Erie Brewing Drakes Crude Oatmeal Stout

Courtesy of After4ever, thanks Tom! It’s blac with a light-brown, creamy head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, flower/fruit, licorice and I sense the softness from the oat. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, coffee, licorice, soft oat, and very light fruit and even lighter hints of smoke. The finish in this pleasant stout is slightly dry.

German Ulfborg tasting 09. Bottle. Pours pitch black with a small creamy head and lacings. Nose is sweet of coffee roast. A bit ashy. Medium to thin palate. Very ashy. Average drinkable.

12oz Bottle
Aroma: Dark malts with a roasty aroma sweet with oatmeal and added chocolate.
Appearance: Dark Brown in color, clear with a light head.
Flavor: Thick malt flavor very sweet with oats and has some licorice flavors lingering.
Palate: Dry Finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: This was a great beer for the cool night.

Black with a small light brown head. Aroma of fruit, chocolate and licorice with a little toffee. Sweet fruity and roasted flavour with a little coffee

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Maria. Pours a pitch black with a small light brown head. Aroma of hard roasted malts and sweet dried fruit. Solid body, hard roasted malts with dried fruits and a little ashes. Some malt bitterness. 031009

From the Bottle at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 10/10/2008 Burnt roast aroma. Black smooth on the palate and strong in alcohol with a crisp and dry coffee roast finish.

The appearance is a thick, murky black. No light shall pass. Super dark brown, so it looks black. Mocha brown head, shrinks fast. The smell is grainy roasted malts with hints of chocolate. Oily and grainy oatmeal. No sweetness from fruit/berry aromas. Very dry. Nutty with mild breakfast blend coffee. Very good. The taste is mild plum and berry, followed by dry coffee. Sweet plum, raisin at first. Dry coffee, mocha, chocolate finish. Dark and dry. Love the dry, earthy malt at the end. No hops, doesn’t need them. Has a smooth, oily body. Thick and dry finish; a bit ashy. It’s a damn good sipper. Dry and ashy. A little sweet, nutty and mildly bitter.

Black, big thick brown head. Surprisingly faint aroma - maybe a little coffee, I guess. Coffee, flinty flavors at first. Dryish, and oddly thin, but not in a bad way. Tasty and quaffable.