Erie Brewing Drakes Crude Oatmeal Stout

Black with medium brown head that sticks around a bit. Smooth roast aroma. Taste is a good kick of smoke to go along with medium roast and some coffee. Solid for sure. A tad thin.

Draft at capones. Pours a black abyss with a creamy coffee head. Nice oatmeal and chocolate, with a coffee aroma. Creamy sweet almost cherry coffee with oats and licorice. This was enjoyable.

Tap @ Green Dragon... Poured black with a thin, light brown head. Lots of coffee in the aroma. Silky, smooth palate with lots of roasted malts, a diary/yogurt-like character, and a little alcohol bitterness. Hops weren’t present at all.

Not Sammy Smiths, but still very good. nice dark opaque color and sweet nutty oatmeal flavor. Good one that i would recommend stout lovers to try.

(bottle - 12 oz) Very dark brown, almost black, with a creamy tan head. Aroma is roasted coffee and malts with a hint of cream and oatmeal. Flavor begins very light with some dark malts and chocolate. The oats are very prevalent in the middle but the flavor begins to fade quickly. A mild bitterness comes to the palate and stays there along with a light touch of cocoa. Could use more body, but otherwise has good flavor.

Bottle. Pours a thick and dark brown with a finger or so of tan head. My first impressions of aroma are that it is sweet and slightly fruity, which had me a little confused. As it sat for a couple of minutes, it picked up a lot more dark malt aromas: chocolate and oats with a little bit of a dark fruit backdrop still perceptible. So far this is off to a good start. Flavor is smooth and fairly well-balanced, which is a bit of a surprise for me since most Erie brews have struck me as highly astringent and just a little off. This has a very nice roasted malt complex with a smooth texture and a little bit of a creamy sweetness. Every now and then it seems to fall apart a bit and comes off as a little thin, but all things considered, this is a good stout.

Bottle. Pours near black with a tan head. The aroma is on the light side, with roast and chococaramel malt. The flavor has roasted malts, with some semi sweet chocolate and coffee. Subtle notes of smoke and burnt wood linger through the finish. Very nice.

Very dark ebony pour with a soft khaki head. Roasted chocolate nose. Bitter chocolate up front with a medium roast. Smooth body with a slight charred character to the finish. Pretty nice stout overall.