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Buckerfields Swans Oatmeal Stout

Buckerfields Swans Oatmeal Stout - Sweet Stout

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 Percentile 
53
overall
Brewed by Swans Hotel - Buckerfield Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout

Victoria, Canada

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
383.13/5.03.08/5.05.4%22.9English pint
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Commercial Description:
A unique blend of seven varieties of malt and oats in this special recipe result in a rich, full-bodied stout, with a strong roasted character, a moderately full hop intensity and a creamy smooth finish.
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 Oakes (8057), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 11, 2005  
Dark brown, no real head to speak of. Aroma of demerara, with hints of prunes. The flavour is toffeeish, slightly earthy with notes of brown sugar and light chocolate. Not all that roasty - has a foreign-stouty kind of character. Hint of black malt tartness in the finish.


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Draught at the brewpub, hand pulled
Almost black color. It has the aroma of the coffee brewed in the office. And the flavor too. Just a bit sweeter, less dry, maybe more fruity. Very common.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 16, 2007  
on hand pump-pours a tan head and black color with ruby red highlights. Aroma is dark malt-molasses, dark fruit. Taste is dark malt-sweet molasses/oatmeal, roasty, dark fruit, slight sharpness. Mild carbonation.


 MartinT (5026), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 26, 2007  
My Bottom Line:
The butterscotch component of this Sweet Stout starts off as an able companion to the crunchy roastiness, but builds with every sip and its exaggerated essence soon overrides pleasure.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the darkest brown.
-The roasty dryness aptly cuts the most of the caramel sweetness.
-This roastiness lingers nicely, even bringing dark chocolate into the mix.
-Carbonation is soft, and would’ve worked with the healthy body.
-Supporting hops are found within the back roastiness.

Bottle.


 mj (4971), Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Aug 5, 2005  
Draft at the brewery
Deep brown color. Up front it’s thick, black, smoky imperial-like, but it falls apart on the back of the tongue. Wet, watery, simple coffee flavors. Some light bourbon, nuts and dark fruit notes in the nose, which is nice, but overall it suffer too much from simplicity.


 JoeMcPhee (4893), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 13, 2004  
Slightly transparent black coloured beer. Chocolate aroma. Flavour also shows huge amounts of chocolate, some coffee, fruit, and a faint roastiness on the finish. Little bitterness. Well-crafted.


 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Jul 4, 2007  
Sampled from 650 ml bottle in Montreal on Glouglouburp’s roof at the tiggmtl-returns/MartinT leaves for Japan party, June 17 2007. Opaque inkiness even in the bright sun, a bit of off-white head....big chocolate-roasty aroma, fairly forward and muscular, but diacetyl is sneaking in behind....sweet, sugary (maple), completely unbalanced on the tongue, little-to-no roast, the saccharine qualities overwhelm and there is no escape from a toothache here....dull mouthfeel, low carbonation.....well, it was better than the Hockley that preceded it, I’ll give it that.


 tiggmtl (4307), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Butterscotch is very strong in the aroma. It overshadows the dark malts and chocolate. Opaque brown body is topped by a low, cream coloured head that recedes to a partial cover with some patchy lace. Buttery character to the strong dark malt flavour. Bitterness is a bit harsh. Quite thin and astringent light-medium body with fair but short lived carbonation. Bottle sampled with Altair, beerbuzzmontreal, Cathschlag, Glouglouburp, Goldorak, MartinT, muzzlehatch and Yowie.



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