap at the annual CBS picnic, and self served to clear plastic with a black/brown color, light tan, creamy head foam, and curtainy cling to the lacing. The aroma was some graininess, and well toasted, nearly roasted malt at this point. Roastiness came forward in the flavor as dry coffee and a little cocoa. Also present were low hop bitterness, not much sweetness, soft carbonation, light to medium body, and a somewhat thin texture. Okay.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2012 Burnt hot fudge aroma. Malty and creamy. Nice nutty toasted flavor. Roasted malt. Pretty thick. Frothy. hints of caramel.

12Oz. Dark watery black, sour sweet malting. Mild oaty crisp bite. Sour and light, alright.

A-- Poured black but looked more like a dark brown. No head at all. S-- Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, a little bit of brown sugar. T-- Coffee, roasted malts, and oatmeal. M-- Light but flavorful. Fairly carbonated and finishes dry. Malts seem a little overdone, as in burnt. D-- Lighter ABV and drinkable but needs more of the oatmeal taste. A little too much of the malts.

Bottle- Pours a deep brown color with a decent head that fades to bits of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, some coffee, dark chocolate and some caramel sweetness in the background. Taste of roasted malt, some caramel sweetness with coffee and dark chocolate. Mild bitterness in the background with a clean finish. Medium body, smooth and creamy. Has a nice earthy character. A enjoyable stout that goes down easy. Nice offering from the Brewer.

clear brown, small light brown head. roasted arom,a roasted malts, faint flowery aroma. flavor is roasted malts, toffee.

03-JUN-2012, bottle @Papsø tasting. Clear, dark brown with tan head. Roast, sweet licorice, chocolate. Thin body. Easy drinking.

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of caramel, roasted malt, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of milk, roasted malt, and caramel, leading to a dry roasted finish.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and caramelish. Bitter, toasted malty and caramelish. Roasted malty and caramelish. Bitter and toasted malty finish.