Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Stout
Denver, Colorado USA

Bottled. Poured black-brown, with a foamy tan head. Nose was rosaty malt and coffee. Flavor was roasted coffee with chocolate notes. Nice soft mouthfeel you’d expect from an oatmeal stout. Nice dry finish.

Pours nearly black with a yellowish-beige, fairly full, pillowy head; it diminishes rather quickly to a small frothy layer and leaves some drippy lace. Nose is simple but pleasant; moderately roasted coffee, toasted malts, and some faintly roasted grains. Flavor lacks malt depth; expresso, unsweetened chocolate, faintly roasted oats. Palate is almost medium, lively, and smooth but watery. Finishes dry with the bitterness of the expresso and unsweetened chocolate. Too many dry and bitter notes to be a good oatmeal stout, but certainly drinkable and not unpleasant.

An awkward stout, nothing seemed to hold my interest with this brew. Roasted malt aroma with warm milk and smoked vegetables, peculiar to say the least. Dark brown pour with a thin tan head and nice lacing. The body of this beer seems flat. Medium bodied with a thin finish, too light for a stout. Bitter, toasted flavor that is a diluted let down. Hints of mild coffee and nuts. Drinkable, but not a stout that I will look for in the future.

Not a bad looking brew. I didn’t check the bottle, but this has only 4.95% ABV, what the hell? The beer is nice a dark. A little on the thin side with the pour. Nice somewhat chocolate head. The head is not extremely dark brown as I like it, but brown enough to where it looks decent. The head is residual, and lingers for quite awhile. Nice subtle chocolate aroma. Not a strong presence of alcohol, or coffee, but the chocolate is definitely nice. As the beer warms the chocolate aroma pours out of the beer. The coffe aroma is there, but again, it is very very subtle. This beer has a nice roasted flavor to it. Actually, there is a strong roasted flavor which I like. The beer is very bitter on the back of my tongue, but overall not a bitter beer. There is not too much of a range of flavors. The aroma was much better than the actual flavor. I taste the roast, but the sweet is overpowered but the roast, and the chocolate is not there. Plus, the alcohol is not noticeable because the ABV is low. The beer just lacks the flavor I was expecting. Not an extremely oily/creamy stout as I like. The beer is creamy, but not thick. It taste creamy on my tongue, but watered down going down my throat. I love the aroma. The appearance is average, but the flavor just brings this beer way down. I do enjoy the bittering hop in the back of my mouth. I generally don’t taste the hops in beer that well, but with this beer it is great. A good stout, but not one of my favorites.

Poured a reasonably nice dark black brew with a two finger creamy tan head. Fairly nice appearance. The aroma is roasty, burnt, coffee. The flavor is roasty, coffee, bittersweet bakers chocolate, light grain, burnt wood, gets a bit waxy towards the end. Starts off nice but has a slightly offensive finish and aftertaste. Not bad.

Dark roasted oat nose. Black pour, thin yellow head. Tastes of charcoal and blackberries, with a slight plum brandy finish. Rather uninspired, but drinkable. No oompf.

Just not a lot about this stout that’s appealing. Appearance is average...dark brown with a descent caramel head. Subtle aroma and a flavor dominated by roasted (burnt really) coffee beans and bitterness. Thin...so many out there that are better!!!

bottle acquired in a trade with The_Captain. thanks Mark. pours a very dark brown with a one inch cap of tan head on top. smells very much like chocolate chip cookies. nice deeply roasted flavor with some dark chocolate detectable. palate it slightly on the thin side until after you swallow, then it leaves a thick sticky residue. the flavor is pretty good but I don’t know if I would drink it again due to the mouthfeel.