Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Stout
Tadcaster, England

This is one of the best stouts I have ever had. Nice balance between sweetness and bitterness. Head is nice and light brown in color, very creamy tasting. The taste gets sweeter the closer you are to the end of the glass. Overall, one of the best, if not the best beer I have had.

Pours a deep reddish-black with a large, tan head. Sweet aroma, hints of maple sugar and chocolate. Not a heavy bodied beer, but very smooth. Light bittersweet chocolate and roasted malts prevail in the flavor department. A good, old standard, just not as impressive as some of the newer, more extreme examples.

550ml bottle. Pours Dark brown with red around edges. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate milk, oat and some cream. flavor is roated malts, chocolate, cream and a little oat. Creamy in texured and a fine stout. Just not a favorite.

Bottle at Harlow’s in Peterborough. Pours black as night. Oatmeal tan head rises magnificently and gracefully exits by halfway through the glass. Notes of oatmeal, cream, chocolate, some malt, in the aroma. Mouthfeel is top notch. Silky smooth, rich, surprisingly drinkable for such a full beer. Flavor is yeasty, chocolate, oatmeal, cream, vanilla, and a bit of hearty smoked meat. Finishes very smooth, with the mildest of hop bitterness. Really a superb beer, certainly my favorite stout, and the best Sam Smith.

2/1/08 notes: bottle. Pours dark brown. Couldn’t help but compare this to St. Ambroise’s Oatmeal stout. Despite somewhat light mouthfeel, this beer features a very creamy texture that feels amazing on the tongue. Flavor is of roasts, milk, dark chocolate, and maybe oats. Finishes pleasantly smooth and sweet. Some toasted flavors round out this beer. My favorite Sam Smith offering. 6/10/09 update: flavor is bready, milky, vanilla, malty, and with some vinous notes. Oats contribute a touch of sweetness. Palate is smooth, though thin. Still a solid, decently priced offering.

55cl bottle. A pitch black beer with a fine but long lasting tan coloured head. Roasted malt nose with notes of raisins and chocolate. The flavour profile consists of a hearty oat backbone, supplemented by roasted malts, rich chocolate and fruity wine-like tones. Smooth, robust and slightly dry palate texture with a mild bitter finish, partnered by a lasting oatiness. Nicely balanced in all departments; a truly gorgeous stout.

I was anxious to try this dark stout after seeing good review. Nice sweat coffee and roasted grain and chocolate aroma and flavor, but actually was surprising thin to me. Kind of sour along the way without an over pleasant finish, at least for me.

Pours a very dark brown with an off white head. Aroma is of chocolate and cream, very sweet. Flavor is much the same, not too much bitterness to be found but well balanced at the same time. Good sweet stout.