Portsmouth Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft at the brewery. Pours opaque dark brown with a thin tan head. Smells like coffee beans. Tastes like chocolate and bitter coffee. Medium body and low carbonation.

Tap at brewery. Pours deep, dark brown with average, creamy tan head; good retention and some lacing. Aroma is roasted and caramel malts, light earthy hops, light smoke, and some raisins. Flavor is smoke and roast malts forward with supporting earthy hops, oats, and some dark fruit; dry finish. Light/medium body and low carbonation.

UPDATED: APR 20, 2013 Tap. Clean roast. Cream. Milk chocolate. Touch of molasses. Decent beer. Doges.

Had on tap, and served from a bartender who probably went as a "nerd" in high school. Reddish dark-brown pour which sustained huge frothy mocha head. Smells and tastes of refined sugar, Coca-Cola, licorice, and ash. Oats, roast and vanillin by swallow. Alright. Too sweet for the style, IMHO.

Cask at GBBF 2012, London. Pours rich brown with a fine, bubbly head. Rich chocolate aroma with moderate roast, some char. Medium sweet flavor with dark chocolate, dark toast, modest earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faint dryness to finish with loads of rubust yet restrained chocolate and roasted malts. Superb.

Bottle:   Pours black, thin frothy sandy head, spotty lacing.   Sweet malty nose, slightly toasty, a little bit of milk chocolate.   Sweet oatish and dark chocolate on the tongue.   Decent malt base, toasty, well balanced with some of the roast and the sweetness.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Clean finish, toasted malts, chocolate, oatish, with a slight coffee tinge.   Pretty respectable, and a solid example.   Thanks for the bottle Jeff!

Cask @ GBBF ’12. The pour’s deep brown with a small off-white head. The nose is light raisin, oatmeal cookie, some chocolate. The taste is oatmeal raisin cookie, more chocolate, sweet. Light body, slightly watery. Overall, a bit too sweet and watery. OK.

On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a thick beige head. Aroma of lightly roasted malts, a little cereal and oats, and light hops. Flavor about the same. Silky texture. A pretty good beer.

Bottle poured into snifter. This one was a disappointment. The aroma was almost like sour milk and it wasn’t exactly pleasant to drink either. Seemed like it was way past it’s prime and didn’t stand the test of time because I think it was an older bottle.

Cask at GBBF 2010. A brown beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and yeast. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and caramel.