Coniston Special Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Coniston
Style: Stout
Coniston, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle. Very dark brown color, near black. Medium thin frothy beige head. Medium mild, sophisticated aroma of roasted malt, hops and lemon. Dry texture. Fruity finish with licorice. Slick feel.

I expected more of this, stingy carbonation even as I let it in the glass a while. Toasted and bitter chocolate

500 ml bottle.
Pours a black colour with a white head. Aroma of dark chocolate, salty licorice and some herbs. Flavour of roasted malts, herbs, chocolate, bitter coffee and bread. Light bodied, thin mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Needs a heavier body, now this is just too thin.

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50 cl bottle @ home. BBE 28.04.2014
Aroma has chocolate, some tar and distant peaty notes. Also some English hops, hints of hay and ash. Flavour has English hops, toffee, chocolate, ash, peat and some slightly salty licorice. Finishes with herbs. Smooth, althouth slightly watery palate. Decent.

Bottle. A colabrown beer with an almost medium and beige head. Aroma is quite mild and simple, roastiness, chalk and hint of fruityness. Taste is dry and roasted, some chalk, hint of coffee. Quite light bodied, low carbonation. Not very convincing beer, too mild and simple.

Bottle from Tesco Formby 210113
Black, thin ruby edges, nice frothy rich tan head, good lacing
Aroma - roasted malts, light chocolate, bit yeasty, dab of spicy hop
Taste - dark roasted malts, soft coffee and chocolate, touch of burnt crust, touch of dark fruits, not that complex
Palate - medium carb, thin to medium body, not as smooth as I expected for an oatmeal stout but texture fairly oily and quite creamy. Finish - roasted malts, some coffee grounds, bitter chocolate
Overall - Fairly bitter roasted stout, not that complex in the bottle, prob better on cask

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 24 Nov 2012) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with coffee, dark chocolate, ashes and toasted oats. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, hints of ashes, toasty oats and a roasty bitterness in the finish. Rather light body, quite dry. Nice one.

Half-pint, hand-pulled at the Firs Club, Codsall on 17 Nov 2012. Very dark body: almost black in colour, with a good, deep biege/tan head of foam. The nose and taste were simular, dark chocolate and ground coffee being the main flavours I found. medium bodied for the style, neither rich or watery, just about right. The beer finishes with a mild bitterness that sets the mouth off towards a hop dryness and you wanting another gulp of the brew.

bottle, nice smooth roast and coffee malt, black, clear, brown minimal foam, well balanced medium sweetness wiith medium dry bitterness, medium body, slick feel, soft carbonation, long finish, very nice proper stout. good stuff