Rivertown Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Rivertown Brewing
Style: Sweet Stout
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Sample at Lizardville. Black pour with a medium tan head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt and coffee. Light-bodied with a roasty character of coffee and malt, with a slightly tart fruit flavor in the background. The finish is roasty with a coffee aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

Pour dark brown with a nice, fluffy light brown head. Aroma is creamy, roasty and a little chalky. Taste is dry; creamy and roasty with a light coffee finish. Oily. Some nice lacing. Not bad but not flavorful enough.

This bottled brew from a restaurant poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized light brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a no visible carbonation opaque dark brown colored body. The aroma was roasted malt and toasted malt. The semi-flat mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish with a biting roasted malt hop aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of roasted malt mild hops and dark malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Maybe a bad batch, but very, very over-carbonated. Every bottle practically exploded upon opening and each pour was consumed with tons of foam as a result. More on the bitter side and dry. Maybe if someone else spends the money, I’ll try it again. Definitely not a re-purchase for me.

Taster at the brewery. Dark pour, slight head. Good mouthfeel, but seems to lack some of the stout roasted/coffee flavoring, or maybe I’ve had too many coffee stouts lately.

Draft to taster. Looks good; black with nice head. Smells alright; lightly Marty. Tastes decent with an average mouthfeel. Okay, but I wouldn’t seek it out again.

Bottle purchased at Party Source. Darkest brown pour with a huge tan head. Creamy malt and chocolate nose with a strange oxidized and lightly infected odor. Malty flavor with some slight funk that doesn’t belong before a dry, roasty coffee finish. Must have gotten a bad bottle and by looking at the other ratings, that doesn’t seem all that uncommon. Will try again when a fresh batch comes out.

Pours pitch black with a nice rich caramel head. Light to medium roast aroma with a hint of chocolate and coffee. Slight bitter with a medium to heavy sweetness. The body is medium to full with a creamy, thick texture and a somewhat sweet finish. This porter is pleasing to the eye and mouth and it is one that I will buy again, even if it has to be at the bar.

Black, Dark tan head. Scent is oatmeal, bitter coffee. Taste is ....unique....flat cola,then bad coffee, then ash. chalk. salt. Not much sweetness (if any) Not good at all.

12oz bottle - pours black with light brown head and tiny trace of lacing. Nose is roasted caramel malts and coffee. Flavor is a disappointment - I don’t know what it is but it accelerates the dryness (seemingly artificially). I have a feeling I will drink the other 5 as a last resort.