Saranac Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Utica, New York USA

probably my second favorite from saranac. chocolate and oat flavor goes a long way, only thing this stout needs more of is a darker color.

Eh a fairly average Stout. Decent chocolate and cofee flavors with pretty much the same aroma. It was a bit too watery.

Pours a near opaque brown with tannish 1/2 inch dissipating creamy head. Nose is musty raisins and something like cooked pasta, a slightly sour grain note I assume comes from the oatmeal. Relatively thin palate, but interesting flavor, starting with burnt toast before moving into a dark sweet fruitiness before cleansing towards a milky coffee finish. Where on earth the 7 varieties of hops go in the boil is beyond me, as there is only a slight minty bitterness in the finish. Mouthfeel is somewhat spritzy, which is strange for the style. Probably the best Saranac beer I’ve tried so far, although very little has put up any competition.

Pours black as expected with a good sized head. Aroma is roast, sweet malt and maybe a touch of bread. Mouth feel is thin for a stout. Flavor has some chocolate, sweetness, and a lot of hop bitterness. There is also a lactic acid sourness, which isn’t really my thing. Drinkable enough, but not great.

12 oz bottle, 4.3% a/v Pours very dark black with a tan head. Smells dry, dark and actually a bit hoppy. The taste is very dark and dry with some coffee and dark chocolate flavous. Goes down very nice and smooth with a decent mouthfeel.

Poured almost black from a 12-oz bottle with a nice tan head. Had a faint smell of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Had a smooth roasted malt taste with a slightly bitter finish.

bottle. pours black with little to no head. mild malt and oat aroma. taste brings in a grassy hoppy bitter with an acidic edge. the palate is much too watery for the style. not a stout to remember.

Smells of roasted malts, sweet and creamy smelling. Pours a thick opaque black with a creamy tan head. Taste is watery, but bitter. Not quite what I was hoping for. But not terrible.