Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Chico, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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In short: A exemplary roasted sessionnable big oatmeal stout. Perfection in simplicity.
How: Tap at Prohibition Pig, Waterbury VT. (sold as Sierra Nevada Blackalicious, which after a few googles I found out is Sierra Nevada Snowed In Stout which ratebeer tells me is Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Oatmeal Stout)
The look: Black body topped by a small tan head.
In long: Nose is typical roasted oatmeal stout. Taste is as archetypical as it is enjoyable. Full body, fun active carbonation, nice velvety mouthfeel, very roasted without feeling burnt or ashy, a taste of fresh toasted bakery bread, bittersweet black chocolate, herbal hops, light green herbs sensation, a medium bitterness that washes away all the sweetness. Nothing original here, this is a roasted oatmeal stout, but this is Sierra Nevada and unsurprisingly it is a professional clean beer of superior quality. I could drink this all night long, this is a tasty beer that offers an array of flavors that you just cannot get tired of. Scary how it was easy to drink, I had a few glasses of it. And when I order a beer at a pub I never mention how many beer ratings I have to my waitress, I’m down to earth, I know I just can’t just go through life bragging about the number of beers I have rated, I mean, raw sex-appeal can only get you so far.

Sierra Nevada 2012 Oatmeal Stout is a black ale with a chocolate brown overtone. The thin, shiny, brown head becomes a film. The dark, roasted aroma has a touch of toffee to it. It is soft, smooth and full bodied. It leaves the mouth a little chalky. The full, dark roasted flavor is like dark chocolate. The bitterness leans toward juniper and lemon peel. It has lots of taste that’s well balanced. This stuff is just great. I used some in my black bean chili.

Bottle from Slowbeer. Black, thick and heavy, roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla with good bitter finish. This one was hard work, but quite enjoyable.

Nice! Roasted, chocolatey nose. Dark pour with decent head. Solid palate. Roasted and chocolatey flavor, with some bitterness to balance it out. really nice.

Fall ’12 Draft: Small head smooth, oily big body. Flavor has chocolate and mild vanilla with warming finish. Really solid all around. 3.7.

Pretty good over all, boozy on the nose and aftertaste. Nice color nice head, wet mouth feel on the palate after you swallow. Would be nice on a colder day ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Thick, choclatey and coffee flavours, plenty of body. Smooth texture. Delicious.

Black body with tan sheen. Alcohol, tobacco, firearms, burnt oat aromas. medium body, average carbonation. Tobacco, black licorice, dry black malt, dry chocolate flavors---ok.

Bottle from Tomlinsons, Inverness [13013]
Jet black, dark tan frothy head that dissipates to a thin head, some lacing
Aroma of deep dark malts, chocolate, touch of coffee, not a massive aroma
Taste of rich dark malts, deep dark soft chocolate, touch of coffee, alcohol is a bit noticeable but it’s dangerously easy to drink, some molten chocolate cake, very well balanced
Palate - Soft to medium carb, got a fork in the to get rid of a bit of the fizz, now a rich almost full body, very smooth malts. Finish as main flavour, nice waxy smoothness from the oats, dark chocolate cake
Overall - A really well made smooth chocolately impy stout. It’s not a complex impy but it’s so drinkable. They are spot on describing it as a ’pudding’ beer.

Bottle. Black pour with tan head. Smells of dark chocolate and sweetness from the oatmeal. Almost smells like a milk stout. Tastes sweet at first and then a dark chocolate bitterness. Good beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone