Goose Island Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in English pint

A very dark brown, almost black colored pour with a blood red touch if you hold it in front of a strong light. Head is ochre colored with a creamy feeling. Aroma of wood, leather, vanilla, cereal and coffee. Taste is sweet without being too sweet. Some sourness flavours like that of an espresso. I also get molasses, roasted tones, vörtbröd (swedish bread with wort), dark chocolate, wood and a bit of tar. Very well balanced and quite drinkable for a stout. I could drink this to breakfast, maybe to pancakes with maple syrup.

Bottle. Pours a darkest brown, almost black. Aroma is a bit more astringent coffee than I expected, with some lesser notes of oats and sweetness. Smells stronger than 5% ABV, and it honestly smelled like it was burbon barrel aged or something. Flavor is most of the same. Mouthfeel is very mellow, perhaps even a bit oily. Not my favorite oatmeal stout.

Oily oat texture. Rich and flavorful but one of the most easy drinking Oatmeal stouts I may have had. Serving: Bottle

Bottle. Dark dark brown, almost nonexisting head. Sweet, thick , milky aroma with vanilla. Sweet taste of oatmeal and sawdust, nice bitter finish. Full body, soft carbonation. A very pleasant oatmeal stout.

Bought this a couple years ago. The aroma is roasty, voffee, a little cereal and a slight nuttiness. The appearance is dark brown, light brown head - fully diminishing with good lacing. The taste is dry, some bitter. The body is light, the texture thin, the carbonation soft and the finish some bitter. Shouldn’t have aged this one, at 5% it couldn’t hold up too well.

Bottle. Pours motor oil black, no head but just a little rim of whiteness going around the outer perimeter of the glass. Aroma is rich and full of oats, raisins, peat, and leather. Starts out dry and balnaced, and then reveals a full, bittersweet oatmeal, coffee, and soy sauce. Lovely, just lovely.

(Bottled, sampled 2010-03-20) Very dark ruby with a smallish, lasting head. Aroma of sourish, sweetish malt, oat, and a touch of licorice. Quite sour-oaty flavor, even feels aged (oxidized), with some licorice. Medium to full body, sticky with medium CO2. A quite pleasantly balanced oatmeal stout.

Aroma has notes of caramel, roast, light chocolate, a hint of oat. Pours dark brown, soft tan head, no much lace or retention. Soft sweetness on top of some dark roast, chocolate, caramel, and light oat notes. Medium dry/sweet lingering finish. Easy to drink, well made, unobtrusive.