 Crosling (1854), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Aug 19, 2005 Brown color. Soft aroma, with hints of prunes, raisins, chocolate and espresso. Dry and roasty (not sweet at all), with a pretty harsh acidic and overly bitter malt bite.
JasonG (700), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Aug 18, 2005 Black, opaque, with oily tan head. Aroma has notes of creamy coffee, vanilla, roasted malts. Flavor has a fair amount of coffee notes and bitter malts, with a touch of sweetness. A decent brew, but falls short of a truly good stout.
wnp22 (682), Toronto (Roncesvalles Village), Ontario, Canada
Aug 16, 2005 Deep brown / red colour. Tobacco coloured head.
Smoky almost rauchbeer like aroma. Flavour had
hints of licorice and burnt caramel.
OhioDad (2491), Hilliard, Ohio, USA
Aug 11, 2005 12 oz bottle pours deep dark brown with a fluffy tan head that laces. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel, and coffee. Flavor is more sweet milk chocolate, some coffee, and a touch of oatmeal. Medium/Light body for a stout a touch on the watery side but very drinkable and another pretty nice offering from this brewer.
BeerRules (237), Houston, Texas, USA
Aug 3, 2005 Toasty grain aroma with a bit of chocolate. Had a light brown head on a near black body with hints of ruby. Flavor is full of roastiness and some smoke. Also has a sweet granola flavor. Very smooth. Definitely not a bad stout, but Ive had better oatmeal stouts.
jgentgesdo (564), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Jul 22, 2005 Pours inky black with brown medium head that lasts well but doesn’t lace very well. Nose is caramel, coffee, aromatic. Flavor is chocolate, sweet, coffee, oatmeal comes out, as well as some black olive. Medium sweetness. Rather thin mouthfeel, but overall very good and I think underrated.
IPFreely (1470), Lewiston, New York, USA
Jul 19, 2005 Black in color, tannish brownish head. Somewhat astringent, especially for a sweet stout. Somewhat dry, lightly burnt chocolate. Meidum bodied. Eh, it was okay.
jasonp (1504), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
Jul 16, 2005 Black as death with a medium light beige head, really nice looking. Aroma is surprisingly subdued, just some roastyness. The flavor expectedly starts off strong with roasted malt, charcoal and some coffee then gives way to notes of chocolate/mocha. Not sweet, finish is bitter in a burnt/roasty way. The mouthfeel is very smooth and creamy on the palate with subtle carbonation. Great head retention, some lacing left on the glass. Solid stout, but it has the potential to be awesome if more depth is added to the flavor and the aroma.
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