Mersea Island Oyster

Brewed by Mersea Island
Style: English Strong Ale
Colchester, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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A bottle I picked up at a little market these guys were at around the south bank. Great head on this awfully dark beer. Rich, dark and malty aroma wise with something a little stale and salty about it. Definitely got some salt in the mouth all the way to the finish. Deep and savoury with very burnished coffee flavours. It’s a little thin but pads itself out with the creamy head. Not an amazing brew but it throws a few things in that make you think...

(Bottle). Really lively. Foamed right up on opening. Fair bit of chunky brown sediment that settles well. Pours huge, brown head, persisting as a good covering for a long time. Totally opaque black. High carbonation. Rich, warming chocolate malt aroma, lightly toasty, with a nice spicy hoppiness (smells quite hoppy for an English stout, but English type aroma). Bit of pine, grass and some alcohol. Tangy and lively on the lips and tongue. Bit oily, mid-full body. Bit tart/acidic, bit ashy and toasty, a bittersweet tanginess, licorice and a wholesome, cereally quality. Nice hoppy bitter finish. Left with some tangy, roasty, dry malt flavours on aftertaste. Nice, slightly unusual, tangy stout.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours brown-black with a dense, foamy, light tan head. Faint roast aroma with some lactic sugar notes. Light sweet flavor, some tangy malts, light roast, faint brine. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Tangy finish, faint sourness, mild roast. Not bad.

One-third pint, cask, at the Vane Bar, GBBF’11. Good looking appearance that’s consists of a fawn-coloured head on a near-black body content. Anise and malts to the nose. Salty liquorice in flavour added by dark malts. Roasted bitter endnotes. Tasty and well bodied (London, 04.08.2011).

Cask@GBBF2011. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some toffee, mild ashes, freshly cut wood and mild floral notes. Flavour is liquorice, mild fruits and some wooden and floral notes as well.

Bottled. A deep red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt, as well as caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as nuts, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is light.

4th November 2008. Very dark brown beer. Smooth but thinnish stout. Tangy start with a light smoky streak. Unusually a little coca cola before the semi dry finish.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is light heavy chocolate sweet and bitter with a long duration, salty notes and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090724]

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a hazy dark brown with a vague orange hue and a small, rough beige head. Aroma of licorice and some hard roasted malt. Medium body, hard roasted malt, dried fruit and licorice. Fairly malt bitter finish. 240709

Bottled. Burgundy coloured. Light brown dense head. Sweetness, light roast and light fruits in the aroma. Flavour of roast, sweetness and light chocolate. Medium bodied. Sweetish fruity end.

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is light caramelish and roasted malt aroma. Mild roasted malt body. Roasted and light breadish malt flavoured. Subdued bitterness and roasted flavour into the finish.