Erie Brewing Drakes Crude Oatmeal Stout

2008 Flour City Brewfest. Light chocolate aroma. Nice big tan head from the black body. Medium palate. Chocolate flavor is a bit thin, but enjoyable. A solid sweet stout.

Bottle courtesy of beerman6686. Pours dark brown with a thin light brown head. Smells of chocolate, coffee, hints of nuts. Tastes sweet and malty with some roasty hints on the finish. Pretty good.

12oz bottle...aroma--cocoa and paint thinner...pours dark brown with a crazy head of brown sugar...thin body with a tinge of metal...a muddled cherry and bitterness to the cherry...some toffee and a chalky mouth feel..its ok to pound down...not great...probably wouldn’t buy again...but the bottle may be bad??...so that would be the only time to retry , but not anytime soon

Sample @ Village Beer Merchants Erie Tasting. Decent stout but needs more body. aroma of roasted malts, chocolate. Nice roasty flavor. All the elements for a quality stout are here except the body. A little work & they may have something here

Pours a very dark brown color with a light tan head. Aroma of chocolate roasted malts and some caramel. Flavor is of mild coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Decent.

pitch black with slight tan head. flavor is mostly of choclate, caramal, and roasted malt but not an overpowering taste with little depth. some oatmeal sweetness. thick moutfeel. below average stout

Poured an opaque black color with a large, tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, light smoke, anise, cocoa, and a bit of smoke. Taste of more roast, smoke, burnt malts, some lactic acid, more anise, and an acidic mouthfeel.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malts, chocolate, roasting, oats, and chocolate. Poured black in color with a medium-sized brown head that diminished very quickly. Opaque. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, and oats. Medium body. Chalky texture. Lively carbonation. Chocolate and malt finish. Very over carbonated.