Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Stout
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Thin head, coffee flavors, kind of weak boquet for a stout. More of a bitter stout rather than cream. Wonderfull opaque color, almost black. Looks like Sheaf’s Stout, tastes much better. Not my favorite stout, but a good brew on the whole. I’ve always like my stouts a good deal lower than room temperature, so that may make my opnions a bit less relevant than most stout drinkers. All in all tho, great label design, a drinkable beer. Hard to calsssify this one, not a ’beginner’s stout’ but I can’t see hardcore stout drinkers not looking for more either.

Overrated. I usually agree with the stout-guzzlers here, but Rogue combines a good stouty flavour with a cheap acrid bite that basically ruines it. Reminds me of a horrid Quebecois microbrew mixed with Guinny.

A Stout that is actually good in the bottle?! Nice beer.

Very black. Small brown head. Chocolate/coffee aroma. Roasted flavor. Long bitter finish.

I haven’t been impressed with much from Rogue.

A little disappointing as far as stouts go. I expected a much fuller flavor with a better ending. Worth buying, though. Good beer for the stout virgin.

Not a big stout fan, but I could handle this one. Reasonable bitterness, full bodied, thick head. Hooray, i finished it.

Damn this is sweet. This is one of THE best stouts Brandon (me) has ever tried. Nice level of bitterness and not overwhelmingly coffe like. A supreme masterpiece that should be any stout lovers daily choice.

I would say that there is more than just a hint of chocolate and coffee. Good, not great! Aftertaste gets more powerful as the bottle goes south. Thats the only draw back to an otherwise excellent stout.

It killed me.