Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice dense tan head that seems to fade fast. Aroma of fresh hops out of the bottle but definitely showing more oatmeal and roasted malt in the glass. A bunch of caramel and sugars also grace the aroma. Medium-bodied; Nice complex taste with hops again showing remarkably first then oak, vanilla, figs and oatmeal. Aftertaste shows the caramel and sweetness but the alcohol aftertones and smoke goes nicely. Overall, a nice beer and great to try without being horribly overpowering! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from K&E Discount Beverage in New Paltz, New York on 07-April-2008.

The Dan Journal #165. Tasted 4/5/08. 22oz bomber. Dark brown hued. Medium sized beige bubbled head. Cocoa and toffee aromas. Full bodied with big malts. Smooth with a nice rolling malt driven palate. Thin? Or just nicely melded? Tart coffee flavors. Crisp and tingling effervecence. Chocolate notes with mild acidity. Subtle fruity esters. Great drinkability, but a touch light.

Black molasses with an oatmeal stout-like creamed head that thins fast. Smooth, yet pungent, black patent is keenly noticeable in the aroma. Dry black patent flavor with an appealing charcoal smokiness, but unfortunately lacks complexity. Well-balanced, but dry, probably only increased by the oaking. To me, this is a porter, and a solid one.

Pours a deep dark brown with a three-finger, pitted, beige head that laces nicely and takes its time diminishing. The aroma is of chocolate, on the pour. After subsiding I get notes of: roasted malt, light ash, lactose and, again, chocolate. Medium to full-bodied and silky-slick with a lingering, nicely bitter, roasted finish. The flavor is of sweet, roasted malt along with bitter chocolate and lactose notes, up front, transitioning to a roasted and earthy bitter-hopped finish (with just a touch of dry oakiness in the aftertaste). The hops really come forward as it warms. This is a fairly tasty stout and one of those beers that I found to be better than the sum of its parts; pretty nice.

22oz bottle. pours dark black with soapy tan head. nose is very roasty, some chocolate and oak. flavors are mostly roasty, dry baker’s chocolate, mild oak notes. dry finish that sits heavy on the palate.. initially it seems rather watery. fizzy carbonation.

Everything with this one is just a bit off; from the burnt toast aroma, to the absence of oakiness for being oak-aged, to that train wreck of a name. Overbearing bitter coffee aftertaste conceals the oats of the oatmeal stout. Pass!!!

Yaaaammmmyyyyy... Luscious beer. They can keep the name though. Pours with a very creamy tan head and plenty o lace. Creamy svelte body, just a bit of tang at the end. Bitter chocolate and coffee beans, can almost feel the crunch. Short finish. Good stuff Maynard. Having a bottle of this at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Brown black with a reasonably sized tan head and nice lacing. Aroma is a bit chocolatey with some brown sugar. Taste is same with a bit of bitter roast. Relatively light in body, it has a bit of tannic astringency. $5.75/22oz