Green Mill Swamp Buck Oatmeal Stout

As my glass was being poured from the nitro-tap, the beer was a dull ugly murky brown. My better half looked at it and said, "What’s this one called? Swamp muck?" But of course, that was just the cascading from the nitro tap that made it look that way. By the time it finished cascading, it was a beautiful near-black color, with a good 1"+ head of soft creamy tan head. The foam left pretty good lacing throughout the glass. OK, so it looks good. On to business... Mild roasted malt in the aroma. Mild roasted malt in the flavor. It finished very dry, more like a dry Irish stout than a smooth oatmeal stout. It tasted pretty good, but nothing exceptional. Not quite medium body, but the nitro pour smoothness was nice.

More a dry than a sweet stout. The beer is black. Very light smoke in the aroma. Flavor is almost non existent, like watered down Guinness.

The bartender said something curious when I ordered this one, perhaps because I’d just finished their lager. "It’s thick!" he cautioned, as if I’d just asked for a pint of plutonium. Buddy, I gargle Old Rasputin, and I pour Expedition on my corn flakes! I’ve known me some "thick stouts", and this...was not one. Appearance, perfect black, with a well retained, thick, creamy head. Nose: smooth and creamy, with no flavors really presenting themselves. Taste: smooth, not much from hops, and good with the malt, but nothing really stands out at all. Very drinkable, but unremarkable, passes through rather lightly. In short, a good Guinness Draught clone. Nothing wrong with that.

very black in color smell of roasted coffe taste is weak thin mouth feel.looked and smelled like it would have been thick roasted malty and very good but again just thin and only mild flavors would have been

Deep black, mostly dissipating head. Great aroma--coffee, chocolate, nice! All the more surprising how poorly this one tastes. Sour astringency, beef salami flavor. A "lambic stout"--as a stout it is terrible. Watery with only a hint of chocolate. I’m told by a friend that this beer can be very inconsistent.