Ipswich Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Mercury Brewing and Distribution
Style: Stout
Ipswich, Massachusetts USA

Tap at Redbones: Opaque black, small layer of an off white head. Nice intense chocolate milk roasted nose. Roasted chocolate taste - blend all in all.

Tap at Redbones: poured black with a tan head. Seems to taste like a thousand other stouts. Roasted malt, mild hoppiness. Slightly burnt flavor. Some coffee notes. Pretty tasty but nothing spectacular.

Bottle. Deep dark brown in color with a ncie brown head. Hoppy aroma. Roasty. Very roasty. Bitterness in the flavor. Some chocolate notes. Smooth tasting. Nice beer. Drinkable.

Bottle. Deep dark brown with a light brown rich head. Aroma of American hops and roasted barley. Flavor has a big hop bitterness ad flavor component. Roasty as well. Some bittersweet chocolate. Smooth malt underneath. I can see inconsistancies coming from BC, but this to me is a very good Stout.

Aroma is seriously lacking - not much to speak of. Smells a touch like chemicals of some sort with a metallic hint. Pours a dark, velvety black with slight hints of purple. Zero head and very light lacing. Full-on burnt coffee and chocolate taste. The finish is a bit like the nose - a little too burnt with a roasted maltiness that seems somehow artificial. Good, though not great. Would buy again, but it wouldn’t necessarily be my first choice.

There’s a strong burnt nose in this beer. It has a strong burnt, lightly paint, and strongly medicine taste and mouthfeel. You know, this is a pretty standard micro stout - over-burnt but, of course, rather respectable. Oh yeah, there’s some dark chocolate in there too.

Poured a rich dark black, velvety, impenetrable and almost purple. Had a luscious brown foamy head. Dark burnt espresso/chocolate smell. Pretty rich, a nice all around stout. Only quam I have is that it was lacking just a little in complexity in flavor - I just might have to let a bottle sit for a long while and try it again later.

Color: a solid black, head: large, toasted brown, soon to settle. Aroma: richly roasted, peppery, dark and bitter. A rush of lush, lovely bitterness presents itself on first sip, and has a short, but pleasant stay on the palate. Full bodied, perfectly balanced, a tasty and well-made stout. I was searching for something else in flavor, and came up lacking. Seemed a bit limp at times, when I was up for a challenge. And how is this "the Original American Ale?" Did it bubble out of a brew kettle at Plymouth Rock?