Pike Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint

One of my favourite oatmeal stouts. Very rich, thick flavour. Hugs the sides of the glass. Smells as good as it tastes. Faint scent/taste of coffee, lingers on the tongue for awhile. Wish it was available in California!

Pours a brownish black with nearly no head. Barleywine-esque aroma, fancy molasses. Lovely toasty taste, again, molasses and a touch of bittering hops. Chewy, creamy body with decent carbonation. Niiiiice. Many thanks to G for the taste!

Tap. Pours a dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of hot chocolate and coffee. Earthy, smoked coffee bean flavor. Licorice and chocolate. Astringent finish. Not my favorite style, but a lot for the tongue to discover with every sip. B

Tap at brewery. Pours nice and black with a fading head. Aroma is slight cough syrup with sweet sugar. Flavor is peaty chocolate with a nice roasted finish. Palate is a bit thin, but it’ll do. Nice beer, but needs more thickness.

Near black colour. Chocolatey, slightly roasty aroma. The flavour is oaty, chocolatey and roasty, in good balance. Complex, tasty, simple version of the style.

Draught Black, small yellow-brown head. Dry, typical oatmeal nose with slight acidity and a dusty coffee aroma. Bit watery stout, licorice without the sweetness. Grainy, again oatmeal character. Watery texture, rather than prolonged dryness. A bit disappointing.

This is not a terribly impressive version of this style, as with most of their beers. Just being mediocre, but they seem to have gone way down hill in more recent years. Sugary sweet creaminess, roasted coffee and a hint of oatmeal cookie dough malts.

Draft. Nearly opaque red brown. Small brown head. Lactic sweetness and some roasted malt in the aroma. Salty, meaty smokiness dominates the flavor. Some sweetness and residual beef jerkey smokiness in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium and fairly smooth.