Bristol Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout

Bottle from beerandblues. Dark chocolate aroma and a little bit of a roasted coffee smell as well. Big thick tan head and subsequent lacing. Smooth and creamy texture. Some fruit on the back end. Front is roasted coffee again and bittersweet chocolate.

(Bottled in week 2 of Feb. (presumably ’07) via trade with <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=9357 target=blank>BeerandBlues2, thanks Brad!) Pretty darn yummy...Pours very dark brown with some garnet highlights. Two fingers of level tan head. Nose is pretty much straight up coffee and dark and milk chocolate. Mouthfeel is great, smooth, almost silky, lightly oily. Flavor is classic sweet stout - coffee roast and chocolate. Hints of grassiness in finish. Quite good.

Poured black with tan head. Aroma of sweet malt. Good sweet malt flavor with chocolate and oatmeal hints.

I think this came from crizay. Pours brown with a trace of a tan/off white head. Smells of gingerbread, caramel, molasses, syrup, some pepper. Tastes of spice, pepper, warming alcohol, some chocolate. Palate is full bodied. Traces of bitterness on the finish.

Had this beer on 2/26/1999. Color is black, carbonation and head are very low. Aroma is a deeply rich roasted malt scent. Taste is a dark roasted malt flavor with lightly burnt tones. It starts with a rich body that goes down with a slight sharp feel and a black coffee taste. The finish is a rich dark roasted malt flavor with an even bitterness but no noticeable hop flavor. This is one of my favorite Stouts.

Date: 04/08/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

black, fine beige head, drops of lace, roasted aroma with coffee and dark chocolate, rich chocolate flavor, touch of roasted, light bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle from Kevin, IIRC. Nearly opaque body with red edges. A nice lasting thin foamy head with decent lacing. Nose-kind of barleywine like hops, good sweet malt. Very appealing nose. Taste-raisin, light wood, medium CO2, dry coffee, good dose of tasty hops, light fig, light lactic acid, mildly sticky, kind of thin, but still very solid.

12oz bottle, served in a tulip. Nearly black with red tints. Roast & cream aroma and to a lesser extent, dark fruits and pine? Taste is milk chocolate, roast, and mocha. Sweet flavor, but the finish is nicely dry from the alcohol, roast, and hops. A sweet stout to be sure.