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A variety of dark roasted malts, oatmeal, and our own imported English ale yeast creates a smooth almost-black beer with chocolate overtones and a roasty flavor.


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3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
madvike (2077) - Middleton, Wisconsin, USA - JUL 7, 2009
Bottle - Pours dark and beautiful with a bubbly tan head. Smells great too, with notes of chocolate, lactose, charcoal, coffee, and roasty malt. Unfortunately, the taste doesn’t back up the smell. There just isn’t much there--some roast, a little smoke, and a bitter coffee taste that felt off. It’s a little thinner on the mouth than I’d like too. It’s easy drinking, but it was a total letdown after smelling it.

3.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
jthg (82) - Austin, Texas, USA - JUN 30, 2009
Aroma starts out with grain bitterness. the beer goes down very smooth. Not much mouth feel to this beer. This is NOT a sipping beer. Take it by the gulp and you will love it! Very light beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BVery (4249) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - JUN 29, 2009
TAP: dark brown to black pour, aroma of roast and malt. Coffee and chocolate on taste, decent body but not overly creamy.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
EHopper (575) - Minnesota, USA - MAR 28, 2009
Have had this both on tap and from the bottle. Nice, roasted flavor. Lots of roasted malt and some sweet, dark fruit in coffee. Kind of thin, but still good.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
bluemooner (554) - East Bethel, Minnesota, USA - MAR 10, 2009
Pours a very dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malts. Rich flavors of chocolate, coffee, caramel, roasted malts, hops, and some sweet oats. This is a good beer.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
krysztofar (344) - belleville, Illinois, USA - DEC 2, 2008
12oz bottle. thanks jay!. black brown color. quickly fading beige head. coffee bean and bitter chocolate in the nose. light to medium body is a little thin. solid roasty flavor with a touch of oat sweetness. mild bitterness rounds out the finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ketchepillar (983) - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA - AUG 7, 2008
This one is interesting. Reminds me of Deschutes Black Butte Porter. Crystal malt. Some poopy-ness. Not bad. Takes some getting used to.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
kosko20 (350) - Hopewell Junction, New York, USA - JUL 11, 2008
Just had this one on tap and my first Oatmeal Stout. Did not taste any oatmeal at all but definitely a roasty flavor. Goes down smooth and does smell very nice. I was expecting something heavier but was a nice, first Oatmeal Stout impression.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
tedovertu (281) - Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA - MAY 20, 2008
A little less lively than the Breckenridge oatmeal stout. Pitch black in color with a dark chocalate/coffee tinge. Off white quickly disappearing head. Had at Old Chicago, Eagan, MN.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
bu11zeye (11111) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - APR 12, 2008
(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with an average-sized beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, and heavy cream. Flavor of roasted malt, toasted oats, light coffee, and chocolate with a dry finish.


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