Iron Hill Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Iron Hill Wilmington
Style: Sweet Stout
Wilmington, Delaware USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap at Iron Hill Maple Shade.
Appearance: Pitch black body, dense tan head.
Aroma: Dark chocolate and roasted malts.
Taste: Lots of chocolate and a solid roasted malt backing.
Palate: Creamy bodied, soft carbonation.
Overall: This is an excellent oatmeal stout. If this were bottled I would buy it often.

Aroma of roast dark coffee and slight dark fruits. Pours black with a chunky blonde head. Tasted super roasty with coffee, malt and a slight brackish iron taste. Solid stout.

Tap in Maple Shade. Ruby edges on pitch pour with clingy tan head. Nose is beautifully roasty, heavy coffee there but it’s a city roast, gentle background fruit with tar and ash. Taste is abundantly fruity, quite sweet, silky light-medium body, light oatmeal in with the roastiness. Excellent Sweet Stout.

Firkin at Real Ale. Pours a blackish with some tan head and lace. Sweet chocolate, some roasted malt. Creamy, full mouthfeel.

Cask - Newark. Pours clear black with ruby highlights and a small, fizzy off-white head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, and roast malt with leather yeast, light fruity esters and woody hops. Flavor is chocolate and roast malt with fruity esters, light hops and bitterness, and a sweet finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.

Cask pour @ brewpub. Color is dark brown with thin tan head; minimal lacing. Sweet aroma with coffee and chocolate notes. Initial flavor is semi-sweet, but levels out with dry coffee and chocolate notes. Very nice beer and easy to drink.

Nitro Tap at Iron Hill Maple Shade. Pours a dark brown with a thick foam head. Some light comes through. Flavors are dark roasts, mostly, with a slight sweetness on the finish.

20100104 Nitro tap at Newark. Aroma is pleasant but so mild. Flavor is woodsy, dirty. Simple dark roastiness. As it warms becomes a bit boozy, rummy even. Solid stout.

Nitro at Phoenixville BrewPub (at 6.2%ABV): Aroma of roasted malt, light lactose, and a hint of chocolate. Poured dark brown/very dark amber in color with a large, creamy, dense, tan, nitro head. Clear. Not sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of light chocolate, lactose, oats, and slight roasted malt. Medium body. Creamy, slightly dry texture. Nitro carbonation. Slight chocolate finish is a tad dry.

Creamy, very smooth, thick. Nice aroma, but way too sweet, almost syrupy. With less sugar this would be a truly awesome beer, but it doesn’t do much for me as-is.