Black Isle Organic Export Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Black Isle
Style: Imperial Stout
Munlochy, Rosshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter

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18th August 2009
Clear but very dark red-brown beer. Thin tan head. Crispy dry palate. Surprisingly tart. Not getting any oatmeal smoothness. Very lightly smoked malt. Tangy cola. Too tangy for me - was expecting something much smoother.

In bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin light tan head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate and yeast. A little sour with some lemon and grapefruit. Nice roasted barley and chocolate finish. Mild carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel.

Bottle@Home. Quite fruity aroma, some vanilla, hint of cola. Black, light brown colour, irregular head, few lace. Rather sweet, malty, fruity sourness, light bitter.

Bottle thanks to Craig. Pours a totally black hue with a small white head. The aroma is salty, sour, roasted malts. Chocolate, roasted malts, smooth, some sourness, sweet vanilla. Enjoyable.

Black Isle - Hibernator Oatmeal Stout Organic.  Bottle at Sune’s. As Black Isle - Hibernator Oatmeal Stout Organic 7%. Clear red/brown - offwhite head. Lacto. Fruity. Chocolate. Berries. Nutty. Dryness. Light buttery fatness. Light diacetyl. Milkey. A bit thin. Ok. 

Bottle at Sune as Hibernator Oatmeal Stout 7.0 %. Clear red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and light roasted aroma of caramel with oxidized notes. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, dark chocolate and oat. Sweet and roasted finish.

Very nice black body with medium, lasting tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. Tasted of chocolate, coffee and caramel. Pretty sweet for a stout, except in the finish, which was bitter. No big alcoholic kick despite its strength. Full bodied.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted, malt, cocolate. Flavour is alcohol, roasted, malt, chocolate, coffee. Medium body. OK beer.

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A hazy, reddish brown beer topped by a beige head. Roasted nose with some chocolate and alcohol, and notes of coffee. The flavor is pretty much the same, ending with a coffee-like bitterness. Medium to full body. Overall, a nice beer, but there’s too much alcohol evident, even for an imp stout. 091024

Bonus from cvarieuk, opened at PP bottle shop. Thanks Craig! Dry and a little sour. Mellowed flavor, maybe from age or oxidation. Some buttery aroma. Thinnish. Probably not the way it is supposed to taste, but I find the light sourness pretty good and interesting.