3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Much more widely available in bottle than on cask, so this was a welcome opportunity to try this beer as a real ale. Pitch black in colour, with very little head. Biscuity malt aroma. Roasty flavour with hints of tobacco. Quite sweet. Not very full bodied. Perfectly acceptable, but a bit short of interest. Cask (gravity dispense), Battersea Beer Festival 2005.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this at the Renfrew Beer Festival in October 1991. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with ruby tints and a thin off white head. Burnt roast malt in the lingering aroma. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Dark malts give a burnt toast note to start but this soon fades as bitter chocolate, roast coffee and strong sweet treacle flavours take over. Very dusty hop resins give a strong bitter bite to the aftertaste. Finish is rather too dry and woody though, which came as a surprise as Maclays Oat Malt Stout was a much sweeter stout by comparison. Still a very good stout and worth seeking out.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
<i>Cask Conditioned at Market Porter, London</i>
Almost black color. Very light aroma, some roasted malt in it. Poor body and flavor, some roasted malt, lightly smokey. Boring.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Mes rate. Cask at the Market Porter. Black body with a tan head and decent condition. Rich smoked malt aroma with some slight earth, not amazing but nice enough. There is an odd note of cardboard in the flavour but lashings of smoky malt and some cereal and bread sort it out nicely. Meaty finish with plenty of bacon plus some developing chalky chocolate. Interesting but not quite right.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Charlies.
Black coloured with a beige head.
Light roasted and fruity aroma with notes of coffee.
Light roasted flavour of fruits, apples and wood.
Bland.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A black beer with a brown shine and a nice brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt and some fruit. The flavor is sweet roasted with notes of fruit and a touch of chocolate. the body is thin.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Battersea BF. Thin and watery fro a stout. Some light roastyness and not a lot else going on. NOt unpleasant, just a bit thin.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 25, 2007 Deep black, with a roasted malt aroma, Hint of chocolate, with a bitter linger and a hint of Dandylion and burdock
tk2 Cask Aberdeen Beer festival 07 ... as i said no change.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Battersea BF 2007. Black colour with dark brown edges and tan head. Liquorice stout. Good fullness in mouth, some choc. Some good roasted flavours. Choc/coffee flavours.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity Cask @ Battersea Beer Festival. Deep black. Watery and thin. Sweet liquoricey malts and tart berries. A little boring. Oatmeal seems to have a reputation as adding a full smooth silkiness to the body but this was less richly bodied than most standard stouts.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
NOt as good as the one in bottle as I remember, the features of Oatmeal are hidden but in there, NIce foam.
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